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CITY TOUR – ONCE AROUND MUNICH
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Get a visually stunning impression of the city's most important sights. Nymphenburg Palace, the Olympic Stadium, the BMW 4-cylinder and BMW World of Experience, the Deutsches Museum, and the Angel of Peace are all located along the classic route. |
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Think outside the box as you get a feel for popular neighborhoods like Schwabing, Neuhausen, and Haidhausen on our route. |
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Benefit from in-depth expertise presented to you in an entertaining, lively and charming manner during the journey. |
Impressions
Description:
While the sights within Munich's Old Town are all easily accessible on foot, if you'd like to get an overview of Munich's other highlights, a bus tour is just the thing. We can start flexibly at your hotel, or I can simply join you along the route after you arrive. You can also individually determine the end of the tour according to your wishes and travel plans. We are happy to make one or two stops, for example at Nymphenburg Palace, the Olympic Park, or the BMW Experience World. This not only livens up the tour, but also allows a little more time to take a closer look at the sights. And most importantly – you'll learn interesting, amusing, current, historical, and exciting facts about our city and all the sights, neighborhoods, and people who once shaped the Munich way of life and still do today. Read more
The classic route usually starts at one of the bus stop zones along the Altstadtring. We first pass the city gates and catch one of the most beautiful views of Munich's skyline as we travel past the Viktualienmarkt. We continue past the Sendlinger Tor and the famous Stachus square with the Karlstor gate and the imposing Palace of Justice, which has witnessed many important court cases. The setting remains Wilhelminian-era until we cross the former Nazi Party district between the Platz der Opfer des Nationalsozialismus (Place of Victims of National Socialism) and Königsplatz.
In the art district between the Glyptothek, the Pinakotheken, the Museum Brandhorst, and the Lenbachhaus, we have time to focus on Munich's art treasures and collections before things get a bit more lively at Stiglmaierplatz with the Löwenbräukeller, as some of Munich's breweries are still located in this area. We continue along diverse facades toward Neuhausen with its fantastic side streets and the lively Rotkreuzplatz. From here, it's not far to Nymphenburg Palace, the former summer residence of the Wittelsbach rulers, whose spacious grounds and park definitely invite you to stop for a photo.
After a break, we head to the next highlight – the Olympic Tower will guide us. And then things move quickly, as between the Olympic Stadium with its world-famous roof structure and the roofs of the Olympic Village, we let the 1972 Games pass before us once again – in all their diverse, even tragic, facets. And then the curved facade of the BMW Experience World and the iconic four-cylinder building invite us to marvel!
From here, we head to Schwabing, passing the legendary Art Nouveau buildings there, and roll fittingly along Leopoldstraße past the Walking Man and Siegestor back into the city. Now, however, it's definitely worth taking a look at the other side of the Isar, as Prinzregentenstraße beckons us with the Haus der Kunst, the famous surfer wave, and the Bavarian National Museum all the way to the Friedensengel, where we wind our way back up the Isar's high bank in Bogenhausen. Definitely a worthwhile detour.
Back in the city, I'll of course accompany you on a stroll through the old town. In my opinion, the combination of a bus tour and a short city tour is the best way to get a good overview of Munich in half a day. I'd be happy to plan your perfect day in our city with you!
Please note: There may always be deviations from the route described here due to traffic and event conditions, as our city is always busy. Nevertheless, I will make the most of our trip together.
The most important things in brief:
Meeting point:
Completely tailored to your needs! I'll either meet your bus at your hotel or board it at one of the bus drop-off points. The tour often starts at Karl-Scharnagel-Ring.
Duration:
Can be booked as a 2-hour tour; however, you should allow at least 2.5 hours to allow for a stop.
Distance:
To get to the city center after the tour, for example to Marienplatz with the Glockenspiel, you can get off so that you only have to walk a few hundred meters.
My tips for before and after our tour:
If your group is traveling by bus, you can easily plan a perfect day in Munich around this tour! Why not include a long stroll in Nymphenburg Park or even a visit to the palace? Or why not take a closer look at the Olympic grounds with their fantastic architecture, perhaps even from above by taking a ride up the Olympic Tower? The Olympic Village with its many colorful buildings is also always worth a visit, especially as you'll pass the memorial to the victims of the 1972 assassination attempt, which opened just a few years ago. The BMW Experience World can also be easily integrated into our tour, allowing you to be impressed by the latest automotive technology and nostalgic vintage cars. Cafés and restaurants invite you to linger everywhere, whether it's the Palm House in Nymphenburg, the restaurant by the Olympic Lake, or the various dining options on the BMW grounds. A stop in Haidhausen would also be conceivable for a completely new perspective on Munich, or to enjoy a leisurely beer in the Hofbräukeller beer garden on Wiener Platz. All in all, a thoroughly successful day!
Frequently asked questions:
Do you also learn some background information about Munich on the bus tour, in addition to facts and figures?
I tend to refrain from using numbers and names on my tours anyway, as they're hard to remember as a guest. I'm more interested in conveying a sense of our city. Interesting facts about beer and Oktoberfest, romantic love stories, and news from the individual districts promise a very entertaining experience!
We're coming as a group, but we don't have a bus with us. Can we book one through you?
I can't book the bus, but through my experience, I have contacts with reputable bus companies with pleasant drivers, so I'd be happy to give you tips and recommendations for booking your bus.
Does the bus tour also offer an opportunity to talk about Munich's time under National Socialism?
Yes, because especially in the former party district, you can still see buildings from that era, such as the current music academy, which was built in the 1930s as the so-called "Führerbau" (Führer Building) for Adolf Hitler. Passing the Haus der Kunst offers at least a brief opportunity to discuss the understanding of art under National Socialism and the defamation of modernism, which was then called "degenerate" art. Furthermore, the classic route takes us past the former apartment of Hans and Sophie Scholl and the university, so the resistance is also a topic on our tour. I generally always adapt to my guests' wishes, and if the focus is on this period, it is of course easy to integrate it into the tour.
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