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Delicacy tour of the Munich Christmas market
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Let yourself be enchanted by the festively illuminated backdrop of Munich's city center, which invites you to stop at one of the stalls and sample the delicacies. This way, the Christmas market will remain in your memory, along with your souvenir photos! |
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At the cozy stalls, sample typical Advent specialties such as Stollen cake, mulled wine sausage, honey nougat, creamy delicacies, and punch. And of course, the classic—roasted almonds—can't be missed! |
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While you enjoy your meal, I or the friendly stall owners will tell you what each of the delicacies is all about – and it will taste even better! |
Impressions
Description:
Join us on a journey through Munich's festively decorated city center. Between Marienplatz, Rindermarkt, and Viktualienmarkt, it's a wonderful place to chat about Christmas traditions and immerse yourself in the world of childhood memories. We can liven up the city tour with short tasting stops at my favorite stalls or even a stop at a mulled wine stand. With a bit of luck, the stall owners will have time to tell you a bit about their business or product. This is always a hit with guests and offers ample opportunity to chat about the experience during or after the tour. Of course, both the route and the number of included delicacies can be tailored to your individual wishes. Read more
Although the Christmas tree prominently adorns Marienplatz in front of the town hall every year, this festive plant hasn't been tolerated here for very long. It took a Protestant queen at the beginning of the 19th century to insist on putting an end to this beloved tradition! Incidentally, Christmas tree decorations were often edible in the past – let's see if we, too, can find these little treats while strolling around that will brighten up more than just children's eyes!
The fact that we indulge in such delicious food during Advent today would have been unthinkable in the past! Back then, not only dancing but also feasting was strictly forbidden. You'll learn how people sometimes cheated their way through Lent as we sample the accompanying Corpus Delikti. "Platzerl" (squared cookies) also play a major role on our tour, as they once served as children's toys in other regions as well, like cookies, gingerbread, or speculatius. Always well-seasoned, of course. The fact that typical Christmas spices have more to do with the taste buds has been forgotten in some places today.
But classic almonds also play an important role on our walk, of course—if only because they're charmingly presented to us by Mandelhans. The atmosphere at Roman's stand is no less welcoming, as he happily explains what his delicious cream delicacies have to do with pizza—not without letting us try his delicious, hot, and fragrant pieces, of course. And I promise that I can even please the sweetest of my guests with a taste at the honey nougat stand!
The most important things in brief:
Meeting point:
somewhere at Marienplatz. The exact meeting point will be announced on the registration confirmation.
public transport:
depending on the meeting point! You can easily reach the city center with
public transport
Duration:
Can be booked as a 2- or 3-hour tour
Distance:
approx. 1.5 – 2 km
"As part of our team Christmas party, Grit Ranft gave us an impressive tour through pre-Christmas Munich and the Christkindlmarkt. She is very knowledgeable about Bavarian Christmas traditions and had great stories and anecdotes to share about each of the stalls, accompanied by delicious treats. She really got our entire team into the Christmas spirit. Thank you so much, and we'd be happy to do it again!"
Simone Faber, Munich
My tips for before and after our tour:
Pre-Christmas Munich also offers a variety of options outside of the city center for the perfect Advent day. The glittering displays in the city center in the "Fünf Höfe," the "Hofstatt," or even on Maximilianstraße are sure to entice you to do some Christmas shopping. But if your budget is blown, you can take an inexpensive stroll through the hopefully snow-covered English Garden until you come across another Christmas market at the Chinese Tower. Or you can cross to the other side of the Isar, where, in my opinion, one of the most beautiful markets in Munich awaits you at Weißenburger Platz in Haidhausen. And if you're really lucky, the Nymphenburg Palace Canal will even be frozen over, and you can stroll towards the palace among curling players and people spinning on the ice.
Frequently asked questions:
Could you also do a Christmas tour outside the city center?
Can you also try some of the many Christmas delicacies on this tour?
I'd like to book this tour for my employees as a Christmas event. Does that make sense?
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