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DE Delicacy tour of the Munich Christmas market
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Description:
Join us on a journey through Munich's festively decorated city center. Between Marienplatz, Rindermarkt, and Viktualienmarkt, you can chat wonderfully about Christmas traditions and immerse yourself in a world of childhood memories.
We can certainly liven up the city tour with short tasting stops at my favorite stalls, or even a stop at the mulled wine stand. With a bit of luck, the stall owners will have time to tell us something about their business or product. This is always particularly well-received by guests and offers plenty of opportunity to chat about the experience during or after the tour.
Naturally, both the route and the number of included treats can be tailored entirely to your individual wishes.
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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!
At a glance:
The most important things in brief:
Meeting point:
As always, we would be happy to come to your hotel or according to your personal wishes;
Marienplatz (U3/U6 and S-Bahn) is particularly suitable as a starting point.
Duration:
Bookable as a 2 or 3-hour tour
Distance:
approx. 1-2 km
Group size:
max. 20 people
Tailor-made:
What are you most looking forward to? Let me know and we'll make the tour a truly personal experience for you!
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"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 offers a variety of options outside the city center for spending the perfect Advent day. The glittering shop windows in the city center are certainly enticing, however.„Five Courtyards“", the "„Courtyard“"or even Maximilianstrasse for Christmas shopping. But if the budget is blown, then you can take an inexpensive walk through the hopefully snow-covered English Garden until you reach the..." Chinese Tower meets another Christmas market.
Or you can switch to the other side of the Isar, where in Haidhausen at Weißenburger Platz One of Munich's most beautiful markets awaits. And if you're really lucky, the Nymphenburg Palace Canal might even be frozen over, allowing you to stroll towards the palace among curling players and pirouettes.
And should you still have an appetite after this culinary tour, I would be happy to recommend a few restaurants that are easily and quickly accessible from the market.
Frequently asked questions:
Is this tour also available for vegetarians?
I'd like to book this tour for my employees as a Christmas event. Does that make sense?
At how many different stands will there be tastings?
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"Grit and I have known each other for a few years now. We met when she stopped by our Christmas market with her Schmankerln tours. There are some people who just click, and that was the case with Grit and me. I love her warm, fresh, direct, professional, and open manner.
Over time, a friendly relationship has developed that extends beyond the tours, which I greatly appreciate. It's always a highlight for me when she visits me with her guests or stops by for a private chat."
Markus Kaiser (Almond Hans)