Top 6 MUST VISIT Summer Day Trips from Munich, Bavaria, Germany | Alpine Travel Guide

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1. 0:38

   Salzburg

   🚆 Day trip · Salzburg

   Trains from Munich take 1h40 and run hourly; Café Fürst is the place for original Mozartkugeln.

2. 3:24

   Tegernsee

   🚆 Day trip · Tegernsee

   Hike 500 m up to the Neureuth mountain inn for the views, then have coffee and cake on the shore and a beer at the brewery.

3. 6:20

   Mittenwald

   🚆 Day trip · Mittenwald

   Skip the paid Leutaschklamm entrance and climb to the free see-through steel walkways; the violin museum takes only 30 minutes.

4. 12:06

   Herzogstand

   🥾 Hike · Walchensee

   The summit is only a 30-minute walk from the Herzogstandhaus, and a gondola runs up from the lakeshore.

5. 13:44

   Weltenburg Abbey

   🚆 Day trip · Kelheim

   Park in Kelheim, hike along the Danube, cross by small wooden boat, then take the ferry back to the car park after dinner.

6. 16:16

   Eisenberg and Hohenfreyberg Castle Ruins

   🚆 Day trip · Eisenberg (Allgäu)

   Little-known spot one train stop north of Neuschwanstein; a nearby inn serves beer, and the cow pasture gives the best viewpoint.

7. 18:10

   Neuschwanstein Castle

   🚆 Day trip · Schwangau · brief mention

   Visible as a distant grey smudge from the Eisenberg castle ruins.