Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
with Christmas stalls, Yuletide cheer and a gaggle of international shoppers. Welcome in
the New Year at the foot of the Friedensengel statue.
Best Places to Eat
» Fraunhofer (
Click here
)
» Königsquelle (
Click here
)
» Tantris (
Click here
)
» Prinz Myshkin (
Click here
)
» Marais (
Click here
)
Best Places to Stay
» Bayerischer Hof (
Click here
)
» La Maison (
Click here
)
» Hotel Laimer Hof (
Click here
)
» Anna Hotel (
Click here
)
» Cortiina (
Click here
)
Art Attack
'Munich nestles between art and beer like a village between hills', wrote 19th-century
German poet Heinrich Heine, and his words ring as true today as they did back then. Visit
any of Munich's galleries (especially on Sundays) and you'll find them packed to the gift
shop with well-informed locals, rightly proud of their city's reputation for blockbuster art
collections and leading galleries. It was the Wittelbachs, Bavaria's ruling family for over
700 years, who gathered much of the city's enviable collection under several roofs. This
led to the creation of the Kunstareal, an entire quarter of the city centre given over to gal-
leries. Two 21st-century additions to the Kunstareal include the Pinakothek der Moderne
and the Museum Brandhorst, with more on the way.
