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garden. There are seven varieties of beer on offer, from the rich and velvety
Doppelbock
dark to the fruity unfiltered
Weissbier.
The place is incredibly popular and, on summer
weekends, you may have to join a queue of day trippers at the door to get in.
The easiest way to reach Andechs from Munich is to take the S8 to Herrsching (€7.50,
49 minutes), then change to bus 951 or the private Ammersee-Reisen bus (€2.20, 11 times
daily). Alternatively, it's a pleasant 4km hike south from Herrsching through the protected
woodland of the Kiental.
Bad Tölz
08041 / POP 17,800
Situated some 40km south of central Munich, Bad Tölz is a pretty spa town straddling the
Isar River. The town's gentle inclines provide a delightful spot for its attractive, frescoed
houses and the quaint shops of the old town. At weekends thousands flock here from Mu-
nich to enjoy the ultramodern swimming complex, Alpine slide and hiking trips down the
river. Bad Tölz is also the gateway to the Tölzer Land region and its emerald-green lakes,
the Walchensee and the Kochelsee.
Sights & Activities
Cobble-stoned and car-free,
Marktstrasse
is flanked by statuesque town houses with or-
nate overhanging eaves that look twice as high on the sloping street. Above the town, on
Kalvarienberg, looms Bad Tölz' landmark, the twin-towered
Kalvarienbergkirche
(Cav-
alry Church). This giant baroque structure stands side by side with the petite
Leon-
hardikapelle
(Leonhardi Chapel; 1718), the destination of the Leonhardi pilgrimage.
Stadtmuseum
( 793 5156; Marktstrasse 48; adult/child €2/1; 10am-4pm Tue-Sun)
The Stadtmu-
seum touches on virtually all aspects of local culture and history, with a fine collection of
painted armoires (the so-called Tölzer Kasten), a 2m-tall, single-stringed
Nonnengeige
(marine trumpet), examples of traditional glass painting and a cart used in the Leonhardi-
fahrt.
MUSEUM
Alpamare
( 509 999;
www.alpamare.de
; Ludwigstrasse 14; day pass adult/child €34/24;
9.30am-10pm)
In the spa section of town, west of the Isar River, you'll find the fantastic
SPA
