Travel Reference
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Wieskirche
This Unesco-listed barrage of baroque ornamentation enjoys a pretty setting
amid idyllic Alpine meadows (
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Frauenkirche
No building in the city centre may rise higher than the bulbous spires of
Munich's most recognizable temple (
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St Martin Church
Talk about dominating a skyline! The spire of Landshut's basilica is
the world's tallest brick structure at 130m (
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Ulmer Münster
Ulm's massive cathedral may just prove that size
is
everything (
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If You Like... Surfing
Pack your stick and head for Munich's Englischer Garten (
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where the Eisbach canal
forms a natural surfing wave. Hang ten here for the crowds if you can stand the cold outside the
summer months.
Spas & Pools
Perhaps not instantly synonymous with spas and pools, southern Germany offers a sur-
prising number of places to get pampered and pummelled, tossed around by a wave ma-
chine or just wet during a relaxing dip.
Baden-Baden
The grand dame of central Europe's traditional spa towns and still a mag-
net for royalty, celebrities and wannabes, who come to strut along the promenades, pose in
the casino and (perhaps) take the waters (
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Watzmann Therme
Berchtesgaden's spa complex offers wellness, sport and saunas
galore against a pristine Alpine backdrop (
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Alpamare
No scary white coats or painful-sounding procedures at the spa town of Bad
Tölz; just Europe's longest waterslide and an indoor surfing wave (
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