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Honest answers to the questions travellers ask us most.

Guide talking to a small group in the red seats of an empty football stadium, the pitch and the stands behind them

Allianz Arena and FC Bayern Museum: guided tour, stadium view or your own ticket?

Four ways into the Allianz Arena and FC Bayern Museum compared by price, time and what you actually get to see, plus the club’s own tickets and how to get there.

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Gravel parade ground of the Dachau Memorial Site with the rows of barrack foundations and a grey sky

Dachau Memorial from Munich: join a guided tour or go on your own?

Entry to the Dachau Memorial Site is free and the S-Bahn gets you there in about 25 minutes. What the guided tours from Munich add, three compared, and how to do it yourself.

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The stone Kehlsteinhaus on its summit ridge above the Berchtesgaden Alps, with the road tunnel entrance below

Eagle’s Nest and Berchtesgaden from Munich: is the day worth it, and which trip?

The Eagle’s Nest is a long day from Munich. Four ways to do it compared by price, hours and what the bus ticket to the summit really costs, and when the season runs.

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A hand passing a full glass beer mug across a table in a warmly lit beer hall

Beer in Munich: brewery tour, beer garden or beer hall?

Munich beer tours compared by price, length and what is included, plus the beer-garden rules that let you skip a tour altogether.

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Neuschwanstein Castle with its white towers on a wooded ridge above the valley, seen from the Marienbrücke side

Neuschwanstein from Munich: which day trip, and can you do it on your own?

Four Neuschwanstein day trips from Munich compared by price, group size and what is left to pay for on the day, plus an honest look at going by train yourself.

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Visitors queuing on the forecourt below the white walls of Neuschwanstein Castle

Neuschwanstein tickets: why they sell out, and what the ticket-and-tour options really include

Official Neuschwanstein admission is €21 plus a €2.50 fee, and it sells out. Five ticket packages compared by price, start time and what you still have to arrange yourself.

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Costumed night watchman with a halberd and lantern in front of the Mariensäule on Marienplatz at dusk

Night watchman and ghost tours in Munich: which one, and in which language?

Munich’s night watchman, medieval and ghost walks compared by language, price, length and age limit, including the two tours made for children aged 6 to 12.

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The old town of Salzburg with its church spires and the fortress on the hill, seen across the river

Salzburg from Munich: guided day trip, coach or just the train?

Salzburg is under two hours from Munich by train. A guided train tour, an 11-hour coach trip and the do-it-yourself ticket compared by price, time in the city and what is left to pay.

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Guide with a small group on a Munich square, the arcades of the Odeonsplatz and the Feldherrnhalle behind them

Third Reich tours in Munich: which walking tour, and what to add

Four Third Reich walking tours in Munich compared by route, length and language, plus the free NS Documentation Centre that most of them leave out.

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Visitors at an outdoor market stop each taking a piece of cheese from a platter

Old Town and Viktualienmarkt: city walk or food tour?

Munich’s Old Town walks and Viktualienmarkt food tours compared by price, length, language and what is really on the plate, with market hours and the beer-garden rule.

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