Recommendations for day trips
Munich is a great starting point for the lakes in the Alpine foothills, all of which are around an hour’s journey using public transport.
- Ammersee & Kloster Andechs
Ammersee (Lake Ammer) can be reached in 50 minutes using the S-Bahn line S8 (alighting at Herrsching). A walk along the lake, or the well-signposted hiking route to Andechs Monastery is particularly worthwhile in fine weather. As befits a Bavarian place of pilgrimage, the monastery complex, including a baroque church, an Alpine panorama, and of course a brewery and restaurant, awaits visitors who make it up the hill (www.ammersee-region.de , https://www.andechs.de/en.html ).
- Starnberger See & Buchheim Museum
The second-biggest lake in Bavaria can be reached using the S-Bahn line S6 (www.starnbergersee.de ). Bus 9614 from Tutzing Bahnhof takes visitors to the Buchheim Museum, an extensive collection of modern art with a focus on expressionist paintings.
https://www.schloesser.bayern.de/englisch/lakes/objects/starnber.htm
- Kochelsee & Franz Marc Museum
Located approximately 70 km south of Munich, Kochelsee (Lake Kochel, accessible via RB trains from Munich, journey time just over an hour) is set against the backdrop of the Alps. The lake is a popular destination for bathing and hiking in summer; the northern reaches border extensive moorland (https://www.walchensee-kochelsee.de/walchensee-kochelsee-english.php). Art fans can combine the lake with a trip to the Franz Marc Museum (https://franz-marc-museum.de/en/).
- Tegernsee & Olaf Gulbransson Museum
Spot the pattern... Another combination of alpine lake and fine art awaits you at Tegernsee, where the lake promenade, gastronomy, mountain panorama and cultural highlights are all just an hour away from Munich by train (https://www.tegernsee.com/en/ ). The Norwegian Olaf Gulbransson (1873-1958) gained international fame as a cartoonist for the legendary Munich satirical newspaper Simplicissimus. The small museum in Tegernsee, built in 1966, displays a selection of his outstanding caricatures, his rare oil paintings and an extensive collection of his book illustrations (www.olaf-gulbransson-museum.de ).
- Dachau Concentration Camp Memorial
"Dachau - the meaning of this name cannot be erased from German history. It stands for concentration camps built by the Nazis in their territory" (Eugen Kogon). The distance from the centre of Munich to Dachau is a mere 18 km as the crow flies. The concentration camp memorial takes a stand against the Nazi regime and a serves as a place of remembrance for former prisoners. A new main exhibition was opened in 2003. Admission is free, guided tours cost €4; to visit, take the S-Bahn line S2 to Dachau Bahnhof, then bus 726 in the direction of 'Saubachsiedlung' (https://www.kz-gedenkstaette-dachau.de/en/).