Start your journey through Altstadt-Lehel, Munich’s historic heart, where the striking Altes Rathaus and the elegant Frauenkirche frame centuries of Bavarian history. Wander past the baroque details of the Asam Church and enjoy a drink at the Chinese Tower Beer Garden before heading west toward the sprawling natural escape of the Englischer Garten. This area connects architectural grandeur with the unique energy of the Eisbach Wave and the park's beautiful paths.
Altes Rathaus
15 Marienplatz, Altstadt-Lehel, Munich, 80331, Germany
Most tourists walk under the Altes Rathaus's tower gate without realising they're passing through a building where one of the 20th century's worst atrocities was set in motion.
Asam Church
32 Sendlinger Straße, Altstadt-Lehel, Munich, 80331, Germany
Two brothers bought the house next door and built a church in the gap.
Chinese Tower Beer Garden
Englischer Garten, Altstadt-Lehel, Munich, 80538, Germany
A five-storey wooden pagoda standing in the middle of a Bavarian beer garden is exactly the kind of thing that shouldn't work but absolutely does.
Eisbach Wave
Prinzregentenstraße, Altstadt-Lehel, Munich, 80538, Germany
There's a standing wave in the middle of Munich, and people surf it year-round.
Englischer Garten
Englischer Garten, Altstadt-Lehel, Munich, 80538, Germany
Central Park is 341 hectares.
Frauenkirche
12 Frauenplatz, Altstadt-Lehel, Munich, 80331, Germany
Just inside the entrance of Munich's cathedral, there's a dark footprint stamped into the floor tile.
Hofbräuhaus
9 Platzl, Altstadt-Lehel, Munich, 80331, Germany
Duke Wilhelm V founded this place in 1589 because he thought Munich's beer was terrible.
Hofgarten
1 Hofgartenstraße, Altstadt-Lehel, Munich, 80539, Germany
Between the Residenz and the Englischer Garten lies a Renaissance court garden that has survived four centuries of war, revolution, and one very destructive Frenchman.
Marienplatz & Neues Rathaus
1 Marienplatz, Altstadt-Lehel, Munich, 80331, Germany
Every day at 11am, hundreds of tourists crane their necks at exactly the same spot to watch copper figures joust, twirl, and re-enact a royal wedding from 1568.
Maximilianstrasse
Maximilianstraße, Altstadt-Lehel, Munich, 80539, Germany
King Maximilian II had a problem with his father.
Munich Residenz
1 Residenzstraße, Altstadt-Lehel, Munich, 80333, Germany
This is the largest city palace in Germany, and the Wittelsbach dynasty spent over four centuries making sure everyone knew it.
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