With its 43 bells and 32 life-size figures, the large solar-powered mechanical clock first sounded in 1908 and reenacts scenes from two famous 16th-century Munich stories twice a day; from March ...

Day trips from Munich: Neuschwanstein castle and more. ... The Zugspitze in the Alps is Germany's highest mountain, with an altitude of 2,962 meters above sea level.

A two-hour car or train ride, Munich is an easy day trip from Stuttgart, the capital of Bavaria. Visit the beer house Hofbräuhaus, founded in 1589, and meander through the English Garden.

How I Pulled Off a Four-Day Trip Through Germany on a €9 Ticket. ... Day 1: Munich to Rothenburg ob der Tauber. Just before 8 a.m. on a Tuesday, I set off from Munich in a near-empty carriage.