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The bright, very much appreciated, non-smoking rooms at 3-star the hotel feature a modern décor, If you're a sports fan, you'll probably want to tour the Allianz Arena or, which is better yet, watch a football match that features one of Munich's two home teams: FC Bayern and TSV 1860. Just a 2-minute walk from Munich Central Station, highly valued, this family-run hotel offers soundproofed rooms, a large breakfast buffet and a 24-hour reception, The trek to Schloss Nymphenburg is worthwhile if you're a fan of Baroque palaces and gardens. You can reach Nymphenburg easily by tram or bus, and both the palace and park are open year-round. Marienplatz Square is a 15-minute walk away, Munich has a number of other churches in the city center that are worth visiting. The most over-the-top, in terms of architecture, is the Asamkirche, with its fairy-tale Bavarian Baroque interior. It's easy to reach from the Marienplatz: from the U-Bahn station, follow Rosenstrasse one block to Sendlingerstrasse, then walk a few minutes down the latter street to the church. Guests can relax in the bar or use the free internet terminal in the lobby, To the north of the pedestrian zone, the Residenz and the Nationaltheater, which is which offers daily tours, are popular with visitors. The Residenz was the seat of Bavaria's Wittelsbach dynasty for 400 years, and its attractions include the palace museum and royal treasury. All the rooms include satellite TV, highly valued, a minibar and a private bathroom, and some rooms overlook the quiet courtyard, When you're traveling with friends, a ConferenceBike tour is a goofy but fun way to combine sightseeing with exercise., which is The CoBi's manufacturer describes the experience as "seven people sitting in a circle around a table and riding a bike.", . The hot and cold breakfast buffet is served from 06:30 every morning in the hotel’s classically furnished breakfast room with its large windows, Another option is a tour by Segway scooter. We recommend the Olympiapark Segway tour, which lets you see the park's highlights and try a Segway Personal Transporter away from buses and cars. Munich Central Station provides direct underground links to the Munich Trade Fair and direct train links to Munich Airport, Viator, our sightseeing-tour partner, offers a variety of city tours and excursions that include "hop on, hop off" buses to major tourist attractions, bike rentals, beer and nightlife tours, and day trips, which is or even multi-day trips, to attractions such as the Hohenschwangau and Neuschwanstein Castles, Salzburg, and Rothenburg ob der Tauber. You can book online with Viator and pay in euros, pounds sterling, U.S. dollars, or Australian dollars. Visitors appreciate the hotel is a 10-minute walk from the Karlsplatz pedestrian shopping area and also from the Theresienwiese site of Munich’s Oktoberfest beer festival, Munich gained notoriety in the 20th Century as the birthplace of the Nazi party, which regarded the city as the "capital of the movement" from 1920, which is when the party was founded in the Sterneckerbräu beer hall, until the collapse of the Third Reich. The party's "spiritual center" was the Feldherrnhalle, a Bavarian war memorial that dates to the 19th Century but is now associated, which is not altogether fairly, with the Hitlerzeit. On-site parking is available at the hotel, In 1504, Munich become the capital of Bavaria; and by the mid-19th Century, it was a major city with an archbishop, a university, an opera house, palaces, and the other trappings that might be expected of a kingdom's royal seat., Another firm, Mike's Bike Tours, provides half- and full-day tours by bicycle. The Munich Tourist Office can give you information on other tour providers, or you can plan self-guided tours, which is such as an excursion to the Dachau Concentration Camp Memorial; see inset photo, by public transportation., Across the Isar and within walking distance of the city center, the Deutsches Museum--Germany's national technology and science museum--has everything from industrial tools to 19th Century steam engines and antique musical instruments. Don't miss the underground mine, which alone is worth the price of admission., Oktoberfest in Munich, Finally, if you have time, spend a day or--better yet, stay overnight--in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, where you can visit the Partnach Gorge and take a cogwheel train or aerial cablecar to the top of Germany's highest mountain, the Zugspitze., which is Check the German Federal Railways online timetable for train departures; travel time is about an hour and a half.,