Rest in the style of the Bavarian Baroque

At first glance, the Bavarians seem cold and closed, in fact they are hospitable and cheerful. The amazing nature of Bavaria, its measured life act on the guests is beneficial and pacifying.

You can have a great rest in Munich’s very elegant capital of Bavaria, the ancient residence of the Bavarian Kurfürst and Kings, with his cheerful, cozy and at the same time a great atmosphere. But you can go to the world famous Olympic ski resort Garmisch-Partenkirchen with healing alpine air and plunge into the atmosphere of purely national original Bavaria or to improve health at the Imperial Resort Bad Kissingen. In any case, guests are waiting for an excellent service and unforgettable impressions.

Hotels built for yourself

German hotels, be it a youth hostel or a five-star palace, are German hotels where everything is arranged as for themselves. The Germans love and know how to travel and never built some special hotels for inturists. They build them for themselves.

In Munich, tourist infrastructure is well developed: 340 hotels and guest houses for 37 thousand. places. At any time, you can find a hotel for pocket, except for three weeks a year, when a famous beer holiday is held in Munich "Oktoberfest", which ends on the first Sunday of October.

In Germany, there is no solid classification by star categories. Conditionally German hotels can be divided into several levels. Hotels "lux" (Luxushotel or First Class Hotel) – 5 stars; First Class (Gehobene Mittelklasse) – 4 stars: Standard (Mittelklasse) – 3 stars and tourist class – 2 stars (Preiswert). For simplicity, however, we will follow the star category.

Our tourists in Germany choose, as a rule, hotels in 3-5 stars. Hotels lower categories are hardly ever to use them with a noticeable demand, and the time of youth tours with democratic nights in cheap hostels has not yet come. Therefore, in the focus of our attention German hotels 3-5 stars.

Stands for umbrellas, champagne in a bucket and specialtimephones

Rooms in Bavarian hotels are often performed in the so-called "Rustic" Style with high beds under caustichene, large falling curtains and curved wood thread.

Entering the room, the hotel turns out to be in a cozy hallway with a hanger for outerwear, a table for bags and a stand for umbrellas. The hotel has 3 stars in a large bright room there are one or two (depending on which number) huge soft beds. Next bedside tables with desktop lamps and telephone. Here are two chairs, coffee table, folder with postal paper, fountain pen, wardrobe with "shoulder" For clothing and TV with remote control.

Three-star Status means that the hotel’s room has a fairly spacious toilet room with a bath or shower. A huge mirror over the sink, next to the wall of the hair dryer. On the shelf shampoo, a small piece of soap and a disposable shower hat. In hotels 4 stars, there is also a shower gel, a set of threads with needles, a nail file and a sponge for shoes.

Bathrooms of five-star hotels are impressive with their sizes, as well as huge mirrors. It is provided here, it seems, everything: from shower gels to gloves for shoes care. Do not try to call someone by phone, which is located in the bathroom. It is intended only to call the masters in case of any breakdown, and they can be used, not even knowing a single foreign language. It is enough to remove the tube and the reception (Rezeption) will receive a signal that something has broken something in a room or happened (if any other problems arose).

The hotel rooms 5 star has also "Zizzekk" (Sitzecke) Corner for receiving guests or just for rest. It is usually a small sofa, a table and armchairs.

Free, partially for free and full fee

In hotels 4 and 5 stars in wardrobes are provided for additional services – dry cleaning and washing clothes. There are special packages where things need to be folded. Then their maid will take them. You can pay for the service immediately, but, as a rule, the calculation is made upon departure from the hotel. The ability to wash or clean things there is also in three-star hotels, but there they will have to take them into the reception itself and pick up the same day.

The administration of hotels is not responsible for the values ​​of guests, so it is recommended to use the safes in the reception. They are available around the clock. In hotels 5 stars, a small safe is in the room. Pay for the use of the safe is not necessary.

In the Bavarian hotels, you can only call the room from the room and in the reception list (for example, asked to wake up at the right time). In four-star and five-star hotels in the receptionist you can also rent an umbrella for free. Before turning on the TV, you need to find out whether all programs are free.

Starting from the category 3 stars in the rooms necessarily there is a minibar. It’s quite expensive pleasure. Before you use, you should carefully examine the attached price list.

Tariffs and special offers

Prices in different Munich hotels of one category depending on the season may vary. The range of their tariffs in categories is located approximately from the DM80 for a double room in a cheap hotel Pension Beck, which was chosen by novice fashion models, to DM400-555 in the aristocratic discreet Vier Jahrseiten with single and double placement, respectively.

There are special weekend suggestions (from Friday to Monday) with lower prices: Hotels 3 stars The price includes breakfast ("Buffet") and 16% VAT (Mehrwertesteer / MWST), and in hotels 4 and 5 stars often also free use of the sauna, pool, solarium and terrace.

Breakfast in Bavaria hotels lasts from 6.30 to 9.30 or C 7.00 to 10.thirty. Usually even in three-star hotels are offered abundant "Buffet".

As for the use of electrical appliances, then in accordance with the German legal entity in hotel rooms, you can use only electric shaver and hair dryers. Voltage everywhere 220 V.

Paradise for buyers in "German Rome"

"A loved child has a lot of tender names", – They say the Germans. And Munich also has different epithet names. "German Paradise", "German Rome", "Athens on Isare" (Izar River, on which Munich is located). And Munich is called, by paradise for buyers". Indeed, the possibilities for shopping here do not count. Along with expensive branded boutiques, located on Maxirnilian- / Theatinerstrasse (Maxirnilian- / Theatinerstrasse), there are shops with more affordable goods and prices that are located on Neuhauserstrass (Neuhausersterasse) of the Munich – and Kaufinerstrasse (KaufingerSse), as well as on the streets In the area of ​​the Main Station (Hauptbahnhof). As in all other large cities of Germany, a network of stores are widely developed in Munich "WITH & A", "Carstadt" (Karstadt) and "Kaufhof" (Kaufhof) with sufficiently low prices for mid-quality goods.

Shops in large cities of Bavaria work daily, except Sunday, from 10.00 to 18.00, on Thursdays from 10.00 to 20.00, on Saturday from 10.00 to 16.00. In store chains "WITH & A", "Carstadt" and "Kaufhof" And many others have a service "Tax-Free". Usually there is a sticker on the entrance door of such stores "Tax-Free". If several things are purchased in one store, you can get one receipt on them "Tax- Free". And it will be issued for goods bought in a few days. This is important in cases where the cost of purchases made within one day does not exceed the minimum amount in the DM70. Especially expensive or overall products German customs officers may ask to show when leaving the country. Therefore, with purchases it is better not to tear off labels and do not pack new things deep into suitcases.

Milk pig I "liquid bread"

Acquaintance with the traditions of the Bavarian feast is best to start with the famous, just welded Bavarian barrel beer. It can be enjoyed in any of the restaurants who are found in Munich at every step. For example, in a pedestrian zone on Neuhawnershtrass, 27 where "Augustiner" (Augustiner), in which beer is boiled in its own brewery since 1328. This is one of the six existing brewing in Munich today. "Augustiner" Offers several varieties of their own beer: Arugustiner Noble Light (Augustiner Edelstoff Hell), Dark Augustiner (Augustiner Dunkel), Augustiner Pils (Augustiner Weissbier) – White beer (wheat, called Munchunts "Blond temptation" Blonde verfuerung) on ​​the look of golden and as if with a sediment, but which also does not interfere with try. Mug 0.5 l stands to DM5.6 depending on the variety.

Turning beer in the restaurant "Augustiner", You can immediately "Rearable" (10 minutes walk) in "Hofbrohaus" (Hofbraeuhaus) on Platzl Street, 9 (Platzl) – "the most famous beer zucchini in the world", Founded in 1589 by Wilhelm V Bavarian, nicknamed pious. Prices are about the same.

Naturally, beer is different because "Hofbrohaus" – also has his brewery with its secrets in recipes. In the restaurant – two halls: festive ("Fastzal") and simple. In both "live music" – National Bavarian. In the festive hall you need to reserve the tables, because all tourists come to Munich are definitely sent here.

It’s not far here, also in the old town, on Kapuzinplatz, 5 (Kapuzinerplatz), there is another German brewery with his restaurant, where you can also taste the iPray Bavarian beer – "Liquid bread", How the Germans call beer. It is called "Paulenger" (Paulaner). Here, too, your brewing recipes.

What to order to beer? You can, for example, original Munich Weisswuerste (Original Muenchner Weisswuerste) White sausages (DM7,20) from its own "Metsgerai". And if you are very hungry, it makes sense to order a whole lunch with a snack and soup. Muenchner Wurstsalat (Muenchner WurstSalat) (DM10,50) – sausage salad in Munich with pickled cucumber, tomato and Luke’s circles – and Munich LEBERKNOPUPE (leberknoedelsuppe) – beef broth with dumplings. Yes, any other Bavarian or Munich Salad or soup! And you can order as the main hot dish of stew from game with chanterelles and lingonberries (Wildragout Mit Frischen Pfifferlin und Preiselbeeren) (DM16.80) or milk piglet roasted in a dark beer, with potato dumplings (Spanferkel Im Dunkein Bier Gebraten, Mit Kartoffelknoedein) ( DM25.50). It is necessary to taste Sauhkhax (Surhaxe Auf Sauerkraut Und Kartoffeldueree) Purely Bavarian dish, which is baked pork leg with stewed cabbage and potato mashed potatoes. Portions are very impressive, with a lot of fresh vegetables, and order half of the portion can not be everywhere. Therefore, before you make an order, you need to calculate your strength. "Augustiner", By the way, it offers reduced portions for his little guests, and in a restaurant "Ratkelller" (Ratskeller) that in the town hall building on the main square of Marienplatz (Marienplatz), you can simply half a portion. All dishes and to beer are served by Bavarian Brezen (Brez’n) – salted bread in the form of a braid with a crispy crust – from its own bakery.

Happy "Piglet" and forty extracurricular children

Before or after the feast, go for a walk around the city – the case of taste. In any case, it is necessary to walk along the pedestrian zone of Munich in the old town, where you can get, for example, from Karlstor, one of the three preserved in the capital of Bavaria ancient gates. In the pedestrian zone, a huge number of shops, shops with national Bavarian souvenirs and restaurants in the national style. At the beginning of it, it is located a museum of hunting and fisheries: here it is necessary to touched the hands of Munchans polished to the glitter and guests "Pigatch" Kabana – it brings happiness. Walk along the pedestrian area is the beginning of the sightseeing of the city’s sights. Gothica, Renaissance, Barochko, Rococo, Modern – Architectural styles of many epochs put an imprint on the appearance of the city, turning it into a large open-air museum. In Munich, about 300 churches and for lovers of antiquity here are a real expathere. Especially in the old town, where the architectural styles of different eras twisted. Munich’s architectural appearance is largely obliged primarily to King Bavaria Ludwig 1, which has been ruled from 1825 to 1848. Then Bavaria was the third largest kingdom of the German Confederation after Austria and Prussia and Ludwig 1 believed that Munich, like the capital, must correspond to this status. "I want from Munich to make the city, which will glorify Germany so that no one can say that he knows Germany if he has not seen Munich". It is at Ludwig 1 that museums arose with pure Greek names: Gliptotek (Museum of Sculpture) and Old Pinakotek – Now the world famous picture gallery, in which the works of Rembrandt, Rafael, Leonardo da Vinci, Velasquez, Titian, El Greeko. Durera, Rubens and many others.

Once at Koenigsplatz (Koenigplatz) with its classic Greek facades of buildings, portica with Corinthian columns, propilenes, forget that you are in the center of Europe near the Bavarian Alps. By the way, it was on this square that the first parades of Hitler’s detachments were held. The symbol of Munich – Frauenkirche (Cathedral of Our Lady), built in 1488, decorated with works of art of five centuries. Amazingly good buildings of the old and New Town Hall on the main square of Marienplatz.

Bavarians – hot patriots of beloved Bavaria and not get tired of reminding her peculiarities. "In Bavaria, even the clock go different", – said somehow Chancellor Willy Brandt. In conversation, every true Bavarian will not forget that "Present" Bavaria is primarily the upper Bavaria (Oberbayern), that is, the southern part of this federal land where Munich is located. Upper Bavaria is famous for its royal castles. First of all, it is a famous residence in the old town, a complex of buildings built in the XVI – XIX centuries, which reflects the architectural styles of the Renaissance, Baroque, Rococo and Classicism – one of the greatest palace ensembles of Europe. Completely amazing Baroque Palace Nymphenburg – Summer Residence of the Vittelsbach Dynasty, the rules of Bavaria almost eight hundred years. The castle is three galleries of Beauty King Ludwig 1, a large connoisseur of women’s beauty, which ordered portraits not only noble beautiful ladies, but also girls from the people. In the gallery there is a portrait of his mistress Lola Montes, the dancers, because of which Ludwig 1 refused the throne.

The main building of the castle is a wonderful garden with small palaces. One of them – Amalienburg – was built by Karl Albrecht specifically for his wife Amalia. Passionate lover of women. Carl Albrecht had 40 extramarital children, and as a compensation for his infidelity gave the wife of the castle, where she could do his beloved cooking and shoot from the roof of the castle of Pheasanov, because her second passion was hunting.

Attractions Munich deserve a separate and not one article. But it is best to visit the Bavarian capital – the cheerful city of art and culture.