Bavaria is the Germany most people picture, with its snow-covered Alps, painted house fronts, onion-domed churches, crystal blue lakes and traditionally dressed women in dryndls and men in lederhosen clicking foaming steins of beer to zither music. While few wear the traditional clothing, the rest of the picture is what visitors will find. Throughout the landscape weave the stories of King Ludwig and his tragic cousin, Empress Elisabeth of Austria, known affectionately as Sisi. Ludwig's fairy-tale castle at Neuschwanstein and his glittering palaces at Linderhof and Chiemsee, along with the woodcarving town of Oberammergau, the ski center at Garmisch-Partenkirchen and the home of the Expressionist Blue Rider school at Murnau on the Staffelsee form a line of attractions at the foot of the Alps. The year-round train and cable car to the top of Zugspitz offer some of Europe's finest Alpine views. North of Munich, Bavaria includes the beautiful, stately Danube cities of Regensburg and Passau.
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Barbara Radcliffe Rogers has written or coauthored more than 30 guidebooks, including The Portugal Traveler, Drive Around Portugal, City Spots Munich, City Spots Helsinki, and City Spots Stockholm.
Bavaria is the Germany most people picture, with its snow-covered Alps, painted house fronts, onion-domed churches, crystal blue lakes and traditionally dressed women in dryndls and men in lederhosen clicking foaming steins of beer to zither music. While few wear the traditional clothing, the rest of the picture is what visitors will find. Throughout the landscape weave the stories of King Ludwig and his tragic cousin, Empress Elisabeth of Austria, known affectionately as Sisi. Ludwig's fairy-tale castle at Neuschwanstein and his glittering palaces at Linderhof and Chiemsee, along with the woodcarving town of Oberammergau, the ski center at Garmisch-Partenkirchen and the home of the Expressionist Blue Rider school at Murnau on the Staffelsee form a line of attractions at the foot of the Alps. The year-round train and cable car to the top of Zugspitz offer some of Europe's finest Alpine views. North of Munich, Bavaria includes the beautiful, stately Danube cities of Regensburg and Passau.
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Barbara Radcliffe Rogers has written or coauthored more than 30 guidebooks, including The Portugal Traveler, Drive Around Portugal, City Spots Munich, City Spots Helsinki, and City Spots Stockholm.
Interests
| Architecture |
| Art |
| Culture |
| Eco-tourism |
| Festivals |
| Fine Dining |
| History |
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| Market/Bazaar |
| Museums |
| Music |
| Parks/Gardens |
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Activities
| Bicycling |
| Hike/Backpack |
| Scenic Drive |
| Snow Skiing |
| Snowboarding |
| Swimming |
| Walking |
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