Winter is a great time of year to visit Germany, in particular Munich, Bavaria & Stuttgartt where the gluhwein is flowing and the hot bratwurst is waiting for you to take a bite.
Munich, Bavaria & the Black Forest travel guide
Check out the ETG list of 4 great places to visit in southern Germany this winter and experience the Christmas cheer and buy a few unusual Christmas gifts for your loved ones.
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1. Stuttgart & the Black Forest - Munich, Bavaria & the Black Forest (PDF Chapter) Lonely Planet
Coverage includes: Stuttgart & Around, Max-Eyth-See, Grabkapelle Württemberg, Ludwigsburg, Maulbronn, Swabian Alps & Around, Tübingen, Burg Hohenzollern, Schwäbisch Hall, Ulm, The Black Forest, Baden-Baden, Karlsruhe, Freudenstadt, Kinzig Valley, Alpirsbach, Schiltach, Gutach, Haslach, Gengenbach, Freiburg, Schauinsland, Steinwasen Park, Todtnauer Wasserfall, St Peter, Breisach, Feldberg, Titisee-Neustadt, Schluchsee, Triberg, Stöcklewaldturm, Martinskapelle, Villingen-Schwenningen, Rottweil, Unterkirnach, Lake Constance, Konstanz, Mainau Island, Reichenau Island, Meersburg, Pfahlbauten, Birnau, Affenberg Salem, Schloss Salem, Friedrichshafen, Ravensburg and Lindau.
2. Bavaria - Munich, Bavaria & the Black Forest (PDF Chapter) Lonely Planet
Coverage includes: Bavarian Alps, Füssen, Wieskirche, Schloss Linderhof, Oberammergau, Ettal, Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Mittenwald, Oberstdorf, Andechs, Bad Tölz, Chiemsee, Berchtesgaden, The Romantic Road, Würzburg, Rothenburg ob der Tauber, Dinkelsbühl, Nördlingen, Donauwörth, Augsburg, Landsberg am Lech, Nuremberg & Franconia, Nuremberg, Bamberg, Bayreuth, Coburg, Altmühltal Nature Park, Eichstätt, Regensburg & the Danube, Regensburg & Around, Ingolstadt, Landshut, Passau and Bavarian Forest.
3. Salzburg & Around - Munich, Bavaria & the Black Forest (PDF Chapter) Lonely Planet
Salzburg will deliver Mozart, Maria von Trapp, the 600-year history of the prince-archbishops, Austrian alpine gorgeousness and high-on-a-hilltop castles.
Coverage includes: Salzburg & Around, Schloss Hellbrunn, Untersberg, Gaisberg, Hallein, Bad Dürrnberg and Werfen.
4. Munich - Germany(Chapter) Lonely Planet
Natural habitat of well-wheeled power dressers and lederhosen-clad thigh-slappers, Mediterranean-style street cafes and Mitteleuropa beer halls, high-brow art and high-tech industry, Germany's secret capital is a flourishing success story that revels in its own contradictions.