Hello everyone
After doing some considering this is what I’ve come up with for the trip. So far the only things I have locked in or the hotel in Munich from September 30 to October 5, and the Munich bike tour. I’m open to advice to change things. This is my second time in Germany and Austria I was there in 2019 but it’s my wife’s first time. we’re going to some new places I haven’t been but also a few places I’ve been before so my wife can enjoy it too, and most of them I don’t mind seeing again.
we land in Munich Germany September 30 in the afternoon and we leave Vienna Austria on Oktober 17 early morning going home to USA. That’s total 16 days, not counting the half day when we arrive.
September 30 - landing in munich at 1:30pm, by the time we get to hotel and check in will be 3:30 or later. Plan on walking around a bit, getting some food, and the rest of the day is open, might check out the festival in the evening. Negotiable and open to suggestions
Oktober 1 - plan on going to the festival in the daytime and will probably be there all day/night. Negotiable and open to suggestions
oktober 2 - 11:30 am I booked a 4 hour group bike tour with English guide which will stop for lunch at a Biergarten, will be done by 3:30. The rest of the day is open we have no plans yet. Negotiable and open to suggestions
Oktober 3 - will probably go to the festival again this day and possibly stay all day but will see how we feel or if we want to do anything else. Negotiable and open to suggestions
Oktober 4 - we plan on picking up the rental car this day (BMW M440i) and driving to see some old towns outside of munich. One idea is to drive to Rothenberg and see the towns on the way, there are different routes which pass through different towns. Option A - Munich-Augsburg-Ulm-Rothenberg . Option B-Munich-Ingolstadt-Nuremberg-Rothenberg. I need to research those towns see which ones are more interesting (please suggest) and also which route has longer sections of no speed limit and less traffic. I’ve been to Germany in 2019 and driven an M car on the autobahn at high speeds responsibly, so I have experience and I plan on doing this safely and respectfully.
Oktober 5 to 7 - were checking out of our Munich hotel and heading south towards Berchtesgaden, stopping at interesting places along the way, and then to Garmisch-Partenkirchen while they’re plan on going up to Kehlsteinhaus/eagles nest. I was there in 2019 but was cloudy couldn’t see the view. After Kehlsteinhaus I’d love to do more while in the Berchtesgaden area, open to suggestions. Maybe salt mines? Although later during this trip I plan on visiting Hallstatt / Salzkammergut so maybe I’ll see the mines there instead? I heard Konigsee is over rated but what do you think? I’m going to be in Salzkammergut Lake District near Bad Ischl which is surrounded by lakes, should I skip Konigsee? Anything else I should do before leaving Berchtesgaden? Or should I spend the night there before heading to Garmisch? The next to days I plan on spending in the Garmisch-Partenkirchen area and getting a hotel there using the town as a base if there isn’t s better town. We want to visit Neuschwanstein, Zugspitze, and anything else in the area. We plan on checking in our hotel(s) on the 5th and checking on the 8th before crossing into Innsbruck Austria. What do you guys recommend we do during our 3 days in Berchtesgaden/Garmisch?
Oktober 8 to 10 - check out of our Berchtesgaden/Garmisch hotel and drive into Innsbruck Austria stopping at interesting places on the way. Will be my first time in Innsbruck we plan on exploring the town, any recommendations in this town and surrounding areas? We will definitely do the alpine slide which is south of Innsbruck. We plan on staying 2 nights, probably not more so we have sufficient time in our next destinations
Oktober 10 to 12- check out of Innsbruck hotel and drive to Salzburg, stoping at interesting places along the way. This will be my second time in Salzburg, I don’t mind coming again since I loved it. Last time I went up to the castle and had dinner with a Mozart symphony which was great, will do this again with the wife, but I also want to try new things while there, open to suggestions please. We plan on staying not more than 2 nights so we have time in our next destinations
oktober 12 to 14 - check out of Salzburg hotel and drive to Bad Ischl or any worthwhile town in the Lake District, plan on staying atleast 2 nights and enjoying the lakes and anything else there is to see/do. Please send any suggestions
oktober 14 - check out of Bad Ischl and start driving towards Vienna. I’ve spent a couple hours in Vienna on a layover before but all I did was eat some Schnitzel and walk around the city. This will be my chance to spend atleast a fulll day there, depending on how much time I spend in any towns on the way to Vienna from Bad Ischl. It’s a 3 hour drive but I figure it’ll take all day if I stop at a few places like gmunden/traunkirchen if they’re worth while. That’s if I don’t spend a night in those towns. Any places on this route you guys can recommend? Considering the places I’ve been in the previous days, should I spend as much time as possible in Vienna? I feel like 1 or 2 days is enough for me in the big city, but if there isn’t much to see on the drive to Vienna, I might as well spend as much time in Vienna as possible. If I arrive in Vienna. On the night of the 14th and check into my hotel, that means I will have all of the 15th and the 16th to enjoy the city before going home on the morning of the 17th.
thank you guys for taking the time to read my long text, looking forward to your responses, I really appreciate you all!
After doing some considering this is what I’ve come up with for the trip. So far the only things I have locked in or the hotel in Munich from September 30 to October 5, and the Munich bike tour. I’m open to advice to change things. This is my second time in Germany and Austria I was there in 2019 but it’s my wife’s first time. we’re going to some new places I haven’t been but also a few places I’ve been before so my wife can enjoy it too, and most of them I don’t mind seeing again.
we land in Munich Germany September 30 in the afternoon and we leave Vienna Austria on Oktober 17 early morning going home to USA. That’s total 16 days, not counting the half day when we arrive.
September 30 - landing in munich at 1:30pm, by the time we get to hotel and check in will be 3:30 or later. Plan on walking around a bit, getting some food, and the rest of the day is open, might check out the festival in the evening. Negotiable and open to suggestions
Oktober 1 - plan on going to the festival in the daytime and will probably be there all day/night. Negotiable and open to suggestions
oktober 2 - 11:30 am I booked a 4 hour group bike tour with English guide which will stop for lunch at a Biergarten, will be done by 3:30. The rest of the day is open we have no plans yet. Negotiable and open to suggestions
Oktober 3 - will probably go to the festival again this day and possibly stay all day but will see how we feel or if we want to do anything else. Negotiable and open to suggestions
Oktober 4 - we plan on picking up the rental car this day (BMW M440i) and driving to see some old towns outside of munich. One idea is to drive to Rothenberg and see the towns on the way, there are different routes which pass through different towns. Option A - Munich-Augsburg-Ulm-Rothenberg . Option B-Munich-Ingolstadt-Nuremberg-Rothenberg. I need to research those towns see which ones are more interesting (please suggest) and also which route has longer sections of no speed limit and less traffic. I’ve been to Germany in 2019 and driven an M car on the autobahn at high speeds responsibly, so I have experience and I plan on doing this safely and respectfully.
Oktober 5 to 7 - were checking out of our Munich hotel and heading south towards Berchtesgaden, stopping at interesting places along the way, and then to Garmisch-Partenkirchen while they’re plan on going up to Kehlsteinhaus/eagles nest. I was there in 2019 but was cloudy couldn’t see the view. After Kehlsteinhaus I’d love to do more while in the Berchtesgaden area, open to suggestions. Maybe salt mines? Although later during this trip I plan on visiting Hallstatt / Salzkammergut so maybe I’ll see the mines there instead? I heard Konigsee is over rated but what do you think? I’m going to be in Salzkammergut Lake District near Bad Ischl which is surrounded by lakes, should I skip Konigsee? Anything else I should do before leaving Berchtesgaden? Or should I spend the night there before heading to Garmisch? The next to days I plan on spending in the Garmisch-Partenkirchen area and getting a hotel there using the town as a base if there isn’t s better town. We want to visit Neuschwanstein, Zugspitze, and anything else in the area. We plan on checking in our hotel(s) on the 5th and checking on the 8th before crossing into Innsbruck Austria. What do you guys recommend we do during our 3 days in Berchtesgaden/Garmisch?
Oktober 8 to 10 - check out of our Berchtesgaden/Garmisch hotel and drive into Innsbruck Austria stopping at interesting places on the way. Will be my first time in Innsbruck we plan on exploring the town, any recommendations in this town and surrounding areas? We will definitely do the alpine slide which is south of Innsbruck. We plan on staying 2 nights, probably not more so we have sufficient time in our next destinations
Oktober 10 to 12- check out of Innsbruck hotel and drive to Salzburg, stoping at interesting places along the way. This will be my second time in Salzburg, I don’t mind coming again since I loved it. Last time I went up to the castle and had dinner with a Mozart symphony which was great, will do this again with the wife, but I also want to try new things while there, open to suggestions please. We plan on staying not more than 2 nights so we have time in our next destinations
oktober 12 to 14 - check out of Salzburg hotel and drive to Bad Ischl or any worthwhile town in the Lake District, plan on staying atleast 2 nights and enjoying the lakes and anything else there is to see/do. Please send any suggestions
oktober 14 - check out of Bad Ischl and start driving towards Vienna. I’ve spent a couple hours in Vienna on a layover before but all I did was eat some Schnitzel and walk around the city. This will be my chance to spend atleast a fulll day there, depending on how much time I spend in any towns on the way to Vienna from Bad Ischl. It’s a 3 hour drive but I figure it’ll take all day if I stop at a few places like gmunden/traunkirchen if they’re worth while. That’s if I don’t spend a night in those towns. Any places on this route you guys can recommend? Considering the places I’ve been in the previous days, should I spend as much time as possible in Vienna? I feel like 1 or 2 days is enough for me in the big city, but if there isn’t much to see on the drive to Vienna, I might as well spend as much time in Vienna as possible. If I arrive in Vienna. On the night of the 14th and check into my hotel, that means I will have all of the 15th and the 16th to enjoy the city before going home on the morning of the 17th.
thank you guys for taking the time to read my long text, looking forward to your responses, I really appreciate you all!
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