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Departure Times
Meet Us There) - arrival any time on Thursday with check in available from 3pmFlorence - 10:00pm
Rome - 7:00pm
Highlights
The land of lederhosen, pretzels and beer – and BEERFESTS! Come celebrate Oktoberfest in the springtime in Munich, during the Strong Beerfest and Spring Beerfest! Bavarian culture, history, museums, Dachau concentration camp, Neuschwanstein Castle, bike tours and of course more beer! Munich’s reputation for being Europe’s most fun city is well-deserved and a can’t miss destination!
During the February, March, April and May trips the famous Starkbierzeit (Strongbeerfest) and Fruhlingsfest (Springbeerfest) will be held. The Strong Beerfest runs from the last weekend of February and into March and celebrates the period of Lent with a special dark, strong beer and numerous parties around the city’s biggest beerhalls (with live music & traditional can’t miss Bavarian beer drinking atmosphere)!
The famous Spring Beerfest (Fruhlingsfest) is held from the third weekend of April through the first weekend of May running for 3 weekends. It is a smaller and more local version of Oktoberfest and held on the same grounds, the Theresienwiese. There will be several beer tents holding several thousand people each w/live music, and the usual amusement park rides and food just like at Oktoberfest. Many consider the Springfest to be a smaller, yet more fun version of Oktoberfest (without all the tourists). On Friday and Saturday night the nightlife will be centered here.
Spring Beerfest 2024:
April 18th - 21st (festival starts on Friday)
April 25th - 28th
May 2nd - 5th
Itinerary
Thursday - Day 1 Arrival on your own, room check-in available from 3pm (you will be sent exact instructions on how to arrive). Activities start from Friday morning.
*Transportation Package - Depart Florence/Rome with early Friday morning arrival to Munich.
Friday - Day 2 Breakfast included. Following breakfast you'll embark on a professionally guided 2.5-hour walking tour that will take you to many of Munich’s major landmarks and highlights. You will visit the Frauenkirche, see the world-famous Glockenspiel, go past the iconic Hofbräuhaus, and much more to tick off the main sights of the city's old town. Free afternoon & evening to head to the Beerfest!
Saturday - Day 3 Breakfast included. 9am departure for included trip to Dachau concentration camp and memorial with professionally guided tour. The camp lies just northeast of the city center (around 25 min travel time), and was the first concentration camp in Nazi Germany, opened in 1933. Originally meant for political prisoners, it became the model for all subsequent concentration camps and held more than 200,000 prisoners during its 12 years of existence with approx. 41,500 being killed here before the liberation by US forces in 1945. You'll see the site and learn its history and atrocities with this fascinating guided tour. Early afternoon arrival back to Munich (trip & tour lasts approx. 5 hours) with rest of the day free. For Saturday night head back to the Beerfest, enjoy a traditional beer hall or one of many other great bars or clubs at night.
Sunday - Day 4 Breakfast included. Check out (leave your luggage with reception if you have a later departure). Free day with departure on your own If you have a later departure it's possible to book the optional Neuschwanstein Castle trip (the real life inspiration for the Disney castle, and located in the southern Bavarian Alps).
**Transportation Package - Early afternoon (approx. 1pm) departure back to Florence/Rome with very late evening arrival time.
***Trip Style - This is an independent trip ideal for groups of friends, family, couples, or even for an independent-minded solo traveler. It is designed as a travel & destination package, not solely as a "group trip". You will be on group tours/activities with other travelers and in a room with other travelers if you book the "shared dorm hostel" package (if you book the "private" room package then you of course will be in your own private room). You will however, have independent time between the guided group tours/activities to explore on your own and do as you please, and will receive a detailed info packet by email with numerous recommendations for additional group activities or tours (beyond what is included), sights/museums and food/drink/nightlife info, etc. It's a great balance between guided & included tours/activities and free time so that you have plenty of time on your own to do what you want.
Quick Facts
Country: Germany
Language: German
Currency: Euro
Typical Cuisine: Munich - wurst (sausage), Pretzels, krautsalat (sauerkrautsalad), kartoffelsalat (potato salad) schweinshaxe (roasted pork knuckle), schnitzel, hendl (roasted chicken), strudels, schnapps, beer.
Traveler # on Trip - 1-30 (trip operates w/1 solo traveler up to a max of approx. 30 people). This trip is always 100% a go!
Available Packages
- Meet Us There - accommodations & activities
- Transportation Package - r/t transportation + accommodations + activities
- Transportation only
* "SALE" (when indicated) - is a special limited availability sale priced package, where listed, and for “Full Pkg” or “Fly-In” package, with "SALE" indicated and is the same as the corresponding normally priced package of the same name. Availability is limited per trip and date.
Included:
Meet Us There Package:
- 3 nights accommodation (2 nights for packages from Florence or Rome)
- 3 breakfasts
- Munich guided walking tour
- Dachau concentration camp trip & tour
- Euroadventures information packet
- Euroadventures trip leader (accompanies groups of 20 + people)
Transportation Package:
- round trip transportation
- 3 nights accommodation
- 3 breakfasts
- Munich guided walking tour
- Dachau concentration camp trip & tour
- Euroadventures information packet
- Euroadventures trip leader (accompanies groups of 20 + people)
Transportation Only Package:
- round trip transportation
- Euroadventures information packet
Not included:
- lunch, dinner & drinks
- bike tour - 35 Euro
- beer walking tour - 25 Euro
- metro tickets
- museums
- Neuschwanstein Castle trip ) - 65 Euro
- gifts/personal expenses
Packing Tips
- Passport
- Pillow (for bus ride)
- Rain jacket
- Shoes you don’t mind getting dirty (if it’s raining outside, the beer tents during the festivals can be pretty messy on the floor)
- Money (you'll need cash inside the beer tents)
Where we stay
- Accommodations in central Munich with both 3-Star hotel or Hostel options available
- 4-Star hotel upgrade available by request
Extra Activities
- Bike Tour - cover the amazing sights of Munich on a comfy California Cruiser style bike. The city is flat with nice wide bike paths so the ride (approx. 3.5 hours, including beer garden stop) couldn't be easier or more comfortable! Tour covers the major landmarks within the old town, including riding along the Isar River, seeing the famous river surfers, the English Garden and stopping at the Chinese beer garden (the 2nd largest beer garden in Munich!) with time for some beer & food. Price - €35
- Beer walking tour. There’s not a better way to see the city & sights, get some great information and entertainment as well as drink some fine German beer while admiring beautiful Munich! The guides are informative, really funny and energetic and there will be KEGS OF BEER with us! There will be stops for drinking games and other fun activities involving beer (after all it is the capital of beer, Munich). The cost for this nearly 2 hour tour is only 20 Euro for our own private group! Keep in mind too that it works out to be about 2 Liters per person (over half a gallon) and they cost 11 Euro for one at Oktoberfest, so in addition to getting your monies worth in beer you also get a super fun and informative tour around Munich’s historic center. Price - €25
- Neuschwanstein Castle - an optional trip to the famous inspiration for the Disneyland Castle, Kind Ludwig’s Neuschwanstein Castle nestled in the gorgeous Bavarian Alps! Price - €65
How To Reach Destination
- Munich Airport (Flughafen Munchen) - located 17.7 miles northeast of Munich. It takes 40 minutes to get to Munich city center and costs up to 12 Euro.
- Memmingen Airport - located about 68 miles from Munich center. It's popular with low-cost airlines. It takes 1 hour 25 minutes to get to Munich and costs 15 Euro.