Munich & the Bavarian Alps

by Robert G. Pasieczny (Editor), Dorota Szatanska (Editor), Izabella Galicka (Contributor)

DK Eyewitness Travel Guide: Munich & the Bavarian Alps is your go-to guide to this beautiful region.

Discover the best that Munich and the Bavarian Alps have to offer, from local festivals and markets to all the must-see sights. Experience Oktoberfest, ski down the Alps, and tour Neuschwanstein Castle.

Discover DK Eyewitness Travel Guide: Munich & the Bavarian Alps .

+ Detailed itineraries and "don't-miss" destination highlights at a glance.
+ Illustrated cutaway 3-D drawings of important sights.
+ Free, color pull-out map (print edition) marked with sights, a selected sight and street index, public transit map, practical information on getting around, and a distance chart for measuring walking distances.
+ Guided walking tours, local drink and dining specialties to try, things to do, and places to eat, drink, and shop by area.
+ Area maps marked with sights and restaurants.
+ Detailed city maps include street finder index for easy navigation.
+ Insights into history and culture to help you understand the stories behind the sights.
+ Suggested day trips and itineraries to explore beyond the city.
+ Hotel and restaurant listings highlight DK Choice special recommendations.

With hundreds of full-color photographs, hand-drawn illustrations, and custom maps that illuminate every page, DK Eyewitness Travel Guide: Munich & the Bavarian Alps truly shows you this region as no one else can.

Recommended: For a pocket guidebook to Munich, check out DK Eyewitness Travel Guide: Top 10 Munich , which is packed with dozens of top 10 lists, ensuring you make the most of your time in the city.

Series Overview: For more than two decades, DK Eyewitness Travel Guides have helped travelers experience the world through the history, art, architecture, and culture of their destinations. Expert travel writers and researchers provide independent editorial advice, recommendations, and reviews. With guidebooks to hundreds of places around the globe available in print and digital formats, DK Eyewitness Travel Guides show travelers how they can discover more.

DK Eyewitness Travel Guides: the most maps, photographs, and illustrations of any guide.

Awards:

Wanderlust Travel Awards 2009 - 2015

Reviews:

"Known... for its four-color maps, photos and illustrations, the [DK] Eyewitness Guides are extremely user-friendly for travelers who want their information delivered in a concise, visual way." - Chicago Tribune

"The best option... Color photos, maps, and diagrams bring the place to life." - The Philadelphia Inquirer

Genres: Travel, Nonfiction, Germany, Reference

336 pages, Paperback

First published June 1, 2002

Reviews

[Ralph Burton]

Beautiful book comes with glorious illustrations.

[Kay]

I'm a big fan of the Eyewitness Travel Guides. The format is appealing -- a lavishly illustrated introductory section expounding on the history and key features of the city followed by color-coded sections, each devoted to a different area. The rear of the book is devoted to practicalities such as transportation, hotels, restaurants, and entertainment. Since it heavily relies on pictures rather than words, it's easy to pick up a guide, thumb through it, and let a striking photo serve as inspiration for where to go or what to do. The text on even the major sights is succinct, so if it's the full monty you're after, supplement this guide with something more substantial like a Blue Guide. However, if you want to get a quick sense of what a destination has to offer, an hour or so spent with one of these guides is probably one of the most effective ways to do background research.

Alas, I've never had a chance to explore Bavaria much beyond Munich, though in the future I hope to. This guide has a half dozen or so sections devoted to major areas of Bavaria that should help me narrow my focus.

One quibble is that since the Eyewitness Guides are printed on nice, heavy stock, they're not that light. Perhaps in the future another format - digital? - will get around this problem.

[Dani Neumann]

Great for pictures (I'm a picture girl when it comes to travel books..) they gave me more ideas on things to look up more in depth. Definitely NOT an in-depth guide, I would recommend supplementing it with another travel book, but great for ideas.

[Yuki]

4/03, 10/04, 8/06

[Cloay]

Available in SG Library Sengkang 914.

Useful to provide some venues for my visit to Munich and Black Forest in Jun-2010.