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In the Middle Ages, this long narrow square served as a salt market. On the north side is the famous Hotel Bayerischer Hof and Montgelas palace.

St Luke’s is known for its choral concerts (see St Lukas).

Founded in 762, this monastery with Baroque church is located between Grünwald and Wolfratshausen and has a popular small pub with beer garden.

This picturesque town is located on a hill on the river Lech. A historic town wall with walkways, towers, and gates gives Schongau a medieval air. Altenstadt, 3 km (2 miles) to the north, was previously Schongau’s old centre before the town spread. It boasts the Michaelskirche, the finest Romanesque vaulted basilica in Upper Bavaria. Containing, among other treasures, a carved Romanesque font, the church was built in 1200.

Wonderful paths along the right banks of the Isar River are ideal for walking. To the south, the Groß-hesseloher Bridge leads across the Isar to the Waldwirtschaft pub and beer garden (Großhesselohe, Georg-Kalb-Straße 3). Farther along the river is a pub in the old Isartal train station (Groß-hesselohe, Kreuzeckstr. 23).

Dating from 1859–65, this stately building in the style of the Maximilian era has been home to the Völkerkundemuseum (museum of ethnology) since 1926. The collection comprises over 300,000 objects from cultures beyond Europe.

The stretch between the old ring road (Altstadtring) and the Maximilianeum is flanked by ornate public buildings, including the Völkerkundemuseum and the Parliament of Upper Bavaria. A monument to Maximilian II stands at the centre of a roundabout.

Once the heart of rural Schwabing, the square on Feilitzschstraße is now somewhat rundown. It was the site, in 1962, of the local riots, known as “Schwabinger Krawalle” (see 1962: Schwabinger Riots).

Known simply as the Wieskirche, the pilgrimage church Zum Gegeißelten Heiland in der Wiese near Steingaden (1746–54) is renowned as a prime example of German Rococo. It represents the work of Dominikus Zimmer-mann, the famous architect and stuccowork master from Wessobrunn, at his peak. UNESCO listed the church as a World Heritage Site in 1984.

Brienner Straße leads from Odeonsplatz to Wittelsbacher Platz, which features a palace and statue of Maximilian I.