Register today! | Already registered? Sign in

traveldk.com

from Eyewitness Travel Guides: the world's bestselling travel guides
  • Personal guide
  • Open
Member image

Downtown & Old Town : Best of the Rest

Submit an attraction

Make sure your favorite shops, restaurants, hotels and more are listed.

Submit an attraction illustration
Win a trip to Bolivia & Peru
Win a trip to Bolivia & Peru

Enter to win

Competition open to UK residents only

Join our free monthly newsletter

Advertisement

Top 10 Best of the Rest

No one has rated this yet.
Rate it
  • Review this attraction
  • 1. Isartor & Valentin-Musäum

    Dedicated to the city’s favourite son, Karl Valentin (1882–1948), the Valentin-Musäum is situated in the south tower of the Isartor (14th century). A small room in the tower furnished in turn-of-the-19th-century style houses a café.

  • 2. Episcopal Palace & Palais Portia

    The Episcopal Palace is the last remaining city palace (1733–7) by François Cuvilliés. Nearby is the Baroque Palais Portia.

  • 3. Literaturhaus

    On Salvatorplatz stands the Literaturhaus, a former Renaissance school now used for literary gatherings. The famed coffee house Dukatz, a café and restaurant, is on the ground floor.

  • 4. Wittelsbacher Platz

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

  • 5. Promenadeplatz

    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.

  • 6. Künstlerhaus

    Meeting place for artists at the turn of the 19th century, the Künstlerhaus (1892–1900) on Lenbachhaus features a Möven-pick café and restaurant on the ground floor.

  • 7. Justizpalast

    Dominating Stachus, the high court was completed by Friedrich Thiersch in 1898.

  • 8. Karlsplatz

    Also known as Stachus, this square with large fountains just past Karlstor marks the end of the pedestrian zone.

  • 9. Gärtnerplatz

    Pretty 19th-century hexagonal square with Gärtnerplatz-theater in Munich’s gay district (see Staatstheater am Gärtnerplatz).

  • 10. Max-Joseph-Platz

    Square with Königsbau and Nationaltheater developed to the south of the Residenz from 1820 onward.

Write a review

If you were signed in, you could write a review here. Register for a free account, or if you're already a member, sign in.

Advertisement

 Latest guides