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Danube Reflections Eastbound - Ideas for Day in Munich
My husband and I have booked the August 9th Eastbound trip and will arrive in Munich one day early. We are travelling from Boston and will arrive in Munich on Friday morning (August 8th). We will stay at the Tauck hotel (Charles Hotel) which I believe is near the train station. We are looking for ideas for sightseeing in the afternoon and following morning. We prefer to walk to our destinations for exercise after the long overnight trip and love to taste local foods. Any ideas? And if you are also on the same trip and will be in Munich early, we would love to hook up with fellow travelers.
Update: Don and I decided to take a self guided tour of the area around The Charles in Munich as air travel can have delays. Decided it was best to plan with no set timetable. We found the walking tour online and purchased maps of the area. There is quite a lot to see in the area and is posted as a 2 1/2 hr walking tour. Would love to meet fellow travelers for drinks Friday evening. Not sure how much time we will have in Munich in the morning so no plans yet.
Update: Don and I decided to take a self guided tour of the area around The Charles in Munich as air travel can have delays. Decided it was best to plan with no set timetable. We found the walking tour online and purchased maps of the area. There is quite a lot to see in the area and is posted as a 2 1/2 hr walking tour. Would love to meet fellow travelers for drinks Friday evening. Not sure how much time we will have in Munich in the morning so no plans yet.
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We will be joining you on this wonderful adventure (Joyce & Ray, Ocala, Fl, formerly from Rhode Island). We have traveled with Tauck a number of times and have always had a wonderful experience. We will be arriving on August 6th and staying at "The Charles". We also will extend our trip at the other end and leave Vienna on August 19th. We are in the process of researching things to do pre/post cruise. On previous trips we have arranged with other travelers to hire private guides and found them more comprehensive and usually cheaper. If interested in doing private tours lets talk after the holidays.
We (Don and Donna) are also staying in Vienna until the 19th so would be interested in hearing about private tours. My one must do is to view the Imperial Palace compound which is located near the Ritz. If we can do this during planned free time we would have no current plans for Monday the 18th. Please keep us informed.
I've been doing some research on private tours and found John's Bavarian Tours. We are looking at his tour #'s 2, 5 and 7. You can see the details @ www.johns-bavarian-tours.com
The cost is a bit pricey but the tours are totally private and he acts as your private guide. Costs are as follows:
#2 is 520 euros
#5 is 580 euros
#7 is 600 euros
Prices are per tour and the cost would be divided up among the number of people going. Let me know if you have any interest. My email is joyce10128@gmail.com
The suggestion by Mimi & Don to get together Friday evening is great, we are definitely in for that.
Looking forward to traveling with everyone.
Cathy & Don
We also arrive Munich on Aug 8...at 8:45am presuming no problems with flights...and will be at The Charles Hotel. This is our first riverboat and first Tauck trip. We have heard nothing but good things about both. We are both retired, upper 60's, from the Minneapolis Mn area. We will likely do a walking type tour and perhaps the Hofbrau Haus. It will be a fun trip
Regards
Darrell and Marge Buell
We are going to use the self guided tour found at: www.frommers.com/destinations/munich/763939 Title: Walking Tour 1
We purchased a map of Munich from Amazon and have marked the sites using The Charles as our starting point and it does include Hofbrauhaus which we shall be using as our midway stop for refreshments. Distance seems totally doable. Our arrival is at 9:55 AM direct from Boston so assuming we take off in time (Luftansa) we are hoping to be at the Charles by noon to begin our trek. You are welcomed to join us if you do not venture out before that. Meeting with others later in the afternoon for drinks and perhaps dinner - another opportunity to get together.