# Three nights in Munich by plane from Spain: Glockenspiel, Nymphenburg, Deutsches Museum, Alte Pinakothek and beer halls

A direct flight to Munich, the S-Bahn to the centre and three days on foot and by tram: Glockenspiel and Hofbräuhaus, Deutsches Museum and Nymphenburg, Alte Pinakothek and the Eisbach wave.

Fuente: https://www.geocalia.com/en/germany/bavaria/munich/itineraries/three-nights-in-munich-by-plane · Revisado: 2026-11-12

Dónde: Munich

Munich is well seen in three nights from Spain: there are direct flights from a dozen airports, the S-Bahn links the airport with the centre without changes and almost everything that matters is on foot or a tram ride away. In three days you see Marienplatz and its carillon, the great science and technology museum, the summer palace of the kings of Bavaria, one of Europe's great picture galleries and the Eisbach surfers, and you eat in two of the classic beer halls.

## How do you get there from Spain?

By air to Munich-Franz Josef Strauss (MUC). There are direct flights from Madrid, Barcelona, Málaga, Valencia, Seville, Bilbao, Alicante, Palma, Gran Canaria, Tenerife South, Lanzarote, Fuerteventura and La Palma; see the "By air" panel on the Munich page. From the airport to the centre, the S-Bahn: the S8 from the east and the S1 from the west reach Marienplatz and the main station in about 40 minutes. Buy the Airport-City-Day-Ticket: €17.50 per person, or €32.60 for groups of up to five, valid that whole day across the whole network.

## Where to sleep?

AccommodationAreaWho it suits

Hotel TorbräuIsartor, beside Tal streetFour stars five minutes from Marienplatz, with a direct S8 to the airport

Hotel MariandlGoethestraße, near the TheresienwieseA house from around 1900 above a café with music, no lift and with moderate prices

Wombat's HauptbahnhofBeside the main stationFor spending little, with doubles and dormitories with their own bathroom

## What if it is during Oktoberfest?

The 2027 Oktoberfest runs from 18 September to 3 October on the Theresienwiese, with free entry. Swap Friday afternoon for the festival, on a weekday and early, and book the hotel months ahead: prices rise a great deal. The Hotel Mariandl is 500 metres away and publishes fixed prices for those dates.

## What if I have an extra day?

Head out by train towards the Alps: Berchtesgaden, with Lake Königssee, is to the south-east, near Salzburg. Or north, to Rothenburg ob der Tauber, the walled town on the Romantic Road.

## With children

Munich is comfortable with children. Under-18s do not pay at Nymphenburg or the Alte Pinakothek, the Deutsches Museum is free for under-6s and the Biergarten at the Augustiner-Keller has a playground. Swap dinner at Tantris for dinner at the Augustiner-Keller restaurant and add the plan Munich with the family in a day.

## El plan

### Thursday · 19:00 · Arrival and first dinner
You land at MUC, take the S8 to Isartor and leave your suitcase at the Torbräu. Dinner five minutes away, at the Hofbräuhaus: the kitchen serves until 22:00 and on the ground floor you do not need to book.

### Friday · 10:45 · Marienplatz and the Glockenspiel
Stand in front of the New Town Hall ten minutes before 11:00, when the 43 bells ring. Afterwards, a stroll through the centre and the Viktualienmarkt.

### Friday · 13:00 · Deutsches Museum
Ten minutes' walk to the Isar island. Admission €18, €11 for ages 6 to 17; open until 17:00. Have something quick to eat there or beforehand in the centre.

### Friday · 18:00 · Augustiner-Keller
S-Bahn to Hackerbrücke. In good weather, a jug of Edelstoff from a wooden barrel under the chestnut trees of the Biergarten; if not, dinner in the restaurant, open until 1:00.

### Saturday · 09:30 · Nymphenburg Palace
Tram 17 from the main station. The palace, the carriage museum and the park: combined ticket of €20 in summer, free for under-18s. Buy the time slot online.

### Saturday · 14:00 · Free afternoon in Schwabing
Head back towards the centre and stroll through Schwabing and Maxvorstadt, the university districts.

### Saturday · 19:30 · Dinner at Tantris
The special dinner of the trip, in a haute-cuisine French house from 1971. Book weeks ahead and wear smart clothes. If you are under 35, ask about the Menu Jeune.

### Sunday · 10:00 · Alte Pinakothek
On Sunday admission costs €1: Dürer, Rubens, El Greco, Velázquez and Murillo. Two and a half hours without hurrying.

### Sunday · 13:30 · English Garden and the Eisbach wave
Twenty minutes' walk to the Haus der Kunst. Watch the surfers from the bridge and continue through the park to the Chinese Tower.

### Sunday · 18:00 · Journey back
Pick up your suitcase and take the S8 from Isartor to the airport.

## Un consejo más

Check the Augustiner-Keller website's front page on the same day: it says whether the Biergarten is open or only the restaurant.

## Cuándo no ir

Do not go to the Oktoberfest on a Saturday at midday: the tents are full from mid-morning and the organisers advise against queuing.

## Preguntas frecuentes

### How much does the getaway cost?
Without flights, with a mid-range hotel, tickets, transport and meals, from about €450 per person for the three nights; dinner at Tantris is extra.

### Do I need a car?
No. The centre is done on foot and the rest by S-Bahn, metro and tram.

### What is the best time?
From May to October, with the Biergärten open, and December for the Christmas markets. During the Oktoberfest, hotels become much more expensive.

### Can it be done in two nights?
Yes, by dropping the Deutsches Museum or Nymphenburg, although Friday becomes very full.

## Dónde dormir if you're flying
- **Hotel Torbräu**, desde 145 € / night: An inn since 1490 beside the Isartor
The Torbräu is right next to the Isartor, one of Munich's medieval gates, where Tal street begins and climbs to Marienplatz. The hotel itself tells its history: the first innkeeper received travellers here in 1490, in 1565 a brewer added a brewery to it and in 1810 the Torbräu's tavern-keeper was responsible for feeding the burghers at the wedding of the future King Ludwig I, the celebration from which the Oktoberfest was born. Since 1903 it has been run by the Kirchlechner family, now in its fourth generation, who have modernised it completely. On the first-floor staircase there is a small museum room with the history of the house.
The rooms
There are seven categories, from the basic single to the suite, with starting prices published on its website: basic single from €145, Basic Queen from €165, standard double from €200, superior from €220, deluxe from €280, junior suite from €300 and suite from €430. The standard double has about 20 m², a 1.80 m double bed with separate mattresses, adjustable air conditioning, satellite television, safe, soundproofed windows and a bathroom with shower or bath. The deluxe rises to 30 m², with sofa, rain shower or bath, bathrobe and L'Occitane toiletries. Wifi is included in all. If you need two separate beds or connecting rooms for travelling with children, the hotel says it arranges this on request.
Eating and drinking
On the ground floor is the Schapeau, an Italian restaurant with its own website, and the Klimt-Bar, decorated with Gustav Klimt motifs, with chaise longues and a piano. The bar is open Tuesday to Thursday from 15:30 to 23:00 and Friday and Saturday until midnight, with a happy hour Tuesday to Thursday from 19:00 to 20:00. Reception can also get tickets for concerts, theatre or football if you ask in good time.
Getting there
From the airport, the S8 S-Bahn drops you at Isartor stop, a couple of minutes away: leave by the Völkerkundemuseum exit and follow the signs for Viktualienmarkt and Tal. From the main station, any S-Bahn towards Ostbahnhof as far as Isartor. The hotel says it has parking next to the door, but does not publish the price. On foot you have the Marienplatz Glockenspiel five minutes away, the Hofbräuhaus another five and the Deutsches Museum about ten, across the Isar.
- **Hotel Mariandl and Café am Beethovenplatz**, desde 84 € / night: A hotel of around 1900 above a café
The Mariandl occupies the upper floors of a Belle Époque house, built around 1900 and protected as a monument, on Goethestraße, next to Beethovenplatz. Downstairs is the Café am Beethovenplatz, a café with coffered ceilings in red and white and glass lamps, where live musicians play every day without raising the volume. The hotel warns you of what it does not have: no flat-screen televisions, no carpet, no lift, no lobby. You are handed the key at the café's mahogany bar and climb the original oak staircase, already worn. Upstairs there is antique furniture, parquet more than a hundred years old, marble, plaster ceilings and chandeliers.
The rooms and prices
Almost all have their own bathroom and toilet, some with a freestanding bath; a few share a shower in the corridor or have it across from the door, and cost less. The website publishes three rates. In normal season, a double with shower in the corridor from €84, a double with its own shower from €99 and a double with bath from €135; a single with shower, from €89. At trade fairs they go up (a double with shower, from €178) and at the Oktoberfest there is a fixed price: €178 for a double with shower and €198 with bath. An extra bed costs from €45. Breakfast is a buffet in the ground-floor café; the website does not say whether it is included in the price, so check when you book.
Getting there and parking
From the airport, take the S1 or S8 S-Bahn to the main station (the hotel estimates about €10) and then walk ten minutes along Goethestraße, or take bus 58 to the Beethovenplatz stop. The nearest U-Bahn stations are Sendlinger Tor and Goetheplatz (U3 and U6). There is no parking of its own and the street is pay-and-display; at reception they sell a parking permit reduced to €5 for 24 hours. The Oktoberfest, on the Theresienwiese, is about 500 metres away.
- **Wombat's City Hostel Munich Hauptbahnhof**: Where it is
On Senefelderstraße, right next to Munich's main station, the Hauptbahnhof. It is the best location if you arrive on the airport S-Bahn or by train and want to drop your rucksack without going round in circles. Karlsplatz (Stachus), where the pedestrian zone leading to Marienplatz begins, is round the corner, and the Theresienwiese of the Oktoberfest is about ten minutes' walk away. From the station leave the U-Bahn, S-Bahn and trams to everywhere, including the 17 towards Nymphenburg.
The rooms
Wombat's is a small chain of hostels that started in Vienna. Here it has shared dorms of several types (the classic ones, the "social" ones for meeting people, the "quiet" ones with earplugs for sleeping and the women-only ones) and private double rooms, some with a terrace. All rooms have their own shower and toilet, which is unusual in a hostel. The bunks are 90 x 200 cm, each bed has a socket and a phone holder and each guest has a locker with a socket. Sheets are included and sleeping bags are not allowed; towels are booked separately, except in the doubles, where they come provided.
The minimum age is 18: minors can only stay with their guardian and in a private room. You can stay at most ten nights in a thirty-day period.
Breakfast, bar and common areas
Breakfast is a buffet from 7:00 to 10:30 for €9.50, with ham and cheese sliced to order, hummus, porridge, granola with yoghurt, fruit and bread, and unlimited coffee and tea; under-6s do not pay. In the building there is an inner courtyard with a glass roof and trees, the WomBAR, where almost every night something is on (concerts, parties, yoga in the morning), and the WomCAFÉ. There is a guest kitchen, a laundry, luggage storage before check-in and after check-out, and hire of hairdryers, adapters or irons at reception, which is open 24 hours.

## Dónde dormir without a car
- **Hotel Torbräu**, desde 145 € / night: An inn since 1490 beside the Isartor
The Torbräu is right next to the Isartor, one of Munich's medieval gates, where Tal street begins and climbs to Marienplatz. The hotel itself tells its history: the first innkeeper received travellers here in 1490, in 1565 a brewer added a brewery to it and in 1810 the Torbräu's tavern-keeper was responsible for feeding the burghers at the wedding of the future King Ludwig I, the celebration from which the Oktoberfest was born. Since 1903 it has been run by the Kirchlechner family, now in its fourth generation, who have modernised it completely. On the first-floor staircase there is a small museum room with the history of the house.
The rooms
There are seven categories, from the basic single to the suite, with starting prices published on its website: basic single from €145, Basic Queen from €165, standard double from €200, superior from €220, deluxe from €280, junior suite from €300 and suite from €430. The standard double has about 20 m², a 1.80 m double bed with separate mattresses, adjustable air conditioning, satellite television, safe, soundproofed windows and a bathroom with shower or bath. The deluxe rises to 30 m², with sofa, rain shower or bath, bathrobe and L'Occitane toiletries. Wifi is included in all. If you need two separate beds or connecting rooms for travelling with children, the hotel says it arranges this on request.
Eating and drinking
On the ground floor is the Schapeau, an Italian restaurant with its own website, and the Klimt-Bar, decorated with Gustav Klimt motifs, with chaise longues and a piano. The bar is open Tuesday to Thursday from 15:30 to 23:00 and Friday and Saturday until midnight, with a happy hour Tuesday to Thursday from 19:00 to 20:00. Reception can also get tickets for concerts, theatre or football if you ask in good time.
Getting there
From the airport, the S8 S-Bahn drops you at Isartor stop, a couple of minutes away: leave by the Völkerkundemuseum exit and follow the signs for Viktualienmarkt and Tal. From the main station, any S-Bahn towards Ostbahnhof as far as Isartor. The hotel says it has parking next to the door, but does not publish the price. On foot you have the Marienplatz Glockenspiel five minutes away, the Hofbräuhaus another five and the Deutsches Museum about ten, across the Isar.
- **Hotel Mariandl and Café am Beethovenplatz**, desde 84 € / night: A hotel of around 1900 above a café
The Mariandl occupies the upper floors of a Belle Époque house, built around 1900 and protected as a monument, on Goethestraße, next to Beethovenplatz. Downstairs is the Café am Beethovenplatz, a café with coffered ceilings in red and white and glass lamps, where live musicians play every day without raising the volume. The hotel warns you of what it does not have: no flat-screen televisions, no carpet, no lift, no lobby. You are handed the key at the café's mahogany bar and climb the original oak staircase, already worn. Upstairs there is antique furniture, parquet more than a hundred years old, marble, plaster ceilings and chandeliers.
The rooms and prices
Almost all have their own bathroom and toilet, some with a freestanding bath; a few share a shower in the corridor or have it across from the door, and cost less. The website publishes three rates. In normal season, a double with shower in the corridor from €84, a double with its own shower from €99 and a double with bath from €135; a single with shower, from €89. At trade fairs they go up (a double with shower, from €178) and at the Oktoberfest there is a fixed price: €178 for a double with shower and €198 with bath. An extra bed costs from €45. Breakfast is a buffet in the ground-floor café; the website does not say whether it is included in the price, so check when you book.
Getting there and parking
From the airport, take the S1 or S8 S-Bahn to the main station (the hotel estimates about €10) and then walk ten minutes along Goethestraße, or take bus 58 to the Beethovenplatz stop. The nearest U-Bahn stations are Sendlinger Tor and Goetheplatz (U3 and U6). There is no parking of its own and the street is pay-and-display; at reception they sell a parking permit reduced to €5 for 24 hours. The Oktoberfest, on the Theresienwiese, is about 500 metres away.
- **Wombat's City Hostel Munich Hauptbahnhof**: Where it is
On Senefelderstraße, right next to Munich's main station, the Hauptbahnhof. It is the best location if you arrive on the airport S-Bahn or by train and want to drop your rucksack without going round in circles. Karlsplatz (Stachus), where the pedestrian zone leading to Marienplatz begins, is round the corner, and the Theresienwiese of the Oktoberfest is about ten minutes' walk away. From the station leave the U-Bahn, S-Bahn and trams to everywhere, including the 17 towards Nymphenburg.
The rooms
Wombat's is a small chain of hostels that started in Vienna. Here it has shared dorms of several types (the classic ones, the "social" ones for meeting people, the "quiet" ones with earplugs for sleeping and the women-only ones) and private double rooms, some with a terrace. All rooms have their own shower and toilet, which is unusual in a hostel. The bunks are 90 x 200 cm, each bed has a socket and a phone holder and each guest has a locker with a socket. Sheets are included and sleeping bags are not allowed; towels are booked separately, except in the doubles, where they come provided.
The minimum age is 18: minors can only stay with their guardian and in a private room. You can stay at most ten nights in a thirty-day period.
Breakfast, bar and common areas
Breakfast is a buffet from 7:00 to 10:30 for €9.50, with ham and cheese sliced to order, hummus, porridge, granola with yoghurt, fruit and bread, and unlimited coffee and tea; under-6s do not pay. In the building there is an inner courtyard with a glass roof and trees, the WomBAR, where almost every night something is on (concerts, parties, yoga in the morning), and the WomCAFÉ. There is a guest kitchen, a laundry, luggage storage before check-in and after check-out, and hire of hairdryers, adapters or irons at reception, which is open 24 hours.