While in Munich, stay near the Viktualienmarkt - very central to most major sites with good tram stops. You can do most everything in Munich in 5 days including Dachau. Our best meal of a 2 1/2 week trip was at Keko - a Turkish restaurant in Munich.

If you are going to the Eagle's nest, then just go on to Salzburg since you are almost there. You can do a tour there from either Munich or Salzburg but it is much closer to Salzburg.

There are several other great recs others suggested like Zugspitz.

I did something completely different when there this past summer. It might fit your timeline of 2-3 days better than other bigger cities. Regensburg is only about an hour by car from the Munich airport. It is like a mini Prague. The Diet (parliament) of the Holy Roman Empire met there. It has a cathedral that (while being renovated) rivals St. Vitus in Prague. Very easy to do in 2 days. It's a University town so it has a young and vibrant population and is not overrun by tourists. That area is the Wheat Beer center of the universe. And if you include Kelheim and the Altmuhltal river area which is right next door, there are a bunch of outdoor activities and historic sites. We hiked from Kelheim to the Weltenburg Abbey for their world famous Klosterbier. Worth considering and then you can just do an easy drive right back to the airport in Munich to fly out.

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Posted by Slickback

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Posted on 1/20/23 at 7:30 am to Uroblast

Thanks guys. Great recommendations that’ll help me start my homework.

How is driving over there?

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Posted by BigB0882

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Posted on 1/21/23 at 1:48 pm to Uroblast

I agree with the poster who said just extend your trip to Salzburg. You will be much closer to Eagle’s Nest and can also get in a trip to that castle that I won’t even try to spell. We also did a really cool salt mine tour just outside of Salzburg. I don’t have the name but I’m sure you can find one easy enough. My sister-in-law is a huge Sound of Music fan so we also did that tour and it actually turned out to be quite nice. Everything in the area is so beautiful. The trip to see the church where they film the wedding was absolutely stunning and we could see Eagles Nest from there at one point on the drive. (It was much higher elevation than where we were. The driver stopped at a look out point and pointed out where it was)

We did a Dachau tour and while it’s very sad it wasn’t a whole day thing so it wasn’t like it put some dark cloud over an entire day.

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