Bavaria Germany Complete Guide 2026: Munich, Neuschwanstein, Romantic Road, Alpine Lakes and Christmas Markets
Browse more guides: Germany travel | Europe destinations Bavaria Germany Complete Guide 2026: Munich, Neuschwanstein, Romantic Road, Alpine Lakes and Christmas Markets TL;DR Bavaria was the first European region that genuinely felt like the picture book I had carried around in my head since I was a child flipping through encyclopedia entries about castles and Christmas markets. I spent twenty-three days crossing the state in autumn, and I went back the following winter for ten more days because one trip was nowhere near enough to absorb a place that occupies 70,550 square kilometres, holds a population of around thirteen million people, and somehow stitches together a beer hall capital, a fairy tale castle skyline, a UNESCO-laden river city loop, and an Alpine national park into a single connected travel circuit. The geography here is generous. You can wake up under the spires of Munich's Marienplatz, watch the 1908 Glockenspiel chime through its 1568 wedding scene at eleven i...