Andechs Monastery Tours and Activities

TRAVEL*SAFE & WITH CONFIDENCE: MORE ABOUT OUR COVID-19 PRECAUTIONS IN "Additional Info"! Make the most of your day: experience the cultural riches of the city of MUNICH as well as the breathtaking LAKE DISTRICT. Immerse yourself in history: visit historical sites in Munich and/or the DACHAU CONCENTRATION CAMP. Let Stefan, your guide, take care of all the details to make the tour smooth and easy for you. This MY*GUiDE Tour offers you all the mentioned PLUS: + Perfect balance of culture, history & nature – no need to choose, you can have it all in one day! + Possibility to customize details & length of the tour (7 or 10 hrs) + Professional all-round-care, always at your fingertips but never intrusive + Option to go off the beaten track, get insider tips on local highlights > Know that your day tour is planned & conducted by a friendly and experienced expert tour guide. > Enjoy the perfect symbiosis of travelling in relaxed comfort and fully leveraging your precious vacation time.

On this tour you will experience genuine Bavaria. In the country, tradition and customs are still cultivated. The Catholic Church left its mark all over Bavaria and built powerful monasteries. Visit two of the most beautiful and important monasteries on this tour. The tour book contains route recommendations as well as the description, addresses and opening times of sights of your chosen themed tour. During the exit, you decide to what extent you would like to follow our recommendation or prefer to customize the tour.

Andechs is a favorite of locals for good reason. With views of the Alps, a fine Baroque church and a bustling beer hall serving up some of the finest Bavaria dishes anywhere, it's easy to see why. The monk's home-brewed beer is world renowned and there's no better place to drink it than onsite. Join Beer Hiking Bavaria author as he takes you along the Way of St. James en route to the hilltop Andechs monastery.

Our tour offers you a enjoyable day out in an unspoilt corner of the Bavarian countryside. Home to the Benedictine monks for over five hundred years this beautiful monastery still clings to the old Monkish tradition of hospitality beer brewing which you can still enjoy to this day. On the pleasurable train journey from Munich your expert guide will inform you about the history and daily life in a Benedictine monastery as well the bloody history of the Counts of Andechs the original owners of the land before their fall from grace. Once there you hike up an medieval pilgrims route and enjoy the views of the alps as you get to the top. Alternatively you can take a bus. At the monastery itself you can explore the wonderful baroque church then relax in their bräustüberl or the beautiful beer garden drinking the traditional beer and eating locally sourced food. On the way down there is also an opportunity to cool off with a refreshing swim in the nearby lake Ammersee before coming home.