The elegant, formerly bohemian quarter along the English Garden — leafy streets, grand villas, cafés and the great park with its beer gardens and river surfers. Relaxed, green and well-heeled, a short tram or lovely walk through the park to the centre; a calm, characterful base by Munich's back garden.
A look around
What you’ll be living next to. Swipe through.
€120–200
typical per night in Germany
The sensible middle
Typical prices for Munich — neither steal nor splurge.
Where it sits
The circle is Schwabing and roughly a 10-minute walk around it.
How far is everything?
From the middle of this area to the city's headline sights — pick your own on the city page and these become your list.
- The Pinakotheken23 min walk1.9 km
- The Residenz28 min walk2.3 km
- A Munich beer hall8 min taxi2.8 km
- The Frauenkirche8 min taxi2.8 km
- Marienplatz & the Glockenspiel9 min taxi2.9 km
- Viktualienmarkt9 min taxi3.1 km
- The Deutsches Museum11 min taxi3.6 km
- Nymphenburg Palace18 min taxi6.1 km
On your doorstep
What you’re living next to if you stay here.
- 2.The English Garden & river surfers — One of the world's largest urban parks — bigger than New York's Central Park — a vast green sweep of meadows, streams and beer gardens where locals sunbathe (often nude), and, improbably, surfers ride a permanent standing wave on the Eisbach river at its edge. Watch the surfers, then stroll to a beer garden.
- 7.A beer garden — The soul of Munich summer — hundreds of chestnut-shaded tables under the trees, where you buy a litre of beer and a pretzel, and are welcome to bring your own picnic to the self-service benches. The Chinese Tower garden in the English Garden is the classic; a gloriously relaxed, sociable Bavarian ritual.
When are you staying?
Booking.com & Airbnb open searched to Schwabing; flights via Google Flights.