Ready-made walk · Munich

Nymphenburg: Palace, Park and Hunting Lodge

5 stops · ~1 hr · 3.5 km

Royal Heritage

Explore the Wittelsbachs’ summer world west of the centre, starting in the Hirschgarten, a former royal hunting ground with a vast beer garden. Admire the immense Baroque façade of Schloss Nymphenburg, the ornate Amalienburg hunting lodge and the Magdalenenklause, an artificial ruin hidden in the woods, before ending in the Botanical Garden.

The stops, in walking order

iFlocci Nivis (CC BY 4.0)
Stop 1: Amalienburg
~3 min here
Amalienburg is an ornate hunting lodge within Nymphenburg Palace Park, designed for the Bavarian court by François de Cuvilliés.
iBurkhard Mücke (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Stop 2: Magdalenenklause
~3 min here
Magdalenenklause is a habitable artificial ruin tucked into a secluded woodland part of Nymphenburg Park.
iCarsten Steger (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Stop 3: Botanischer Garten München-Nymphenburg
~3 min here
Botanischer Garten München-Nymphenburg is a botanical garden and arboretum adjoining Nymphenburg Palace Park.
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Stop 4: Schloss Nymphenburg
~3 min here
Schloss Nymphenburg is a Baroque palace, and its immense façade gives you an immediate sense of its former courtly purpose.
iCarsten Steger (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Stop 5: Hirschgarten
~3 min here
Hirschgarten is a public park in Munich’s Nymphenburg district, covering 40 hectares and including a restaurant with a beer garden that seats about 8,000 people.