Munich travel guides

Here’s a selection of choice Munich travel guides I’ve reviewed. You can get good deals on them through Amazon.com, so I've included links to where you can find them there.
If you're already in Munich and are looking for bookstores, check out my page on books in English in Munich here.

Munich and the Bavarian Alps

Publisher: DK Publishing
Authors: Izabella Galicka and Katarzyna Michalska
Published: 2003
My rating: 8/10 for the visuals

DK’s classy line of travel tomes say they’re “the guides that show you what the others only tell you”, a claim which I can gladly affirm.

The current edition weights in at 324 pages, all of them full colour
and packed with photos, maps and 3D illustrations of important sights.

The organisation is excellent and the colour tabs mean you only have to flick trough for a few seconds before you find the page you’re after.

The guide covers Munich in detail and other highlights of southern Bavaria, including Neuschwanstein Castle, the Alps, Upper Bavaria and the cities of Passau, Landshut and Augsburg.

I recommend this one especially for armchair travellers and for planning your trip and getting an idea of what you want to see and do before you leave. All those glossy pages make this guide feel a tad heavier than its competitors, but it’s well worth the extra weight.

Fodor's Munich & Bavaria, 1st Edition: Plus Salzburg