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City tour in Munich in English language

City tours in Munich in Englisch language

Welcome in Munich to all guests from around the world!
Munich is a city renowned for its rich history, vibrant culture, and delicious cuisine. We'd love to take you on a tour to explore both well-known attractions and hidden gems off the beaten path. Experience Munich with an official certified city guide.

List of different city tours in Munich available in English language 

Guided tour of Nymphenburg Palace

Discover Nymphenburg Palace, the summer residence of the Wittelsbach rulers, with an official tour guide from the City of Munich on this guided tour. Be inspired by the history of the palace's origins; the love story of a princely couple from the 17th century.

The tour begins with the exterior of Nymphenburg Palace, which is over 632 meters wide, making it wider than Versailles Palace.

The tour then continues inside the palace complex. First you enter the Stone Hall with its rich stucco work and a magnificent ceiling fresco by Johann Baptist Zimmermann. You will then visit the various rooms of the princes and their wives. Your palace guide will show you the most valuable piece of furniture, a table made using the Pietra Dura technique, explain numerous pieces of furniture and tell you the fascinating stories of various mistresses. The beauty gallery of King Ludwig I is worth seeing; the birth room of the later “fairytale king” King Ludwig II is historic.

Exciting stories about life at court, unconventional wives and a bizarre hunting scene are just a small part of the numerous stories. Experience an entertaining, exciting and informative journey back to the Baroque era on this guided tour of Nymphenburg Palace with your tour guide.

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Virtual Tours in Munich

What is a Guided, Virtual Tour?

A Guided, Virtual Tour combines the following parts:

  • An interactive, virtual world which consists of more than a 250 360 degree Panorama photos done in the old town of Munich. The interactive world also covers parts behind the scenes which you cannot discover while you are on-site.​

  • A live tour guide who walks the guests through this interactive world.

  • An online conferencing system (like Zoom, Microsoft Teams, Webex, Got2Meeting, Google Meet) which brings everything together, so that guests feel like they are actually doing a walking tour on the spot. Guests can ask questions so that it feels as close as a real live tour on the spot and enjoy the tour on a PC/Mac or iPad.​

Available Virtual Tours in Munich

Typical, virtual stops are (examples):

  • Marienplatz

  • Founding of the city

  • New town hall

  • Glockenspiel with a look behind the scenes

  • Sankt Peter (oldest church in Munich)

  • Viktualienmarkt (daily food market)

  • Old town hall (Kristallnacht / Night of Broken Glass in 1938)

  • Alter Hof (the first castle in Munich)

  • Maximilianstraße (most expensive shopping street)

  • Residenz and Nationaltheater

  • Max-Joseph-Platz (Bavaria became a kingdom in 1806)

  • Feldherrnhalle​

Optional stops are:

  • Octoberfest

    • ​Odeonsplatz with king Ludwig I. (got married in 1810 -> beginning of the Octoberfest)

    • Oktoberfest tapping

    • Typical Octoberfest tent

    • Attractions at the Octoberfest

Highlights of Munich's Old Town:​

Logistics:

Type of tour and requirements:

  • Online tour with live tour guide

  • You need a PC, Mac or iPad with speaker and microphone and an internet connection

  • A conferencing system (see details below) 

Dates: On request

Length of tour: ca. 1 - 1,5  hours

Meeting point:

Online via conferencing system (Default is Microsoft Teams, but I can also use your conferencing system, you just need to invite me)

Price and payment:

  • Groups up to 25 guests: € 180 incl. tax (outside the EU: € 180)

    • Groups up to ​50 guests: € 325 incl. tax (outside of EU: € 325)

    • Larger groups are possible: Price on request

  • I accept payments via PayPal or Credit Card

  • Receipt/Invoice will be generated if you provide your address

Private walking tours in Munich

Highlights of Munich's Old Town

City Tour - Highlights of Munich's Old Town

​The classic if you want to get to know Munich or if you have lived in Munich for a long time. The tour covers many highlights such as - examples - Marienplatz, Neues Rathaus, Glockenspiel, Sankt Peter, Viktualienmarkt, Altes Rathaus, Alter Hof, Hofbräuhaus, Frauenkirche, Max-Joseph-Platz and Residenz.

You will also learn about traditions form Bavaria / Munich.

On this tour I use extensive images to help you understand what it was like back then.

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Logistics & Pricing

National Socialism / WWII / Resistance in Munich

National Socialism / WWII / Resistance in Munich - city tour Munich

Discover and experience what traces the National Socialists left behind in Munich on a walking tour to the most important Nazi sites of activity. Understand when and why Adolf Hitler came to Munich, where he lived, how the NSDAP started, the most important Nazi buildings, the so-called Hitler coup and what resistance there was against the Nazi regime in Munich. Anyone seeking answers can find them in Munich, the cradle of National Socialism and where it grew into a movement. The tour begins at Odeonsplatz with the story of why Hitler came to Munich and where he lived and how he made a living. There you will exactly where the Hitler coup ended and see the former monument, which was erected for the deceased putschists. Afterward, you will walk through the court garden and explore a monument which was erected for resistance fighters. At the largest university in Germany the LMU you will hear about a well-known resistance group called "The White Rose" who created flyers and got beheaded at the end. In the Square of the Victims of National Socialism, you find out exactly who the victims were. At Haus der Kunst you will learn how the Nazis influenced art. In Galeriestraße you can still see where exactly the exhibition "Degenerate Art" took place. At the Karolinenplatz you will get to know the main sponsors of the Nazis. The last stop is the party center of the Nazis in Munich at Königsplatz, where you discover the Nazi headquarters the "Brown House" the Führer building (Hitler's office), the NSDAP administration and the NS Documentation Centre opened in 2015. You have the opportunity to visit the NS Documentation Centre after the tour (admission is not included).

Examine extensive photo material used during the tour

Please note that this tour is not for right-wing radical or Nazi fans

Logistics & Pricing

The Munich Bus Tour

Bus tour Munich

Discover the highlights of Munich on a bus tour. I simply get on the bus with you and we drive through the city together. I'll tell you the stories about each stop via your on-board microphone.

The most important stops may vary depending on the traffic situation.

  • Along the Altstadtring (Isartor, Viktualienmarkt, Sendlinger Tor, Stachus with Karlstor)

  • Wittelsbach Fountain

  • Free beer in Munich

  • Königsplatz (former NS party center)

  • Munich art district (Pinakotheken)

  • Along the Nymphenburger Straße

  • Nymphenburg Palace

  • Pass the Olympic Park

  • Schwabing / Leopoldstrasse

  • Ludwigstraße (Siegestor, university, Feldherrnhalle, monument to King Ludwig I)

  • Prinzregentenstraße (House of Art, the Eisbach surfers, the Bavarian National Museum and the Angel of Peace)

  • Monument to our fairytale king Ludwig II

  • Maximilianeum / Maximilianstrasse

The Bus tour can be combinded with a walking tour after the Bus tour.​​​

Logistics & Pricing

Private Tour of Nymphenburg Palace and Marstallmuseum
(Museum of carriages and sleighs)

Tour Castle of Nymphenburg

Discover Nymphenburg Palace and the Marstallmuseum with an official city guide from the City of Munich. In a private exclusive tour.

Start by enjoying the palace from the outside with a love story from the 17th century, which explains the beginning of Nymphenburg Palace and the further Baroque additions by the Wittelsbach electors. The current use of the palace, which is over 600 meters wide, is also fascinating.

In the palace itself, we marvel at the Stone Hall, which was the palace's banqueting hall. Then the elector's rooms, the electress's rooms, the galleries and the queen's apartment, including the beauty gallery of King Ludwig I and the birth room of King Ludwig II.

On this tour, you will not only get to know the magnificent interiors of the palace, but also learn how they were used. Some important Wittelsbach rulers will tell you their exciting life stories.

Afterwards we discover the Marstallmuseum, which is one of the most important of its kind in the world due to its rich collection. The stable building was once home to the Wittelsbachs' precious riding horses, carriages and sleighs during the summer months. With over forty representative carriages and sleighs, the museum documents three hundred years of princely carriage building as well as driving and riding culture. The highlights of the museum are the coronation carriage of Emperor Charles VII, one of the most beautiful state carriages of the French Rococo period and the magnificent vehicles of King Ludwig II.

Tickets are not included. Please buy the tickets for the Palace and the Marstallmuseum online upfront.

Logistics & Pricing

Audioguides in Munich

  • Munich’s Old Town - App

The classic if you want to get to know Munich or if you have lived in Munich for a long time.

More information on the website Vox City

Or directly at GetYourGuide

You can explore 27 stops withyour Smartphone on your own.

  • Viktualienmarket in Munich with many tasting tips - App

Discover Munich's Viktualienmarkt with your smartphone and get lots of tasting tips on this tour. On this tour you will learn historical facts such as why the Viktualienmarkt is still a food market for locals and still offers a wide range of different foods. At the same time, many stands are presented with their special delicacies. We visit booths such as the beer garden, butcher shops, a fish shop, a juice shop, a bakery, an ice cream shop and much more while you stroll through the market with audio commentaries. Grab your mobile phone and get ready to explore the Viktualienmarkt on a food trial tour with audio guide. Plug in your headphones, open the app and start exploring. Use the unique navigation function of the app and let Wolfgang – the official city guide of the city of Munich – explain the secrets of the market. You can taste the delicacy right at each stop or simply return to your favorites at the end of the tour.​

More information on the website Vox City

Or directly at GetYourGuide

You can explore 21 stops withyour Smartphone on your own.

  • Discover Munich on you own with LOCCO

You don't feel like having large groups on sightseeing tours, carrying a travel guide with you or just finding Wikipedia articles while Googleing? Get rid of this and explore Munich with the smart LOCCO app as flexible as never before. Choose an audio from different lengths, styles and focus themes and hear exactly what interests you!
Simply install the LOCCO app.
Via GPS-location you can walk through Munich whenever you want and listen to audio tracks to what interests you. Listen, the first few minutes are free.
The soundtracks are available in German and English.
More info on the website of LOCCO​

About me!

Wolfgang Brehm - offizieller Stadtführer in München

My name is Wolfgang Brehm and I am a certified city guide of the city of Munich. My company schwarzgold.info is offering city tours in Munich since 2006. I offer tours by foot, bus, Segway and Audioguides in German and English language. Since 2020 I am a pioneer in virtual tours leveraging a virtual world with 360 degree panoramas, a live city guide and a conferencing system, which allows people to enjoy a virtual tour very much like they are on-site on a PC/Mac or iPad.
Munich and its history are my vocation. That is why you can expect well-founded knowledge and an eventful tour.

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