For anyone even remotely interested in local and craft beers, a beer tour through Germany’s Bavaria and Black Forest areas during Oktoberfest is a dream come true. With beer workshops, brewery tours, visits to beer museums, stops at brewpubs, and tickets to the world’s two largest beer festivals, this beer tour has it all! And there is even time to check out several more of Germany’s must-see highlights, as well as enjoy plenty of free time to explore independently.
This trip will be escorted by Certified Travel Counsellor and Tour Specialist Julie Dupuis. As an amateur history buff, medieval literature expert, and lover of all things local, she enjoys trying different craft beers and visiting culturally significant pubs and breweries.
Proposed Germany Beer Tour Itinerary
This beer tour is expected to take place over 13 days and 12 nights in September and October of 2024.
Munich
Firstly, the beer tour will begin in Munich, where travellers will meet and spend the first three nights. Highlights during this time will include:
- Oktoberfest;
- BMW Museum (where Elvis’s own BMW is on display);
- Hofbräuhaus Beer Hall (where Mozart was a regular, having lived just around the corner);
- Beer Museum;
- City tour with palace and cathedral visits;
- Free day. Optional activities may include:
- A cycling tour and/or horseback trail ride in the nearby countryside;
- A round at a local golf course;
- A traditional culinary experience, such as sausage-making.
Bavarian Alps
Next, the group will move on by private motor coach to the Bavarian Alps. Here, the group will spend two nights and participate in the following activities:
- Chocolate shop with factory demo;
- Local beer workshop and tasting;
- Monastery tour with brewery and distillery visits;
- Mountain-top cable car ride;
- Neuschwanstein Castle (the inspiration for Disneyland’s Sleeping Beauty Castle);
- Lake Constance;
- Free time.
Freiburg & Black Forest area
Afterward, the group will continue on to spend three nights in Freiburg, from where participants will enjoy the following:
- Toy train museum;
- Craft brewery tour;
- The oldest inn in Germany;
- Triberg Waterfall;
- Cuckoo clocks shop;
- Glass-blowing demonstration;
- Hohenzollern Castle;
- Free day. Optional activities may include:
- Hiking and/or horseback trail riding in the Black Forest;
- A round at a local golf course;
- A vineyard and historic mine tour.
Stuttgart
Then, the group will spend the next two nights in Stuttgart to visit:
- The state’s most romantic spot;
- Cannstatter Volksfest (the world’s second-largest beer festival, second only to Munich’s);
- Free time.
Nuremberg
Lastly, the group will spend one night in Nuremberg to participate in the following activities:
- Nuremberg Trials Memorium;
- Medieval 6-acre underground rock-cut beer cellar;
- Free day.
At the end of the tour, the group will return to Munich for one final night, to be ideally located for departures from the airport.
Projected Inclusions
This tour will include all listed activities and admissions, as well as all accommodations, breakfasts, some other meals (to be determined), and transportation between destinations and included activities. This tour may optionally include round-trip airfare between Munich and Toronto.
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Inclusions and travel dates are subject to change without notice until the package is finalized. This page will be updated with more information as details become available.
Please note that due to the COVID-19 pandemic, some amenities and/or services may not be offered as described, and some may not be offered at all. COVID-19 restrictions such as masking and social distancing may be in place, and a vaccination passport/certificate may be required to travel and/or to access services and/or amenities.
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