Mittenwald
A purely Alpine affair, the friendly Hotel-Gasthof Alpenrose has cosy, old-style rooms, a folksy restaurant and live Bavarian music almost nightly. Staff…
Must-see hotels in Bavaria
Bavarian Alps
This well-maintained hotel next to the church has pristine business-standard rooms, some with Alpine views from the balconies and bits of woodcarving art…
Passau
With their light, unfussy decor and well-tended bathrooms, the 15 pristine rooms at this Altstadt hotel offer a high quality-to-price ratio. Buffet…
Nuremberg & Franconia
This excellent 140-bed hostel near the university has comfortable, fresh rooms, a relaxed atmosphere and heaps of guest facilities such as a multipurpose…
Würzburg
This bike-friendly hotel occupies a brightly renovated building with spotless en suite rooms with cable TV. Parking can be arranged close by, and there's…
Berchtesgaden
This 265-bed hostel is situated in the suburb of Strub, and has great views of Mt Watzmann. It’s a 25-minute walk from the Hauptbahnhof or a short hop on…
Regensburg & the Danube
With immaculate rooms and a superb restaurant, family-run Pension Hummel, just a few steps from the train station, is the best spot in town to get some…
Regensburg & the Danube
This beautiful, cheap, well-equipped and wheelchair-friendly hostel crams 84 beds into a renovated redbrick fortress (1828), about 150m west of the…
Regensburg & the Danube
This four-star treat a few streets south of the train station is Straubing's top address with sleek, 21st century rooms and a fine-dining restaurant.
Nuremberg & Franconia
This comfy, 122-bed youth hostel provides pretty views of the Altstadt. As you might expect, this hostel is very peddle- and paddle-friendly.
Regensburg
Regensburg’s 190-bed DJH hostel occupies a beautiful old building on a large island about a 10-minute walk north of the Altstadt.
Passau
Tent-only camping ground idyllically set on the Ilz River, 15 minutes' walk from the Altstadt. Catch bus 1 or 2 to Ilzbrücke.
Campingpark 'Romantische Strasse'
The Romantic Road
This camping ground is set on the shores of a swimmable lake 1.5km northeast of the Wörnitz Tor.
Passau
Beautifully renovated 129-bed hostel and one of Bavaria's best DJHs, right in the fortress.
Nuremberg
Open year-round, this impressive youth hostel is one of Germany's best and a real trip-stopper with a standard of facilities many four-star hotels would…
The Romantic Road
Located just outside the town walls, this shiny, 186-bed hotel-hostel-guesthouse is spacious and clean-cut. There are two- to six-bed rooms, ideal for…
Augsburg
The SLEPS is simply the singles and doubles at Augsburg's youth hostel (Jugendherberge), rebranded as a guesthouse. Rooms still have that whiff of…
Füssen
These budget rooms above a restaurant a 10-minute walk south of Füssen town centre, towards the border with Austria, will win no prizes for decor or…
Garmisch-Partenkirchen
Touted as a hostel, the somewhat vibe-less 2962 is essentially a typical Garmisch hotel with seven dorms, but a good choice nonetheless. If you can get…
Regensburg
The pale-grey decor might be grim but the location is great, the price is right and staff go out of their way to assist. Make sure you get a nonsmoking…
Berchtesgaden
This basic hostel above a Burger King is actually attached to the railway station, making it good for arrival and departure as well as for accessing buses…
Regensburg & the Danube
This convenient and well-equipped camping ground around 500m north of Zwiesel train station has cabins for rent. The tariff includes service charges and a…
Munich
Only a stumble away from the Oktoberfest meadow, this stately four-storey house conceals a cosy, family-run guesthouse that makes a serene base for…
Passau
A bright, colour-splashed, family-run pension on the southern side of the Inn. Rooms have small kitchenettes and there's a supermarket next door…
Bavarian Alps
A relaxed, 200-bed chalet-hostel with commanding views of the Allgäu Alps. Take bus 1 from the bus station in front of the Hauptbahnhof to the Reute stop;…
Rothenburg ob der Tauber
Rothenburg's youth hostel occupies two enormous old buildings in the south of town. It's agreeably renovated and extremely well equipped, but you can…
Nuremberg
A camping ground near the lakes not far from the Dokumentationszentrum Reichsparteitagsgelände, southeast of the city centre. Take the S-Bahn to Nürnberg…
Bamberg
If rustling nylon is your abode of choice, this well-equipped site, in a tranquil spot right on the river, is the sole camping option. Take bus 918 to…
Munich
The ageing woody rooms here date back to the optimistic days of the economic miracle. They are pristine but small. Unexpected extras include a sauna and…
Würzburg
Around 2km to the south of Würzburg, this is the closest camping ground to the town centre. Take tram 3 or 5 to the Judenbühlweg stop, which is on its…
Regensburg & the Danube
Housed in a former mill on a large island in the Isar, this is a good-value place to kip with 15 simple folksy rooms and a wood-panelled restaurant.
Würzburg
At the foot of the fortress, this well-equipped, wheelchair-friendly hostel has room for over 230 snoozers in three- to eight-bed dorms.
The Romantic Road
Dinkelsbühl’s renovated 25-room hostel in the western part of the Altstadt occupies a beautiful 15th-century half-timbered granary.
Nuremberg & Franconia
This basic camping ground is on the northern bank of the Altmühl River, about 1km southeast of the town centre.
Bavarian Alps
This oddly wood-clad hostel provides immaculate en suite rooms, a guest kitchen and a filling Alpine breakfast.
Regensburg & the Danube
This clean, well-run 100-bed hostel occupies an attractive old villa up by the castle, with views across town.
Regensburg & the Danube
The Bavarian Forest National Park's sole hostel is an ideal base for hikers, bikers and cross-country skiers.
Rothenburg ob der Tauber
This basic owner-run Pension offers Rothenburg's cheapest rooms in an epicentral location. Rates include a very modest buffet breakfast.
