A park in the heart of Munich where you can spend hours relaxing and carefree. Here is the Chinesischer Turm to eat Bavarian dishes or just a beer and a pretzel.
THEEnglish garden it is one of the most beautiful parks in the world. This park stretches from the city center of Munich to the northern edge of the city .. Here are some famous beer garden which especially in the summer are crowded by Germans who meet for a beer in company.
But not only in summer, even during the Oktoberfest period, for those who don't want to go to parties in the Theresienwiese tents, you can always come here, indeed I recommend it. In fact, even during Oktoberfest this place is full of Germans and Bavarians who want to celebrate drinking their mug of beer, but staying a little apart from the confusion.
Not that we don't celebrate here eh, mind you, but there are fewer foreigners, fewer confused young people, there is less marketing in short, there are more locals and fewer tourists than a historical event, that's all.
In these beer gardens, one in particular is particularly popular with locals because it is fun and full of life. If in the days of Oktoberfest or during a weekend you want to have a beer in the open air, this is the place for you. The Chinesischer Turm has the particularity of having a very high tower in the center and you will recognize it immediately, even from a distance.
Here among the tables on summer evenings one band unleashed, from the top of the fenced tower plays music until late at night. A perfect place to relax a bit both on Saturday evening and Sunday afternoon when whole families gather at the tables of the Chinesischer Turm.
I had an incredible lunch at these tables a few years ago. The food is Bavarian, the beers are excellent and if you are lucky and also peck a sunny day, you will spend excellent hours here in peace and relaxation above all. The Englischer Garten is huge and you don't have to just stay in this little place, go explore it and you will find a forest waiting for you complete with a river that comes stormed for surfers. Yes, you got it right!
The park is so large that you will find maps scattered here and there to understand where you have ended up, but if you have a guide, always take it with you, hoping that he will also have a map of this place, because otherwise you will risk walking even for hours!
