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Opposite the main railway station, Le Meridien Munich is located approximately 22 miles from Munich International Airport. Many of the city's main attractions, including the Marienplatz Viktualienmarkt, the Bavarian State Opera, and the Hofbraeuhaus, are within walking distance. Hotel amenities include the barbershop, beauty salon, game room, jogging track, shops, indoor and outdoor tennis courts, tennis professional, and the Futuresse Wellness Center, measuring 750 square meters with indoor swimming pool, solarium, Jacuzzi, sauna, steam bath, massage rooms, and a full exercise room. Le Potager and La Traction Bar are also on site. Room service is available 24 hours. The hotel also offers airport transfers, babysitting service, videotape rental, 24-hour front desk and concierge, bell service, valet laundry service, currency exchange, doctor on call, florist, newsstand, outdoor and indoor parking, and valet parking. All rooms feature air-conditioning, bathrobes and slippers (on request), cable TV, complimentary newspapers, dataports, full-length mirrors, hairdryers, high-speed Internet access, irons and ironing boards (on request), minibars, safes, umbrellas (on request), and voicemail.
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Le Meridien Munich Property Information:
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Rooms:
381
Floors:
9
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- Luxury
- Spa
- Pets allowed
- Car rental desk
- Luxury
- Dry cleaning
- Free high speed internet
- Nonsmoking
- Meeting room
- Business center
- Dining
- Wheel chair access
- Swimming pool
- Fitness facility
- Family rooms
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Le Meridien Munich Reservation Policies:
Check-In:
1500
Check-Out:
1200
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Munich Events & Entertainment
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January:
6 January Festival of the Three Kings is celebrated in Bavaria with children dressing the part and walking through the streets singing songs.
Fasching (Carnival) is also held at this time with celebrations, parties and fancy dress balls. This pre-Lenten revelry begins on Sunday, January 7 and lasts for about 4-6 weeks, ending with Shrove Tuesday celebrations the day before Lent begins.
February:
Mardi Gras (the Tuesday before the beginning of Lent) opens with the Market Women's Dance on Virtualienmarkt followed by celebrations throughout Munich.
February 12-14 Munich fashion Week
CBR holiday trade fair attracts thousands at the ICM fairgrounds.
March:
19 March St. Joseph's Day is the start of the Starkbierzeit (Strong Beer season).
Politicians gather at the Nockherberg Paulaner Brewery to drink freshly tapped dark beer.
The International Crafts Fair is held with every type of craft represented. April:
Munich Biennale (held in odd years: 2001; 2003, etc.) presents new offerings in musical theater.
Spring Festival begins on the Theresienweise. this is a Spring mini Oktoberfest.
May:
1 May Auer Maidult, an 8 day celebration on Mariahilfplatz is a festival that features flea market treasures, antiques, and a wide variety of baked goods.
Thursday after Whitsun (8th Sunday after Easter): Feast of Corpus Christi begins at 8AM with a religious service on Marienplatz followed by a procession through the decorated streets.
BMW Open Bavarian Tennis championship matches.
Union Move is a techno demonstration that is held on a Saturday afternoon on Leopoldstrasse.
June:
2nd weekend: Tollwood, an international festival of dance, theater, circus and cuisine which is held in the Olympiapark. Goes through second weekend in July.
end of June: International Film Festival
July:
Munich's Open Festival is held throughout the month. It includes ballet, concerts, and recitals.
Art Open Air presents performances on Königsplatz throughout the month.
The Jakobidult summer market is held on Mariahilfplatz for 8 days.
August:
Summer Festival is held in the Olympiapark with a fair and music ranging from classical to pop on the Olympia Lake Theatron stage.
September:
Oktoberfest begins on the third weekend in September and lasts until the
first Sunday of October. (Sept. 22- Oct. 7, 2001). It began as a horserace just
outside the city gates celebrating the marriage of Bavarian crown prince Ludwig
and Princess Theresa von Sachsen-Hildburghausen on October 12, 1810. The race
was repeated in 1811 and an agricultural fair was added to the festivities. On
both occasions the prince served beer to the attendees and a tradition was born.
The meadow where the race took place was named Theresienwiese after the
Princess. It is now usually shortened to "Wies'n" The huge folk festival begins
on the last Saturday in September after a variety of parades and ceremonies and
after weeks of preparation. Huge beer hall tents are in place, rides and
carnival attractions have been installed,. and finally the Mayor of Munich taps
the first barrel of beer in front of the crowd. He announces: "O zapt is!" (It's
been tapped) and another Oktoberfest has begun. The festivities last for 15
days. During this time 6 million participants consume over one million gallons
of beer.
October:
The Herbstdult, the third market 8 day market festival of the year is held on Mariahilfplatz.
November:
Christkindlmarkt: Starting at the end of November after the 1st Sunday in Advent, every evening at 5:30 classic Christmas music is played as a backdrop to the Christmas market on Marienplatz. St. Nick visits also.
Six day bicycle races are held in the Olympic Hall.
December:
Christkindl markets continue throughout the city until Christmas.
Tollwood: The winter Tollwood festival is held near Hacker Bridge, behind the main train station.
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Munich Destination Overview
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From the elegance of its grand boulevards to the brass bands that perform at the beer halls, visitors can see immediately that Munich residents know how to enjoy life. Munich is compact and manageable, contains more theatres than any other city in Germany, has a wealth of fine museums, a number of restful and appealing gardens and an ample selection of beer halls. The central point in the older part of the city is the square known as the Marienplatz. To the north of the square is the tree lined Maxmillian Strasse which leads to the Bavarian Parliament building and the Residenz Palace. Two great art collections, the Old and New Picture Galleries are a short distance northwest of the city center.
To the south are the history museum and, on an island in the Isar River, the world's foremost museum of science and technology, the Deutsches (German) Museum. Central Munich is extremely attractive and is easy to explore on foot. There are innumerable restaurants and cafés in Munich with a wide range of culinary choices. Window shopping is one of the most popular pastimes all over the city, but especially along the pedestrian only Neuhauser Strasse and Kaufinger Strasse where many fine specialty shops and department stores are located. Maximilian Strasse is lined with designer fashion boutiques, art galleries and jewelers.
Antiques and less expensive fashions are concentrated in the student section of Schwabing, and Bavarian crafts can be found in the streets that run off Max Josephplatz. Munich's famous open air market, Virtualienmarkt appears south of Marienplatz every day except Saturday afternoon and Sunday. Its specialties are fresh produce and baked goods of all varieties as well as locally produced cheese. Officially founded in 1158, Munich (München) has been the capital of Bavaria since 1503, and as far as the locals are concerned it may as well be the center of the universe. Münchener pride themselves on their special status; even people who have made Munich their home for most of their lives are still called Zugereiste (newcomers).
Natives and newcomers alike consider themselves Münchener first, Bavarian second and German somewhere way down the line. Next to Berlin, Munich is Germany's most popular city, with everything you'd expect in a cosmopolitan capital. Yet it's small enough to be digestible in one visit, and it has the added bonus of a storybook setting, with the mountains and Alpine lakes just an hour's drive away. Munich is well known as a center of art and learning. It is the site of a major university and other higher educational and scientific institutes.
It is also the seat of the European patent office. It is an attractive city with many fine examples of Gothic, Renaissance, Baroque and neo-classical architecture. Munich is a city in which children are welcomed and loved, so provision has been made for their comfort and entertainment. The Englischer Garten is a veritable wonderland for the whole family. In addition to the boating lake, there are broad expanses of manicured lawns and grassy knolls that invite running, rolling over and over, and turning somersaults and cartwheels.
Family picnics are everywhere throughout the parks. The Hellabrunn zoo is one of the best in the world. The castles provide opportunities for experiencing the wonder of days gone by, and for exploring rooms in which even whispers echo, to the delight of children. Munich is clean and orderly with completely safe food and water. It is the ideal setting for family travel.
A trip to Germany is not complete without time spent in Munich. There are treasures here that are not found elsewhere.
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