A taste of the Alstadt

Take a food odyssey around the Alstadt of Munich, tasting the traditional Bavarian pretzels, plum cakes and pork dishes as you go.

Theme
Food & Drink
Location
Alstadt, Munich
Duration
5 hours
Designer
Barry Pickard

Experience

Start the tour by wandering around the huge Viktualienmarkt, then delight in the medieval splendour of the Marienplatz while enjoying coffee and plum cake. After being suitably refreshed, discover the exquisite delicatessens and chocolatiers of the Alstadt, before finishing with a meal in one of Munich’s famous beer halls.

Route

Viktualienmarkt

Viktualienmarkt covers around 20,000 square metres, with as many as 110 traders selling fruit, vegetables, tropical fruits, meat, game, poultry, cheese, fish, bread and baked goods, spices, flowers and much more.

Marienplatz

The Marienplatz is dominated by the New City Hall (Neues Rathaus) on the north side, and the Old City Hall (Altes Rathaus, a reconstructed gothic council hall with a ballroom and tower) on the east side.

Rischart Café am Marienplatz

Rischart stands for the highest baking and confectionery art from Munich and you can appreciate these delicacies while enjoying a coffee in their sleek, modern cafe.

Dallmayr Delikatessenhaus

With a tradition going back more than 300 years, Dallmayr boasts the finest delicacies and appetizing fare.

Manufactum Warenhaus

Fresh bread and baked goods from Manufactum’s own bakery, cheese and dairy products from artisanal cheese factories and dairies as well as sausages and ham made in the best sausage tradition.

Elly Seidl Chocolates

A hand-made praline from Elly Seidl is a work of art that you can eat. Not only does it look beautiful, it is also of the highest quality.

Confiserie Teuscher Deutschland

Teuscher produce more than 100 different types of pralines according to old tradition. Additives or preservatives are not used at all and the pralines are always fresh.

Schneider Bräuhaus

Serving its own Schneider Weissbier (wheat beer) alongside the Munich staples of pork and veal, in a rambling old Bavarian-style beer hall.

Practicalities

  • Come hungry and be prepared to buy food from the market and delicatessens

About

This route was designed by Barry Pickard in collaboration with Uptaste.

Barry Pickard

Specialising in European and North American destinations, as well as a number of other countries around the world, I have designed self-guided tours for city based visits; multi-stop road trips; family, group and couples vacations; as well as themed excursions. Experienced in designing walking tours, driving tours and robotaxi experiences. A history graduate, with a great eye for detail, my passion for travel and research has found its apogee in designing fun, interesting and thoughtful trips

https://www.tailormadeitineraries.com/

Uptaste

What is Uptaste? We’re something like a travel agency business (although we don’t sell flights or hotels). Instead, we specialise in finding the right place to eat, wherever and whenever you are, using location intelligence combined with expert and community curation. Uptaste destinations will rarely be restaurants; they’ll be shops, they’ll be street traders, they’ll be local markets, or some other easy-to-miss but hard-to-forget place.

https://www.uptaste.com