# Things to see in Garmisch-Partenkirchen (Germany): 63 places and when to go

> Garmisch-Partenkirchen is a town in Germany, and this site lists 63 places in and around it, mainly Mountains (39), Hiking (30), Nature (19). The best known are Zugspitze, Hochwanner and King's House on Schachen. The best time to come is April to October; also possible: November to March. In June there are 15 h 44 of daylight, and in December, 8 h 16. Here is what there is, when to go, how to get there and what else is nearby.

- Address: https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/garmisch-partenkirchen/
- Reviewed on: 2026-10-02
- Language: en

## In a nutshell

- **Where:** Germany · 47.4489, 11.0776
- **Places:** 63 places on this site, in the town and around it.
- **What people come for:** [Mountains](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/montana/) (39) · [Hiking](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/senderismo/) (30) · [Nature](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/naturaleza/) (19) · [Snow](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/nieve/) (5) · [History](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/historia/) (4) · [With kids](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/familia/) (3)
- **Best time:** April to October.
- **Also possible:** November to March.
- **Nearest airport:** MUC Munich, 114 km as the crow flies
- **Highest point:** Zugspitze, at 2,962 m.

## What to see in Garmisch-Partenkirchen

The places in and around Garmisch-Partenkirchen, best known first, each with its own page: what it is, when to go and what is next to it. Distances are from the centre, as the crow flies.

- [Zugspitze](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/zugspitze/): Highest peak of the Wetterstein Mountains (Eastern Alps) · 7.5 km
- [Hochwanner](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/hochwanner/): Mountain in the Wettersteingebirge at the border Bavaria / Tyrol · 6.1 km
- [King's House on Schachen](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/konigshaus-am-schachen/): Alpine chalet of Ludwig II of Bavaria, Germany · 4.2 km
- [Schloss Elmau](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/schloss-elmau/): Architectural structure · 8.3 km
- [Schneefernerkopf](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/schneefernerkopf/): Mountain of the Wetterstein at the border Bavaria, Germany, and Tyrol, Austria · 9.2 km
- [Dreitorspitze](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/leutascher-dreitorspitze/): Nature · Mountains · 6.4 km
- [Alpspitze](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/alpspitze/): Mountain in Bavaria, Germany · 3.1 km
- [Krottenkopf](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/krottenkopf/): Mountain in Bavaria · 14 km
- [Leutasch Gorge](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/leutaschklamm/): Gorge in Germany and Austria · 13 km
- [Wetterspitzen](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/sudliche-wetterspitze/): Mountain ridge in the Wetterstein mountains in Germany · 9.7 km
- [Waxenstein](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/grosser-waxenstein/): Nature · Mountains · 4.1 km
- [Höllentalspitzen](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/innere-hollentalspitze/): Nature · Mountains · 6.1 km
- [Ehrwalder Sonnenspitze](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/sonnenspitze-kreuzgipfel/): Mountain in the Mieminger Gebirge in Tyrol · 15 km
- [Plattspitzen](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/mittlere-plattspitze/): Group of mountains in the Wettersteingebirge at the border Tyrol / Bavaria · 8.8 km
- [Oberreintalschrofen](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/oberreintalschrofen/): Mountain in Bavaria and Tyrol · 6.3 km
- [Schüsselkarspitze](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/schusselkarspitze/): Mountain in the Wetterstein at the border Tyrol / Bavaria · 6.6 km
- [Wetterwandeck](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/wetterwandeck/): Mountain in the Wettersteingebirge at the border Tyrol / Bavaria · 9.4 km
- [Große Arnspitze](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/grosse-arnspitze/): Mountain in the Wettersteingebirge at the border Tyrol / Bavaria · 12 km
- [Hinterreintalschrofen](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/hinterreintalschrofen/): Nature · Mountains · 5.9 km
- [Garmisch Classic](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/garmisch-classic-skiarea/): Ski resort in Bavaria, Germany · 988 m
- [Strauss Villa](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/strauss-villa/): Building in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany · 5.0 km
- [Höllentalanger Hut](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/hollentalangerhutte/): Hut in Germany · 4.1 km
- [Münchner Haus](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/munchner-haus/): Alpine Club hut · 7.6 km
- [Scharnitzspitze](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/scharnitzspitze/): Mountain in the Wetterstein at the border Tyrol / Bavaria · 6.4 km

And the other 39, by what you come to do:

- **History**: [Werdenfels Castle](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/burgruine-werdenfels/)
- **Museums and art**: [Geigenbaumuseum Mittenwald](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/geigenbau-museum/), [Museum Werdenfels](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/museum-werdenfels/)
- **Mountains**: [Knorr Hut](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/knorrhutte/), [Meilerhütte](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/meilerhutte/), [Reintalanger Hut](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/reintalangerhutte/), [Arnspitzhütte](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/arnspitzhutte/), [Brunnsteinhütte](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/brunnsteinhutte/), [Dammkarhütte](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/dammkarhutte/), [Kreuzeckhaus](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/kreuzeckhaus/), [Mittenwalder Hütte](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/mittenwalder-hutte/), [Oberreintalhütte](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/oberreintalhutte/), [Stuibenhütte](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/stuibenhutte/), [Trögelhütte](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/trogelhutte/), [Wankhaus](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/wank-haus/), [Weilheimer Hütte](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/weilheimer-hutte/), [AGV Drehmöser Hutte](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/agv-drehmoser-hutte/), [Barbarahütte](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/barbarahutte/), [Bernadeinhütte](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/bernadeinhutte/), [Gasthof Eckbauer](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/gasthof-eckbauer/), [Höllentaleingangshütte](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/hollentaleingangshutte/), [Rießerkopf Haus (Toni Hütte)](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/riesserkopf-haus-toni-hutte/), [Waxensteinhütte](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/waxensteinhutte/)
- **Nature**: [Alpengarten Schachen](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/alpine-garden-schachen/)
- **With kids**: [Alpenschwimmbad Oberau](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/alpenschwimmbad-oberau/), [Reptilienhaus Oberammergau](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/reptilienhaus-oberammergau/)
- **Hot springs**: [Badeanstalt Grubsee](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/badeanstalt-grubsee/)
- **Hiking**: [Bayernsteig](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/bayernsteig/), [E4 European long distance path](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/e4-europaischer-fernwanderweg-004/), [Via Alpina Purple A59](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/via-alpina-purple-a59/), [Via Alpina Purple A60](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/via-alpina-purple-a60/), [Via Alpina Red](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/via-alpina-red-r44/), [Via Alpina Red](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/via-alpina-red-r45/), [Via Alpina Red](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/via-alpina-red-r46/), [Wanderweg 848 (rot)](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/wanderweg-848-rot/)
- **Food and drink**: [Brauerei Mittenwald](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/brauerei-mittenwald/)
- **Snow**: [Farchant](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/farchant/), [Mittenwald Riedboden](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/mittenwald-riedboden/), [Arlberg-Kandahar](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/skiweltcup-garmisch-kandahar-rennen/)

## When to go to Garmisch-Partenkirchen

The best time to visit Garmisch-Partenkirchen is **April to October**; also possible: November to March. This comes from its own places: a month counts as the town's best time when it is the best time for half of what there is to see.

| Mes | Época | Hours of daylight |
| --- | --- | --- |
| January | Possible | 8 h 39 |
| February | Possible | 10 h 01 |
| March | Possible | 11 h 35 |
| April | Best time | 13 h 23 |
| May | Best time | 14 h 54 |
| June | Best time | 15 h 44 |
| July | Best time | 15 h 23 |
| August | Best time | 14 h 04 |
| September | Best time | 12 h 19 |
| October | Best time | 10 h 35 |
| November | Possible | 9 h 02 |
| December | Possible | 8 h 16 |

In June there are 15 h 44 of daylight, and in December, 8 h 16. In July, 59 of the 63 places are at their best.

When to go to Germany in general, with its festivals and peak seasons, is in [its country guide](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/#cuando-ir).

## Getting to Garmisch-Partenkirchen

The nearest main airport is Munich Airport (MUC, Munich), 114 km as the crow flies. How to get around Germany (train, car, bus) is in [its country guide](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/#moverse), and what to sort out before you leave is in [its checklist](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/#antes-de-salir).

- [Where it is](https://www.google.com/maps/search/?api=1&query=47.4489%2C11.0776)
- [Directions](https://www.google.com/maps/dir/?api=1&destination=47.4489%2C11.0776)

## Other towns nearby

- [Steingaden](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/steingaden/): 36 places · 31 km
- [Eben am Achensee](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/eben-am-achensee/): 19 places · 32 km
- [Benediktbeuern](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/benediktbeuern/): 47 places · 37 km
- [Pfronten](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/pfronten/): 51 places · 43 km
- [Wessobrunn](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/wessobrunn/): 18 places · 48 km
- [Ruderatshofen](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/ruderatshofen/): 19 places · 55 km

And all of Germany, in [its country guide](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/).

## Frequently asked questions

### What is there to see in Garmisch-Partenkirchen?

The best known: [Zugspitze](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/zugspitze/), [Hochwanner](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/hochwanner/), [King's House on Schachen](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/konigshaus-am-schachen/), [Schloss Elmau](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/schloss-elmau/), [Schneefernerkopf](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/schneefernerkopf/). In all, 63 places in the town and around it, all on your trip map from day one.

### When is the best time to visit Garmisch-Partenkirchen?

April to October; also possible: November to March. In June there are 15 h 44 of daylight, and in December, 8 h 16.

### How do you get to Garmisch-Partenkirchen?

The nearest main airport is Munich Airport (MUC), 114 km away. From there, [directions](https://www.google.com/maps/dir/?api=1&destination=47.4489%2C11.0776) opens the route on the map.

### How do I add it to my trip?

Create a trip with Garmisch-Partenkirchen as the destination and these 63 places are on your map, each with its category. The ones you like go into a day's plan with one tap, and Kokai reminds you when you pass nearby.

Data from [OpenStreetMap](https://www.openstreetmap.org/copyright), licensed under the ODbL, from [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/), CC0, cities from [Natural Earth](https://www.naturalearthdata.com/) and airports from [OurAirports](https://ourairports.com/data/). Daylight hours are calculated from the latitude. More in [credits](https://kokai.app/en/aviso/#creditos).