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1 Week in Poland: An itinerary for first-time visitors

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Planning your first trip to Poland and don't know where to begin? This 1 week in Poland itinerary takes you on tour to some of the most popular places in…

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5 Days in Rome: An itinerary for first-time visitors

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This week's itinerary is about Rome. I visited Rome for the first time in 2011 for a day as part of a cruise in the West Mediterranean (Read my travel…

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1 Week in Athens: An itinerary for first-time visitors

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Here it is another itinerary! This one is based on my 1-week family trip in Athens in the summer of 2015. This trip was not my first time in Athens.…

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1 Week in Brussels and Amsterdam

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As the retrieval of itineraries from the archive continues, this post features our 1-week family trip to Brussels and Amsterdam in the summer of 2014. Long story short, we found…

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1 Week in Milan and The Lakes + Venice

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This week we are travelling back on a 1-week family trip to Milan in 2013. Why Milan, Italy? Simply because we found cheap tickets to Bergamo, which is approximately one…

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2 Days in Copenhagen

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This time of the year1, 2 years ago I was on my way to a spontaneous trip for 2 days in Copenhagen. The spring term2 had just started, and on…

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Mont Blanc Through Photos

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Last December, I spent a few days in Chamonix - Mont Blanc, in the French Alps. You can read everything about my experience in this travel diary. For a detailed…

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Top 5 Things to Do in Chamonix During Winter

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Chamonix (1035 m) is a famous winter resort in the French Alps, with many ski pistes and other winter activities! If you visit it during summer, you still won't be…

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Chamonix – Geneva Trip

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“I only got excited about this Chamonix - Geneva trip when I saw the snowy scenery beneath my window seat.” Day 1 - 16th December 2017 We booked this one…

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1 Week in Barcelona

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Barcelona is a great city that you should visit at least once. If you have already been there, don't worry, you can always revisit the city, especially when La Sagrada…

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How to spend a day in Zugspitze, the top of German How to spend a day in Zugspitze, the top of Germany 🇩🇪

*No skiing experience required

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8:30 AM Drive to Eibsee
8:45 AM Take the cogwheel train from Eibsee to Zugspitzplatt
9:15 AM Enjoy the views of the mountains and the glacier
9:45 AM Take the cable car to Zugspitze
10:00 AM Walk around the observation platform (path to highest point is closed in winter)
10:45 AM Walk to Austria 🇦🇹
10:46 AM Enjoy the views from the Austrian side
11:15 AM Visit the Adventure Museum and the Snow Crystal World
12:00 PM Return to Germany and have lunch with a view
1:00 PM Take the cable car back to Eibsee

Want more? Get the 2-peak pass instea and and keep going!
1:45 PM Drive to Garmisch Partenkirche
2:00 PM Take the Alpspitzbahn cable car
2:30 PM Step on the Alpspix observation platform
3:00 PM Take the cable car back to Garmisch Partenkirche

If you still have some energy, [5:00 PM] have a walk around Garmisch Partenkirche or even visit Partnach Gorge before [6:00 PM] completing your day!

Note: The cogwheel train carpark and the carpark for Alpspitzbahn cost €5 each. 

For more winter travel inspiration, follow @empnefsysandtravel

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5+1 Things to do in the Bavarian Alps [SAVE FOR L 5+1 Things to do in the Bavarian Alps

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1. Go to the highest peak in Germany: Zugspitze
2. Walk on the AlpspiX viewing platfrorm
3. Take the second highest gondola in Germany to Karwendel 
4. Ski, snowboard or toboggan (or do them all)
5. Explore the Partnach Gorge in Garmisch-Partenkirchen 
5 + 1. Walk around the alpine villages and towns

Enjoy!

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Winter is a great time to visit the Alps. Up to no Winter is a great time to visit the Alps. Up to now, @christosklerides and I have been to Chamonix in the French Alps, Inssbruck in the Tyrolean Alps, Kranjska Gora in the Julian Alps and now Mittenwald in the Bavarian Alps. 

And as I am not a great skier (I can barely stand up in the skis..) we always look for other opportunities to enjoy the snowy mountains.

Follow @empnefsysandtravel, to find out how we spent our time in the Bavarian Alps and ideas on things to do there during winter!

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I always love an opportunity to take a lift up a b I always love an opportunity to take a lift up a building, hike a hill or (even better 😉) climb some stairs to the top of a tower to enjoy the views from there. Here are some 5 view points you should consider visiting while in Munich:

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1. New Town Hall Tower (take the lift to floor 4, then another one to floor 9 - outdoor observatory)
2. St. Peter’s Church Tower (climb the stairs to the top - outdoor observatory)
3. Frauenkirche Tower (combination of stairs and lift - indoor observatory)
4. Monopteros (small hill at the English Garden)
5. Olympic Tower (travel 190m by lift- both indoor + outdoor observatory)

Bonus: Olympia Hill (small hill at the Olympic Park)

Do you like chasing viewpoints?

For more winter trips inspiration, follow @empnefsysandtravel

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#munichtravel #exploremunich #visitmunich #visitgermany #exploregermany #munich #munichgermany #münchen #munichviews #munichtower #viewpoint #viewpoints #bestviews #travelideas #travellingeurope #wintercitybreak #citybreak #olympiaturm #newtownhallmunich #travelreels
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