Detailed Trip Itinerary for Upper Bavaria Bier Tour 2025
Wednesday July 30
- Leave USA overnight flight to Munich (MUC)
Thursday July 31 (Wolnzach)
- 7- 9am: Arrive at MUC
- 10am: Pick up: Clear Customs meet Trip after customs.
- 11am: Drive to Bavarian Hops region Wolnzach
- Check in Gasthaus Haimerlhof
- LUNCH: Tradition Bavarian Gasthaus Siebler
- 2:00 – 4:30pm: Hallertau Hops Museum tour
- Dinner: Augustiner Zum Post
Friday Aug. 1 Erlangen/Bamberg
- Morning: Breakfast
- 9am: Drive to Bamberg with stop in Erlangen
- Late morning: Steinbach Brau VIP Tour and Bier Museum
- Lunch: Steinbach Brau.
- Afternoon: Entla’s Keller VIP Tour (beer caves) ending in Biergarten
- Evening: Drive to Bamberg Check into Hotel Messerschmitt
- We are here 5 nights.
- Evening: Free time to rest and explore Historic Bamberg (EZ walking)
Saturday Aug. 2 Bamberg
- Morning: Breakfast at hotel
- 9 – 12 Walk# to Weyermann Malting Facility. VIP Tour & Tasting
- # Option to take city bus
- Lunch: Local Bierstube
- Afternoon: Guided City Tour
- Wegbier (Beer walking between several local breweries)
- Dinner: Fässla Brewery
Sunday Aug. 3 Erbach
- Morning: Breakfast at hotel
- Daytime Events: Drive to Baumwipfelpfad Steigerwald
- Treetop walks above the forest.
- Guided tour
- Afternoon: Lunch Klosteranlage Ebrach Monestary
- Guided tour
- Organ Recital in Church
- Evening: Return Bamberg
- Dinner: Schlenkerla (World Famous for Smoked Beer)
Monday Aug. 4 Mörhendorf
- Morning: Breakfast at hotel
- Daytime Events: VIP Bratwurst Manufacture Tour
- Guided tour
- Lunch: Bratwurst Company
- Afternoon/Evening: Forchheim Volksfest
- Annafest (2nd largest Beerfest after Oktoberfest)
- Dinner Annafest
- Return to Bamberg
Tuesday Aug. 5 Nürnberg
- Morning: Breakfast & Check out Gasthaus Messerschmitt
- Activities: VIP Nürnberg city tour including Beer Cellars under city
- Lunch: Hausbrauerei Altstadthof
- Afternoon: VIP Tours Old Castle, Old town
- Dinner: Bratwursthäusle
- Evening: Drive to Freising
- Hotel Gasthaus Lerner
Wednesday Aug. 6 Freising
- Breakfast: At Gasthaus Lerner
- 10am: VIP tour Weihenstephan Brewery (oldest brewery in the world)
- Lunch: Weissbräu Huber (famous for their Hefeweissen)
- Afternoon: Free time to explore historic Freising
- Dinner: Weihenstephan Bräustüberl
- Evening: Goodbye get together: Weihenstephan Biergarten
Thursday Aug. 7 MUC Airport
- Morning: Checkout and back to Munich airport to depart to USA
NOTE: If you plan on staying longer, I have several recommendations for you to consider.
