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.
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Sunday Aug 31
- Leave USA overnight flight to Munich (MUC)
Monday Sept 1 (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
Tuesday Sept 2 (Bamberg)
- Morning: 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 3 nights.
- Evening: Free time to rest and explore Historic Bamberg
Wednesday Sept 3 (Bamberg)
- Morning: Breakfast
- 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
Thursday Sept 4 (Erbach)
- Morning: Breakfast
- 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)
Friday Sept 5 (Mörhendorf - Nürnberg Night)
- Morning: Breakfast
- Daytime Events: VIP Bratwurst Manufacture Tour
- Guided tour
- Lunch: Bratwurst Company
- Afternoon/Evening: Check in Nürnberg Hotel
- Explore Altstadt Nürnberg
Saturday Sept 6 (Nürnberg - Freising Night)
- Morning: Breakfast & check out Nürnberg Hotel
- Activities: VIP Nürnberg city tour including Beer Cellars under city
- Lunch: Hausbrauerei Altstadthof
- Afternoon: VIP Tours Old Castle, Old town
- Drive to Freising: Check into hotel (Lerner?)
- Evening: Freising Volksfest
Sunday Sept 7 (Freising Second Night)
- Breakfast: Hotel
- 9:00 Explore Downtown Freising
- Lunch: Weissbräu Huber (famous for their Hefeweizen)
- Afternoon: Free time to explore historic Freising
- Dinner: Weihenstephan Bräustüberl
- Evening: Goodbye get together: Weihenstephan Biergarten
Monday Sept 8 (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.
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Friday Sept 12
- Leave USA overnight flight to Munich (MUC)
Saturday Sept 13 (Munich)
- Arrive MUC – Clear Customs – all get on Bus and head into Munich- Drop bags at Hotel in Munich
- Lunch time head to Marienplatz and Viktualienmarkt (open air market) for lunch and some sightseeing and a beer at Hofbrauhaus downtown.
- Mid-Day Brewery tour Giesinger Brauerei
- Back to hotel to freshen up and early dinner at Augustiner Keller
- Bed by nighttime
Overnight Munich
Sunday Sept 14 (Erlangen)
- Wolnzach Hops Museum drive through The Hallertau
- Lunch Gasthaus Siebler - Wolnzach
- Biergarten Antler and Bierkeller tour
- Dinner Steinbach Brauerei
Overnight in Erlangen
Monday Sept 15 (Forchheim)
- Drive Forchheim
- Day in the world’s largest biergarten; Biers Kellerwald Bierweg (Beer Trail)
- Dinner Brauerei Greif
Overnight Forchheim
NOTES
The Kellerwald is a beer garden and brewery area in Forchheim, Germany. It's located in the hills above the town and is known as "the largest beer garden in the world".
Tuesday Sept 16 (Bamberg)
- Weyermann tour
- Lunch Keesmann/Mahr’s
- Afternoon Brauerei Spezial + Wilde Rose Keller
- Dinner Schlenkerla
Overnight Bamberg
Wednesday Sept 17 (Bamberg Day Trips)
- Brauerei Eichhorn)
- Brauerei-Gasthof "Zum Grünen Baum
- Brauerei Zehnender
Overnight Bamberg
Thursday Sept 18 (Nürnberg)
- Altstadt Nürnberg explore
- Lunch at Bratwursthäusle or Wirtshaus Hütt'n
- Czech bar?
Overnight Nürnberg
Friday Sept 19 (Freising)
- Spalt Brauerei tour
- Wittelsbach Hof for lunch
- Continue to Freising
- Afternoon Weihenstephan – Tour
- Biergarten
- Fairwell dinner
Overnight Freising Marriott
Saturday Sept 20 (MUC Airport)
- Morning: Checkout and back to Munich airport to depart to USA
NOTE: Opening Day for Oktoberfest in Munich
Stuff You Should Know for Trip's Beer Excursions 2025
Take with you (all are a MUST)
- Current Passport
- If your current passport expires in 2026 it will NOT be valid for this trip. UPDATE IT NOW
- You will need the NEW starting in 2025 EU Travel Voucher
- Driver License (US)
- No more than 2 Credit Cards
- European power converter (1 for each person)
- Available @ Best Buy or AAA
- Any Medicines/vitamins you take
- Sunglasses, extra reading glasses
- Business Cards
Make a list
- Your Passport & Driver’s license #’s
- Credit Card(s) #’s
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Important people to contact @ home in case of emergency (their
phone and email addresses) -
Any medical conditions that you may have requiring special
attention, food allergies, etc.
Notify your credit card company that you will be traveling in Germany. The # is on the back of the credit card(s) you will be taking.
- If you are a premium member for your credit card, you will not have to pay Europe transaction fees.
- Double check your ATM card to be sure you qualify for no transaction fees
Consider bringing 100 Euro’s before you arrive in Munich. No need to bring more, we will stop at a bank ATM soon after arrival. These give the best rates for withdrawing cash.
- We discuss how to use your credit card in Europe when we get there.
Phone and iPad prep
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Call your phone service to have them walk you thru on how to TURN OFF the data function of your phone
- This is VERY IMPORTANT as it will save you lots of $$
- Ask your phone company for a SHORT-TERM International Call plan (Germany)
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If you have an iPad you may want to see if it is associated with a
Phone # and you may have to do same set up with phone company -
I am bringing my computer. Nothing needs to be done to prepare.
You will need a power converter that can plug in anywhere there is internet connection.
CLOTHES
- Bring casual comfortable warm clothes and closed toe shoes. We will be doing quite a bit of walking.
- The weather is like ours this time of the year, but evenings may be colder, so I suggest layers including a jacket, sweater, and long sleeve shirts as well as a light windbreaker that is also water resistant.
- You may want to consider bringing some traditional Bavarian clothes (lederhosen etc.) and look like a native.
EXTRA FUN STUFF!
- Great picture taking opportunities through the day. We will be enjoying lots of local Franconia attractions including Historic Bamberg (was not bombed during the war), Annafest (2nd largest German Beerfest after Oktoberfest) Munich, Nürnberg, Bavarian Hops region and several brewery tours.
- Local Bavarian beer, food, and traditions.
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To avoid jet lag
- Try to sleep on plane over
- Drink plenty of water (there is lots of beer once you arrive)
- Wear loose shoes on the plane
Consider Travel Insurance (Ask me for a quote and what it covers)
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You are responsible for ANY expenses if you are hurt, detained or
unable to remain on the proscribed itinerary. -
You can purchase a policy yourself, or I can assist you in getting the
travel insurance coverage you desire.
We will all meet just outside customs at the Munich Airport.
- Clear Customs before 10am on Thursday
- We will head directly into Wolnzach and check into the hotel.
- Traditional Bavarian Lunch
- Bavarian Hops Museum
- Augustiner Zum Post