The Gallery of Beauties
A wall of portraits of women commissioned by King Ludwig I, from princesses to ordinary girls.
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Yes — the whole park is free and open to everyone, and it is very large. Tickets are only needed for the palace rooms, the small pavilions and the carriage museum.
A comfortable half day. The palace takes about an hour, but the park is large and walking between the four pavilions adds two hours. If time is short, take the palace and the frontage.
Tram 17 from the centre to the Schloss Nymphenburg stop, then a short walk along the canal. About twenty minutes and straightforward.
Spring and summer are best, when the park is at its finest and the pavilions are open. In winter the palace stays open but the pavilions close and the park is bare.
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Nymphenburg was the summer palace of the rulers of Bavaria, west of central Munich. Its front is very long and a straight canal runs up to it, which makes the view from a distance one of the finest in the city. Inside there is a large ceremonial hall with a painted ceiling and a series of furnished rooms. The best known is the Gallery of Beauties: a wall of portraits of women King Ludwig I commissioned, from princesses to ordinary girls from the city. The park behind is very large and free. It has long avenues, small lakes and four little pavilions scattered through it. The most famous is the Amalienburg, a small hunting lodge whose silver mirrored room is among the loveliest interiors in Germany. There is also a museum of royal carriages in the side buildings, with gilded coaches and decorated sleighs.
A wall of portraits of women commissioned by King Ludwig I, from princesses to ordinary girls.
A small hunting lodge in the park, with a silver-and-blue mirrored room among the loveliest in Germany.
Long avenues, straight canals and lakes. Free, and walked daily by people who live in Munich.
Gilded royal coaches and decorated sleighs in the side buildings — often skipped, and shouldn't be.
Schloss Nymphenburg 1, 80638 München