Munich

Mandarin Oriental, Munich hotel epitomises style. I went in through one of the pairs of glass doors off Neuturmstrasse, past a bin holding perfectly furled black umbrellas. I look over cream carpeting with gold squiggles to Ory bar, and up the spiral staircase, its wall bearing bigger gold squiggles. At the 6th floor I look along a wide, well-lit…

A sense of place is increasingly important to luxury travellers today, and in the Bavarian capital, Munich, you have it all around you, 360 degrees, and day-in,…

There are other significant city-centre post offices that have been turned into hotels – Perth’s COMO The Treasury, for instance, and even Washington DC’s…

Stately architecture, luxurious hotels, chic shopping boulevards and award-winning restaurants embody Munich life just as much as its beer garden flair, love of football, the fun-filled atmosphere on the banks of the Isar and all the spots for enjoying a coffee with good friends. So, what does true luxury mean in Munich? It means sitting back and…

An 18th-century manor meticulously restored and revived over the past two years as a bespoke private residence is the latest addition to the Langham Hotels…

Qatar Airways' passengers will be able to access a handful of new destinations in German via a codeshare partnership that has been struck with with Deutsche…

Lufthansa is gearing up for Oktoberest, with the airline’s Trachten- crew readying for world's largest crew in folk costume flight between Munich and Beijing on 23 September. A total of 21 Lufthansa flight attendants will be trading their uniforms for traditional Bavarian garb on the flagship Airbus A380 for the very first time

Hyatt Hotels Corporation has officially opened Andaz Munich Schwabinger Tor, the first Andaz branded hotel in Germany. Joining Andaz hotels in top destinations…

Go back to the e-newsletter > To celebrate its 50th anniversary, Butterfield & Robinson, the world’s premier active travel company, will travel back…

Go back to the e-newsletter > Lufthansa is taking advantage of its 60th birthday to recreate the traditional Munich folk costume from the 1950s for cabin crew. The 14 flight attendants will be taking off starting in mid-September to destinations in North America and the Arabian Gulf. On 16 September, they will be off to Charlotte (USA), on…