Nympenburg Palace

Nymphenburg Palace is found in the German city of Munich; which in addition to being famous for Marienplatz and its beer festival, also has palaces as beautiful as the one I'm going to describe during this publication. It's one of the most visited tourist attractions and one of the most representative of the city of Munich.

This Palace was constructed in the seventeenth century as the residence of the governors of Bavaria of the Wittelsbach house, mainly for the summertime. The palace still belongs to this ancient German house today.

I've been told the Palace interiors are beautiful and of incalculable value and include art collections and other types of magnificent collections, such as Nymphenburg's porcelain collection; so the next time I go, I will go into the Palace. Regarding its gardens, they are also of great value and area (almost 800, 000 square metres of terrain) that have grown little by little into the space they occupy today.

I could only go to Munich for half a day, so all I saw of the Palace is its main façade and some of its gardens. However, although I had to travel out of the centre, I was satisfied. What I saw was a group of buildings arranged in a symmetrical way; of a little stature but great length. The panoramic is really impressive and distinct to what we have in mind when we think of palaces. You can appreciate that every building was built during a different chapter considering that although the same style is kept, the structures are quite different. It has a wing on each side too, which appear to be surrounding the palace.

As you can see in the previous photo, there is an immense lake with ducks right in front. It gives the palace a special touch and without it, I at least, wouldn't like the panoramic as much. It pleased me greatly to be at the lakeside, right in front of the main façade with barely any tourists by me. I have fond memories of it.

The Carriage museum (Marstallmuseum) is one of the places you can't miss and that I haven't seen yet. My German friend told me that you can see a collection of family carriages that have been used throughout history and that are very beautiful and of great value. The good thing about going with a German (as well as the punctuality) is that they can tell you the history or secrets of what you're seeing without needing a guide.

The Palace's visiting opening hours and tariffs for the same vary according to what time of year you go. On one hand, the hours from April until mid-October are from 9am until 6pm; whilst from mid October until the end of March, they're from 9am until 4pm. Something I hadn't seen before was that the prices change too; from April until mid October being from 11. 50 euros and from mid-October until the end of March from 8. 50 euros. I understand the seasonal prices but I think the visitors don't see it as very fair, being the same place and same visit; it's just that there is a greater amount of people.

Of course if you want to visit the Palace properly and entirely, you will need almost half a day to do it. The good thing is that Munich doesn't have much else to see so you can spend half a day here, the other half on Marienplatz and its surroundings and also go to the English garden.

To get to the Nymphenburg, you have to take it into account that it's on the outskirts of the centre of Munich and you will need to get there by car or public transport. On one hand, you can go by tram; on the lines 12, 16 and 17 or by bus with the line 51. The stop is called 'Schloss Nymphenburg'.