Recommendations

• You could spend hours at the Pinakothek der Moderne discovering works from the most famous art movements. All the big names of modern art – Kirchner, Kandinsky, Klee, Bacon, Braque, Otto Dix, Picasso, Magritte, Ernst, Miró – are present in the museum's impressive permanent collection.

• Meander through mature trees and open meadows at the stunning Englischer Garten. Stop by the food court for lunch or a refreshing drink, or watch the surfers on the Eisbach river negotiating the wave created by a kink in the floor of the river.

• Take a dip in one of Europe's most stunningly restored swimming pools, the Müllersches Volksbad. The building has an Art Nouveau dome and the steam rooms are full of Baroque touches like murals, stucco, bronze statues and ornate iron bars.