Kochel is a village on the shores of the Kochelsee in Upper Bavaria.
Understand
[edit]The surrounding area is a popular summer and winter destination.
Get in
[edit]By train
[edit]- 1 Kochel Station.
Map of Kochel
Get around
[edit]See
[edit]- 1 Franz Marc Museum, Franz Marc Park 8-10, ☏ +49 8851 92488-0. one of the key figures of the German Expressionist movement.
- 2 Walchenseekraftwerk, Altjoch 21. large pump storage electricity generator
Do
[edit]Enjoy the beautiful scenery around the Kochelsee lake.
- 1 Trimimi, Seeweg 2, 82431 Kochel (On a peninsula in Kochelsee), ☏ +49 8851 5300. Summer (1. May to 30. Sept.): daily: 9 - 20 Uhr, W.: 9 - 21 Uhr; Winter (1. Oct. to 30. Apr.): daily: 10 - 20 , W.: 10 - 21 closed on Mondays.
- 2 Herzogstandbahn. A cable car
Buy
[edit]Eat
[edit]- 1 Zum Giggerer, Kalmbachstraße 13, ☏ +49 8851 5127.
- 2 [dead link] Schmied von Kochel, Schlehdorfer Straße 6, ☏ +49 8851 9010.
- 3 Gasthof Hotel zur Post, Schmied-v.-Kochel-Platz 6, ☏ +49 8851 92410.
- Zum Blauen Reiter (Franz Marc Museum restaurant), Franz-Marc-Straße 8-10, ☏ +49 8851 923833.
Drink
[edit]- 1 Klosterbräustüberl, Zeilerweg 2, Benediktbeuern (10 minutes north of the town along the B11). Cloister brewery
Sleep
[edit]- 1 Seehotel Grauer Bär, Mittenwalder Straße 82-86 (On the western edge of the village), ☏ +49 8851 92500. Beautiful views of the lake.
- 2 Alpenpark, Altjoch 11 (Few kilometres west of the village), ☏ +49 8851 263. Quality hotel and holiday apartments with breakfast.
Connect
[edit]Go next
[edit]- Drive up the hairpin bends to the Walchensee.
- Murnau
- Garmisch-Partenkirchen
- Tegernsee
- Mittenwald