Lodging

The tourist office offers a series of inclusive one-week vacation plans that combine hotel, lifts and local transportation. Prices range from about €300 for a room in a private home without private bath, to €664 for lodging in a luxury hotel.

Hotel Sonnenbichel (7020; fax 702131; photo below right) and the Dorint Resort & Spa Hotel (7060; fax 706618) are considered by many to be the best in town. But these international hotels are are out of town and lose much of the Bavarian flavor of a vacation in Garmisch-Partenkirchen.

Visitors should try to take advantage of the wonderful hotels in the middle of the towns. These lodges are full of atmosphere and will provide a memorable vacation.

Posthotel Lidwigstr. 49, Partenkirchen (93630; fax 9363222)

Reindls Partenkirchner Hof Bahnhofstr. 15, Partenkirchen (58025; fax 73401)

Atlas Posthotel, also known as the Clausings Posthotel, Marienplatz 12, Garmisch (7090: fax 709205)

Garmischer Hof Chamonixstr. 10, Garmisch (9110; fax 51440)

Hotel Staudacherhof Höllentalstr. 48, Garmisch (9290; fax 929333; photo above)

Other excellent lodging with easy USA reservations is available at Best Western Hotel Obermühle (7040; fax 704112) €67–€95 per person per night with breakfast. It has one of the resort’s best restaurants.

Aschenbrenner (58029; fax 4805) €40–€60 is B&B only.

Hotel Hilleprandt (943040; fax 745448) €37–€47, is a quiet, family-run hotel within walking distance of the Hausberg ski school. Lower priced rooms begin at approximately €180 a week. It's a good choice for the budget plan.

Haus Hohe Tannen (54647) is run by a great family. They have wonderful rooms from €26–€34 and speak excellent English.

Hotel Schell (95750; fax 957540) €23–€46, is a B&B that is very close to the station. None of the rooms have baths so guests share one down the hall.

Apartments
The popularity of apartments has increased in Garmisch in recent years. The Garmisch-Partenkirchen tourist office provides an accommodations booklet, which not only lists available apartments but also includes pictures of some of them. Of those we saw the most interesting were the apartments in the Husar section with furnished apartments for two to six people. Prices start at €30 a day and range up to more than €120 a day. Once again, check to make sure you are near to buses for transport to the slopes and within easy walking distance of the town for nightlife and dining.