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•• Exploring Bavaria on Easy Day Trips from Munich ••

The word "Daytrip" may not have made it into dictionaries yet, but for experienced independent travelers it represents the easiest, most natural, and often the least expensive approach to exploring a European country. This strategy, in which you base yourself in a central city and probe the surrounding country on a series of one-day excursions, is especially effective throughout Bavaria.

While not the answer to every travel situation, daytrips offer significant advantages over point-to-point touring following a set plan:

1) Freedom from the constraints of a fixed itinerary. You can go wherever you feel like like going whenever the mood strikes you.
2) Freedom from the burden of luggage. Your bags remain in your hotel while you run around.
3) Freedom from the anxiety of reservation foul-ups. You don't have to worry each day about whether that night's lodging will actually materialize.
4) The flexibility of making last-minute changes to allow for unexpected weather, serendipitous discoveries, changing interests, new-found passions, and so on.
5) The flexibility to take breaks from sightseeing whenever you feel tired or bored, without upsetting a planned itinerary.
6) The opportunity to sample different travel experiences without committing more than a day to them.
7) The opportunity to become a "temporary resident" of your base city. By staying there for a week or so you can get to know it in depth, becoming familiar with the local restaurants, shops, theaters, night life, and other attractions.
8) The convenience of not having to hunt for a hotel each day, along with the security of knowing that a familiar room is waiting back in your base city.
9) The convenience of not having to pack and unpack your bags each day.
10) The convenience (and security!) of having a fixed address in your base city, where friends, relatives, and business associates can reach you in an emergency.
11) The economy of staying at one hotel on a discounted longer-term basis, especially with airline package plans.
12) The economy of getting the most value out of a railpass.

Above all, daytrips ease the transition from tourist to accomplished traveler. Even if this is your first trip abroad,you can probably handle an uncomplicated one-day excursion on your own. The confidence gained will help immensely when you tackle more complex destinations, freeing you from the limitations of guided tours and putting you in complete control of your own trip.

The feature that sets this and other Day Trip apps apart is the inclusion of many Diagram Maps that make it so easy to find your way around while exploring unfamiliar places.


•• About the Author ••

Earl Steinbicker, creator of and principal writer for the Daytrips series of guidebooks since 1983, employs all of the the experience gained in creating his "Daytrips Germany" and "Daytrips Bavaria" books in this new concept of digital guides. He believes that travel should be a joy, not an endurance test, and has been refining his carefree style of personal exploration for over 40 years.


•• About Sutro Media ••

This guide is published in partnership with Sutro Media. By enabling local writers to share their expertise on mobile phones, Sutro Media is making it easier and more fun to explore the world!

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