Monday- Friday 5:45-18:00
Saturday: 5:45 12:00
Sunday & Holidays: 8:00-11:00
With many choices of bakeries in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, there is one that really stands out from the rest. Hobis Backerei on Zugspitzstrasse near the Marienplatz, is one of the tastiest examples of homemade baking in town. Opened twenty-one years ago by Hobi himself, the bakery still has the quality and freshness that has made it successful from the beginning.
While you order at the bakery counter, notice the multitude of awards overhead boasting ten or so years of bread baking success. At check out, watch employees working away in the background, stacking neatly arranged trays of dough and watching carefully over the delicate treats baking in the ovens.
Some of these homemade goods include, pastries, loaves of bread, rolls, pretzels, cookies, croissants and other German and international specialties.
For breakfast try a combination such as a Kaffee, two Korner semmels (rolls), butter and marmalade for 2.90 euro. For 3meuro have a tea and two pastries or try a hard boiled egg and pretzel bread.
Sit in the café attached to the bakery with a mix of locals and guests enjoying their treats while talking or reading the morning paper.
Just behind the café tables, sits one of the only internet café’s in the center of town. Pick up and pay for a login card where you purchase your baked goods. Prices start at 1.25 euro for 15 minutes, 2.50 for 30 minutes and so on.
As with any other bakery, the advice still stands; get there early for the freshest products. While some items are baked all day, not everything can be reproduced quickly enough for afternoon guest. The time and care that goes into the products at Hobis it what makes it special so don’t miss out by sleeping in!
Open at 5pm, 7 days a week
Serves food until 10pm
It may be easy to pass by the Local Cure Restaurant and Bar because the unassuming sign outside does not even give a hint to the amount of character and depth that the location has to offer. With a bar area, restaurant, lounge and game room, the venue provides just the right amount of intimacy for dinner and conversation as well as space enough for a full night of drinks and a variety of great music.
The bar, its main attraction, is known for a whiskey and scotch selection that is unparallel to any other in town. This is directly due to the dedication and vision of the Irish owner, Graham, who has continued to provide excellent service and products since he opened the place over seven years ago. But the bar selection does not stop with its spirits as there are over twenty different new and old world wines as well as fine German beer, Beamish and New Castle Brown Ale on tap. If you’re not in the mood for alcohol, The Local Cure tea selection is as unique as its whiskey and scotch selection. The menu offers inventive teas such as the “8 Jewels of Shaolin” which includes spices such as Snow Bud, Pi Lo Chun and gun powder to more traditional teas such as the Yogi Chai Latte.
A new addition to the restaurant is top chef Matty Serencko who has, with Graham, come up with amazing selection of international cuisine. The menu is small but varied enough to appeal to even the pickiest guest. Try the honied prosciutto and warm feta salad with aged balsamic to start and then move on to the spicy Mediterranean pastries stuffed with spinach, peppers, olives and sheep cheese with a side salad and couscous. The menu also includes steak, a twist on the traditional American Hamburger, tuna steak and a sticky toffee pudding dessert that finishes off any meal perfectly.
For travelers on a budget, get to The Local Cure before 730pm for the “Early Bird Special” which includes three courses for only 15 euro. The location opens at 5pm and is one of the only bars in town that offers wireless internet.
It’s December in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, which means the snow is falling and the mountains are ready to be explored.
Garmisch-Partenkirchen has four mountain areas to suit all levels of skiing, snowboarding, sledding and snow shoeing. These areas include: The Hausberg, The Kreuzeck, Osterfelderkopf and Germany’s highest mountain, The Zugspitze. It is an exciting time to visit the mountain as the new cable cars are fast and efficient, creating virtually no wait time. Lift tickets range from as low as 25 Euros for a basic half day pass to 120 euros for four days including all ski areas and parts of Austria. Tickets can be purchased at the base of the mountain at the Hausberg area.
The Hausberg cable car is closest to town, and has a variety of beginning and intermediate runs. To avoid the majority of crowds, try going during the week instead of the weekend or holidays. Another tip to avoid the crowds is to try to get to the lifts when the first run opens at 8am to beat the midday skiers.
The Kreuzeck and Osterfelderkopf skiing areas can be reached from separate cable cars at the top of the Hausberg. However, these areas can also be reached from their own cable cars a little further from the town center. Due to the fact that they are not centrally located like the Hausberg, there is often less of a crowd. Take the Kreuzeck cable car for intermediate skiing or the Alpspitz cable car to reach the highest “town” skiing available at Osterfelderkopf at 2050 meters.
Coined as “Germany’s only glacier ski area”, the Zugspitze, peaking at 9,730 feet, is an exhilarating experience. Don’t be discouraged, however, by its height because there are many runs that accommodate beginners as well as intermediate through advanced skiiers. Catch the cog train from behind the Garmisch train center in town or drive or take a bus to the Eibsee Lake where you can catch a cable car.
Since Die Kaffe Borse is not situated in the town center, its location makes it a secret to the locals.
Still, the staff are friendly and accommodating to travelers and guests who speak English. Borse is a café style restaurant with a modern Italian theme, and the best quiche in town. Prepared fresh daily by one baker and one chef, the menu also includes a fantastic selection of pastas, pizzas, wraps, sandwiches, pastries and a variety of specialty coffees. In reality, it’s tough to find something that isn’t good at Borse because the fresh ingredients and care that go into the preparation turn this small café into a work of art.
Stop in for breakfast, lunch or a light dinner, and take a look at the board for specials of the day. These could include specialty pastas, combination breakfasts or coffee and vitamin fruit drinks.
For take out, make a selection from the bakery style window or dine in by sitting at one at one of the café tables where you will be waited on. Prices range from 3 euros to 10 euros and most dine in meals are accompanied by a small salad.
At breakfast try one of the many continental choices such as an Italian coffee, homemade croissant and either a fresh cheese or bacon roll. The spinach and bacon quiche is not to be missed but get there early because it’s a good chance that by 2pm-ish, most of the homemade quiches will be sold out.
Welcome to Garmisch-Partenkirchen, home of the breath-taking Bavarian Alps, ideal outdoor activities, cultural festivals and a great destination for a travel adventure.
Once two separate villages, Garmisch and Partenkirchen, the 1936 Winter Olympics joined the two together creating the official town of Garmisch-Partenkirchen. The area was home to one of the last great composers of the romantic period, Richard Strauss, and the setting for the many of the famed fairy tale castles of King Ludwig II.
Garmisch-Partenkirchen sits on the Austrian border, just south of Munich in the Loisach River Valley. The town sits at the base of the tallest mountain in Germany, The Zugspitze, and is considered the winter sports capital of the country. The Alpine setting creates over 68 miles of ski slopes, 80 miles of cross country trails, an Olympic Ski Stadium and Olympic Ice Stadium with the capacity to seat 12,000 people. Summer brings hundreds of miles of hiking and biking trails, picturesque Alpine para-gliding, white water rafting and kayaking.
In addition to its extreme sports atmosphere, the town offers an eclectic mix of traditional Bavarian and international restaurants, bars and designer shopping. One can spend the entire day looking through the many unique shops or just people watching while sipping on a cold Weiss Beer at one of the towns many cafes.