Garmisch-Partenkirchen

Garmisch-Partenkirchen needs 1 day: the cable car to the summit of the Zugspitze, Germany's highest mountain at 2,962 meters, with views of four countries on clear days, is the main reason to visit. June-September is best for the mountain; December-March is ski season. It's mid-to-high priced by German standards. It hosted the 1936 Winter Olympics, and remains Germany's leading winter sports center, with slopes that host some of the most prestigious alpine ski competitions on the European circuit every year.