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Munich · Backpacking

Checked 31 August 2026 · 7 official sources
ON A BUDGET
Munich is Germany's most expensive big city and beds are what break the budget — sights, parks and transport are all reasonable, but a bed during Oktoberfest can cost more than the rest of the week combined.
Aerial view of Munich's Marienplatz with the Frauenkirche twin domes
What a day costs
Checkable numbers: a single ride in zone M is 2.70 €, a short trip 2.10 € and a day ticket 7.00 €; the Deutsches Museum is 16 € and the Olympia-Schwimmhalle 6.90 €. Add food and you are near 35–45 € a day before a bed — and the bed is the number that swings wildly by season.
MVG day ticket, zone M
Zone M covers the whole city including the Olympiapark and Hellabrunn. A single is 2.70 €, the single day ticket 7.00 € and the group day ticket 15.40 € for up to five people of any age — which is the cheapest way to move a group of friends around for a day.
Englischer Garten
375 hectares laid out from 1789 and free, with 78 km of paths, the Monopteros temple on its hill, the Kleinhesseloher See and the Chinesischer Turm beer garden seating about 7,000. Bring your own food and you can spend a whole day here for the price of one drink.
BMW Welt
Free to enter, open Monday to Saturday 07:30–24:00 and Sunday and holidays from 09:00, with the current BMW, MINI and Rolls-Royce cars on the floor. U3 to Olympiazentrum. The BMW Museum opposite is a separate 17 € ticket — skip it if money is tight, the free half is the spectacle.
Oktoberfest, if your dates overlap
19 September to 4 October 2026 on the Theresienwiese. In 2026 a Maß of festival beer costs between 14.80 € and 15.90 €, averaging 15.61 €, so three litres and a roast chicken is most of a day's budget — and that is before what the beds do.