St. Peter's Church tower (Alter Peter)
Guide
Photo: Softeis · CC BY 2.5, Wikimedia Commons
≈ A$9ViewpointAllow 30–50 minPut together by AI from open data
What you'll see
About 300 narrow steps up the tower of the city's oldest parish church to a small balcony right above Marienplatz, with the town hall, the Frauenkirche's domes and, on clear days, the Alps beyond.
A brief history
A church has stood on this little rise since before Munich was officially founded. The tower is locally called 'Alter Peter', old Peter.
Tips
- Best time
- A clear morning, when the Alps can show
- Cost
- About €5 for the tower (check)
- Allow
- 30–50 min
- Hours
- Tower usually open daily about 9:00–18:30, longer in summer; closed in bad weather (check)
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Good to know
- Area
- The old town and the Isar: Marienplatz, the market, the Residenz and the beer halls, with the Deutsches Museum just across the river. Central but dear to stay in.
- Access
- Not step-free (stairs)
- Indoors or out
- Outdoors
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