Kochel is a village on the shores of the Kochelsee in Upper Bavaria.

Understand

The surrounding area is a popular summer and winter destination.

Get in

By train

• 1 Kochel Station. 

See

• 1 Franz Marc Museum, Franz Marc Park 8-10, ☏ +49 8851 92488-0. one of the key figures of the German Expressionist movement. 
• 2 Walchenseekraftwerk, Altjoch 21. large pump storage electricity generator 

Do

Enjoy the beautiful scenery around the Kochelsee lake.

• 1 Trimimi, Seeweg 2, 82431 Kochel (On a peninsula in Kochelsee), ☏ +49 8851 5300. Summer (1. May to 30. Sept.): daily: 9 - 20 Uhr, W.: 9 - 21 Uhr; Winter (1. Oct. to 30. Apr.): daily: 10 - 20 , W.: 10 - 21 closed on Mondays. 
• 2 Herzogstandbahn. A cable car  

Eat

• 1 Zum Giggerer, Kalmbachstraße 13, ☏ +49 8851 5127. 
• 2 Schmied von Kochel, Schlehdorfer Straße 6, ☏ +49 8851 9010. 
• 3 Gasthof Hotel zur Post, Schmied-v.-Kochel-Platz 6, ☏ +49 8851 92410. 
• Zum Blauen Reiter (Franz Marc Museum restaurant), Franz-Marc-Straße 8-10, ☏ +49 8851 923833. 

Drink

• 1 Klosterbräustüberl, Zeilerweg 2, Benediktbeuern (10 minutes north of the town along the B11). Cloister brewery 

Sleep

• 1 Seehotel Grauer Bär, Mittenwalder Straße 82-86 (On the western edge of the village), ☏ +49 8851 92500. Beautiful views of the lake. 
• 2 Alpenpark, Altjoch 11 (Few kilometres west of the village), ☏ +49 8851 263. Quality hotel and holiday apartments with breakfast. 

Go next

• Drive up the hairpin bends to the Walchensee.
• Murnau
• Garmisch-Partenkirchen
• Tegernsee
• Mittenwald