Schloss Schleissheim

Most visitors see Nymphenburg Palace and stop there, but Schleissheim 15 kilometers north of Munich is bigger, less crowded, and in some ways more impressive. The complex consists of three separate palaces: the Altes Schloss from 1598, the Neues Schloss built from 1701 for Elector Max Emanuel, and Schloss Lustheim on a canal island at the garden's end.

Schloss Schleissheim north of Munich is a complex of three Baroque palaces and one of Europe’s finest surviving formal gardens. The Neues Schloss (1701) holds a major state gallery of Baroque European painting including Rubens and Titian. Schloss Lustheim on a canal island at the garden’s end houses one of the world’s best Meissen porcelain collections. The French formal garden connecting them is a complete Baroque landscape design. Far less crowded than Nymphenburg despite being comparably impressive. S1 from Munich Hauptbahnhof to Oberschleissheim, then 20 minutes on foot. Closed Monday.