Nymphenburg Palace – the summer residence of the Bavarian electors

Hall in the Nymphenburg Castle in Munich

Castle Park at Schloss Nymphenburg in Munich

Highlights

Munich City Pass: Tickets for Nymphenburg Palace are already included in your Munich City Pass.
Munich Card: With the Munich Card, you get a discount of €1 per ticket. The regular price of an adult ticket for Nymphenburg Palace is €8.

Explore one of the largest royal castles in Europe!
Take a tour of the palace and immerse yourself in the lifestyle of kings in times gone by.
Marvel at the paintings in Nymphenburg Palace, such as the ‘Great Gallery of Beauty’ of Elector Max Emanuel with six portraits of women.
Marvel at the ‘Chinese Lacquer Cabinet’ and many other splendidly decorated rooms.
Discover the park castles, such as the Amalienburg or the Magdalenenklause, and visit the Marstallmuseum Nymphenburg.

Nymphenburg Palace: discover the favourite residence of the Bavarian kings

What awaits you on site

Nymphenburg Palace was founded following the birth of an heir to the throne of the Electors of Savoy in 1662. Construction began in 1664. Back then, it is hard to imagine today, Nymphenburg was situated in an open field, two hours away from the Munich Residence. Today, it is a green oasis for everyone in the centre of the city.

But Nymphenburg is not only the spacious palace complex of the Bavarian rulers, but also the extensive park with unique water features, a rich collection of sculptures and extraordinary buildings in the park: the park castles. On a tour, you can take a look at King Ludwig II's birth chamber and King Ludwig I's world-famous beauty gallery. The originally baroque ornamental garden has been repeatedly altered and extended over the years and is now an English landscape garden from the 19th century.

A long walk through the 200-hectare palace park is recommended to visit the park castles. You can explore the park castles Badenburg with its impressive swimming pool, the Asian-inspired Pagodenburg, the Madgalenenklause, which appears to be an artificial ruin, and the Amalienburg hunting lodge in a particularly extensive and relaxed way.

Construction and development of the palace

The ‘Nymphenburg Summer Residence’, built in the Italian style, was initially just a massive cubic pavilion, surrounded by the Hofmarkskirche church, a few ancillary and farm buildings, and a small, walled garden laid out in geometric shapes. The palace in its first form was almost completed by 1679. However, the building was extended by further buildings in the following decades, because Nymphenburg Palace remained a favourite residence of the Bavarian kings for generations.

How to get there

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Address:
Nymphenburg Palace, Entrance 19, 80638 Munich

Good to know

Opening hours
Nymphenburg Palace and the Marstallmuseum:
1 April – 15 October: daily 9.00 am – 6.00 pm (last admission at 5.40 pm)
16 October – 31 March: daily 10.00 am – 4.00 pm (last admission at 3.40 pm)
Castle Chapel:
April to 15 October: daily 9 am – 6 pm
The park castles (Amalienburg, Badenburg, Magdalenenklause, Pagodenburg):
April to 15 October: daily 9 am – 6 pm
Last admission for all visits is 30 minutes before the stated closing time.
All buildings are closed on the following days: 1 January, Shrove Tuesday, 24, 25 and 31 December

Please note: To visit the entire Nymphenburg complex, including the Porcelain Museum and the park castles, you have to buy three individual tickets or a ‘complete ticket’. Entry to the palace is included in the Munich City Pass. You get a discount on every individual ticket with the Munich Card.
The free admission ticket for the Munich City Pass is only available at the ticket office in the main castle (central building). Please show your Munich City Pass at the ticket office.

Your ticket for Nymphenburg Palace is already included in your Munich City Pass. With the Munich Card, you get a discount of €1 per ticket for this attraction.