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OktoBEARfest™
VIP Package
September 20
–
24, 2007
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Per person: $899* Details
and itinerary
Please note: This year, Gold, Silver and Bronze
passes are available only at www.munichbears.de.
Photo album
from past OktoBEARfest
trips
Visit Munich. Feed the bears. Join us for
the ultimate gay Oktoberfest.
Germany will welcome you with open arms
as the munichbears celebrate BearLife Weekend,
coinciding with the first weekend of Oktoberfest.
You’ll have a VIP pass to all the special
events, reserved seating at the Oktoberfest opening
ceremonies*, a special welcome dinner,
and new friends to share the sights and culture of
Germany in a way that rarely happens with an
ordinary tourist. Oom-pah bands will keep your toes
tapping and you may even find yourself singing
along. So join us – for beer, bratwurst and bears!
"I
had an awesome time!"
–
C.
E.
On your arrival in Munich, you'll have an easy
transfer from the airport, settling into your hotel
in the heart of the action near Munich's town
center. Not far from a center that includes a gay
restaurant and the best sauna in Europe (we know --
we've visited most of them!), your hotel is a
comfortable home away from home. All rooms are
equipped with shower/WC, telephone, satellite TV, minibar, air-conditioning, safe and high-speed
internet connection. We chose it for its perfect
location: easy walking distance to the Oktoberfest
site and the old-town city center. Subway stations
are nearby as well.
 Munich's town center is pedestrian-friendly. You'll
be within walking distance or a short tram ride from
all the great sights and plenty of gay bars and
restaurants. The city
is
clean, safe and extremely green,
a delight to explore by
bicycle.
Boasting
many parks, Munich is most proud of the largest in
Europe, its English Garden. Nudity is acceptable in
Munich in nudist areas designated as FKK ("Freiekörperkultur":
literally, free body culture) along the Isar River
and on the nudist meadow in the English Garden.
Munich has charm, culture, history world-class
architecture and an outstanding mass transit system.
It has bike paths everywhere, excellent restaurants
for every imaginable cuisine, and of course, the
oh-so-lovely beergardens and world-class beer. For
"Cheers", say Prost! When ordering
another beer, just say, "noch eins bitte!"
 Known as the biggest and most famous folk
festival - and beer festival - in the world,
Oktoberfest is one of Munich's major attractions.
It starts the third Saturday in September after a
traditional ceremony: The ‘Wies’n’ publicans set off
at 11:00 am on their colorfully-decorated floats
pulled by horses and make their way along Schwanthalerßtrasse towards the Theresienwiese
park.
The first barrel of beer is personally tapped by the
Lord Mayor at 12 noon and on Sunday, starting at
10:00 am, groups in traditional garb from all over
Europe march to the Theresienwiese. The blissful,
beer-laden festival lasts for a total of 16 days.
(We'll be there for the first weekend.) Six million
people attend each year.
 The ‘Wies’n’ festival originates from the wedding
feast for Crown Prince Ludwig I and his bride
Therese von Sachsen-Hildburghausen in 1810. This
Ludwig was the father of "Mad King" Ludwig II.
Statistics show the impressive dimensions of the
event: 14 giant tents with a total seating capacity
of 100,000 serve 5.5 million liters of potent "March
beer," more than 600,000 fried chickens and 84 head
of cattle. The annual commercial value of the whole
thing is estimated at a minimum of $700 million.
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Details and itinerary
* Price quoted is
per person, double occupancy.
Solo travelers may choose single occupancy and pay
an additional $500.
Ask about our free roommate matching service. Gold,
Silver and Bronze packages are NOT included in the
price of the trip, but are available directly from
the munichbears at
www.munichbears.de.
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