Bavaria, Germany: the 10 best things to see and do

2. The Passion Play (Oberammergau)

Not far from the Linderhof Palace, Oberammergau is where, once every 10 years, locals re-enact the Passion of Christ, a tradition which dates back to 1633 when the community was spared the ravages of the plague. Admittedly, with the next staging not due until 2020, the G7 leaders are going to have to wait a while for this one, but this pretty town in the foothills of the Alps is worth a visit at any time, if only for the beautifully painted (frequently religious-themed) facades on many of its buildings, a trompe l’oeil effect known as Lüftlmalerei.

^{The Passion Play in Oberammergau (Photo: Getty)}

3. On a high (the Zugspitze)

I’m not sure many of the G7 leaders would want to hike to the top of the Zugspitze, Germany’s tallest mountain, but they may want to take the cable car to the summit, from where you can see more than 400 peaks stretching into four countries – Austria, Switzerland, Italy and Germany itself. Another way to the top is on board the scenic cogwheel railway that begins its journey in the quintessentially Bavarian town of Garmisch-Partenkirchen (think onion-shaped church domes, pretty facades and steaming great knuckles of pork), Germany’s most important ski resort.

^{The Zugspitze (Photo: Getty)}

4. The land of the five lakes (Starnberger Fünf-Seen-Land)

Although there are many lakes in Germany,

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