The map of Bavaria below shows the most compelling stops for your independent tour of the Pope's Bavaria, from tiny Marktl am Inn, where the Pope was born, to Traunstein, where the Pope entered Seminary and, as my Anthropology professor remarked about anyone in their teen years, "caught sense."
Then there's Altotting, Bavaria's major pilgrimage stop, with many hotels and facilities for tourists. North of Munich there's Freising, where Pope Benedict studied and became archbishop of Munich and Freising, and Regensburg, Germany's best preserved medieval city and the Pope's "chosen hometown."
Join us for a tour of the Pope's Bavaria. We'll do it North to South, but, since this is a guide to planning an independent tour, you can choose your own itinerary.
