The Maximilianstrasse is Munich's most expensive avenue: almost all international luxury labels of the fashion and jewellery industry are represented here.
When the sun is low and the wide boulevard is bathed in golden light, Maximilianstraße really shines. It's always worth a stroll here, whether you're planning to go shopping for expensive fashion brands or not.
If you start at Max-Joseph-Platz, you get a fantastic view of the Residenz Theatre and the National Theatre. At the other end of the street is the Maximilianeum, home to the Bavarian state parliament - and there is plenty of shopping in between. International fashion designers such as Armani, Louis Vuitton and Gucci have set up shop on the luxury mile. Jewellers such as Bulgari can be found here, as well as prestigious art galleries - anyone who is anyone in the world of glitz and glamour has a branch on Maximilianstrasse.
After shopping, you can also stop off at the fine-dining restaurant Schwarzreiter or watch a play at the Münchner Kammerspiele. But even if you don't have the right amount of money, it's a wonderful place to stroll around, enjoy the atmosphere of the street and marvel at the exquisite pieces in the artistically decorated shop windows.
The architecturally impressive ambience of Munich's luxury mile is also worth a visit. Along with Brienner Strasse, Ludwigstrasse and Prinzregentenstrasse, Maximilianstrasse is one of Munich's four major boulevards in terms of urban development.
In the 19th century, King Maximilian II had the street built by his architect Georg Friedrich Bürklein in the unique Maximilian style, which combines elements of various stylistic epochs such as Neo-Gothic and Renaissance. The five-star Hotel Vier Jahreszeiten Kempinski also dates back to this time: it was built here in 1858 at the request of Maximilian II.
