Originally Posted by
MSPeconomist
Berchtesgaden and Dachau are awkward to see by public transportation, but not so for Salzburg. If you think you'll be in Munich some other time without a car, I would focus on smaller towns without good train service.
Good idea. I've been to Salzburg, anyhow.
Part of the castle road (less known than the romantic road, but they intersect in Rotemberg--spelling?) isn't far from Munich. Germany also has a bunch of nice wine roads in different regions, although I can't think of any that go close to Munich.
I'm not a big wine drinker, so that's not super important, but I'll check out the castle road (assume it's easy enough to Google).