Name
Kloster Andechs (Andechs Monastery)

Address
Bergstrasse 2
82346 Andechs
+49/8152/3760
http://www.andechs.de/englisch/index_main.asp

Hours
10:00 - 20:45 July - September
10:00 - 20:00 October - June

Why
From their website
Today visitors from all over the world enjoy the hearty beers and delicious Bavarian foods within the tradition-laden walls of the Andechs Br�ust�berl.

Bavarian meat lovers and beer drinkers should go there. Typical Bavarian food: Gegrillte Haxe (Crisply Grilled Knuckle of Pork), Wei�wurst (White Veal Sausage), Leberk�s (Meat Loaf �Bavarian style�) and beer from Andechs brewery (brewing since 1455).
The church on the Holy Mountain of Andechs is worth a visit. A tour throungh Andechs Brewery is possible, too.

You can reach Kloster Andechs by public transport to Herrsching by subway and then by bus or by walking 40min uphill. An alternative and much more beautiful way to Kloster Andechs is by boat on the Ammersee (and then by bus or walk uphill).

Great suggestion, I'll try to do this next week while in Munich.

I did go, great recommendation LH738

After exiting the S-Bahn (train) at Herrshing which I took from Munich, there are buses directly outside the train station that will take you to Andechs Monastery. Another option (which I did) is to walk to the right as I exited the station. and then take a right at the next intersection. You will pass an Italian dessert restaurant that serves delicious gelato and other treats. There is also a bustop for the monastery just outside the dessert restaurant.

A little further down and there you will find yourself on the edge of Ammersee Lake. There are many restaurants/shops that allow you to sit on the edge of the lake a enjoy a beer or some food.

I caught the bus from in front of the dessert restaurant to the monastery.

The monastery is located on the Holy Mountain above the eastern shore of Lake Ammersee in the middle of Upper Bavaria�s Five-Lakes Region.

Proof exists that beer was being brewed at Andechs Monastery in the Middle Ages following the founding of the Benedictine Monastery on Andechs Mountain by the Wittelsbach Duke Albrecht III.

I enjoyed gegrillte haxe and a � liter of Andechs bock beer.

I was time constrained or else I would have hiked down from Andechs to Herrshing rather than taking the bus. There is a clearly marked trail off to the left of the monastery.