How to get to the Munich Residenz from the centre
This is the easy page on this site, and it is easy for one reason: the palace is already in the middle of the city. There is no journey out to a suburb, no shuttle and no park-and-ride. The address is Residenzstraße 1, 80333 München, and it is a walk from the places most visitors are already standing.
The stops, and which one to use
Marienplatz. The obvious one, because most visitors are there anyway and because both the U-Bahn and the S-Bahn call at it. You come out into the old town and walk north. This is the approach that makes the palace feel like part of the city rather than a monument you travelled to.
Odeonsplatz. The other end. U-Bahn and S-Bahn again, and the bus stops here too. Coming from this side puts the Hofgarten between you and the building, which is the nicest way to arrive and the one I use. The garden has no ticket and no gate, so nothing about that route costs anything.
Nationaltheater. The tram stop, and the closest thing to a front-door approach. It puts you by the opera house on Max-Joseph-Platz, which is the side the museum and Treasury entrance is on.
Those three are what the city’s official portal publishes for this palace. It does not publish line numbers, walking times or distances for the last stretch, so this page prints none of those either. If you want minutes rather than stops, get them from a routing app on the day, where they will be right.
The address is not the destination
Getting to Residenzstraße 1 is not the same as getting in, and this is where people lose a quarter of an hour. The block holds three ticketed attractions with more than one public entrance between them: the museum and the Treasury share a door on the Residenzstraße and Max-Joseph-Platz side, the Cuvilliés Theatre has its own, and the Court Church of All Saints has a third.
Hans-joerg, reviewing the tour that lets you choose between this palace and Nymphenburg, wrote the complaint plainly: “The description of the meeting point should be more specific. Residenzstrasse 1 isn’t enough for the size of the residence. ‘Ticket counter’ is too general and hard to find.” He gave the tour four stars and the meeting point none, and he is describing an address problem rather than a navigation one (the doors of this block, in order).
Where the listings actually meet you
If you have booked something, the meeting point is a street address of its own and it is not always the palace door. Three examples from our catalogue, in each listing’s own words:
| Listing | Where it meets, in its own words |
|---|---|
| Munich: Residenz Palace and Hofgarten Skip-the-Line Tour | “Right of the Spatenhaus at the opera entrance, Residenzstraße 12” |
| Munich: Classical Concert at the Residenz Palace | The Löweneingang, the lion gate to the Brunnenhof |
| Munich: Residenz Palace, Museum and Treasury Private Tour | Maximilianstraße |
Three bookings at one palace, three different places to stand. Read the meeting point on your own voucher before you leave, not when you arrive, because the streets around this block all look like the way in and only one of them is yours.
Is Munich walkable, from here?
From this address, yes, in the only sense this site can vouch for: the palace is on a street in the old town with a tram stop at one corner and two underground interchanges within reach, and the route between it and Marienplatz is through pedestrian city rather than along a road. That is what the transport information amounts to, and I would rather leave it there than dress a general impression up as guidance.
The streets that touch this palace are worth naming, since people search for them: Residenzstraße itself, which the building is numbered on; Max-Joseph-Platz, which the museum and Treasury entrance faces and where the opera house is; and Maximilianstraße, where one of the private tours forms up. Those are the three this site has a source for, and it is not going to rank them against the rest of the city.
The hop-on hop-off bus, and what it does not include
One listing in our catalogue is transport rather than a visit: a one-day or two-day hop-on hop-off ticket with an audio commentary in ten languages. It passes this palace and stops near it. It includes admission to nothing at all — not this building and not anything else — which is not a criticism of a bus, only a warning against reading “stops at the Residenz” as “gets you into the Residenz”. It carries 4,638 written reviews and the lowest rating in our catalogue at 4.3 (what the ticket buys).
If your reason for considering it is the walk, remember what the walk is: an old town, in the middle of which is the palace. If your reason is a city overview, that is a fair reason and the bus is a fair way to get one (all sixteen listings compared).
Transport, not entryMunich Hop-On Hop-Off Tour: 1-Day or 2-Day Ticket
The guided oneMunich: Residenz Palace and Hofgarten Skip-the-Line Tour
In German onlyMunich: Old Town & Viktualienmarkt City Walk in German
Once you are at the block: which door, and what you may carry through it, what is open when, and the free garden on the far side.
Frequently asked questions
What is the address of the Munich Residenz?
Residenzstraße 1, 80333 München. Be aware that it is an address for a whole block: the Residence Museum and the Treasury share an entrance on the Residenzstraße and Max-Joseph-Platz side, the Cuvilliés Theatre has its own and the Court Church of All Saints has a third. Which door.
Which U-Bahn stop is the Munich Residenz?
Marienplatz or Odeonsplatz — both are served by the U-Bahn and the S-Bahn, and both are the stops the city’s own portal names for this palace. The bus stops at Odeonsplatz and the tram at Nationaltheater, which is the closest thing to a front-door approach because it puts you by the opera house on Max-Joseph-Platz.
How do you get to the Residenz from Marienplatz?
On foot, north through the old town. The city portal names Marienplatz as one of the two interchanges for this palace and publishes no walking time or distance for the last stretch, so this site prints none. Coming instead from Odeonsplatz brings you in past the Hofgarten, which is free. The garden.
Does the hop-on hop-off ticket get you into the Munich Residenz?
No. The one-day or two-day ticket in our catalogue passes this palace and stops near it, and it includes admission to nothing. Its audio commentary runs in ten languages, and it holds 4,638 written reviews at 4.3, the lowest rating in the catalogue. What the ticket does buy.
Where do Munich Residenz tours meet?
It depends on the listing, and none of them simply says “the palace”. The guided Residenz and Hofgarten tour meets “right of the Spatenhaus at the opera entrance, Residenzstraße 12”. The Saturday chapel concert meets at the Löweneingang, the lion gate to the Brunnenhof. One private tour meets on Maximilianstraße. Read your own voucher before you leave. All sixteen listings.