3 Best Hotels in Schwabing and Maxvorstadt, Munich

Beyond a light-filled lobby, a spacious bar with dark-wood paneling beckons, contributing to the old-fashioned elegance of this downtown favorite. Rooms are mostly large, comfortable, and nicely furnished with a sleek modern-Alpine vibe.

This family-run hotel is a short walk to lively Türkenstrasse, packed with restaurants and pubs, and near the Pinakotheken art museums. Rooms are airy and modern with high ceilings and bright accents.

Modest but appealing, this Pension takes up three floors of a fin de siècle mansion between the Siegestor monument on Leopoldstrasse and the university. Most of the simply furnished rooms face the impressive Arts Academy across the street.