Fodor's Expert Review Schloss Dachau

This hilltop castle, built in 1715, dominates the town. During the Napoleonic Wars the palace served as a field hospital and then was partially destroyed. King Max Joseph lacked the money to rebuild it, so all that's left is a handsome cream-and-white building, with an elegant pillared and lantern-hung café on the ground floor and a former ballroom above. About once a month the grand Renaissance hall, with a richly decorated and carved ceiling, is used for chamber concerts. The east terrace affords panoramic views of Munich and, on fine days, the distant Alps.