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Sofitel Munich Bayerpost

Name: Sofitel Munich Bayerpost
Address: Munich, Germany
Price range: USD 386-625 per night

Munich, Germany · 5-star Hotel ALL - Accor Live Limitless

The Sofitel Munich Bayerpost, with the fountain on its forecourt

USD 386 a night, the cheapest we have seen it ≈ €345

USD 386-625 · usually USD 492 · looked up 13 times · worth it in its quiet season

≈ €345 - ≈ €559 · usually ≈ €440

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Sofitel Munich Bayerpost in photographs

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Alexander McQueen: Unseen, one of the large Taschen art books on display

Eighties by Bailey, a large Taschen art book on display

A red Taschen art book with the Ferrari prancing horse on its cover

The Book of Flowers, a large Taschen art book on display

The bar, with its curved counter and arched windows

The bathroom, with its bath open to the bedroom through glass

The bathroom, with a bath, a round mirror and bathrobes

The bed, with the glass wall to the bathroom beyond

The bed with its padded headboard, a round table and the glazed bathroom beyond

A bedroom corner, with a window seat and yellow chairs

The bedroom, with a large bed, a yellow armchair and a window seat

The blue-tiled spa pool beneath a curved ceiling

Délice la Brasserie, seen across the terrace tables

Framed photographs along the lobby's stone wall

The front desk, with a large painted panel behind it

The glass-walled bathroom, with a bath and bathrobes

The long lobby, with framed photographs on a stone wall

The long lounge beneath its glass roof, with lamps and sofas

The pillared neoclassical façade of the Sofitel Munich Bayerpost

A painted lion sculpture on the terrace outside Délice

Pale tufted armchairs against red lacquered panels

The patisserie's display case of tarts and cakes, available all day

The Crémant de Bourgogne Brut served at breakfast

A round tiled column rising from the spa pool

The spa pool, with its long waterfall ledge

The spa pool, with a jet of water pouring from the wall

Stairs leading down into the blue-tiled spa pool

Looking from the bathroom, past the vanity, to the bedroom

A gingerbread heart on a tray, with chilled champagne

When to go

The cheapest month we have found is December, at around USD 444 a night - -10% against what this hotel usually asks.

Where to book

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The loyalty angle

This hotel sits under ALL - Accor Live Limitless. We have not yet checked what it saves on this property specifically. Every price on this page is the public rate, so a member may pay less than the figures shown.

Our notes

What you get

An oasis in the Munich buzz, and one with a story. The Sofitel occupies what was once the Royal Bavarian Post Office, built between 1896 and 1900 by the Bavarian government in a neoclassical style, with symmetrical windows, pilasters and pediments. Bavaria kept its own postal service even after joining the German Empire in 1871, and this was the main mail distribution centre of the Kingdom, until it was merged into the German national post in 1919.

The building worked as a post office until the early 1990s. Accor then took it on and, between 2002 and 2004, had local architects Fred Angerer and Gerald Hadler open up the floor plan, while the interior architect Harald Klein redesigned the rooms, including ten historically themed suites. It opened as the Sofitel Munich Bayerpost in 2004 and joined Historic Hotels Worldwide in 2018. You can still feel the old hall in the generous volumes, the arched windows and the lounge under the glass roof.

The rooms are the first thing to praise. They are extremely well designed and functional, and remarkably quiet for a hotel beside the main station. The sound insulation is excellent, both against the outside and against other guests. The station is still under construction and will be for a couple more years, but it did not affect our stay at all. The Bluetooth sound system in the room is also excellent, among the best a five-star hotel offers.

The spa and gym are stylish and modern, with massages and other treatments on offer. The pool is large enough for proper swimming as well as for relaxing, and there is free water and fruit, with apples to take. The staff there are kind and helpful.

Breakfast has good variety, including a French brut Crémant. The staff are helpful and kind, although the live kitchen was a little overcrowded for a five-star hotel. We have not yet tried the restaurants. The tarts and cakes from the patisserie are of good quality and available all day, which suits anyone with a sweet tooth.

The bar is well run, with kind and helpful staff. Reception and the porters are fast and efficient.

Where to eat and drink in the hotel

There are three places under the roof. Délice La Brasserie is the main restaurant, serving a French menu in a room that mixes traditional German touches with modern French ones, with decorative wallpapers, hanging lamps and ceramic tiles. In fine weather you can sit outside on its terrace. Schwarz & Weiz is the breakfast restaurant, where the buffet includes Munich Weisswurst, sliced bacon and French cheese; it can also be booked for private dinners and events. Isarbar, named after the river, is the hotel bar, with signature cocktails, fine wines, a terrace and a library, and the Bayerpost Currywurst among its snacks.

From our own stay: we have not yet tried the restaurants, so we cannot say how Délice compares. Breakfast was good, though the live kitchen was crowded. The bar was well run, and the patisserie's tarts and cakes are available all day.

Around it

The location is excellent: right in the centre of Munich, and easy to reach by train as well.

Munich is old enough to carry a lot of history lightly. Henry the Lion founded the city in 1158, and for centuries it was the seat of the Wittelsbach family, who ruled Bavaria until 1918. It became the capital of the Kingdom of Bavaria in 1806, and in 1810 a beer festival held to celebrate a royal wedding grew into the Oktoberfest. Munich was heavily bombed in the Second World War and rebuilt largely along its old street plan, which is why so much of the centre still feels historic. It hosted the Summer Olympics in 1972.

My favourite place in Munich is the Schreiberei, and in particular its Bar Tatar. The tartare shown in the photographs here is from there, and it is worth a visit in its own right, whichever of the hotels you choose.

For the food of the region, go to the Viktualienmarkt, Munich's open-air food market in the old town. It is the easiest way to try the different foods of Bavaria in one walk: grilled sausages, bread and pastries, cheese, and stalls where you can eat standing up.

Beyond that, these are the traditional Bavarian dishes worth ordering. Weisswurst, the white veal-and-pork sausage, comes with sweet mustard and a pretzel, and tradition says it should be eaten before noon, though many restaurants now serve it all day. For something cold, order a Brotzeit platter of sausage, ham, cheese, radishes and pickles, or Obatzda, a spread of soft cheese with butter and onion, with a fresh pretzel. For the main course, the classics are Schweinshaxe (roast pork knuckle with crisp skin), Schweinsbraten (roast pork cooked in dark beer, with dumplings) and Hendl (half a spit-roasted chicken); Leberkas in a roll is the quick version, and Kasspatzn, baked cheese spaetzle with fried onions, is the vegetarian one. The Hofbraeuhaus and Augustiner are the beer halls most often named for all of this. For dessert, try Kaiserschmarrn, Dampfnudeln with vanilla sauce, or Apfelstrudel.

Our take

One thing to know: the hotel also runs as a congress centre, and during those events the feeling of a five-star stay suffers a little.

Outside those days, the rooms, the quiet and the service make this a very good base in the middle of Munich.

The spa pool at the Sofitel Munich Bayerpost, in our own video (sound removed).

The area

Munich has loosened up. The old conservative image still fits the opera house and the museums, but the city now has a younger side, from the Schlachthofviertel nightlife district to the Isar, where a long rewilding project has turned the riverbanks into a place to sunbathe and swim in summer.

Walk from Odeonsplatz through the Hofgarten into the Englischer Garten, larger than Central Park. Eat at the Viktualienmarkt, the city's open-air food market. On Sundays the state museums charge one euro, and the Alte Pinakothek is the one to choose. The Hirschgarten, dating from 1791, is one of the biggest beer gardens anywhere.

For an evening, the Bavarian State Opera is among the best in Germany. Gärtnerplatz is the centre of the gay scene; Freddie Mercury lived nearby in the early 1980s.

Background: The New York Times, 36 Hours in Munich, A.J. Goldmann, April 2024.

In the blog

The Neues Rathaus and the Mariensäule on Marienplatz at night

Munich on foot: three hotels and a Bavarian table

Munich has loosened up. Three good hotels in the centre, the sights worth the walk, the Bavarian dishes to order - and picks from our two Munich experts, Peter and Christina.

2026-10-12 · Munich, Germany

Munich, in our own photographs

None of these are the hotel - they are the city around it, all 55 of them, the same set on every Munich listing on this site.

The Viktualienmarkt in the rain, with the old town hall tower in the distance Our own photograph of Munich, not of the hotel.

A monument beneath the trees in a Munich green space Our own photograph of Munich, not of the hotel.

A red sports car parked on a Munich street at night Our own photograph of Munich, not of the hotel.

The Deutsches Museum on its island in the Isar Our own photograph of Munich, not of the hotel.

Plates at the pass in the Schreiberei: tartare, a pastry and dark bread Our own photograph of Munich, not of the hotel.

A bronze fountain figure on a Munich street Our own photograph of Munich, not of the hotel.

A gabled old-town building on a street corner in Munich Our own photograph of Munich, not of the hotel.

The Justizpalast, a grand neo-baroque façade Our own photograph of Munich, not of the hotel.

A bronze lion guarding the Residenz Our own photograph of Munich, not of the hotel.

Beer steins and nutcrackers in a Munich shop window Our own photograph of Munich, not of the hotel.

Two sculpted stone pillars at a river crossing in Munich Our own photograph of Munich, not of the hotel.

Market stalls on the Viktualienmarkt Our own photograph of Munich, not of the hotel.

A palace façade and a Louis Vuitton boutique on a busy Munich square Our own photograph of Munich, not of the hotel.

The Neues Rathaus and the Mariensäule on Marienplatz at night Our own photograph of Munich, not of the hotel.

A grey stone façade with a passage into the Talbot Runhof arcade Our own photograph of Munich, not of the hotel.

The Frauenkirche tower above a street of flower-boxed façades Our own photograph of Munich, not of the hotel.

The Isar flowing through the city in autumn Our own photograph of Munich, not of the hotel.

A domed neo-baroque public building on a corner in central Munich Our own photograph of Munich, not of the hotel.

The striped awning and passage of the Schreiberei and its Bar Tatar, evening Our own photograph of Munich, not of the hotel.

A bronze boar in front of the Hirmer building on Neuhauser Straße Our own photograph of Munich, not of the hotel.

The Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition, its name in stone beside the entrance Our own photograph of Munich, not of the hotel.

A studded door opening onto a vaulted passage in the old town Our own photograph of Munich, not of the hotel.

Inside a cheese shop selling handmade Munich cheese Our own photograph of Munich, not of the hotel.

A bronze lion in front of the yellow tower of the Theatine Church Our own photograph of Munich, not of the hotel.

The equestrian statue of King Ludwig I, with a palace façade behind Our own photograph of Munich, not of the hotel.

The Nationaltheater on Max-Joseph-Platz, home of the Bavarian State Opera Our own photograph of Munich, not of the hotel.

A banner for "München 20XX" in the city centre Our own photograph of Munich, not of the hotel.

The tartare at the Schreiberei's Bar Tatar, with peas and a puffed crisp Our own photograph of Munich, not of the hotel.

A bar under an ornate white stucco ceiling, with a blue-lit counter Our own photograph of Munich, not of the hotel.

The Neues Rathaus on Marienplatz, lit at night Our own photograph of Munich, not of the hotel.

The Müller'sches Volksbad above the Isar Our own photograph of Munich, not of the hotel.

The Hirmer building on Kaufingerstraße at night, its balconies in red geraniums Our own photograph of Munich, not of the hotel.

A cook plating tartare at the open kitchen of the Schreiberei, home of the Bar Tatar Our own photograph of Munich, not of the hotel.

A bakery stall on the Viktualienmarkt on a rainy day Our own photograph of Munich, not of the hotel.

A brick church tower rising over a Munich square Our own photograph of Munich, not of the hotel.

A palace courtyard garden in central Munich Our own photograph of Munich, not of the hotel.

Nutcracker soldiers in a Munich shop window Our own photograph of Munich, not of the hotel.

The Neptune fountain at the Alter Botanischer Garten Our own photograph of Munich, not of the hotel.

The twin towers of the Frauenkirche Our own photograph of Munich, not of the hotel.

The Nationaltheater from the lawn on Max-Joseph-Platz Our own photograph of Munich, not of the hotel.

A narrow old-town street opening onto a Baroque courtyard Our own photograph of Munich, not of the hotel.

The Viktualienmarkt, with the tower of St Peter's church behind the stalls Our own photograph of Munich, not of the hotel.

The Neues Rathaus on Marienplatz on a wet autumn day Our own photograph of Munich, not of the hotel.

The entrance of the WOW Museum, Room for Illusions Our own photograph of Munich, not of the hotel.

Queueing for a sausage at a Viktualienmarkt grill stand under the trees Our own photograph of Munich, not of the hotel.

The lit sign of the Rosi Kaffeehaus in its arched doorway Our own photograph of Munich, not of the hotel.

The Königshof, a stone-and-glass façade in central Munich Our own photograph of Munich, not of the hotel.

A bronze figure on a small fountain on a Munich street corner Our own photograph of Munich, not of the hotel.

The vaulted dining room of the Schreiberei, with the bar at the back Our own photograph of Munich, not of the hotel.

The Westwing store, behind its arched green-framed windows Our own photograph of Munich, not of the hotel.

Marienplatz at night, with the Neues Rathaus and the Frauenkirche towers Our own photograph of Munich, not of the hotel.

The tower of the Neues Rathaus seen from below, with Ukrainian and Bavarian flags Our own photograph of Munich, not of the hotel.

A Munich postcard held up in a side street, with the twin domes of the Frauenkirche Our own photograph of Munich, not of the hotel.

A pedestrian street in the old town, with the Frauenkirche tower ahead Our own photograph of Munich, not of the hotel.

The domed pavilion in the Hofgarten, with its red-and-white flower beds Our own photograph of Munich, not of the hotel.

What it costs through the year

Cheapest we have seen	USD 386 ≈ €345
What it usually costs	USD 492 ≈ €440
Dearest we have seen	USD 625 ≈ €559
Times we looked	13
Gap between the two	48%
Last checked	2026-10-29

EUR figures are indicative conversions of the USD figure at 2026-11-06 (1 USD = 0.8939 EUR), not prices any hotel quoted. The hotel bills in its own currency.

All prices are for two adults over three nights, converted into US dollars at the rate on the day we saw it. They are what we saw on the day, not live availability, and not an offer. How we do it.

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