Historic HotelHotel Torbräu in Munich is considered as the city’s oldest hotel, with documented roots back to 1490, when it opened as the “Thaltor-Herberge” (Thaltor Inn) beside the Isartor city gate on the old Salt Route. Thanks to this strategic location, it quickly became a popular wine and beer tavern for traders and travellers entering the medieval city.
Over the centuries the building was rebuilt and expanded, most notably around 1900, and then again after suffering damage in the Second World War, when it was restored in a simpler form. In 1903 the hotel came into the hands of the Mayr–Kirchlechner family, who eventually purchased it in 1919 and still run it today as a privately owned, multi-generation house. While the interiors have been modernised and last extensively renovated in the 21st century, Hotel Torbräu continues to trade on its 500-plus years of uninterrupted hospitality, proudly carrying the official title of Munich’s oldest hotel.
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