There’s something magical about the idea of boarding a train in sun-drenched Rome and then stepping off beneath the glow of ...

Just up the mountain about a one-hour drive from Munich is the lovely medieval hamlet of Garmish-Partenkirchen. Originally two towns that joined together in 1935, this Bavarian ski resort town is ...

Yet here in the Bavarian Alps, high above the German town of Garmisch-Partenkirchen, I find both. T-bars and $25-a-day lift tickets are two nostalgic charms that make Bavaria an alluring place to ski.