When Gulf travelers say Germany they usually mean Munich: Bavaria's capital that gathered everything — an elegant clean city, Alpine lakes an hour away, dream royal castles, and a medical reputation making it the Gulf's first European treatment-and-leisure stop. Our 20: Marienplatz and its famous clock, the English Garden (bigger than Central Park), BMW World, Nymphenburg; Bavarian adventures — legendary Neuschwanstein, Germany's highest Zugspitze, lakes Eibsee, Tegernsee, Starnberg; for families Hellabrunn Zoo and the world's largest thermal resort, Therme Erding. Schengen; ~6h direct; halal among Europe's easiest thanks to the vast Turkish community; May-September golden green, December for Christmas-market air.