Quiet get-aways in or around Munich

Does anyone have recommendations of places to go out for a nice, quiet picnic or day out? I'm trying to find a place where you can go out and enjoy the outdoors without being surrounded by people. It doesn't necessarily have to be directly in or nearby Munich- anything that would work as a day trip would be fine as well.

Any suggestions are welcome!

Thanks.

Austrian lakes around Salzburg are nice, and not busy 'til summer(weekends)...

might be a bit of a drive but Altaussee is especially quiet and stunningly beautiful as well as equipped with a couple of places to eat and that.

Ok, thank you so much. I forgot to add that I don't have a car so it would be a big plus if the places are reachable with public transport. I haven't had the chance to travel much around Bavaria and haven't been to Austria yet. Are places typically much more crowded at the weekends then?

Salzburg is nice, though touristy -- one street is a tourist heaven/hell. There's a train every two hours and it's cheap. You can walk around, go up a long-ass elevator (lift) to the top of a mountain for a spectacular view, and wander around the mountian and city below it. Day cards for the public transport there are also cheap. It's a good day trip, one I took my mother on when she visited me a couple years ago. Best of all: no car needed.

It's never been really crowded the times I've been there, including weekends.

woof.

Thanks so much for the information. Salzburg sounds really nice. Well, I guess what I meant is that I am looking for an extremely quiet place. Let me see if I can put this delicately: I wanted to surprise my boyfriend with a nice, quiet, romantic picnic kind of outing somewhere where we could have some alone time without being disturbed by anyone.

Quietest place I know of is the Altmuehltal national park. See:

http://www.naturpark-altmuehltal.de/

I'm not going to be much help so I should probably not post anything, but oh well...

You want to go somewhere private, outside, to have some "alone time"? How to put this... umm...isn't part of the thrill of what you are oh so delicately hinting at the risk of getting caught? Definitely not very saintly, as your handle advertises.

Anyway, if you really want to go somewhere without a lot of other people, you should probably rent a car. Most places that are reachable by train or S-Bahn are relatively heavily populated or visited.

Salzburg,

This can still be the place, take him round the town, tire him out then take him up to the Castle on the Vehnicular Railway and have lunch lookig out over the great vista to the south, and watch the sun go down, the view is brilliant.

Konigsee

Take the train to Bergetsgarten, then a short bus ride up to Konigsee, some nice walks to the left of the lake, or look around the lake and walk by the river back to the railway station.

Lindau

Take the train to Lindau, then a boat to Fredrikshaven (Zepplin Museam) then a nice meal by the lake, before you return back by train.

Regards

Dave

Take the BOB South towards Bayerischzell and get out anywhere after Fishbachau. Far enough South to be quiet, and lovely countryside.

in the altmühltal there is a little town called eichstätt you can go there by train (change in Ingolstadt i think). when you get of the train a little carriage brings you into the romantik town center, but instead you can just walk somewhere quiet from where the main train stopps off. its kinda rocky and lots of forest and little streams there. some places are quiet enough for what i think you might wanna get up too and the people there seem to be kinda tolerant- specifically in spring!

It sounds like the places you guys have suggested will be perfect. Thank you.