Munich
At approximately 900 acres, Munich’s English Garden is larger than Central Park and accordingly contains within its vast premises treasures untold. There’s the matter of the river surfers, who shred rain-or-shine—find them at the so-called Eisbachwelle, a surge at the garden’s southern tip. It’s all too easy to kill a few hours watching them go, but once you’ve had your fill, go deeper into the greenery. Just about any path you choose will take you somewhere interesting—along the river towards the Monopteros, a beautiful hilltop temple around which locals lounge on sunny days, or into the woods and towards the city’s second largest biergarten, Chinesicher Turm (so-called for its odd, towering Chinese pagoda), for a drink. —Charlie Hobbs