Bavaria German: Bayern (http://www.bayern.by/) is the largest federal-state "Bundesland" or shortened to Land of Germany, situated in the south-east of the country, and extends from the North German Plain down into the Alps. Bavaria is what many non-Germans probably have in mind when they think about Germany. Ironically, much of southern Bavaria has more in common culturally with neighboring Austria than with the rest of Germany. This stereotype includes Lederhosen leather trousers, sausages and lots of beer - Bavaria, however, has much more to offer to the traveller. Along with the Rheinland and Berlin, it is Germany's most popular tourist destination.
