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Women now account for more than 50 per cent of attendees at Munich’s famed Oktoberfest, and during this year’s festival one hotel in Germany has developed a guide to help females navigate the festival and understand the etiquette.
It is also offering a special package to visitors featuring a two-night stay in addition to a personalised, custom-made Bavarian dress.
From dress code to dancing, food and beating the queues, The Charles hotel advises women on all the necessities.
Information includes the amount of calories contained within popular festival food such as roasted almonds, candy floss and fried sausages – with the hotel advising women to forget all notions of weight-watching whilst at Oktoberfest and dance instead!
It also explains the importance of looking a person in the eye and saying ‘Prost’ when ‘clinking’ glasses, as well as refraining oneself from looking like a tourist with a T-shirt saying ‘I survived Oktoberfest’.
Instead, The Charles explains that women should wear traditional costumes such as the ‘Dirndl’, a pretty Bavarian dress which comes in many different colours and varying skirt lengths.
Moreover, women guests can take advantage of the hotel’s Oktoberfest package – offered from September 17 to October 4, starting from BD682 for two nights – which includes a personalised Dirndl made by well-known Bavarian designer Schatzi Dirndl.
Having trained at the Esmond international fashion school, Katharina Lukas, founder of Schatzi Dirndl, blends the classic national costume with luminous colour, playful embroidery and Swarovski jewels.
Transportation to and from the designer’s store for fitting is also included, making this an exceptional, ‘one-of-a-kind experience’ for any female visiting The Charles hotel during this festive period, a spokesman said.
To further highlight this important fixture on Munich’s annual calendar of events, the hotel’s spa has also put together a ‘Wiesn Warm-Up Spa Treatment’, using hops, malt and yeast.
Plus, before approaching the event itself, guests can visit the hotel’s ‘Wiesn Warm-Up’ where they will be treated to an authentic stall on the terrace of its Restaurant Davvero providing pretzels, Obazda cheese and other Bavarian delicacies and refreshments.
Oktoberfest is one of the most famous events in Germany and is the world’s largest fair, with more than five million people attending every year.
It is an important part of Bavarian culture, having been held since 1810. Other cities across the world also hold Oktoberfest celebrations including Manama at the Gulf Hotel Bahrain on October 6-7 featuring the Lasterbacher Musikanten Band.
