Schloss Neuschwanstein
Today we visited Neuschwanstein Castle. This is the castle built by "mad" King Ludwig II, and was the inspiration for the Sleeping Beauty Castle in Disneyland.
We were only allowed to take pictures of the outside of Neuschwanstein, so you'll have to visit these sites to see photos of the interior (which is just gorgeous!) Again, we used the word "wow" a lot!
We went to Neuschwanstein with an English tour company, that we can highly recommend: Radius Tours. We hope to do some of their other tours during our time here in Munich.
The climb up to the Palace was quite the workout! The trail was quite steep in places. There were buses available (for a small charge) but most of our tour group decided to hike up. After visiting the castle, we took an alternate route down, through one of the gorges surrounding the castle. Just beautiful scenery.
We also hiked up to the Marienbrücke, a bridge over one of the gorges, from which you have a stunning view of the castle.
Before hiking up the mountain to Neuschwanstein, we were able to take a look at the outside of Hohenschwangau Castle where Ludwig II spent a great deal of his childhood. We didn't have time to go inside this palace, however.
You can click on the picture below to see our photos of Neuschwanstein:
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