Learn about the eccentric king who commissioned the castle that would later inspire Walt Disney. Take a horse-drawn carriage ride up the hill from the nearby town of Hohenschwangau. Buy a ticket for ...

Neuschwanstein Castle has switched to its winter opening timetable from 16 October 2026, giving visitors in Schwangau a ...

Fly into a real-life fairytale with this breathtaking drone footage of Neuschwanstein Castle. Perched precariously on a rugged hill above the village of Hohenschwangau in the Bavarian Alps, witness ...

Tucked away in the German Alps sits Neuschwanstein castle — a palace that is as much a piece of art as the murals that line its walls. It's this artistry and attention to detail that inspired Walt ...

Once upon a time in the 19th century, far, far away in the Bavarian Alps of Germany, there lived an eccentric king, Ludwig II. In 1869, Ludwig commissioned a castle that he wanted built high above the ...

SCHWANGAU, Germany–Given that King Ludwig II of Bavaria built Neuschwanstein Castle as a place where he could get away from the public and the sycophants who wanted to be near him, he might well have ...

“It is my intention to rebuild the old castle ruin of Hohenschwangau ... in the authentic style of the old German knights’ castles.” That sentence, written by king of Bavaria Ludwig II to his friend ...