Historic site · Schwangau, Bavaria
Neuschwanstein Castle
Schloss Neuschwanstein
Neuschwanstein Castle is King Ludwig II of Bavaria's castle in the municipality of Schwangau, Bavaria, whose foundation stone was laid in 1869; it is run by the Bavarian Palace Administration.
Why go
Neuschwanstein Castle is the castle King Ludwig II of Bavaria had built in Schwangau: the Bavarian Palace Administration's building history says the foundation stone was laid on 5 September 1869, that the king only ever saw it as a building site, and that the Bower and the Square Tower were not completed until 1892. The administration, which runs the castle, says it was opened to the public seven weeks after the king's death in 1886. Its visitor information says the castle can be visited only as part of a guided tour, that tickets are sold online through hohenschwangau.de, and that remaining tickets at the Ticket Center Hohenschwangau are for the same day only, with no reservations; its contact page adds that entrance tickets can only be bought at the Ticket Center. Its German-language home page says that since 2025 the castle has been part of the UNESCO World Heritage property of the palaces of King Ludwig II. Neuschwanstein lies in Schwangau, not in Füssen, which XTOUR treats as a base for it.
Near Neuschwanstein Castle
Historic site
Hohenschwangau Castle
Hohenschwangau Castle is the castle Crown Prince Maximilian of Bavaria had built in 1833 to 1837 on the remains of a medieval castle in the village of Hohenschwangau, Schwangau, where his son King Ludwig II spent a few weeks each summer; it is owned by the Wittelsbacher Ausgleichsfonds.
1 km · straight-line distance; driving distance and time differ
Lake
Alpsee
The Alpsee is a lake at Hohenschwangau in the municipality of Schwangau, Bavaria, lying directly below Hohenschwangau and Neuschwanstein castles.
2 km · straight-line distance; driving distance and time differ
Historic site
Hohes Schloss Füssen
The Hohes Schloss is the late-Gothic castle of the prince-bishops of Augsburg above the old town of Füssen, Bavaria, which now houses a branch gallery of the Bavarian State Painting Collections and the town's picture gallery.
4 km · straight-line distance; driving distance and time differ
Waterfall
Lechfall
The Lechfall in Füssen, Bavaria, is where the river Lech falls over an 18th-century weir into the natural Lech gorge, below the König-Max-Steg footbridge.
4 km · straight-line distance; driving distance and time differ