Getting to the Fairytale Cinderella Castle is always one of every girl’s dream, it’s no different to every of our ladies within the family.
The famous Neuschwanstein Castle is located near the town of Fussan. If you want to dedicated a few days to visit this area, then it is wise to find an accommodation around this area. For us, given that it is only a day trip, it was a good time for us to switch our hostel from Munich East to Munich West. It took just over two hours for us to drive from Munich East directly to the tourist area near the castle. We parked at Parkplatz P1 on google map below. There are plenty of parking, and cost EU12 for maximum of 6 hours at the time of writing.
Bookings and Tickets
To visit the castle’s interior, an advanced booking online is needed. It is wise to pre-book a few months in advance via its official website, especially if you decide to visit during the summer holidays. We missed out the Neuschwanstein Castle tour even though I tried to book one month in advance. We were only able to book Hohenschwangau Castle tour – cost EU23.5 for an adult and EU12 for a child to visit. Neuschwanstein tour is probably around double the amount from memory.
To get to the Neuschwanstein Castle, there is an option to walk uphill for around 45 minutes, or to catch the bus to Mary’s Bridge (Marien Brucke) uphill (cost EU3.5 each way) and then walk up for 15 minutes. The final option is to catch horse-carriage (uphill cost EU8, downhill EU4) and then walk up for 15min.
Hohenschwangau Castle is more straight forward, as it takes less than 15 minutes to walk up the hill. We did not take any transportation.
Hohenschwangau Castle Visit
We arrived the castle 20 minutes before our scheduled time, we managed to take some photos outside the castle.
We weren’t allowed to take any photos inside the castle, there is a tourist guide with English audio available for foreign tourists. The place provided a glimpse on the interior and decorations on the Royal Family’s residence, and provide further insight on their daily lives many years ago.
Neuschwanstein Castle Visit
Of course, the moment of the day is the Neuschwanstein Castle. Although we did not secured booking for the tour, just watching the monument already got us excited. We caught the bus to Mary’s Bridge and took some distant photos.
From the bridge, it took us around 15 minutes to get to the base of the castle. Its definitely a once in a lifetime experience!
