{"id":8237,"date":"2025-08-02T00:17:55","date_gmt":"2025-08-02T00:17:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/justpaste.in\/blogs\/neuschwanstein-castle-the-most-beautiful-fairytale-castle-in-germany-you-definitely-have-to-visit\/"},"modified":"2026-08-04T09:47:32","modified_gmt":"2026-08-04T09:47:32","slug":"neuschwanstein-castle-the-most-beautiful-fairytale-castle-in-germany-you-definitely-have-to-visit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/justpaste.in\/blogs\/neuschwanstein-castle-the-most-beautiful-fairytale-castle-in-germany-you-definitely-have-to-visit\/","title":{"rendered":"Visiting Neuschwanstein Castle – Germany’s Most Beautiful Castle"},"content":{"rendered":"

Neuschwanstein castle is arguably the most famous and definitely one of the most impressive of all the castles in Germany and our trip to Bavaria just wouldn\u2019t be complete without visiting.<\/p>\n

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The first thing I wanted to do when we arrived there was find the best view point to take it all in but here\u2019s a little spoiler, there\u2019s no \u2018bad view\u2019 of Neuschwanstein castle (except for maybe the one right down the road from the back as it\u2019s a bit too close but, to be honest, even that is pretty impressive).<\/p>\n

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We stopped off in the nearby fields and I\u2019ve gotta admit, I was kinda overwhelmed (in a very good way) when we first saw Neuschwanstein castle!<\/p>\n

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I\u2019d wanted to visit Neuschwanstein castle for so long and it totally lived up to the hype!<\/p>\n

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I then proceeded to take 1 million photos… y\u2019know, just in case any of the photos missed out on any detail! \ud83d\ude44\ud83d\ude06<\/p>\n

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It was when we left this spot though that I started to realise that there was really no bad view of Neuschwanstein castle.<\/p>\n

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We drove off to look for somewhere to park and almost every minute, as we turned down each corner, I had to stop to take it all in again from a different angle.<\/p>\n

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Anyway, car parked, we went to pick up our pre-reserved tickets for the castle tour.<\/p>\n

By the way, Neuschwanstein castle is pretty popular so pre-reserve any and everything you can before you get here to avoid disappointment!<\/p>\n

There are several ways you can go up to the castle, none of which involve being able to drive up there. You can either take a bus (one specific to the castle), which drops you off at the Marienbr\u00fccke (Queen Mary\u2019s Bridge), or you can take a horse and carriage ride up or, if you\u2019re really feeling up to it, you can walk up!<\/p>\n

Uphill walking is not generally something I enjoy and I had no interest in spending the precious time we had here walking through the woods so we took the fastest option \u2013 the bus!<\/p>\n

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If we had time though, I\u2019d have loved to have taken the horse and carriage ride up but the queues for that were pretty long.<\/p>\n

To be honest, asides for the walking option, you\u2019ll have to queue anyway, the journey up is just a bit longer with the horse and carriage.<\/p>\n

You can go up and down with the bus or the horse and carriage, by the way, it doesn\u2019t just drop you at the top and leave you to find your way back down.<\/p>\n

Up at the top, the view from the Marienbr\u00fccke is also pretty spectacular as you get to see Neuschwanstein castle, set against the surrounding Bavarian countryside!<\/p>\n

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It\u2019s absolutely stunning!<\/p>\n

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We carried on past the bridge and hiked up a little bit into the mountains nearby where the views are also pretty amazing!<\/p>\n

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Thankfully, Marienbr\u00fccke is higher up than the castle so the walk to the castle from this point is downhill – with a balcony\/belvedere offering pretty spectacular views of Hohenschwangau castle, the childhood home of King Ludwig II who built Neuschwanstein castle.<\/p>\n

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If we had more time, I\u2019d loved to have visited Hohenschwangau castle but we\u2019d have to leave for the airport immediately after our visit to Neuschwanstein castle to catch our flight back home to London.<\/p>\n

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Now, for the inside part of the castle, you\u2019re not allowed to take any photos so there\u2019s not much I can show you from that.<\/p>\n

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It\u2019s actually unfinished inside but there\u2019s enough of it finished to impress you when you visit. It is definitely worth visiting the inside of Neuschwanstein castle but if you don\u2019t have enough time to pop in, take a walk in the area around the castle and definitely head up to Marienbr\u00fccke to see it in all its glory.<\/p>\n

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And with that, (after a small stop to check out the view of the Bavarian countryside from the castle\u2019s balcony), we bade Bavaria farewell and headed back to Munich to catch our flight back to London.<\/p>\n

I\u2019d thoroughly fallen in love with Bavaria over the past few days we\u2019d spent in this part of Germany and although I\u2019m not usually one for playing favourites, this has got to be one of my favourite places in Germany (and indeed, one of its most beautiful).<\/p>\n

I\u2019m already hatching grand plans with friends to return in winter for Christmas markets and some ski fun! \ud83d\ude00<\/p>\n

Read more: Best places in Bavaria to visit<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

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12 Very Best Places In Bavaria To Visit<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n