Neuschwanstein

Castle of Neuschwanstein in Bavaria
- it looks like a fairy tail castle,

almost like in Disney World!

Schloss Neuschwanstein, or "New Swanstone Castle",

a dramatic Romanesque fortress with soaring fairy-tale towers

situated on an Alpine crag

Watetfall nearby the castle

Walked all the way up to the castle

and also back down...

and the weather was rather hot

Ludwig commissioned the construction of

several extravagant fantasy castles and palaces,

the most famous being Neuschwanstein,

and was a devoted patron of the composer Richard Wagner.

Since his legacy of grandiose castles lives

on in the form of massive tourist revenue,

King Ludwig is generally well liked and

even revered by many in Bavaria today.

Ludwig II (Ludwig Otto Friedrich Wilhelm,

sometimes rendered as Louis II in English) 1845 – 1886)

was King of Bavaria from 1864 until shortly before his death.

He is sometimes called the Swan King

and der Märchenkönig, the Fairy tale King

Gorgeous view from the castle

Skipped visiting the castle inside

- as it wasn't completed while

Ludvig was still alive

so he never actually lived there