Getting There
From Füssen, use bus 73 (direction Steingaden / Garmisch-Partenkrichen) or bus 78 (direction Schwangau) and exit at stop Hohenschwangau – Alpseestraße. These buses are generally marked Königschlösser (Royal Castles). The bus will drop you off at the corner of Parkstrasse and Alpseestrasse. From Parkstrasse, take a right on Alpseestrasse and walk to the Ticket Center. You must buy tickets here prior to going to the castles. If you stay in Schwangau or Füssen, your hotel may be able to reserve tickets for you the day before, but you will still need to pick them up at the ticket center.
Hohenshwangau
Hohenschwangau Castle is a 19th-century palace in southern Germany. It was the childhood residence of King Ludwig II of Bavaria and was built by his father, King Maximilian II of Bavaria.
Neuschwanstein
Neuschwanstein Castle is a nineteenth-century Romanesque Revival palace on a rugged hill. The palace was commissioned by Ludwig II of Bavaria as a retreat and as a homage to Richard Wagner. Ludwig paid for the palace out of his personal fortune and by means of extensive borrowing, rather than Bavarian public funds. The palace was intended as a personal refuge for the reclusive king, but it was opened to the paying public immediately after his death in 1886.
Linderhof Palace
Linderhof Palace is the smallest of the three palaces built by King Ludwig II of Bavaria and the only one which he lived to see completed. Although Linderhof is much smaller than Versailles, it is evident that the palace of the French Sun-King Louis XIV (who was an idol for Ludwig) was its inspiration. The dining room is famous for its disappearing dumb-waiter. This table was installed so that Ludwig could dine alone here. Yet the staff had to lay the table for at least four persons because it is said that the king used to talk to imaginary people like Louis XV, Mme de Pompadour or Marie Antoinette while he was eating.
Eternal Horizon 