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During our trip to Germany, some years ago, we stopped for a few days in Oberammergau from where it’s easy to go to Ludwig’s castles.
The first one I went to visit was Linderhof, built in 1874-1878, which is in Ettal, at a little over an hour’s distance from Oberammergau and from the other two castles [...]

The Hohenschwngau Castle, built in 1832-1836, was Ludwig’s parents’ castle. Here young Ludwig spent all his childhood. It’s very close, practically attached to the more famous Neuschwanstein Castle. In fact you can already catch a glimpse of it from the parking lot where all the busses stop. It’s unique because of [...]

Neuschwanstein, which you can see in the photo above, taken from the famous Marienbrücke Bridge, is for sure one of the most beautiful castles in the world, if not the most beautiful, at least for its spectacular exterior. But, who was Ludwig II, the builder of all those marvelous castles? He lived between [...]