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| J Prestrud |
18 March 2005 |
Stayed at Schlosshotel Lisl - Bavarian Alps, Germany.
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Schloss Neuschwanstein: beautiful castle, upon which Disney patterned Cinderella's castle in Disney World. I highly recommend hiking up at night, where the castle seems like your own private fairy tale. Much more magical than during the day, when you are shoulder to shoulder with many other tourists: we walked up at about 9:00 p.m. the night before our official tour, and saw not a single person. The walk took us about 20 minutes uphill, but only 10 going back down. Definitely worth it!
I recommend taking the carriage ride up to the castle during the day - the hike is pretty steep, and if you've done it once, you deserve to ride the next time. You will be packed in with tourists from many countries, however. During our ride, the driver - in traditional German attire - packed even the front seat with Japanese visitors, then seated himself on the lap of a (very surprised) old man. Walk down, though, instead of paying the 6 Euros (about) to ride. There is a pretty waterfall and nice view of the other castle on the way down.
You may want to ask at gift shops how much you need to spend to get them to do the duty free paperwork for you. It is supposed to be 25 Euro, but we found some shops that said it was 50. This is wrong, but they can do this. Take your money elsewhere.
Be sure to have a piece of traditional Black Forest cake while you are there. The hotel we stayed at, Hotel Lisl, has a delicious one.
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| K Pearson |
05 September 2002 |
Stayed at Schlosshotel Lisl - Bavarian Alps, Germany.
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This area is very touristy, and I would not recommend staying for more than two nights. We enjoyed our stay and also the castle, but quite honestly, the castle is most impressive from the outside, not the the interior. I would definitely recomment the horse-drawn carriage ride up to the castle. There is also a nice hike to the Marion Bridge that spans the valley nearby. You can detour from the castle on the way up or down about a 15 minute hike to reach the bridge.
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| M Perry |
21 July 2002 |
Stayed at Schlosshotel Lisl - Bavarian Alps, Germany.
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From the hotel the castle -Neuschwanstein- was easily accessible. We actually took a bus tour (Bus Bavaria) from Munich to get transportation to Hohenschwangau. The tour was really excellent as they showed us around the outside of the castle, took us to an alpine lake, and also obtained the tickets to the castle for us. Everyone on the bus except for us went back to Munich at the end of the day. We stayed as we had reservations at the Hotel Lisl. This worked out really great. The tour was 49 Euros/person but apparently the train would have cost between 28 Euro to 45 Euro for 2 people. So it was a great deal. I definitely recommend the tour as not having to wait in line for the castle tickets probably made it alone worthwhile. Definitely bring your swimsuit if it is summer as the lakes are so beautiful and if the cold water doesn't bother you, you will want to swim in them.
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| L Vornik |
22 June 2002 |
Stayed at Schlosshotel Lisl - Bavarian Alps, Germany.
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We were a little short on time, so just did the two closest castles. But we also went to Linderhof on the same day, and it was a pleasant trip which did not take too long.
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