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Schloss Neuschwanstein

Newest Review: ... tour and only on the same day as you bought the ticket. Having successfully bought your ticket, you need to look carefully at the tour number and the time printed on it. You need to be in the courtyard of the castle at this time for the start of your tour. If you miss it, you have to buy a new ticket. Guided tours are available only in German or English. If you require it, audio-guides are available in 10 other languages. I don't recognise all of the flags, but most notably French, Italian, Spanish and Japanese. Since I wasn't quite sure how the audio-guides worked and didn't want to have to take a different tour to the one my boyfriend to... more

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Schloss Neuschwanstein: Neuschwanstein...nein! (3440 words)
by - written on 29/08/09 (Very useful, 58 readings)
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Neuschwanstein Castle I've just spent the most amazing summer ever - 2 months out of the UK, mostly in France but also a brief stay in Italy as well as a week in the south of Germany. Since I'm a French and German student who hadn't been to Germany since 2002, my wonderful boyfriend suggested that we spend a week in Bavaria, an area renowned for being picturesque, passing through the equally renowned Black Forest en route. We drove from Paris to the east of France where we spent three nights before driving through the Black Forest, past Lake Constance and eventually up to Augsburg where we spent 6 nights. Ok, so it's not the most direct route but we got ... Read the complete review

Magical Fairytale Castle in Bavarian Alps (402 words)
by - written on 15/08/08 (Very useful, 34 readings)
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Neuschwanstein Castle (or Schloss in German) (http://www.neuschwanstein.de/englisch/palace/index.htm) is located near Fussen in southwest Bavaria, Germany. Whilst working over there for a few months during my time at University, I visited the castle a few times and it really is stunning. For those of you who don't know this castle, it was featured in the film version of Chitty Chitty Bang Bang and also on the cover of the Blur single 'CountryHouse'. The castle stands high up on a mountain/rock above the valley and basically is the medievil castle that all little girls dream about when they dream of princes and princesses. But unlike the princess castles at ... Read the complete review