Please sign in to post.

Day trip to Neuschwanstein Castle

Posted by on

Hi
we are a family of 3 (couple and 12 year old daughter)
We are in Munich on 6th and 7th May and plan to visit Neuschwanstein Castle

What would be a better option - to go on our own by train + bus OR bus only. Train options show to Fussen and then another bus to Schwangau OR a direct bus from Munich to Schwangau. I would like to know which is the option which minimizes the walk (to save time - else we are ok to walk)
Will the train ticket bought in Munich Central also cover the bus ride to Schwangau

I see tours offering Neuschwanstein and Neuschwanstein + Linderhof + Oberammargau. Are there any tours covering only Neuschwanstein & Oberammergau - I couldn't find any on of the sites (Klook & Viator)

Would be happy to get some info on the above

Thanks

Posted by
3056 posts

I don't know if you have looked at this, but Mike's Bike Tours in Munich have a great day trip to Neuschwanstein. You meet at their office and take a coach. Then you ride bikes to Swan Lake, and then have lunch before heading to Neuschwanstein. When I booked this, I thought our son and husband would think it was cheesy, but we all loved it. Lunch was at one restaurant, but we did not all sit together, so just our family was at one table, to give you an idea. The bus was very comfortable and it had a bathroom. We normally don't care for these types of tours, but this one was very enjoyable.

Posted by
3 posts

Thanks so the day ticket is much more cheaper
I see a fare of 42 euros which will take the 3 of us for entire date. I presume our return journey will also be covered, right ?

Posted by
2 posts

We did this but had a rental car so I don’t have any suggestions as far as bus vs train, but I would possibly say the train route because it goes to Fussen. Fussen was absolutely our favorite town of the trip and the one place we regretted not having more time.
Expect lots of crowds! We were there in July but it was still worth it and manageable.
Not sure if you have tickets yet, but if not they’re probably already sold out.. they do save some same day of tickets but they were gone by the time we got there. If you don’t have tickets I still highly recommend going!!! It was so amazing to see up close and the area around it. Learning about King Ludwig before too made it so interesting to see.
Since we didn’t get Neuschwanstein tickets, we booked a tour of the Linderhof palace, where Ludwig actually lived and spent most of his time.
Rick has some really great info about all of those areas in his Germany book! Hope any of that helps

Posted by
704 posts

LInderhof is worth seeing. If the only tour you can book also includes Linderhof, I'd suggest you do it.

Add Reply

Please do not reply to violations of our Community Guidelines.