This is an independent guide to Neuschwanstein Castle, the English edition of neuschwansteinbavaria.eu, a multilingual guide to the castle and the trip around it. It is not the official site and not a ticket office: entry tickets are sold by the Bavarian Palace Administration, and day trips with the ticket included by GetYourGuide and Tiqets.
Why it exists
The official pages tell you the price and the hours, but not how to fit the castle into a day from Munich, which train to catch for a 13:00 slot, or what to do when the shop shows nothing for your date. Visitors from the UK, the US and everywhere else ask the same questions, and this guide answers them in plain English without inventing a single price or rule.
Sources and updates
Prices, opening hours and the rules at the entrance are checked against the Bavarian Palace Administration (neuschwanstein.de) and the Ticket Center Hohenschwangau (hohenschwangau.de); the history draws on Wikipedia and the administration's own publications. Where there is no official figure, we do not give one. If you find a mistake, write to us.
Affiliate links
Links to GetYourGuide and Tiqets are affiliate links: if you book through them we earn a commission and your price does not change. That is what keeps the guide online. The link to the official shop is not an affiliate link.
Contact
E-mail: info@neuschwansteinbavaria.eu. For questions about a ticket you have bought, the Ticket Center Hohenschwangau is the right address, not us.
Photographs
Images come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences.
- Aerial view of Neuschwanstein Castle from the north-west: Carsten Steger, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (Aerial image of Neuschwanstein Castle (view from the northwest).jpg)
- Füssen railway station, the end of the line from Munich: Wilfredor, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons (Bahnhof Füssen, Bavaria, Germany.jpg)
- Hohenschwangau Castle, the second royal castle across the valley: Thomas Wolf, www.foto-tw.de, CC BY-SA 3.0 de, via Wikimedia Commons (Schloss Hohenschwangau 2021.jpg)
- Inside the courtyard of Neuschwanstein Castle: Woffka rus, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (Innenhof vom Schloss Neuschwanstein, Bayern.jpg)
- King Ludwig II of Bavaria: Frédérique Émilie Auguste O'Connell, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (Ludwig II Bavaria O'Connell.jpg)
- Neuschwanstein Castle above Hohenschwangau, seen from the Marienbrücke side: Thomas Wolf, www.foto-tw.de, CC BY-SA 3.0 de, via Wikimedia Commons (Schloss Neuschwanstein 2013.jpg)
- Neuschwanstein Castle at sunset: Tamcgath, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (Neuschwanstein at sunset.jpg)
- Neuschwanstein Castle from a helicopter: Mario Lang, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (Neuschwanstein Castle helicopterflight.jpg)
- Neuschwanstein Castle in snow: Diego Delso, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (Neuschwanstein, Schwangau, Alemania, 2015-02-15, DD 16.JPG)
- Neuschwanstein in autumn colours: Otto Domes, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (Schloss Neuschwanstein Herbst (2).jpg)
- Regional trains at Munich main station: Renardo la vulpo, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (München, München-Nürnberg-Express Molly am Hauptbahnhof, 1.jpeg)
- The Alpsee with Hohenschwangau and Neuschwanstein castles: Llez, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (Alpsee - Hohenschwangau Castle - Alpenrose - Neuschwanstein Castle 01.jpg)
- The Marienbrücke over the Pöllat gorge: Robert Böck, CC BY-SA 2.0 de, via Wikimedia Commons (20050619 130750 Marienbruecke Neuschwanstein.jpg)
- The Singers' Hall of Neuschwanstein Castle: Josef Albert, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (Neuschwanstein – Sängersaal.jpg)
- The Tegelberg cable car above Schwangau: Llez, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (Tegelbergbahn 02.jpg)
- The Throne Hall in a historic photochrom print: Photochrom Print Collection, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (Throne room, Neuschwanstein Castle, Upper Bavaria, Germany-LCCN2002696256.jpg)
- The Throne Hall of Neuschwanstein Castle: Josef Albert, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (Neuschwanstein – Thronsaal.jpg)
- The Ticket Center in Hohenschwangau: Belle Equipe, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (NeuschwansteinTicketOffice.JPG)
- The upper courtyard of Neuschwanstein: Benreis, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (Neuschwanstein Innenhof.JPG)
- View from the castle towards the Forggensee: Asurnipal, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (Ostallgaeu-Schwangau-Neuschwanstein view to Forggensee-01ASD.jpg)