Germany, Swiss and France tour june 2020

Looks like googlemaps gives the drive 1.5 hours one way and that would be measured in wheels turning time. ViaMichelin routing program also gives it almost 1.5 hours. It does not look like there is any public transportation between the two. Your best bet is probably renting a car if you feel this is a sight you really want to devote a day to.

Now...here I run the risk here of deflating a dream and I apologize for that. This is not really a castle. It was started in 1869 and open to the public in 1886 when Ludwig died after not having even lived there (spent 11 nights there). You have to have a timed entry, then after forming up in the courtyard to the castle when your entry time comes the guide leads you thru about a 30 minute tour of some of the rooms (unfurnished). It looks way better from the outside particularly from the vantage point of Mary's Bridge/Marienbrücke. Across the valley is actually a real castle - Hohenschwangau where Ludwig's parents lived. It is furnished and really more interesting in my point of view but still not enough to somehow manage to get there from your starting point.

It does have some historical significance in that it served as a storage point for Nazi plunder taken from France during WWII. (Have you seen the movie the Monuments Men?)

I have visited it a couple of times on different non-Road Scholar tours. TBH, the second tour that stopped there, I didn't even bother to go in. I went and walked around the lake which was a much better way for me to spend time.

I did take a look at your itinerary which looks really interesting.

~Pam

Looks like googlemaps gives the drive 1.5 hours one way and that would be measured in wheels turning time. ViaMichelin routing program also gives it almost 1.5 hours. It does not look like there is any public transportation between the two. Your best bet is probably renting a car if you feel this is a sight you really want to devote a day to.

Now...here I run the risk here of deflating a dream and I apologize for that. This is not really a castle. It was started in 1869 and open to the public in 1886 when Ludwig died after not having even lived there (spent 11 nights there). You have to have a timed entry, then after forming up in the courtyard to the castle when your entry time comes the guide leads you thru about a 30 minute tour of some of the rooms (unfurnished). It looks way better from the outside particularly from the vantage point of Mary's Bridge/Marienbrücke. Across the valley is actually a real castle - Hohenschwangau where Ludwig's parents lived. It is furnished and really more interesting in my point of view but still not enough to somehow manage to get there from your starting point.

It does have some historical significance in that it served as a storage point for Nazi plunder taken from France during WWII. (Have you seen the movie the Monuments Men?)

I have visited it a couple of times on different non-Road Scholar tours. TBH, the second tour that stopped there, I didn't even bother to go in. I went and walked around the lake which was a much better way for me to spend time.

I did take a look at your itinerary which looks really interesting.

~Pam