A visit to Neuschwanstein \u002D inspiration for Sleeping Beauty Castle in Disneyland \u002D provides a look at Bavaria\u0027s creative King Ludwig II.
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We first past wells from which water for official ‘Munchner bier’ must be drawn – local monks called it liquid bread and consumed five to 10 litres a day — then small cathedral towns and humble farms, some with just one cow or goat. The bus tour includes Linderhof Palace, with its Baroque façade and garden fountains and lunch at Oberammergau, a village of woodcutters and artisans.
Not far from Neuschwanstein, also set in the Alpine foothills, it’s smaller, but just as opulent inside and features gardens, cascades, sculptures and a grotto . Much of Linderhof reflects Ludwig’s obsession for Versailles after he’d visited Paris, with a Hall of Mirrors and grand staircase, while formal portraits hanging throughout are 18The front garden of Linderhof palace has 30 marble steps, with a gilded fountain and 25-metre geyser, up to the Temple of Venus.
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