I'm glad we stayed just beside the Hauptbahnhof station at Soffitel, it was very convenient as we spent most of the time in Munich travelling to other cities to visit attractions. Haupbahnhof is the central station where intercity train runs. It is so huge, arriving here a little early would be advisable to prevent missing the train! There's a ticket office and machines to get tickets easily.
The most value-for-money ticket is the bayern ticket - 23euros for 2nd class, 5euro extra for additional person up to 4 person. A bayern ticket cost 28 euros for 2 and is really worth it, however it's only for travel within the bavaria region.
Visiting the Disney-inspired castle - Neuschwanstein Castle.
Directions
Take the train from Munich Haupbahnhof to Füssen
At Fussen, take bus 73 in the direction to Steingaden / Garmisch-Partenkirchen
or
or bus 78 in the direction to Schwangau until you reach the stop Hohenschwangau.
View of the Castle from a distance - simply looked like a fairytale castle set on the hilltop.
Went to the ticket booth to get tickets for Neuschwanstein Castle, but the earliest tour timing was at 5pm, and that is too late as we had to catch the train back to Munich at 6pm! In the end, bought tickets to the Hohenschwangau Castle instead which had an earlier timing, since I have been inside Neuschwanstein Castle once.
From the Hohenschwangau village, there are directions for the hike up to Hohenschwangau castle.
Exterior of Hohenschwangau Castle and the view from above!
Photos aren't allowed inside the castle but i managed to secretly snap some with my phone. The interior was much more detailed and grand than Neuschwanstein Castle as King Ludwig was bankrupt by then and couldn't afford to finish building the interior.
Lovely stroll back down to the Hohenschwangau village and chanced upon a beautiful lake!
Took a bus from the village to the drop off point, then a short hike to see the exterior of Neuschwanstein Castle. It was on a bridge and was filled with people so snapping up a spot to take picture was challenging. It's a definitely MUST-COME place to see the overview of the castle. It just felt like a scene out of the fairytale story! Cinderella's Castle was inspired by Neuschwanstein Castle, and is this castle with blue domes are all over disneyland in the world!
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