Main information:

How to get there

Neuschwanstein Castle is situated near Schwangau and Füssen in the Allgäu.

The path to the castle starts in the village of Hohenschwangau, and this is also your last opportunity to park.

By car or coach

Take the A7 motorway (direction Ulm-Kempten-Füssen) until the end. From Füssen first follow the road B17 to Schwangau, then the signs to Hohenschwangau
or
take the A7 motorway until the exit Kempten and then the road B12 to Marktoberdorf. Follow the road B16 to Roßhaupten – OAL I to Buching – and then take the road B17 to Schwangau and Hohenschwangau.

The village of Hohenschwangau has only private parking facilities.

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By public transport

Take the train (www.bahn.com) to Füssen, then the bus to Neuschwanstein (stop "Hohenschwangau Neuschwanstein Castles, Schwangau").
Information on bus routes and timetables can be found at: www.rvo-bus.de

Find long-distance bus connections to Neuschwanstein.

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How to get from Hohenschwangau (car park /ticket center) to Neuschwanstein Castle

Please note: Entrance tickets for Neuschwanstein Castle can only be bought at the Ticket Center Hohenschwangau!

 

Map of the the village of Hohenschwangau with special information for visitors (section);
you will find the complete map with a legend on www.hohenschwangau.de

 

Please be aware that cars and bicycles are not allowed on the road to Neuschwanstein Castle (Neuschwansteinstraße) and the road may only be used with the permission of the Neuschwanstein Castle administrative office. If you are a cyclist, please use the cycle path that branches off Neuschwansteinstraße after about 100 m.

 

On foot

It takes about 30-40 minutes to walk from the ticket centre to the castle (around 1.5 km on a steep uphill road).

 

By horse-drawn carriage

Departure point: Hotel Müller, Alpseestraße, Hohenschwangau

Because of space limitations, the carriages cannot go right up to the castle. From the carriage turning area beneath the castle it is an uphill walk of about 450 metres or 10-15 minutes to the castle entrance.

• Price: Uphill trip 8 euros / downhill trip 4 euros (as of 1 August 2022)

• Tickets can be bought from the carriage driver.

• The carriages operate all year round and shuttle according to demand, with no fixed timetable.

• Reservations are unfortunately not possible.

• Current information you will find on the website of the Ticket Center in Hohenschwangau: www.hohenschwangau.de

Please note that the carriage service is not operated by the Bavarian Palace Administration, but by independent companies.

 

With the shuttle bus

Departure point: parking P4 (below Hohenschwangau Palace)

Because of space limitations, the buses cannot be driven right up to the castle, but go via Bleckenaustraße to the Jugend lookout point (Marienbrücke) above the castle. From here there is a downhill walk of about 500 metres or 10-15 minutes (gradient of 12-19%) to the castle entrance.

• Price: Uphill trip 3 euros / downhill trip 2 euro / return trip 3.50 euros (as of May 2023)

• The buses operate all year round and shuttle between Schlosshotel Lisl and Neuschwanstein Castle according to demand, i.e. without a fixed timetable.

• Tickets can be obtained on the bus.

• Reservations are unfortunately not possible.

• The buses do not run if there is snow or ice on the roads. Current information you will find on the website of the Ticket Center in Hohenschwangau: www.hohenschwangau.de.

Please note that the bus service is not operated by the Bavarian Palace Administration, but by independent companies.