South of Munich in the foothills of the Alps, is the relatively unknown Hohenschwangau Castle. It was "Mad" King Ludwig's father's castle — and Ludwig's boyhood summer home. When his father died, ...

Touristic, glorious and romantic, some of Germany's best attractions are in Bavaria. My favorites are three of King Ludwig II's castles: stocky Hohenschwangau, his boyhood home; the nearby and ...

Once upon a time in the 19th century, far, far away in the Bavarian Alps of Germany, there lived an eccentric king, Ludwig II. In 1869, Ludwig commissioned a castle that he wanted built high above the ...

Though tucked in the hinterlands of Bavaria’s far south, the turreted fantasy castle of Neuschwanstein is hardly a secret. But the relatively unknown Ehrenberg ruins, perched on a hill just over the ...

Touristic, glorious and romantic, some of Germany’s best attractions are in Bavaria. My favorites are three of King Ludwig II’s castles: stocky Hohenschwangau, his boyhood home; the nearby and ...