Neuschwanstein Castle (Schloss Neuschwanstein) famously served as the inspiration for Disneyland’s Sleeping Beauty Castle. Built on a rock ledge over the Pöllat Gorge on the site of two smaller ...

Bavaria’s King Ludwig II and his Neuschwanstein Castle play a starring role in the new ‘Inspiring Walt Disney’ exhibit running through March 27 at the Huntington Library.

Neuschwanstein is always worth a visit, and you can admire the castle from the outside as well. Great photos are possible, for example, from the Marienbrücke. There's a signpost at the footpath.

This is due to the omnipresent Neuschwanstein, of course, but also Hohenschwangau Castle. This is where the young Ludwig spent many summers in his childhood and also later as king he always liked ...