More than 25,000 castles crown the hills of Germany, so it can be difficult to ... 479-mile Burgenstraße (Castle Road), which features around 60 castles and palaces between the cities of Mannheim ...

Today, it’s one of the most popular tourist attractions in Europe, and just a two-hour train ride south of Munich ... carriage (8 euros, around $8.70, uphill to the castle; 4 euros, around ...

From Munich ... 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. Around the castle grounds ...

Every year, around 1.5 million people from all over the world visit Neuschwanstein. From Munich, the fairytale castle can be reached ... The Zugspitze in the Alps is Germany's highest mountain ...