Rising from the heart of Lake Chiemsee, Herrenchiemsee Palace embodies the extragavant dream of King Ludwig II of Bavaria. Inspired by Versailles, this jewel of architecture was officially designated ...

UNESCO added 26 new sites to its World Heritage list this week, including four Bavarian castles built by King Ludwig II, with ...

New additions to Unesco ’s World Heritage Sites have been announced for 2025 – with 26 properties, including Bavarian palaces ...

Neuschwanstein Castle and three other royal residences built by King Ludwig II of Bavaria have been designated as UNESCO ...

The Neuschwanstein castle in Germany's Bavaria, perhaps best known for inspiring Walt Disney's fairytale castles, has been ...

Fairy-tale turrets decorate Neuschwanstein Castle, King Ludwig II’s alpine retreat in Bavaria. Aug. 11, 2011, 8:34 AM EDT / Source: Tribune Media Services. By Rick Steves.

King Ludwig II probably wasn't "mad," as contemporaries suggested, but extremely eccentric. He became the ruler of Bavaria in 1864 when he was 18 years old, but despised many aspects of being a ruler.

Bavaria celebrated the 125th anniversary of the death of King Ludwig II, known as Fairytale King Ludwig for his eccentricities, including the construction of elaborate palaces and castles, most ...

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 ...

For all The Local's guides to visiting Germany CLICK HERE 1. Construction took more than seven times longer than expected. When construction of the castle began in 1869, King Ludwig II of Bavaria ...

Twelve historic sites including the Palaces of King Ludwig II of Bavaria in Germany, the Archaeological Ensemble of the 17th ...