When I was eight years old, my dad had a business together with the Germans. They always came, we spent the night and brought me gifts. Soft toys, pens, with Mickey Mouse and all the pleasant eight-year child trinkets. And once I presented the puzzle pieces in 1000 with the lock. A sort of fairy-tale wonder.
I was that puzzle was, and so I liked that castle, that I decided - that grow up and leave there. Puzzle somewhere lost, forgotten castle, and in common with the Germans, it has sunk into oblivion. And in the autumn of last year asked me to look for boss what a good tourist attraction near Munich. "Google to help us" - I thought, and found ... this castle. Like the ice began to move - in the memory heap rubbish, and floated that same "grown up here ...". And I decided that enough has already grown.
It was a digression and a preface to my story about planning a vacation in Bavaria, for it is in Bavaria, 2 km from the town of Fussen, which seemed to get away with illustrations of the tale, is a miracle - the castle of King Ludwig Neuschwanstein.
The first question that arose is a question of transport. In Bavaria, Memmingen, very easy and inexpensive to fly Vizeyr, and thence by train to Füssen. In Germany, the plane sits on schedule at 20:40. Buses in Memmingen Airport (located 5 km. From the city) on Saturday does not go, so we take a taxi to the train station (10 euros). Thence by train to Füssen.
separately on the railroad. In Bavaria, a so-called "Bavarian ticket", it costs 28 euros, it can go from 2 to 5 people, it is valid for the railways, buses, trams and subway until 15:00 the following day. On this magical ticket you can ride across the whole of Bavaria, as well as stop in Austria, in the glorious city of Salzburg (Füssen is located 5 km. From the border with Austria, so another childhood dream - to go abroad on foot - I also implemented, although the concept I do not know where it grows legs). Consequently, it is the Bavarian ticket bydem we use every day when we will go over all the castles and places of interest.
http://www.wizzair.com - Airlines Vizeyr (ticket 350 UAH. in one way, if the lead time, we bought back in December)
http://www.bahn.de - German Railway (Bavaria ticket - € 28)
http://www.allgaeu-airport.de - site of the airport (by bus to the city of 2.50 euros, a taxi - 10 euros)
accommodation. Due to the same Neuschwanstein Fussen quite a popular tourist destination, the hotel there is not too cheap, but very, very much so-called hospitable homes (gasthaus) and apartments (fewo), which live in much cheaper, less comfortable and not much wider choice, there are several hostels. Search - Google on request or fevo gasthauz, you can book the same place. Not all sites, by the way, in English, thus depriving German tourists are not certain freedom of choice, but the rest is enough. Let's say we live in a fantastic two-story room with authentic furniture, a fully equipped kitchen, internet and a convenient location near the train station (which is especially important, because we would get in 5 minutes without Füssen midnight) for 82 euros for 4 people. Fantastish, no? Our host - generally a different story, very friendly and nice guy who helped us to overcome the German embassy in every way, but what about in a different time.
cultural program will require a separate large post, as we will see very, very many things, to conquer the highest mountain in Germany, to go at least a day in Austria and soak his feet in the lake, which is the intersection point of the Austrian, Swiss and nemetskogogosudarstva. Then I will tell you about where to get information on all the rides and the miracles and even the organization of the tour business in Germany.