In the footsteps of the FAIRYTALE KING
Wanderlust Travel Magazine|June/July 2022 - Issue 221
A road-trip through southern Germany offers visitors an outrageous confection of myth-chasing palaces created by Bavaria's most mysterious monarch
Andrew Eames
In the footsteps of the FAIRYTALE KING

Once upon a time, there was a handsome king. To his subjects he appeared tall and dignified, but at heart, he was a shy person who preferred to hide away in the fantasy palaces of his creation. There he would read his favourite poetry and listen to his favourite music, deep into the night. Often-times he required his servants to cover their faces in his presence, and usually, he liked to eat alone, occasionally sharing his meals with his favourite horse.

Storybooks do love a dotty king, and this monarch was certainly that. Storybooks also love a happily-ever-after ending, which this story doesn’t have. For one day this king, having been declared insane by his government and put under house arrest, was found floating face down in shallow waters, in a baffling – and not particularly storybook – ending.

Yes, the story of Bavaria’s King Ludwig II is an odd one, particularly as his short life – he was just 41 when he met his end in 1886 – left a legacy of spectacular castles and palaces, one of which regularly marches onto the front covers of magazines all over the world. That castle is Neuschwanstein, a salvo of turrets and towers perched atop a rock in the foothills of the Alps, and the inspiration for the Sleeping Beauty Castle of Walt Disney fame. Even if you don’t know its name, you have probably seen it in photographs.

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