Neuschwanstein tour tickets
All 6 options compared by neuschwansteinvisit.com include Neuschwanstein Castle admission; 2 also include Linderhof Palace. The selection has 3 shared tours and 3 private tours. Choose a shared tour if you can reach the Hohenschwangau meeting point yourself.
Your ticket: €21 at the Ticket Center Hohenschwangau, or €23.50 online, buys one Neuschwanstein Castle tour of about 30 minutes. Local tour prices add guiding and transport to that admission. All tour prices here are per person.
Skiptors gives a full refund when you cancel at least 24 hours before your scheduled departure. The other 5 tours give no refund for cancellations.
Füssen to Hohenschwangau
The Ticket Center's directions page gives about 15 minutes from Füssen station to Hohenschwangau on bus 73 or 78. The public bus serves the village; the shuttle bus starts separately at car park P4. Your shared tour meeting is at P3 or Alpseestraße 2.
Meet your guide at the address in your row. Village parking costs €12 for up to 6 hours on the Ticket Center's parking page.
Neuschwanstein Castle admission time
Neuschwanstein Castle visits last about 30 minutes at a fixed admission time on the castle's opening hours page. Castle staff conduct the interior visits, with audio guides on designated tours. Private guiding outside the castle still leads to a shared interior tour.
The official ticket page asks you to reach Hohenschwangau 1.5 to 2 hours before the admission time on your castle ticket. Be in the castle courtyard before the time on your ticket. Late arrivals cannot join the tour. Count back: your castle time, the uphill route with its queue, then the meeting with your guide.
How do you get up to Neuschwanstein Castle?
The walk from the Ticket Center Hohenschwangau to Neuschwanstein Castle takes 30 to 40 minutes on the castle's directions page. The 1.5 km road is steep and paved. Walking has no transport fare.
The Ticket Center's transport page prices the shuttle bus at €3.50 up and €5 return per adult. The shuttle bus from P4 takes about 15 minutes, followed by 15 minutes on foot down a steep path to the castle.
The horse carriage for Neuschwanstein Castle costs €8 up from Hotel Müller and €4 down per person. The horse carriage ride takes about 20 minutes, followed by 10 to 15 minutes on foot uphill to the castle gate.
The shuttle bus and horse carriage have no timetable or reservations. Transport queues need extra time. None of these tours removes the final walk to the castle.
Neuschwanstein Castle opening hours
From 16 October to 27 March, Neuschwanstein Castle opens 10:00–16:00 daily; the first tour starts at 10:00 and the last tour of the day finishes at 16:00. Neuschwanstein Castle closes on 1 January and 24, 25 and 31 December, as the Ticket Center's opening times page states.
Snow or ice stops the shuttle bus and can close the bridge, as the Marienbrücke page explains. Visits inside the castle continue while the bridge is closed. The horse carriage to Hohenschwangau Castle does not run in winter.
The Venus Grotto and most Linderhof Palace park buildings close in winter on Linderhof's opening hours page. The Moorish Kiosk is also closed for renovation. The Linderhof combinations compare days that include the palace.
Children and rules inside Neuschwanstein Castle
Children under 18 need their own free Neuschwanstein Castle ticket; the castle's admission page applies the €2.50 online fee even to free tickets. Add every child when booking, as the Ticket Center's FAQ requires. Tour package child prices cover the services around admission.
Photography and filming are forbidden inside Neuschwanstein Castle on the castle's visitor information page. Bulky luggage and child carriers cannot be taken inside the castle. Prams can be left in the room in the castle courtyard described on the Ticket Center's family page.
