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I remember the first time I saw a picture of this castle. How awe inspired I was, thinking about the rich history it must have
Medieval battles, royalty intrigue, the noble lineage of kings and queens past who once called this castle home
I dove into researching the castle and immediately saw that it wasn't completed until over 20 years after the US civil war as a vanity project for a king that didn't live to see it completed
It's just a really pretty castle, and that's enough
One might argue, it is still not completed. Ludwig II ran out of money and the interior rooms aren't all finished, you just get to see the ones that are, during the tour.
There are more spectacular castles to visit, for example Ludwig's other projects Schloss Herrenchiemsee and especially Schloss Linderhof (which he actually finished), but Neuschwanstein probably has the best landscape surrounding it. So I'd say the best way to enjoy it, is to look at it from the outside. (The interior tours are also pretty rushed, in my opinion)
Yeah; it's almost like a movie set. A lot of the interior was never realised after the original vision, and is now used mainly for exhibits.
If you want the real deal. The closest thing to a fairytale castle i have ever visited is Burg Eltz beside the Mosel river.
Fun sidenote: The Neuschwanstein castle banquet hall was intentionally copied from the banquet hall at the Wartburg by Eisenach..
...i visited fourty years ago; it was pretty lush...