Linderhof Palace

When we moved to Norway taking the kids to Germany was on our bucket list.  This summer we spent two weeks in Germany.  I have already posted about the Hohenzollern castle, so the next few weeks are gong to be about the other castles that we visited.  All of the castles that we visited were ones that i had not visited when we lived there many years ago.  There are many castles in Germany to visit.  We bought a 14 day pass that would get us into many of the castles.  It as 40 euro and well worth it.  We visited 5 castles total and only three were included, but entry into one castle would have been 40 euro.
One of the castles on the list was the Linderhoff.  This was built by King Ludwig II.  This was his favorite residence.  He built 4 castles during his time as king.  This castle is small in comparison to other  castles.  He never married or had children so there was only on bed chamber.  The castle is very interesting because it moves in a square.  There were no hallways and one room led into another room. The dining room had a table that could be lowered to the kitchen for the servants to put the food on and the raised back up to the dining room.  Ludwig was a very private man and did not want the interaction with others.

He had a cave on the back of the property.  The cave is man made.  It is amazing.  He had this boat made and would ride around in the cave in the boat.  He loved the composer Richard Wagner and this was suppose to be a place to hold concerts.  No one knows if that ever happened.  The cave is very fascinating, like a dream world.  There is a beautiful painting on the wall.  This place is definitely something to go see.

Fountain in Front of the Palace

The trip to this palace was just me and the younger girls.  As you can see they had a good time.  Next time you see them ask them about it.  I thought that this was going to be something that I would only enjoy, but they listened and can tell you all about the palace and King Ludwig II.  

So if you visit Germany someday, and are in bavaria visit this castle.  It is so worth the trip.  

So as they say in Germany,
Guten Tag
Melanie