It’s younger than it looks though, though the gothic aesthetic might fool you.
Between its turrets, towers and mountain views, Neuschwanstein looks like it could’ve been plucked straight out of a fairytale. It’s younger than it looks though, though the gothic aesthetic might fool you. King Ludwig II built the palace in the 1870s, taking inspiration from a medieval castle he grew up in. If it looks familiar, you might have spotted it in Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, as the evil Baron Bomburst’s castle.