{"id":95,"date":"2010-01-25T11:08:00","date_gmt":"2010-01-25T11:08:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/visitingeu.com\/western-europe\/germany\/2010\/01\/trains-from-munich-to-neuschwanstein.html"},"modified":"2016-05-18T08:44:49","modified_gmt":"2016-05-18T08:44:49","slug":"trains-from-munich-to-neuschwanstein","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.visitingeu.com\/western-europe\/germany\/2010\/01\/trains-from-munich-to-neuschwanstein.html","title":{"rendered":"Trains from Munich to Neuschwanstein"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"float: right; margin-left: 10px; margin-bottom: 5pxx;\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: solid 2px #000000;\" src=\"https:\/\/lh4.googleusercontent.com\/-5wrWNPcVfNs\/SB-dYkUyyiI\/AAAAAAAAEFI\/Tfdt3nOZdoc\/w200-h300-n-k\/IMG_2562.JPG\" alt=\"Neuschwanstein Castle\" \/><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 0.9em; margin-top: 0px;\">Neuschwanstein<\/span><\/div>\n<p>Located just over 100 kilometres (62 miles) away, Neuschwanstein castle is one of the best day trips from Munich.<\/p>\n<p>Neuschwanstein is located in the town of Schwangau. Trains from Munich Hauptbahnhof (main train station) to Neuschwanstein run hourly to Fussen, a city near Schwangau. Some trains are direct, while others require a change at Kaufbeuren or Buchloe. The trip takes just over 2 hours. You can learn more about this route <a href=\"http:\/\/www.visitingeu.com\/western-europe\/germany\/2012\/12\/trains-munich-fussen.html\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Once you get off the train in Fussen, you can take a bus to Schwangau to get to Neuschwanstein castle. There are several buses from Fussen to Neuschwanstein, including bus 73 (to Steingaden \/ Garmisch-Partenkrichen) and bus 78 (to Schwangau). Alight at the Hohenschwangau \u2013 Alpseestrasse stop for Neuschwanstein castle.<\/p>\n<p>The best way to pay for the train from Munich to Neuschwanstein is to buy a Bayern Ticket. The ticket is good for up to 5 people, and valid from 9:00 on weekdays and all day on weekends. At only 22 euros plus 4 euros for each additional person after the first, the cost of getting to Neuschwanstein by train is less than buying train and bus tickets outright. You can purchase Bayern Tickets online or from the office or a ticket machine in the Munich Hauptbahnhof. <\/p>\n<p>When you travel, keep in mind that in the summer months, the queues for buses from Fussen to Neuschwanstein get very long. As such, consider starting out early or taking a taxi from Fussen to Schwangau. It is a quick 5 kilometre (3 mile) taxi ride, and can save you a lot of time. <\/p>\n<p>Alternatively, you can <a href=\"http:\/\/www.visitingeu.com\/western-europe\/germany\/2010\/01\/driving-from-munich-to-neuschwanstein.html\">drive<\/a> to Neuschwanstein or take an organized day <a href=\"http:\/\/www.visitingeu.com\/western-europe\/germany\/2010\/01\/neuschwanstein-tours-from-munich.html\">tour<\/a> from Munich to Neuschwanstein.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Neuschwanstein Located just over 100 kilometres (62 miles) away, Neuschwanstein castle is one of the best day trips from Munich. Neuschwanstein is located in the town of Schwangau. Trains from Munich Hauptbahnhof (main train station) to Neuschwanstein run hourly to Fussen, a city near Schwangau. Some trains are direct, while others require a change at [&hellip;]<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingeu.com\/western-europe\/germany\/2010\/01\/trains-from-munich-to-neuschwanstein.html\" class=\"post-read-more\">Read more&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,42,12],"tags":[150,151,185,159],"class_list":["post-95","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-munich","category-neuschwanstein","category-trains","tag-germany","tag-munich","tag-neuschwanstein","tag-trains"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.visitingeu.com\/western-europe\/germany\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.visitingeu.com\/western-europe\/germany\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.visitingeu.com\/western-europe\/germany\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.visitingeu.com\/western-europe\/germany\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.visitingeu.com\/western-europe\/germany\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=95"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/www.visitingeu.com\/western-europe\/germany\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1755,"href":"https:\/\/www.visitingeu.com\/western-europe\/germany\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95\/revisions\/1755"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.visitingeu.com\/western-europe\/germany\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=95"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.visitingeu.com\/western-europe\/germany\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=95"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.visitingeu.com\/western-europe\/germany\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=95"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}