CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
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A 361 km round trip from Oberammergau - roughly 6 h 28 in the saddle. On the way it passes King's House on Schachen, The Palaces of King Ludwig II of Bavaria:, Rose Island and back through The Palaces of King Ludwig II of Bavaria:. The stored terrain estimate reaches about 1,600 m; a measured road-elevation profile is not available. It suits an unhurried touring pace.
27 km through ground somebody thought worth listing. The road passes it rather than bypassing it — speed drops and stays down. Park rather than crawl through.
This part of the ride is 42 km of German Alpine Road.
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Of all the palaces King Ludwig II of Bavaria dreamed up, Linderhof is the only one he saw finished, and it is the one he actually lived in for long periods. Hidden in the Graswang valley in the Ammergau Alps, it is a small, extravagant rococo villa inspired by Versailles, with gilded rooms, a hall of mirrors and a dining table that rose from the kitchen below so that the shy king could eat without seeing servants. The park around it is full of follies: a Moorish kiosk, a Moroccan house and, most famous of all, the Venus Grotto, an artificial cave with a lake, a shell-shaped boat and coloured lighting, built so Ludwig could imagine himself in a Wagner opera. Linderhof belongs to the group of Ludwig's palaces recently listed by UNESCO.
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Linderhof Castle is where the day begins. Next is King's House on Schachen.
This is one of the few royal residences in Europe that you cannot reach by any road, and King Ludwig II of Bavaria would have liked it that way. The King's House on Schachen stands on a high alpine meadow at about 1,866 metres in the Wetterstein mountains, south of Garmisch-Partenkirchen, below the jagged walls of the range that culminates in the Zugspitze. Ludwig had it built between 1869 and 1872 as a mountain retreat, and from the outside it looks like a modest Swiss chalet. Inside, upstairs, is a fantasy: the Turkish Hall, a room of blue, gold and red, with a fountain, peacock-feather fans, divans and stained glass, where the king liked to celebrate his birthday dressed in oriental costume while his servants smoked hookahs.
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King's House on Schachen comes up 50 km in. Next is The Palaces of King Ludwig II of Bavaria:.
Neuschwanstein is the castle that everybody has seen before they arrive, and it is almost impossible to see it freshly. Ludwig II, the king of Bavaria, had it built from 1869 as a private retreat in the style of a medieval knight's castle, with towers, turrets and rooms painted with scenes from the operas of Wagner, whom he adored. It stands on a rocky spur above the Pöllat gorge, with the Alpsee lake and the plain below. Ludwig lived in it only a few months before he was declared unfit to rule and died in mysterious circumstances in Lake Starnberg in June 1886, at the age of forty. The castle was opened to the public within weeks.
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100 km in you reach The Palaces of King Ludwig II of Bavaria:. Next is Rose Island.
Lake Starnberg, south-west of Munich, is the lake where Bavaria's Fairy Tale King met his end. Ludwig II drowned in its waters near Berg in 1886, in circumstances that are still debated, and a cross stands in the lake where his body was found. On the opposite shore, near Feldafing, lies the small Roseninsel, or Rose Island, the only island in the lake. Ludwig's father Maximilian II had a little villa built there, surrounded by a rose garden, and Ludwig used it as a retreat, sometimes meeting his cousin, the Empress Elisabeth of Austria, known as Sisi, who spent her childhood at nearby Possenhofen.
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Rose Island, about halfway. Next is back through The Palaces of King Ludwig II of Bavaria:.
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Read the complete The Palaces of King Ludwig II of Bavaria: write-up.
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back through The Palaces of King Ludwig II of Bavaria: sits at 200 km, about halfway. Next is back through King's House on Schachen.
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Read the complete King's House on Schachen write-up.
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back through King's House on Schachen comes up 250 km in. Next is Linderhof Castle.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Linderhof Castle write-up.
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Linderhof Castle closes the day.
Linderhof Castle → King's House on Schachen is 27 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
King's House on Schachen → The Palaces of King Ludwig II of Bavaria: is 42 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
The Palaces of King Ludwig II of Bavaria: → Rose Island is 81 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.
Rose Island → back through The Palaces of King Ludwig II of Bavaria: is 81 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.
back through The Palaces of King Ludwig II of Bavaria: → back through King's House on Schachen is 42 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through King's House on Schachen → Linderhof Castle is 27 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.