CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Ordered leg totals agree within rounding. Stop distances are approximate sums of rounded legs. Stops, delays, approach and any separate return travel add time. Basis: planning record, not independently verified geometry.
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From Füssen it runs 206 km to Füssen; allow about 3 h 34 of riding. The stops in between: Linderhof Castle, Pilgrimage Church of Wies and back through Linderhof Castle. The stored terrain estimate reaches about 1,350 m; a measured road-elevation profile is not available.
Speed drops and stays down. Park rather than crawl through. 22 km through ground somebody thought worth listing. The road passes it rather than bypassing it.
Check the pass is open before you commit to it.
King Ludwig II of Bavaria began building Neuschwanstein in 1869 as a private dream, a medieval knight's castle with all the comforts of the nineteenth century, including central heating and running water. He never saw it finished, and he lived there for only a handful of months. In 1886 he was declared unfit to rule and removed, and he died a few days later in the Starnberger See, in circumstances that are still debated. Within weeks the castle was opened to the public to pay off his debts, and it has been admired ever since. Walt Disney's designers are said to have taken inspiration from it.
Read the complete Neuschwanstein Castle write-up.
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Neuschwanstein Castle is where the day begins. Next is Linderhof Castle.
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.
Read the complete Linderhof Castle write-up.
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Linderhof Castle comes up about 57 km into the recorded legs. Next is Pilgrimage Church of Wies.
In a meadow at the foot of the Ammergau Alps, surrounded by fields, cows and a few farmhouses, stands one of the most extraordinary churches in Europe. From the outside, the Wieskirche looks fairly plain, a white building with a modest tower. Step inside and you are hit by a wave of light, colour and movement: white and gold stucco, pastel frescoes, columns and galleries that seem to float, and a ceiling painting of Christ's return that opens the roof into heaven. It is the masterpiece of the Bavarian Rococo, built between 1745 and 1754 by Dominikus Zimmermann, with frescoes by his brother Johann Baptist, and it was listed by UNESCO in 1983.
Read the complete Pilgrimage Church of Wies write-up.
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about 104 km into the recorded legs you reach Pilgrimage Church of Wies. Next is back through Linderhof Castle.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Linderhof Castle write-up.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
back through Linderhof Castle, late in the day. Next is Neuschwanstein Castle.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Neuschwanstein Castle write-up.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Back at Neuschwanstein Castle. That is the ride.
Neuschwanstein Castle → Linderhof Castle is 57 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Linderhof Castle → Pilgrimage Church of Wies is 47 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Pilgrimage Church of Wies → back through Linderhof Castle is 47 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Linderhof Castle → Neuschwanstein Castle is 57 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.