Neuschwanstein Castle: Entry Ticket
From€44
Tour the castle and see Bavarian landscapes
Neuschwanstein Castle
Neuschwanstein Castle Tickets
Admission, a guided offer or a day trip from Munich: every ticket type at today's prices.
- Book your time slot before it goes
- With a guide, audio guide or carriage ride
- From Munich including return transfer
- Live prices from the operator
- Daily contingent often gone by midday
- Guided tour of 14 rooms, about 30 minutes
Bookable offers for Neuschwanstein Castle
Entry tickets, offers with a guide and a carriage ride, and packages from Munich, at the price the operator quotes today. Official direct admission runs on a different route and is explained below.
Neuschwanstein Castle: Entry Ticket + Audio Guide
From€44.90
Ticket pickup at Füssen Train Station – guaranteed castle entry time
Neuschwanstein Castle: Skip The Line Ticket + Guided Tour + Horse Carriage Ride
From€60
Secure your Neuschwanstein Castle tickets and take a guided tour
The second route
Official admission runs through the Ticket Center
The Bavarian Palace Administration sells admission itself. That route is the cheapest and the scarcest at the same time, and we earn nothing from it.
Official online shop
Book ahead with the Ticket Center Hohenschwangau, the official sales route for Neuschwanstein, Hohenschwangau and the museum.
On site for the same day only
A limited contingent is released from 8:00 each day. On busy days it is gone by late morning.
Offers with a service
A guide, an audio guide, the carriage ride or a transfer come from third-party operators, cost more and hold their own contingent.
How you get in
From the ticket to the tour
Neuschwanstein is not a place you walk into when you arrive. The ticket is valid for one admission time, and the climb still sits between the village and the castle gate.
- 1
Pick a slot
You book a date and a time. Each tour is a separate contingent, and in high season the slot you want is gone weeks ahead. - 2
Build in the buffer
The Ticket Center asks visitors to be in the village of Hohenschwangau at least 1.5 to 2 hours before their admission time. - 3
Get up to the castle
From the village it is uphill on foot, by shuttle bus or by horse-drawn carriage. All three end some way short of the gate. - 4
Join the tour
The castle can only be seen on a guided tour, 14 rooms in about half an hour. Latecomers do not get in.
What you are booking
An unfinished castle on a fixed rhythm
Neuschwanstein was commissioned by a king who never meant to see it finished. From 1869 Ludwig II had a castle built on the rock above Hohenschwangau that was not a castle but a stage: a throne room without a throne, a singers' hall without singers, Wagner motifs on the walls. After his death in 1886 work stopped, and a large part of the planned rooms stayed a shell. A few weeks later the castle was open to the public. Since 2025 it has been on the UNESCO World Heritage List together with Linderhof, Schachen and Herrenchiemsee as the palaces of King Ludwig II of Bavaria.
Two things follow for a visit. First, there is less to see than the view from outside promises: the tour covers 14 finished rooms, and the rest does not exist. Second, those few rooms are the bottleneck. They can only be shown in small groups on a fixed rhythm, and everything else about this place follows from that: the time printed on your ticket, the limited daily contingent, the request to be there two hours early.
Once you have allowed for that, the hard part is behind you. The rest is deciding which of the three offers fits your day.
Quick answers
Common questions before you buy
The four questions the ticket choice usually turns on. Everything else is on the FAQ page.
Is admission really free for children?+
For Neuschwanstein Castle, yes: admission is free up to a visitor's eighteenth birthday. Children still need their own ticket, and online the booking fee applies to it. Combination tickets that include Hohenschwangau Castle set their own child price, see the prices page.
Can I still get a ticket on the day?+
Sometimes. The Ticket Center releases a limited same-day contingent daily from 8:00, and on busy days it is gone by late morning. Third-party offers work from their own contingents and are often still bookable then.
How long does the whole visit take?+
The tour itself lasts about half an hour. Plan half a day anyway: reaching the village, the climb, the wait before your slot and the way back. That is why the Ticket Center recommends being there 1.5 to 2 hours early. The detail is under plan your visit.
What is the difference between a guided offer and the official ticket?+
The official ticket is plain timed admission from the Ticket Center Hohenschwangau. Third-party offers add a service: their own guide, the carriage ride up, an audio guide or the transfer from Munich. Which sits where is in the ticket comparison.
Which ticket fits your date?
The comparison puts official admission, guided offers and day trips side by side, each with its seller.