Neuschwanstein Castle

Princess Aurora, are you in there? While this fairytale castle perched atop a hill in the Bavarian Alps never actually housed a royal family King Ludwig II of Bavaria who commissioned it died before its completion in 1886 it was the inspiration for Disneyland s Sleeping Beauty castle. We ve selected this photo because it shows a castle floating in the clouds, but the dreamy mist obscures the picturesque view of the rugged peaks and magnificent scenery of the Hohenschwangau Valley below. You ll have to go see it for yourself; just don t get tangled up with any bad fairies.