During my short stay in the Bavaria region, I visited one of King Ludwig II castles: the world famous Neuschwanstein. It was commenced by Ludwig II in 1868 high above his father's Hohenschwangau Castle (which I also visited) in the area he knew so well, and was never actually completed as he died while it was still only a construction site. It was opened to the paying public immediately after his death in 1886.
Since then over 60 million people have visited Neuschwanstein Castle. More than 1.3 million people visit annually, with up to 6,000 per day in the summer. I heard so many Americans, Japanese, Chinese, Italian! The palace has appeared prominently in several movies and was the inspiration for Disneyland's Sleeping Beauty Castle. Due to the great number of visitors, the tours through the castle are relatively short (30 minutes) and only a few rooms are being shown. I greatly recommend the visit of both castles (Neuschwanstein and Hohenschwangau), the walk between the two is about 20 minutes. You may stand in line to get your ticket for more than an hour (I was in line for 1.15hr) if you didn't purchase online, but it's truly worth it. The wealth, the paintings directly on the walls (they saved money on frames) and the heritage of these castles are breathtaking.
http://www.neuschwanstein.de/englisch/palace/index.htm
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