Linderhof Palace – my tour of Bavaria
The third place I visited on the second day of the trip was Linderhof Palace. Like Neuschwanstein, it was under renovation.
Linderhof Castle
That’s why we didn’t manage to see one of the most interesting elements of the trip – the largest artificial cave in Europe – the Grotto of Venus, illustrating the first act of Richard Wagner’s Opera “Tannhäuser”. It’s a pity, because the pictures were stunning.
However, we managed to see the castle from the inside, and part of the gardens. And yes, if you read my earlier post, it was raining almost all the time. Sometimes weaker and sometimes stronger.
Fortunately, we managed to get an artificial geyser for the show (normally it should throw water every 30 minutes). You read the geyser so well – because it would be difficult to name what this fountain does otherwise. It is worth mentioning here that this is the only palace of Ludwig II of Bavaria that has been completed. It was also the last palace we saw in the Alps. Which does not mean that we ended the day with its sightseeing.
The program also included a dinner in the picturesque town of Etal.
