Visiting this wonderful castle has long been on my bucket list. We booked this tour before we left the US, so had vouchers to give to Gray Line Tours. But we had some difficulty finding the pick up site. Instructions gave the name of a large department store and we found that easily, but there was much street construstion around the area, and we could not see where the tour buses were. Finally we noticed a slip of paper stapled to the plywood fencing around part of the construction which said where the buses were. Fortunately we were there early, so made it on board in plenty of time, but we were not the only ones who had difficulty finding the spot.
Once on board, things went well. The tour director is a seasoned veteran director and was a wealth of information as we drove through Munich and out of town. She talked about the city, mentioning things like polution abatement efforts and recycling and local history as well as Bavarian history. We have heard before that these folks consider themselves Bavarian first and German second.
The tour inlcudes three stops. First, we visited Oberammergau, famous for the Passion Plays every ten years. This was a stretch break for toilets and shopping. This area is famous for its woodcarvings of all sorts, including cookoo clocks of all sizes and with all sorts of animals and peole dancing and moving, like chopping or sawing wood.
The second stop was Linderhof Castle, where we admired a lovely grotto and fountain with cascades, We also saw aMoorish Pavillion there. We had a brief tour of the interior of thecastle.and we steadily gained ground. As the Bavarian Alps came into view, the guide pointed out the tallest mountain in Germany, but said it was 9,000 feet.
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