The Bavarian King Ludwig II ordered to build on a plateau, at an altitude of 1866 m a unique honey castle. He rises above the border of the forest and is surrounded by sheer cliffs. From the Elmau Castle to this royal cottage 3.5 hours on foot. You can get on a mountain bike much faster.
At first glance, the castle is more like a mountain hut, both outside and inside. The walls of the living room and the bedrooms are finished with the wood of the cedar, and the floors for protection from the cold are covered with checkered mattresses stuffed with horse hair. Blue furniture could stand in any Bavarian house.
But, if you climb a narrow screw staircase up, then the so -called “Turkish hall” appears before your eyes. This is a completely different world: gilded walls, expensive carpets, decorated with embroidery of the couch around a luxurious fountain, huge peacock feathers, candelabra, beautiful cadillars and a chandelier weighing no less than a ton. The light that penetrates through multi -colored glass windows stains the room into the shades of purple color.
From Belvedere, who the king ordered to build as an observation point, a view of the Rantal Valley opens. On the horizon, somewhere behind Garmish-Parthenkirhen, the edge of Lake Starnberg Startnberg is visible.