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Benz and Porsche Museums), is better value at €6.10 for one person and €10.50 for a
group of between two and five.
Taxi
To order a taxi call 194 10 or 566 061.
Around Stuttgart
MAX-EYTH-SEE
When temperatures soar, Stuttgarters head to Max-Eyth-See, for pedalo fun on the lake
and picnicking beside the Neckar River. Murky water rules out swimming but there's a
worthwhile bike path, part of the Neckar-Radweg (
www.neckar-radweg.com
)
. The
terraced-style vineyards rising above the river are scattered with
Wengerter-Häuschen
(tool sheds); some are over 200 years old and protected landmarks.
The lake is 9km northeast of Stuttgart Hauptbahnhof on the U14 line.
GRABKAPELLE WÜRTTEMBERG
When King Wilhelm I of Württemberg's beloved wife Katharina Pavlovna, daughter of a
Russian tsar, died at the age of 30 in 1819, the king tore down the family castle and built
this domed
burial chapel
(adult/concession €2.20/1.10; 10am-noon & 1-5pm Tue-Sat,
10am-noon & 1-6pm Sun Mar-Oct)
. The king was also interred in the classical-style Rus-
sian Orthodox chapel decades later. Scenically perched on a vine-strewn hill, the grounds
afford long views down to the valley.
Grapkapelle Württemberg is 10km southeast of Stuttgart's centre. Take bus 61 from
Stuttgart-Untertürkheim station, served by the S1.
LUDWIGSBURG
07141 / POP 87,740
This neat, cultured town is the childhood home of the dramatist Friedrich Schiller. Duke
Eberhard Ludwig put it on the global map in the 18th century by erecting a chateau to out-
pomp them all: the sublime, Versailles-inspired Residenzschloss. With its whimsical
palaces and gardens, Ludwigsburg is baroque in overdrive and a flashback to when
princes wore powdered wigs and lords went a-hunting.
