Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Sights & Activities
PALACE
Residenzschloss
(
www.schloss-ludwigsburg.de
;
30min tour adult/concession €6.50/3.30, museums incl au-
dioguide €3.50/1.80; 10am-5pm)
Nicknamed the Swabian Versailles, the Residenz-
schloss is an extravagant 452-room baroque, rococo and Empire affair. The 90-minute
chateau tours (in German; English tour at 1.30pm) begin half-hourly.
The 18th-century feast continues with a spin of the staggeringly ornate, scarlet and gold
Karl Eugen Apartment
, and three
museums
showcasing everything from exquisite
baroque paintings to fashion accessories and majolica.
Blühendes Barock
(Mömpelgardstrasse 28; adult/concession €8/3.90; gardens 7.30am-8.30pm,
Märchengarten 9am-6pm, both closed early Nov-mid-Mar)
More appealing in summer is
a fragrant stroll amid the herbs, rhododendrons and gushing fountains of the Blühendes
Barock gardens.
Included in the admission price is entry to the
Märchengarten
( 9am-6pm)
, a fairy-
tale theme park. Take your kids to see the witch with a Swabian cackle at the gingerbread
house and admire their fairness in Snow White's magic mirror. Should you want Rapunzel
to let down her hair at the tower, get practising:
Rapunzel, lass deinen Zopf herunter
.
(The gold-tressed diva only understands German - accurately pronounced!).
GARDEN
Schloss Favorite
(30min tour adult/concession €3.50/1.80; 10am-noon & 1.30-5pm mid-Mar-Oct,
10am-noon & 1.30-4pm Tue-Sun Nov-mid-Mar)
Sitting in parkland, a five-minute walk
north of the Residenzschloss, is the petit baroque palace Schloss Favorite, graced with
Empire-style furniture. Duke Eugen held glittering parties here.
PALACE
Information
Ludwigsburg's
tourist office
( 910 2252;
www.ludwigsburg.de
; Marktplatz 6;
9am-6pm Mon-Fri, to 2pm Sat)
has excellent material in English on lodgings, festivals
and events such as the baroque Christmas market.
