AMERON Neuschwanstein Alpsee Resort & Spa

The castle Ludwig II built as a fantasy looms directly over this Bavarian resort, which takes the hint and spreads across three antique buildings plus two contemporary ones that somehow don't pick a fight with the scenery. Rooms in the older wings mix period architecture with modernist touches; the newer rooms keep it clean. A spa, a beer garden, and a restaurant serving refined Alpine cooking round things out. The Michelin Guide awarded it one Key.