Explore the scenic and historic region of Bavaria, Germany, with its famous castles, churches, mountains, and beer gardens. Discover the stories behind Neuschwanstein, Linderhof, and the English Garden, and learn about the culture and history of this charming area.

There are also large, landscaped environments where bison, giraffes, deer and zebras live in semi-freedom, and generous outdoor areas for snow leopards and maned wolves. One of the newer attractions is a bearded vulture enclosure with a 17-metre-high walkway, and the various indoor exhibits have poison dart frogs, caimans and a green tree python.

Iron-gutted admirers include Gaspar Noé (see “I Stand Alone”) and Yorgos Lanthimos, who nicked DP Zbigniew Rybczyński’s high-angle technique for “The Killing of a Sacred Deer.” ...