Name: Repeat the traces of the Saxon rulers on a private day tour
SKU: 16842
Price: 10 USD
Availability: InStock

Duration: 8 h

Activity Level: Moderate

Experience: Historical

Language: English, Deutsche

Photo permit included

Tour by public transport

Canal Boat tour included

Train tickets included

Suitable for little children

Wheelchair accessible tour

Museum ticket included

Light snack included

Lunch included

Transportation included

Walking Tour

Overview

We are offering to your attention to the tour off the beaten track - visit Meissen – the city of history, wine, porcelain and music, and Moritzburg, served as a hunting lodge to Saxony's Elector Frederick Augustus I in the 18th century. The oldest European porcelain with a private guide for sure deserves your attention.

What's included

Highlights

Albrechtsburg Castle

The Albrechtsburg is a Late Gothic castle located in the town center of Meissen in the German state of Saxony. It is situated on a hill above the river Elbe, adjacent to the Meissen Cathedral.

Dresden

Dresden, capital of the eastern German state of Saxony, is distinguished by the celebrated art museums and classic architecture of its reconstructed old town. Completed in 1743 and rebuilt after WWII, the baroque church Frauenkirche is famed for its grand dome. The Versailles-inspired Zwinger palace houses museums including Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister, exhibiting masterpieces of art like Raphael’s “Sistine Madonna.”

Meissen

Meissen is a town of approximately 30,000 about 25 km (16 mi) northwest of Dresden on both banks of the Elbe river in the Free State of Saxony, in eastern Germany. Meissen is the home of Meissen porcelain, the Albrechtsburg castle, the Gothic Meissen Cathedral, and the Meissen Frauenkirche. The Große Kreisstadt is the capital of the Meissen district.

Moritzburg

Moritzburg is a municipality in the district of Meissen in Saxony, Germany, between Meissen itself, an early centre of Saxony, and today's capital Dresden. It is most famous for its Baroque castle, Schloss Moritzburg.

Moritzburg Castle

Moritzburg Castle or Moritzburg Palace is a Baroque palace in Moritzburg, in the German state of Saxony, about 13 kilometers northwest of the Saxon capital, Dresden. The castle has four round towers and lies on a symmetrical artificial island.

Itinerary

08:00 09:00

Your guide will pick you up from your hotel or from your cruise ship.

You will drive to Meissen where you will visit an ancient Albrechtsburg castle, the famous gothic cathedral, and have a walk through old streets. Also, you will have a visit to the porcelain manufactory where you will experience how “white gold” is made and painted.

You will have time to have lunch in one of the restaurants before the drive to Moritzburg to visit its popular castle.

After visiting Moritzburg you will be driven back.

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Repeat the traces of the Saxon rulers on a private day tour