World Cultural Heritage Sites Tour in the East of Germany

Chateaux and Gardens

Day 1: Berlin - Potsdam

Arrival in Berlin. Meet and transfer to hotel. On a first tour you get to know the most important sights like Charlottenburg Chateau, Kurfuerstendamm, Gedaechtniskirche, Potsdam Square, Brandenburg Gate, the avenue Unter den Linden and Gendarmenmarkt. Walk across the Isle of Museums with its five great collections: the Old and New Museum, the Old National Gallery, the Pergamon and the Bode Museums. The whole ensemble has been listed as World Cultural Heritage since 1999. Afterwards you travel to Potsdam. Experience the old garrison town and royal seat on a tour of the town. Towards the evening you are invited to go on a voyage on the River Havel. Prussia´s kings and famous architects created this landscape that is part of the UNESCO World Heritage.

Day 2: Potsdam - Dessau - Erfurt

Check out early and visit the parks of Sans Souci with the New Palace. The New Palace is the latest and largest 18th-century building in the park. It was built from 1763 to 1769 according to the plans of Johann Gottfried Buering and Carl of Gontard for Friedrich the Great, who used this imposing chateau to demonstrate that the Silesian Wars had not ruined his state. Continue to Woerlitz near Dessau.

The garden realm of Dessau-Woerlitz, protected since 2000, is a 145 square km pasture landscape on the Elbe river, including seven chateau and park complexes. The parks of Woerlitz are the first Continental gardens in English style - man-made meadows, lakes, canals, bridges, monuments and temples form a unique cultural landscape. Continue to Thueringen. Overnight stay in Erfurt.

Day 3: Erfurt - Weimar

Buffet-style breakfast at the hotel. Walk through the medieval town with the famous ensemble of the cathedral, the St Severin church and the Kraemer Bridge.

After a lunch break you travel to Weimar, "town of classics" and home to World Heritage Sites. You will come across traces of Goethe and Schiller, as well as other famous personalities. You will see Goethe´s house on the Frauenplan, the park on the River Ilm, Bauhaus, the National Theatre, Herder Church and the Elephant Hotel. Overnight stay in Erfurt.

Day 4: Meissen - Dresden

Journey through vineyards to the town of Meissen. This "Town of the Blue Swords" enjoys worldwide fame since the founding of the porcelain manufactury. Visit the show workshop and show hall, where you will have the opportunity to watch the craftsmen exhibiting painting the china or to go to the exhibition to get some insight into the possibilities of shaping the "white gold". Continue along the Elbe to Dresden - 20 kilometres of the Elbe valley also listed as World Cultural Heritage.

In the evening you have the chance to enjoy a performance at the Semper Opera. overnight stay in Dresden.

Day 5: Dresden

Today you set off on a big tour of the former royal seat of the Saxon elector and today´s provincial capital. Walk through the Zwinger, past the Semper Opera, the chateau with the Procession of Princes, Frauenkirche (Church of Our Lady - inside tour subject to crowd, rehearsals, concerts and other events) and the Bruehl Terrace - an ideal starting point for visits to some of the many local museums.

In the early afternoon you will visit the Gruene Gewoelbe (Green Vault), the famous treasure chamber of the Saxon electors and kings. The rest of the afternoon is at your disposal.

In the evening you will dine in a restaurant in the vaults . Typical Saxon cuisine, colorful market bustle in the encampment, the alchymist's cellar and guilds´ vaults will transfer you back to the time of August the Strong. Overnight stay in Dresden.

Day 6: Dresden - Berlin

Return to Berlin through the Spreewald, where you will drive through the romantic countryside of rivers, lakes and canals. Continue to Berlin. Flight home

Services Included:

* 1x bed and breakfast in 4* hotel in Potsdam

* 2x bed and breakfast in 4* hotel in Erfurt

* 2x bed and breakfast in 4* hotel in Dresden

* boat trip on the river Havel

* entrance to the New Palace of „Sann Souci“

* guided tour and entrance at the porcelain factory in Messen

* guided tour and entrance at The Green Vault

* guided tour and entrance at Schoenbrunn Chateau

* boat trip on the river Spree

Not included: * price for the coach on request

* concerts bookable additionally

Prices are on request, please email number of people, dates and we will provide you a quote.

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