Travel back in time as your guide tells you stories from the middle ages until the present. Hear stories about the revolution of 1989. Walk passed all the most famous sights in just 100 minutes. Go to the Dresden City Museum and see 1,000 exhibits that depict 800 years of history. Visit the Städtische Gallery.
Greet your guide at the meeting point. Walk through the historic old town at Neumarkt, which was destroyed during the second world war. Marvel at the high church towers of Frauenkirche, a Gothic-style church. Continue to the Semperoper opera house, where works from Strauss and Wagner were premiered. Follow your guide to the Baroque Zwinger, considered to be among the most important Baroque buildings in Germany. Witness the beauty of the water fountains which surround green lawns.
The perfect addition to your city walking tour is a visit to the Dresden City Museum and admission to the Städtische Gallery.
Experience the history of the city, which is more than 800 years old, with the help of highly interesting exhibits, rare film footage, ancient documents, paintings and art treasures. From the first settlement of the Elbe valley, the founding of the city, the golden age of the Baroque and the fall of the old city, you will get exciting insights into everyday life in the GDR and the events surrounding the Peaceful Revolution of 1989. In addition to the world-famous Sophienschatz and inventions from Dresden, numerous curiosities such as the neck ring for quarrelsome women or the fool's house for drunks are on display. The past and present of Dresden is conveyed to them in an entertaining way and, quite incidentally, they get to the bottom of the myth of the city.
The Städtische Gallery includes outstanding artworks from 1500 to the present.
