Historic Dresden Private Walking Tour
Description
See Dresden with our team of licensed guides. We are passionate about Dresden and committed to delivering informative and engaging tours. Find out about Dresden's many layers of history from medieval through baroque, renaissance and modern times. You will hear about it's fate during WW2 and the painstaking rebuilding. If you have questions about the East German GDR times, bring them on! Or maybe architecture or iconography is your thing? There are numerous possibilities to curate this tour and we are happy to customize the information to your exact needs. As this is a private tour, it can begin at a time that is suitable for you. Just write in and discuss it with us. See you in Dresden!
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Itinerary
The Theaterplatz of Dresden is where the city comes together to make its voice heard. Dominated by the imposing Semperopera, the square is enclosed by the Royal Palace, The Cathedral and Old Masters Gallery and considered by many to be one of the most beautiful squares of Europe.
This is the symbol of Dresden, the personification of Dresden's rising from the ashes. You will learn its story and time permitting we can go in for a quick visit.
It is considered a sculpture you can experience and was conceptualized as the entrance to a grand new royal palace that was never built. It is a reminder of the exotic and fantastic parties once held here 300 years ago.
100 metres long, 24,000 thousand tiles, the longest porcelain artwork in the world. There are secrets and stories hidden within it. See if you can spot them!
Built, burnt down, rebuilt. Repaired and extended, burnt, rebuilt. The Royal Palace is an eclectic guardian of the history of the family that ruled Saxony and is home to their astounding collection of treasures. We walk through one of it's courtyards, but you can go in by yourself later and explore the museums.
The Royal Cathedral of Dresden is a magnificent structure. Built in secret by a catholic ruler in Protestant Saxony, the former court church has some unusual features and is one of the burial sites of the Royal family. We will see it from the outside and learn it's interesting story.
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Important Information
- Wheelchair accessible
- Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
- Service animals allowed
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
Reviews(34)
Our tour guide was very knowledgeable -- what a wealth of detail he was able to share! You get to see all the essential sites, with many stories to make them come alive. For our group of 13 (US college students + guide) the price was great, and the experience was enjoyed by all.
Thank you very much for your review. It is so satisfying to hear such words and know that we were able to deliver a great experience. Hope to see you next year!
Our group of 6 people signed up for this tour after completing our cycling tour. We wanted a brief but comprehensive overview of the history of Dresden before departing. We had Sylvia as our tour guide and she was excellent! It really helped that she is also an architect and could explain the buildings in much more detail. We really enjoyed this wonderful private tour!
So happy to hear that you enjoyed the tour! Thank you for your review and 5 stars!
Seema was excellent in the way she showed us Dresden- very knowledgeable, gave us enough information in a very enjoyable way. She also gave us lots of recommendations on things we could do on our own after the walking tour and answered all our questions. Highly recommended!
Thank you so much! I hope you enjoyed the Opera that night and the museums the next day.
Sylvia gave us a wonderful tour of old town Dresden. Her knowledge and humor made the tour very interesting. She took us to several "oh my" sights that seemed like they were from a painting. Sylvia's "insider" knowledge put the tour over the top. Highly recommend a tour with Sylvia.
I am so glad you found Dresden so beautiful. Thank you in behalf of Sylvia. She loved leading the tour for you as well!
Very entertaining and knowledgeable guide. Enjoyed the tour and was right length. Would recommend this tour.
Thank you for your recommendation and review!
Karen was very knowledgeable, friendly and enthusiastic. She was open to all of our questions. We would highly recommend this tour.
Gene, thank you on behalf of Karen!
Great custom-tailored tour of an amazing city with so much history. Seema is so knowledgeable and really planned everything perfectly. I highly recommend.
Thank you! I am happy it all worked out well. It was such a wonderful end to the tour when we ran into the celebrations of the Dresden Ice hockey team. I have pictures of you both beaming from ear to ear!
Excellent private tour of a beautiful city. Guide was very knowledgeable and it was an easy tour as the city is quite flat and accessible for people that may have some mobility issues. Would definitely recommend this tour. Loved that we had the guide to ourselves, which made allowance for some personalised itinerary adjustments.
Claus gave us a fantastic tour of historic Dresden. He was extremely well informed about the history, art and architecture of the city and the specific sites that we visited. He was charming and enjoyable to tour with and he went out of his way to spend extra time on the things that he understood would be of particular interest to us. Claus was an outstanding guide, and we really appreciate his effort to create a memorable visit to Dresden for us.
Thank you for that fantastic review. Claus is indeed a very experienced guide and will be very pleased to read what you have written. Your reviews keep us motivated!
Dresden is an interesting and pretty city but our guide was not particularly enthusiastic and was just going through the motions. From the beginning he said the tour would be 90 minutes, not the the 2 hours we were expecting. The information given was interesting, but limited, and nothing “extra” like you often get with tours. Also, the guide spoke quite softly so we could just hear in our small group of four( private tour was expensive per person so our expectations were high). We did observe another larger tour the next day with the same guide and ther were many disinterested members at the back as I imaging they could not hear the information. I wouldn’t waste my money on this tour.
I so sorry that you had such a disappointing tour. Since we take guest reviews seriously, we are addressing the issue internally so as to avoid future dissapointments. Thank you for taking the time to write.
