A Vintage-Inspired Travel Guide to Dresden

/ bevintagey

Everyone wants to experience unforgettable moments on a city trip. Whether sightseeing, dining, or shopping – everything should be perfect. Dresden is not only very historic but also very large, so it’s easy to miss many great places. But don’t worry, I have just the thing for you…a complete travel guide:

Sightseeing

1. The Golden Rider. A monument to Augustus the Strong. The road on which his monument stands once led him to Poland. His memorial is made entirely of gold.

2. Panometer offers a 360° view, mostly from the perspective of bombed-out Dresden in WWII. Gasanstaltsstraße 8b, 01237 Dresden

3. Ligner Castle with a huge terrace. Guided tours are available. Bautzner Straße 132, 01099 Dresden

4. Semperoper, one of the most beautiful opera houses in Europe, Theaterplatz 2, 01067 Dresden

5. Leonhardi Museum, an artists’ house, Grundstraße 26, 01326 Dresden

6. Museum of Saxon Folk Art, Köpkestraße 1, 01097 Dresden

7. Saxon Steamship Company, Schiffsanleger am Terrassenufer

8. Loschwitz, a historic district of Dresden. Formerly a tiny winegrowing and fishing village dating back to the 17th century.

9.  Brühl’s Terrace, THE most popular promenade 200 years ago, Georg-Treu-Platz 1, 01067 Dresden

10. Dresden Royal Palace with numerous guided tours, Taschenberg 2, 01067 Dresden

11. The Dresden Procession of Princes is located near the castle and cannot be missed.

12. Hellerau garden district, Germany’s first garden city

13. Moreau Monument, commemorating an important general during the Napoleonic era

14. The suspension railway with a view over Dresden, Pillnitzer Landstraße 5, 01326 Dresden

15. Kügelgenhaus, a museum dedicated to the Romantic era and its artists in the 19th century, Hauptstraße 13, 01097 Dresden

16. Schauspielhaus, Theaterstücken 2, 01067 Dresden

17. Dresden Zwinger

18. Monument to the Wars of Liberation 1813 + 1913 Possendorfer Straße Altkaitz, 01217 Dresden

19.Japanese Palace Palaisplatz 11, 01097 Dresden

20. Church of the Three Kings Hauptstraße 23, 01097 Dresden

21. Dresdner Frauenkirche

Restaurants and Co.

  1. Ice cream parlor Venezia, Hauptstraße 2a, 01067 Dresden
  2. Watzke’s Brewery Taproom, Hauptstraße 1, 01067 Dresden
  3. Chocolatehouse, Schloßstraße 22, 01067 Dresden
  4. La Campagnola, Friedrich-Wieck-Straße 45, 01326 Dresden
  5. Gastronomy district White Alley, 01067 Dresden
  6. Brewery at Waldschlösschen, Am Brauhaus 8b, 01099 Dresden
  7. Dresdner Molkerei, Bautzener Straße 79, 01099 Dresden
  8. The Sophienkeller, Taschenberg 3, 01067 Dresden
  9. Café Toscana, Schillerplatz 7, 01309 Dresden
  10. Historic Restaurant SchillerGarten, Schillerplatz 9, 01309 Dresden
  11. Zum Schießhaus, Am Schießhaus 19, 01067 Dresden
  12. My favorite: Coselpalais, An der Frauenkirche 12, 01067 Dresden

Parks and gardens

  1. English landscape garden with Mozart fountain
  2. Pillnitz vineyards with castle, Wünschendorfer Straße 6, 01326 Dresden
  3. The large garden, Hauptallee 10, 01019 Dresden
  4. Dresdner Heide
  5. Lake Carolasee with its small castle
    Querallee 7, 01219 Dresden
  6. Botanical garden, Stübelallee 2, 01307 Dresden
  7. Pieschener Lindenallee
  8. Rose garden, Carusufer 10, 01099 Dresden

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