Dresden 2-Hour Walking Tour With A Historian
5.0
(118)
🕑 2 hours
Free cancellation
Go beyond your basic sightseeing tour and learn about Dresden's 700-year history alongside a historian on this immersive walking tour. Join a group and check off top sites such as Augustus Bridge and the magnificent Residenzschloss—one of the city's oldest buildings. While you walk, your guide sheds light on the fascinating heritage, history, and architecture.
Languages:
English
📍Neustädter Markt 14, 01097 Dresden, Germany
🏢Operated by Fraser Macdonald
Highlights
- ✓A great tour for first-time visitors and history enthusiasts
- ✓Learn about Dresden’s history from the golden era to the WWII bombings
- ✓Discover more than you would visiting alone
- ✓Shorter tour leaves plenty of time for exploring afterwards
What you'll see & do
- ✓Here the tour begins on the banks of the Elbe where Dresden was first permanently settled. We will pause to consider the history, culture, language, and eventual displacement of the people who first lived here.
- ✓Here we will explore the fascinating history of this site, beginning in the 15th century as a fabulously wealthy Augustinian monastery before being demolished and turned into a royal hunting lodge in the 16th century after Luther's Reformation. Please note we will not be entering the building and its museums, but participants are free to do so at their own leisure. Ticket prices can be found here: https://volkskunst.skd.museum/besuch/
- ✓At this now beautiful Baroque church we will explore the unseen history of this crucial site in the former Altendresden., beginning in the early 15th century. Please note we will not be entering the building or climbing the tower, but participants are free to do so at their own leisure. Prices to climb the tower can be found here: https://www.hdk-dkk.de/dreikoenigskirche/der-turm/
- ✓From Altendresden we then cross the famous Augustus Bridge to enter the Altstadt, to continue our explorations of the deep medieval history of Dresden
- ✓Here you will learn of the 700 year history of the Frauenkirche before it was constructed in the Baroque period and the various structural and religious changes it witnessed during this time. Please note we will not be entering the building and its museums, but participants are free to do so at their own leisure.
- ✓Listen to the story of how this famous church was originally built in the 13th century, destroyed multiple times in its history, and also bore witness to crucial moments in the Reformation.
- ✓Listen to the amazing story of the first Franciscan monastery in Dresden, originally constructed in the 13th century, including its demise and later resurrection as the iconic yet sadly lost Sophienkirche. This church, perhaps more than any other in Dresden, is a window on to the changing political and religious currents in the city's history.
- ✓The magnificent Residenzschloss is our final stop on the tour and here we examine how Dresden went from being a small, largely insignificant city to one of the most important in the entire Holy Roman Empire. This royal residence was built to house the Electors and Kings of Saxony, and we will learn about the incredible transformations this palace represents. Please note we will not be entering the building and its museums, but participants are free to do so at their own leisure. Ticket prices can be found here: https://www.skd.museum/en/visit/royal-palace/
What's included
- ✓Professional Guided Tour
What's not included
- ✓Entrance to Dreikönigskirche (5 Euro to climb the tower)
- ✓Entrance to Residenzschloss (14 Euro entrance fee)
- ✓Entrance to Museum für Sächsische Volkskunst (5 Euro entrance fee)
- ✓Haus der Kirche - Dreikoenigskirche
- ✓Museum fur Sachsische Volkskunst mit Puppentheatersammlung
Good to know
Wheelchair accessible
Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
Service animals allowed
Public transportation options are available nearby
Transportation options are wheelchair accessible
All areas and surfaces are wheelchair accessible
Suitable for all physical fitness levels
Infants must be carried by adults
Cancellation policy
- •A full refund will apply if you cancel more than 24 hours before the activity start time.
- •No refund is possible if you cancel less than 24 hours before the activity start time.
Free cancellation
🔒 Secure checkout
from
€ 145.00
Dresden 2-Hour Walking Tour With A Historian
5.0
(118)
🕑 2 hours
Free cancellation
Go beyond your basic sightseeing tour and learn about Dresden's 700-year history alongside a historian on this immersive walking tour. Join a group and check off top sites such as Augustus Bridge and the magnificent Residenzschloss—one of the city's oldest buildings. While you walk, your guide sheds light on the fascinating heritage, history, and architecture.
Languages:
English
📍Neustädter Markt 14, 01097 Dresden, Germany
🏢Operated by Fraser Macdonald
Highlights
- ✓A great tour for first-time visitors and history enthusiasts
- ✓Learn about Dresden’s history from the golden era to the WWII bombings
- ✓Discover more than you would visiting alone
- ✓Shorter tour leaves plenty of time for exploring afterwards
What you'll see & do
- ✓Here the tour begins on the banks of the Elbe where Dresden was first permanently settled. We will pause to consider the history, culture, language, and eventual displacement of the people who first lived here.
- ✓Here we will explore the fascinating history of this site, beginning in the 15th century as a fabulously wealthy Augustinian monastery before being demolished and turned into a royal hunting lodge in the 16th century after Luther's Reformation. Please note we will not be entering the building and its museums, but participants are free to do so at their own leisure. Ticket prices can be found here: https://volkskunst.skd.museum/besuch/
- ✓At this now beautiful Baroque church we will explore the unseen history of this crucial site in the former Altendresden., beginning in the early 15th century. Please note we will not be entering the building or climbing the tower, but participants are free to do so at their own leisure. Prices to climb the tower can be found here: https://www.hdk-dkk.de/dreikoenigskirche/der-turm/
- ✓From Altendresden we then cross the famous Augustus Bridge to enter the Altstadt, to continue our explorations of the deep medieval history of Dresden
- ✓Here you will learn of the 700 year history of the Frauenkirche before it was constructed in the Baroque period and the various structural and religious changes it witnessed during this time. Please note we will not be entering the building and its museums, but participants are free to do so at their own leisure.
- ✓Listen to the story of how this famous church was originally built in the 13th century, destroyed multiple times in its history, and also bore witness to crucial moments in the Reformation.
- ✓Listen to the amazing story of the first Franciscan monastery in Dresden, originally constructed in the 13th century, including its demise and later resurrection as the iconic yet sadly lost Sophienkirche. This church, perhaps more than any other in Dresden, is a window on to the changing political and religious currents in the city's history.
- ✓The magnificent Residenzschloss is our final stop on the tour and here we examine how Dresden went from being a small, largely insignificant city to one of the most important in the entire Holy Roman Empire. This royal residence was built to house the Electors and Kings of Saxony, and we will learn about the incredible transformations this palace represents. Please note we will not be entering the building and its museums, but participants are free to do so at their own leisure. Ticket prices can be found here: https://www.skd.museum/en/visit/royal-palace/
What's included
- ✓Professional Guided Tour
What's not included
- ✓Entrance to Dreikönigskirche (5 Euro to climb the tower)
- ✓Entrance to Residenzschloss (14 Euro entrance fee)
- ✓Entrance to Museum für Sächsische Volkskunst (5 Euro entrance fee)
- ✓Haus der Kirche - Dreikoenigskirche
- ✓Museum fur Sachsische Volkskunst mit Puppentheatersammlung
Good to know
Wheelchair accessible
Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
Service animals allowed
Public transportation options are available nearby
Transportation options are wheelchair accessible
All areas and surfaces are wheelchair accessible
Suitable for all physical fitness levels
Infants must be carried by adults
Cancellation policy
- •A full refund will apply if you cancel more than 24 hours before the activity start time.
- •No refund is possible if you cancel less than 24 hours before the activity start time.
Free cancellation
🔒 Secure checkout
from
€ 145.00