The Dresden Elbe Valley is a cultural landscape and former World Heritage Site stretching along the Elbe river in Dresden, the state capital of Saxony, Germany. So I was delighted when I got there to see such a charming and beautiful city. Please check you have entered your email address correctly. I had heard so much of Dresden before visiting it I must confess I didn't truly know what to expect. Once you cross the Elbe you get to the Neo-Classical New Town. 0 connections. In Stockholm, Berlin and Paris palaces on the outskirts all get separate nominations – here you get them all for the price of 1 with a superb excursion on an old paddle steamer (photo) to get between them! During WWII nearly all of Dresden was destroyed and when I was there the Frauenkirche "Our Lady's Church" was completely restaurated alreay, but we weren't allowed to enter the interior. CST# 2083930-50. I wish I had spent longer! I parked underneath the Semperoper, and started my walk in the Old Town at the Zwinger palace. We rank webpages based on several factors including how well the website covers a particular destination and attraction. Well, this fact didn't stop me from visiting various sights in the Historic Centre of Dresden. I sincerely hope that the site will stay on the List, if only as a tribute to all the effort that has gone in reconstructing the old city centre of Dresden. It is about 2h 45m from Prague on a nice train line that follows the Vltava/ Elbe most of the way or it is about a 2h journey by train south from Berlin. All rights reserved. Dresden is the second-largest city on the River, Best Tourist Attractions Places To Travel In Germany | Dresden Destination Spot, Dresden is the capital city of the German state of Saxony. Explore an array of Dresden Elbe Valley, Dresden vacation rentals, including houses, apartment and condo rentals & more bookable online. Designed as a Capital City and with public buildings appropriate to that status Dresden actually has a population of only around half a million (smaller than eg Hannover, Bremen or Dortmund). I had a spare day whilst visiting some friends in Prague and after reading Paul's glowing endorsement below I thought I could have a nice day trip there. A Saxon state court has ruled that a bridge project in Dresden, approved by referendum in 2005, should go ahead despite warnings that the modern structure. This guide selectively curates the best recommendations for. Rent a whole home for your next weekend or holiday. The rest of the centre is very impressive with huge Baroque buildings lining every street many containing excellent galleries museums, or other cultural centres. Visitors to this area can enjoy a wealth of sights, including the Royal Palace , the Cathedral and Church of Our Lady , the Semper Opera House - a magnificent high Renaissance style building, and the late Baroque-style Zwinger Palace . With respect to its scenic and architectural values, including the Dresden urban area as well as natural river banks and slopes, the Elbe Valley was entered on the World Heritage Site list of the UNESCO in 2004. The wait was worthwhile though: the first view from that bridge upon Dresden’s major monuments is one of those “Wow!-moments” one always hopes for when travelling to a new place. (15.03.08), Dresden to Scale Down Bridge to Preserve World Heritage Status. A grand baroque palace with the usual fountains, statues and other ornaments. The Fürstenzug, an over 100 meter long porcelain mural that shows 35 Saxon princesses and kings, is another landmark open to all. The walk ends at the Frauenkirche, recently restored and quite blinking in the rather grey surroundings. Linking the hypermodern railway station with the Baroque old town is the pedestrian zone from the time of the DDR. What was most interesting for me though was first that there is still much reconstruction going on - you can even see some of the houses as they looked before the reunification - shed in ruins. The 18th- and 19th-century cultural landscape of Dresden Elbe Valley extends some 18 km along the river from Übigau Palace and Ostragehege fields in the north-west to the Pillnitz Palace and the Elbe River Island in the south-east. In Schloss there is a nice exhibition of jewels. Berlin lies less than 200kms away by road but is a world away in temperament and style. So I would suggest this is a great place to spend a full two days. The town centre contains more impressive places as Zwinger, Temper oper and Schloss (castle). © 2020 Travelscape LLC, An Expedia Group Company. So we went to the "Unterkirche" ("underchurch"), some kind of a cellar room where we could listen a lady who told us about the churches history. The Dresden Elbe Valley is a cultural landscape that extends for 18 kilometres along the Elbe river and through the city of Dresden. The main building of interest for me was the Frauenkirche which has just been restored after being mostly destroyed in the bombing raids of WWII. It is indeed unique. It has a beautiful promenade and the palaces and streets on the other side of the Elbe (New Town) are nice too. The town center is beautiful and what is the best there are not so many tourists as in other sites (e.g.