Dresden Private Walking Tour

Explore Dresden with ease and efficiency on a short walking tour to the city’s highlights, including the Lutheran Church of Our Lady, Dresden Castle, and Zwinger Palace. In addition to navigating, your guide offers little-known facts and an inside perspective on Dresden’s rich history.

You will learn about:

• the fascinating history and stunning architecture of this old German city

• about the rise of the city into a major cultural center before it met its tragic fate during WWII

• The history of the Catholic Court Church

• The life story of King Augustus the Strong, who desired to be King of Poland and converted to Catholicism

• The last King of Saxony, Princess Maria Carolina of Savoy, wife of Anthony of Saxony.

• long history of musical premieres from Semper Opera House, including major works by Richard Wagner and Richard Strauss

• how the city return to grandeur from the ashes of the 1945 allied bombing

• about the baroque and renaissance architecture of the city

• the story of the oldest Royal House of Europe, House of Wettin

You will see:

• Old Town

• Catholic Court Church

• Semper Opera House

• Zwinger Palace

• Dresden Castle

• House of Wettin

• the newly rebuilt Lutheran Church of Our Lady

• Stables Courtyard of Dresden Castle

• The Procession of Princes mural, one of the world's longest mural paintings – portraying Saxon rulers from the 11th till 19th century