GRAND TOUR Dresden offers the unique opportunity to explore the art-treasures and the palaces and monuments of Dresden, this famous and fateful city, in a very exclusive way. The pavillions of the magnificently decorated Zwinger which houses the celebrated collections of Meissen and Asiatic porcelain, the Residenz Schloß, the former royal palace with the dazzling treasures and jewelry of the Green Vaults (Grünes Gewölbe), the Old Masters Picture Gallery with its world- renowned paintings, the rebuilt majestic Frauenkirche (Church of Our Lady) and the spacious Brühlsche Terrace with its delightful view of the river Elbe. The exuberance of its cultural delights makes Dresden one of the most fascinating cities in the world.
In the beautiful landscape around Dresden, elegant palaces are to be found such as Pillnitz, the summer palace of the former kings of Saxony where the splendid silver furniture of August the Strong is preserved, or Moritzburg the former royal hunting lodge with its superb interiors, and the exquisite nearby Fasanenschlösschen, the intimate small summerhouse of the former kings. And not far away from Dresden lies the impressive and strange mountainrange of the Sandsteingebirge, inspiring about 1800 the painter Caspar David Friedrich to create his mysterious and impressive works, that highlight the period of Romanticism.
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