Guided Tours Dresden with Discover Dresden

Discover Dresden says Happy Easter

jana — Fri, 06 Apr 2012 19:07:06 +0000

Dear guests and partners,

We would like to send you HAPPY EASTER greetings. May your days be happy. Enjoy the easter egg hunts with your family. Maybe you have the chance to go on a hike or explore the close-by area around your hometown. Many also seem to come to Dresden to relax away from home.

Even though it appears to be Christmas, that’s how cold it is in Dresden right now, spring is here and will hopefully show its warm sides again.

The next groups we guide on a Dresden walking tour and city tour arrive Easter Saturday.

Kind regards,

JANA

PS: The lovely Easter eggs on the picture are of our handmade family edition 2012 – not for sale!

Dresden City Rallyes – Scavenger Hunts

jana — Mon, 12 Mar 2012 20:42:08 +0000

Another office day today: I prepared one English City Rallye – or Scavenger hunt – for Sunday, two for primary schools for next week and five for 7th graders learning more about the Baroque ages. 1.5 very interesting weeks are following. I am also working on a GPS Scavenger hunt – first tour June 1st, 2012!

There is also a suitable tour for your group in Dresden!

News from the office of Discover Dresden

jana — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 20:13:26 +0000

I have been quiet online for the last month, because I did some special office work – writing something new. Now it is almost completely finished and I look forward preparing the next city rallyes in Dresden or better scavenger hunts. Many groups of children and students are scheduled already to come to Dresden in March and April and take part in those special guided city tours. The older students (around 14 years old ) study a lot about the Baroque era and therefore also want to get to know the Baroque sights of Dresden. The younger students (around 10 years old) get a good overview during their scavenger hunts or city rallyes. Those guided tours are also available in English. Let’s hope for good weather for the kids and … maybe you are the next ones at our scavenger hunts in Dresden.

Heavenly Splendour. Raffael, Duerer and Gruenewald paint Madonna

jana — Wed, 04 Jan 2012 21:21:25 +0000

Open until 8 January 2012

Two paintings from the Renaissance ages meet again after 500 years – in Dresden.

The “Sistine Madonna” by Raffael as well as “Madonna di Foligno”, painted by him also, are shown next to each other right now at a special exhibition in the Old Masters Picture Gallery. It is the first time the second mentioned painting left the Vatican and is in good neighbourhood with other great paintings of Madonnas by Duerer, Cranach und Gruenewald, that can be looked at at the museum.

Enjoy this special exhibition before it closes!

Happy New Year

jana — Wed, 04 Jan 2012 21:13:17 +0000

Dear guests and partners, we like to wish all of you a Happy New Year. May 2012 bring health, lots of luck and happiness to you and your families. I am looking forward welcoming tourists in Dresden for city tours and excursions to the surrounding landscape. Yours, Jana Malschewski-Boehm

A special Christmas Market in Dresden – Funkelstadt

jana — Tue, 27 Dec 2011 21:52:13 +0000

Reading and hearing a lot about it lately (local newspapers, internet, facebook) and it is opening soon. The “Funkelstadt” (twinkle town) in Dresden is a mixture of Christmas Market, theater, arts and culture for the whole family. It sounds quite exciting and will be open from November 25th till December 30th.

Our famous Christmas Market – Striezelmarkt is of course also on this year again.

Aschenbrödel Fairy Tale in Moritzburg

jana — Tue, 27 Dec 2011 21:43:40 +0000

Aschenbrödel (Cinderella) was a German-Czech X-Mas fairy tale movie filmed in the 1970′s also in Moritzburg.

At our hunting castle Moritzburg there is a special exhibition with original costumes of that movie and reproductions of scenery. You can also watch sequences of the movie here. More info at Märchenschloss Moritzburg (in German and Czech only).

A night at the museum in Dresden

jana — Sun, 25 Dec 2011 14:36:42 +0000

You have the possibility to visit the museums in Dresden usually between 10 am and 6 pm. Now it is also possible to book museum rooms for your next event or to enter the museums after the normal opening hours with your group at the Staatliche Kunstsammlungen.

If you are interested in more information, you are welcome to have a look at Der Museumsladen Dresden or you send your request together with your booking request for a guided city tour or museum tour in Dresden to us.

News from the Dresden Neumarkt square

jana — Sun, 25 Dec 2011 14:24:57 +0000

“Quarter 8″ at our Neumarkt area is getting more and more beautiful.

During my last Dresden walking tours I recognized, that the scaffolding is getting taken off piece by piece at Schlossstraße (street) – directly across the residential palace. This quarter has a historic fassade facing the palace which matches the palace quite well. A five star hotel(Swissôtel) as well as apartments are about to open here in 2012.

Have a look at this construction site during your next visit to Dresden.

The Green Vault Treasury in Dresden

seona.strehle — Thu, 22 Dec 2011 13:14:59 +0000

The Historic Green Vault Treasury in Dresden celebrates it’s 5th birthday in September. Therefore the museum offers additional opening days in September and October 2011.
You can book tickets for the following Tuesdays: 13, 20, 27 September and 4 October 2011. The weekend of September 17th and 18th 2011, awaits with many specials to celebrate the anniversary.
More info at: Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden

PS: During our Dresden city tours you get to know a bit about the Green Vault Treasury and the Residencial Palace as well. And I also assist you in finding a good museum guide for your museum tour e.g. at the New Green Vault Treasury.