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SAXONY COMPLETE: CULTURE AND ROCK ART HISTORICAL ROUTE

Palace spires soar high, rock formations rise in majesty, porcelain gleams with centuries of craft. Saxony pairs historic grandeur with geological wonder.

≈ 17
Days
531
Km
13
Stops
📖 9 min read 🔄 Last updated: 2026-01-17

Dresden and its palaces, Bastei cliffs, Görlitz at the Polish border, Meissen porcelain, Leipzig and Seiffen's wooden toys. Two weeks to discover Saxony.

Your day-by-day itinerary

1
Day

Dresden

palace grandeur city

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Day 1
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Dresden Zwinger, Baroque palace with courtyards and fountains
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Porcelain Museum at Zwinger
3
Old Masters Picture Gallery at Zwinger
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Semperoper Dresden, the city's opera house
2
Day

Dresden

palace grandeur city

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Day 2
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Discover

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Dresden Castle
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Dresden Cathedral
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Fürstenzug, outdoor artwork depicting a royal procession
4
The Frauenkirche church with gold interiors and dome
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Activities

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Viewing platform at Frauenkirche for city views
3
Day

Dresden

palace grandeur city

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Day 3
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Kunsthofpassage with independent artist shops
4
Day

Dresden

palace grandeur city

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Day 4
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Albrechtsberg Palace with extensive gardens, fountains and stairways
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Distance: 3.6 km
Travel time: 7min
5
Day

Zimmerling

fortress stone tower

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Day 5
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Weingut Klaus Zimmerling vineyard with Riesling and Sauvignon Blanc in granite
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Distance: 15.2 km
Travel time: 30min
6
Day

Pillnitz

botanical palace wonder

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Day 6
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Pillnitz Palace and Park with grand staircase from the Elbe
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The New Palace at Pillnitz
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Museum of Decorative Arts at Pillnitz Palace
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Next stop
Distance: 9.3 km
Travel time: 19min
7
Day

Pirna

market square town

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Day 7
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Medieval square and cobbled streets with boutique stores
2
Sonnenstein Castle
3
Pirna Museum housed in a former monastery
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Distance: 11.4 km
Travel time: 23min
8
Day

Bastei

dramatic cliff rock

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Day 8
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Bastei Bridge and rock formations
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Stairway to Heaven, narrow stairway between two giant rocks
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Distance: 6.2 km
Travel time: 12min
9
Day

Konigstein

castle fortress peak

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Day 9
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Königstein Fortress, expansive defensive complex from 1589 with Baroque, Renaissance, and Gothic architecture
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Distance: 49.7 km
Travel time: 1h39
10
Day

Bautzen

fortification wall town

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Day 10
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Sorbian Museum with Sorbian culture, clothing and history
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Cathedral of St Peter with physical divide between Catholics and Protestants
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Activities

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Walk along the mirror-like river admiring castle turrets
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Next stop
Distance: 51.2 km
Travel time: 51min
11
Day

Gorlitz

border beauty river

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Day 11
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Cobbled pedestrian square flanked by architecturally rich buildings with Art Nouveau, Baroque and Renaissance styles
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Gothic church
3
Old Town Bridge to Zgorzelec, Poland
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Next stop
Distance: 118.5 km
Travel time: 1h59
12
Day

Moritzburg

hunting palace water

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Day 12
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Moritzburg Castle, moated castle in the middle of a small lake with baroque interior
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Fasanenschlösschen, bright-pink Little Pheasant Castle
3
Leuchtturm, small lighthouse near the pond
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Next stop
Distance: 18.9 km
Travel time: 38min
13
Day

Meissen

porcelain legacy kiln

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Day 13
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Albrechtsburg, 15th-century castle-cum-church
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Stadtmuseum Meißen with porcelain displays and exhibits
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Activities

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Porcelain workshop participation
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Next stop
Distance: 102.6 km
Travel time: 1h43
14
Day

Leipzig

concert hall music

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Day 14
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Gewandhaus Orchestra, oldest civic symphony orchestra in the world
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Dated retail passageways from the Old Trade Fair of 1913
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Spinnerei Galleries in old cotton factory
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Activities

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BMW factory tour
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Next stop
Distance: 89.2 km
Travel time: 1h29
15
Day

Chemnitz

industrial heritage city

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Day 15
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Chemnitz Opera House
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Town Hall
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Petrikirche church
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Chemnitz Museum of Industry about textile industry
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Next stop
Distance: 54.8 km
Travel time: 55min
16
Day

Seiffen

wooden toy village

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Day 16
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Discover

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Hand-crafted wooden toys workshops
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Porcelain winged angels workshops
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Activities

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Hiking in the Ore Mountains
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Mountain biking in the Ore Mountains
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Historic steam train ride in Ore Mountains

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