Hostel Mondpalast

AREA:

Saxony

POPULATION:

500.003

TOWN'S LANDMARK:

Church of Our Lady

number of networkhostels:

2

HIGHLIGHTS:

Zwinger, Semper Opera

TYPICAL DISH:

Lenin beer

BIGGEST PARTY:

BRN street festival, 2nd weekend in June

MOST RIDICULOUS SOUVENIR:

VW Phaeton limousine

SUGGESTED DAYTRIP:

Castle Tour:

Cycle upstream along the right hand shore of the Elbe to the Saloppe (Dresden's first waterworks) and up the hill until you come to the park entrance. Cross the park and visit Castles Albrechtsberg, Lingner and Eckberg. Turn right and follow Schillerstra§e to the "Blaue Wunder". Turn left again towards Pillnitz and visit the Pleasure Palace, a combination of both European and Asian architecture, with its magnificent gardens. If you really are fit and active you might want to continue cycling to the Saxon Switzerland Nationalpark (35km).