Excursions
Tour 1 - City walking tour in the historic city centre, including bus transfer from/to the fair
Approx. 2.0 hrs
Maximum of 30 participants per group
Join a guided city walking tour in Dresden’s historic city centre. The tour includes the most famous sights of our city, such as the Church of our Lady (Frauenkirche), the Zwinger palace, the Semperoper opera house, Dresden Cathedral (Hofkirche) and the Taschenbergpalais hotel as well as a couple of transport-related highlights with regard to multimodality. A bus will pick you up from the fair and take you back there afterwards.
Tour 2 - Bicycle tour in the city centre with subsequent visit to the Transport Museum
Approx. 2.0 hrs
Maximum of 20 participants per group
This bicycle tour takes you along the Elbe to the Neumarkt historic area from where you can see the Church of our Lady and where you have the opportunity to visit the Transport Museum in the Johanneum, which is an annex to the Royal Castle. In this magnificent building, the history of transport after 1956 has been revived with the help of many historical originals.
Tour 3 - Bicycle tour between green city areas and industry, the young Dresden
Approx. 1.5 hrs
Maximum of 20 participants per group
This bicycle excursion takes you through the multifarious city of Dresden. Starting at the fair, the tour takes you to one of the first parts of the new Weißeritz green area. The tour’s next stop is “Kraftwerk Mitte” - Dresden’s new location for art, culture and creativity. You return via the historic city centre and the Elbe cycle track, past the State Parliament.
Tour 4 - Bicycle tour on multi-mobility and Dresden’s “green lung”
Approx. 2.0 hrs
Maximum of 20 participants per group
This tour takes you along the Elbe cycle track to the historic city centre, past the Synagogue and the Neumarkt historic area up to Dresden’s first MOBI mobility hub at the Pirnaischen Platz square, which was opened in September 2018. Many further MOBI hubs are to be set up in the years ahead to strengthen multi-mobility in Dresden. The tour continues along the Bürgerwiese park to Dresden’s green lung - the Great Garden. On the way back, you pass the Volkswagen Transparent Factory.
Tour 5 - Elbe cycle and hiking track - between nature conservation, monument and flood protection
Approx. 2.0 hrs
Maximum of 20 participants per group
This bicycle tour takes you towards the east along the Elbe cycle and hiking track, past the historic city centre up to the Waldschlösschen bridge, which was opened in 2013. On the way back, you travel via the cycle and hiking track on the right side of the Elbe along the Rose Gardens to the Hauptstraße pedestrian zone and then return via the Marienbrücke bridge.
Tour 6 - River and land bicycle tour, including river crossing to the district of Pieschen by raft
Approx. 1.5 hrs
Maximum of 15 participants per group
This tour gives you the unique opportunity to cross the Elbe by raft before travelling along the river by bicycle to the Molenbrücke pedestrian and bicycle bridge. Afterwards, the tour takes you along the Leipziger Straße across the Marienbrücke bridge and past the Yenidze building. Please note that the availability of this tour is limited.
Tour 7 - Opening of pedestrian zones in Dresden’s historic city centre and the district of Neustadt
Approx. 2.0 hrs
Maximum of 20 participants per group
The opening of pedestrian zones to bicycles has been discussed time and again for many years. Nonetheless, it has been a reality in Dresden for many years. This bicycle tour explores the Hauptstraße and Prager Straße pedestrian zones and, on the way from one to the other, takes you through Dresden’s historic city centre and the district of Neustadt.
