hotel in Dessau

Museums in Dessau

• Museum of urban history, museum of natural history and prehistory, technology museum, Hugo Junkers museum 

Exhibitions / Art galeries Dessau

• Gallery Anhaltische Gemälde 

Cultural activities in Dessau

• Masters´ Houses, Feininger House (Kurt Weill Centre), Muche-Schlemmer House, Klee-Kandinsky House, Gropius House, Dessau-Törten Estate 

Historic monuments in Dessau

• Dessau-Wörlitzer Gartenreich: With Landscapes including the Garden Groß Kühnau, Oranienbaum, Sieglitzer Berg, Leiner Berg, Wörlitzer Park and numerous Monuments like the Drehberg,it is packed full of history and cultural sights  
• Georgium Palace: The Georgium is one of the biggest parks that belong to the Dessau-Wörlitz Garden Realm and is a World Heritage Site, it is very impressive and attractive thanks to its architecture by Erdmannsdorff  
• The Middle Elbe Biosphere Reserve: A nature-lover’s dream, as it is the size of 43.000 hectares making it the biggest protected region in Saxony-Anhal, home to birds, amphibians, fish, insects etc the area was put under protection by UNESCO as a Biosphere Reserve in 1979 

Shopping in Dessau

• Innenstadt 

Day trip

• " 1_Lutherstadt Wittenberg: Visit the world famous castle and church within the grounds of the Luther house. Wittenberg is approximately only 35 km away from Dessau and is easily reached by car.
• 2_Traces of Katharina of Großen: Enjoy a day trip, only 25 km away from Zerbst. Visit the Church yard. Bartholomäus, which is attached to the former hochfürstliche indoor riding arena and the Stadtmauer.
• " 3_A small piece of Holland: Not far away from Dessau is the nice small town of Oranienbaum. There is the historical city centre with the baroque church. One can walk through the historic market place.
• " 4_Radtour Elbaue and Biberland: The way to the Elbe beavers leads through forests and valleys, in which a cosy picknick would be a perfect meal. With views into the beautiful habitat of beaver castle.

Group activities

• 1_Trabi-Safari: Trip park with a small picknick area before a beatuiful nature area
• " 2_Theaterführung hinter den Kulissen: Gain a better view of what happens behind the scenes with a guided tour of the Anhalti theatre Dessau which includes a look at the Sekt glass.
• " 3_Elbeland aktiv: Paddle and motorboats - in the large river! The route offers two difficulty stages, for beginners there is the option of having a life boat assigned.
• " 4_Kohle-Dampf-Licht-Tour: Bus trip around the old centre of German industry. On the route among other things the is the Ferropolis, the iron city, it includes entry into the industry and film museum and the former main power station Zschornewitz besucht.