I'm writing this as an American business traveler. The hotel is within walking distance from the…read moreFreiberg (Sachs) train station, and a little longer walk to town center. The hotel is clean with updated rooms. My room was a German typical narrow suite with a twin bed, desk, TV, bathroom and WiFi. The room has no in room coffee or tea, so bring your own. The buffet breakfast starts at 6AM and was standard fare with a smaller selection than higher end places. Convenient location and reasonable rates.

4€ for a one way ticket is rather expensive for this experience, views from the top were nice but…read morethere's not much else to do there... But as a historical sight this certainly has its value, it's an engineering masterpiece for sure. I highly recommend visiting Wuppertal where you can enjoy almost the system (horizontal though) for much, much longer! The Wuppertal Suspension Railway (Wuppertaler Schwebebahn) was designed by the same guy (Eugen Langen) as this one and is in my humble opinion the best public transportation system in the world. Would I return? Not likely, once is enough

It is supposed to be the worlds oldest forniculor, however, as we found out it is the oldest rope…read morerail in the world. Anyway, when we got there the ticket machine was only taking coins and most people were very frustrated as each ticket costs €5 and when you have a small group then producing that much change in coins is pretty hard for most. Anyway eventually the guy came out and started selling tickets and everyone was able to get one. The journey itself is very short and once you are on top you can have a great view of the city of Dresden. The journey itself is least exciting and slow. Besides the lookout deck there is nothing else really there. I am glad I did it but I won't be repeating it again. There are so many other things to do in town ;-))