We booked an English tour there on a Sunday at 11am. The palace itself is absolutely gorgeous with…read moreso many beautiful intricate details. Definitely worth a visit for sure!! The gardens are pretty big and relaxing to walk around in. There's a section with a bunch of tulips that we missed on our first pass.

If you don't speak German, don't bother with the guided tour. 87 minutes for 3 sentences not in…read moreGerman: "this is the bed where the electress slept.", "This door is fake", "Thomas Jefferson came here once". We asked, in German, if he spoke English, and made it clear 2 of the 3 of us didn't speak any German. To which he said yes, he did speak English... and then continued to exclusively speak in German for the entire tour; making NO effort to give us any information. When I translated 2 questions to ask him, questions about the sculpture/artwork around us; the answer both times was "I don't know". Save your euro and buy 2 beers/person instead.

Well, one thing that I can say about a garden walk is that they are not suited to a rainy day,…read morewhich unfortunately was the case when I was in Dusseldorf (It sounds as if I brought Melbourne weather with me, or it could be just that their summer is out winter, though it certainly isn't that cold). Okay, I didn't get to see all of the gardens, but then again this place is basically a park, well sort of - there doesn't seem to be any open spaces for picnics, but then again that probably isn't a German thing and I probably can't compare parks in Australia to those in Germany even though the park was establishd a while back in my mind it is a park, probably not hugely touristy, but nice enough for an afternoon stroll. Oh, it also has a pretty large lake with birds in it so alles gute.

Another one of Dusseldorf's gorgeous and giant parks, this time to the south (around the University…read morecampus). Art installations are peppered around this giant park, which at points makes you feel like you were in true countryside until you come across the scary bridge over the motorway. See the Rheinturm from its highest hill