Gorgeous palace! The inside is apparently some vr experience thing and not like a normal castle…read moreexperience. They also have art and there's a few different exhibits. The outside was pretty but the whole garden is under construction so it's not the best right now.

What a neat historical place showing off some very old historical art work of Dresden Germany. The…read morecourt yards and gardens were absolutely spectacular to walk through and around the palace. Walking through and understanding culture hear was pretty fun and great experience.

This Old Masters Museum is in a complex. The museum entrance was hard to find because of the…read moretourist groups gathering and blocking the entrance. Once we made it into the building, we were rudely greeted by two old and angry women, and told to go downstairs for tickets. We were directed to self service lockers for coats and backpacks then to purchase tickets. The same rude "greeters" on the first floor practically yelled at me because I had my purse with me. She demanded that I return and store it in the locker. I asked if I could keep it with me because it contained my passport and with a stern and rude "nein" she turned me away. I did manage to put my valuables in my pocket in hopes that there are no pick pockets in the museum. The museum's collection is impressive, but the curation is not up to par. Many of the master works are behind glass such as Raphael's Sistina Madonna. The skylights and lighting above the Sistina Madonna casted a terrible glare, which made it impossible to enjoy the piece from a direct front view. The pieces are incredible, which would make this a 5* museum, but the terrible curation and horrible customer service bumped down 2*.

Ekstasis ~ "standing outside oneself" (from Greek, ex- "out" + histanai "to place")…read more First there was Raphael's Sistine Madonna. Then, somewhere between Giorgione's Sleeping Venus and Vermeer's Girl Reading a Letter at an Open Window -- ecstasy waved and found us: sitting on round sofas, gazing at art.

Almost too beautiful to believe. Oddly, I came to Dresden specifically because of this building -…read moreit was represented by a little figurine in a German board game I played with my daughter. It was beautiful in the game. Breathtaking in person. It was destroyed in the bombing of WWII but a lot of pieces survived and they put it all back together after the wall came down

Beautiful cathedral in Dresden! Really crowded and kind of loud inside unfortunately, but this was…read moreon a Saturday afternoon. Anyways still worth going inside.

Beautiful museum and amazing tour guide!!! Learned a lot of history, the museum offers little…read moreEnglish translation but enough to get by. They have pamphlets in English. My group was well taken care of here & I enjoyed it immensely.

Beautiful castle! Large and embedded in the Old City of Dresden…read more Perfektes Schloss! Gross und im Bezirk der Alten Stadt Dresden. Review: 5

A great value with an amazing collection. It was almost too much to take in! The alarmed displays…read moreare a great way to alert staff when someone gets too close without impeding viewability. I appreciated being able to go at our own pace & highly recommend taking a closer look at the details on some of the displayed items. For example, one knife handle has detsiled images on cameos the size of my fingernail embedded. The display glass was crystal clear (I saw a few people bonk their heads leaning in), and the lighting was reflection free- truly stunning display cases. I would gladly go back

They advertise 22 stops, but the bus route goes in a circle at first, some stops are too close…read moretogether, and stop #20 no longer exists. They also advertise that the next bus will come around 15-30 minutes, but there were 3 busses within 10 minutes at one point and well over 30 minutes at other times.

It is worth the money to ride around Dresden for 90 minutes, no doubt. However, it is supposed to…read morebe a guided tour where one learns about what one is seeing and given the current technology, that doesn't happen. I think the problem is that the narration is already recorded and is played as the bus rolls along. Because of traffic, the bus and the narration are not in synch. So the narrator will tell you to look left to see XYZ building and you look left to see nothing or to see lots of buildings - and which one is it? So my bottom line on this tour is that I'm glad I took it but I was terribly frustrated because I didn't learn much. For 90 minutes, this frustration builds and at the end, I was very happy to exit the tour bus.

As an overview, the "Green Vault" is Germany's equivalent to a grandmother bragging about her…read morechintzy keepsakes she collected over the years. Perhaps to immediate family the keepsakes are impressive, but to all other visitors, who cares! Yes, I'm a bit biased. There are some interesting historical pieces and some items of truly significant historical value, but I wanted to give the average Yelp readers a reality check before selecting this museum. The three most interesting items I liked about this museum included: (1) Ivan the Terrible's drinking vessel, (2) a rock crystal glass once owned by Martin Luther, and (3) the amber collection. WiFi: not available Bathroom: for a Euro 1 fee Time budget: unless you're an expert on something in this museum, 90 minutes is enough time. Photos: Photos are not allowed in the museum Value: Unless you have a special connection to something on display here, I rate the value as below average for this museum.

This museum is located in the city center of Dresden and it is an easy walk even in the cold if you…read moreare staying in a hotel in the area. There is also a tram stop, use Google to confirm. We walked. It is centrally located near many restaurants and shops. This has a 16 euro entry free. Negative: 1. This is 16 euros and not worth it. 2. There is no WIFI. 3. Bathrooms are not free 4. No photos allowed. 5. Watch the size of your bag, my crossbody bag was too big according to coat check and I had to leave it behind. The coat check is free, but a locker is 1 euro. The building other than one room was destroyed during the war. All rooms but one were renovated and restored. This is a rich man's over indulgence in buying stuff. He would be considered a collector/hoarder in today's terms. There are quite a lot of high end impressive items from amber, mother of pearl, gold, emerald, rubies, sapphires, diamonds, glass, and more. It is quite overwhelming. There is free audio to explain everything but not everything is covered in the audio guide. So things you are curious, there is no details. There is limited explanation of items on the walls or display cases. You have to go through a "vault" to get to the treasures. There have been quite a few breakins that make security heighten here and they are still missing some pieces from a break in, there is a plaque that explains the details the past break-ins. Yes, this is a lovely museum packed full of a rich man's beloved collection of treasures, but I found it overwhelming and quite boring after 30 minutes. I would recommend this museum if it was 5 euros. At 16 euros, skip it.

Some German frinds took us here a few weeks ago and it was truly breathtaking! Dresden is one of my…read morefavourite cities. I find the history absolutely fascinating. The panometer is built within an old retired gasworks. It is a bit tricky to find as it is deep in an industrial area of Dresden. I imagine that unless you are reading this review or are with locals it would be difficult to find or know about. There is a museum which contains artefacts from around Dresden and numerous historical photographs. All of the descriptions are in both English and German. After walking through the museum section there is a short video which I reccomend watching on the making of the Image. The artist Asisi talks through his desire to create a photographic image from Dresden back in 1756. This video is in German so if you don't speak the language take a german friend - though to be honest you can pretty much guess what is going on from the pictures anyway. However it is worth watching the video before experiencing the actual panorama image. The quality of this image is amazing. Start on the top level first and take binoculars with you! While you experience the image the light and sounds change throughout so that you can experience different times of the day from a pink sunrise to the turquoise blue evening sky. Anyone with a love of photography or Dresden should see this! Apparently soon it will be changed to some Amazon panorama - I realy hope that they keep the dresden one though because historically it is fascinating. Allow for a good few hours as the image is do detailed you can really lose yourself as you take note of every small aspect. This is a real must see!!

This was one of the coolest experiences to actually involve yourself on what happened to Dresden…read moreduring WW1. The tours are really good and it's really done amazingly. Best tourist attraction

It is not just about the jewels collection in the Historic Green Vault. The are many other…read morecollections of functional art. Great collection of presentation grade arms and armor. Really impressed with the items from the Ottomann Empire. Everything displayed were very nicely restored and presented for up close viewing. Almost everything was identified and explained in English along with German. The free audio guide in English and many other languages was very useful. Really appreciate this museum's effort to accommodate non German speakers. A must visit place when in Dresden. Buy the two day combined ticket. A good bargain if you want to visit the Zwinger as well. Sorry, no photos allowed. Hope my words helps with your decision to visit.