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Why Go? ...... 136 Saxony has everything you could want in a holiday: sto- Saxon Switzerland...... 152 rybook castles peering down from craggy mountaintops, Leipzig & cobbled marketplaces serenaded by mighty churches, exu- Western Saxony...... 155 berant palaces, nostalgic steam trains and indigenous Sorb Eastern Saxony...... 170 folk traditions. And through it all courses the broad-shoul- dered in its steady eternal flow out to the North Sea past neatly arrayed vineyards, sculpted sandstone cliffs and Best Places to Eat villa-studded hillsides. Many heavyweights have shaped Saxony’s cultural land- »»Auerbachs Keller (p160) scape; Bach, Canaletto, Goethe and Wagner among them. »»Filetto (p175) Dresden’s Semperoper and the Gewandhaus in Leipzig have »»Wjelbik (p171) for centuries been among the world’s finest musical venues. »»La Casina Rosa (p146) The two cities naturally also grab top historical billing. The »»Restaurant Vincenz former became synonymous with the devastation of WWII, Richter (p152) but has since resurrected its baroque heritage. And it was Leipzig that sparked the ‘peaceful revolution’ of 1989 that brought down the Berlin Wall and led to the momentous Best Places to Stay reunification of Germany. »»Hotel Börse (p174) »»Steigenberger Grandhotel When to Go Handelshof (p159) The cities are fun in the summer when life moves outdoors, »»Schloss-Schänke (p170) festivals are in full swing and you can boat or cycle along »»Hotel Schloss Eckberg the Elbe River. Thanks to lots of world-class museums and (p145) performance venues, Dresden is also a fine destination in »»Ferdinands Homestay winter, especially in December during the famous Christ- (p154) mas market called Striezelmarkt. Avoid Leipzig during the springtime trade-fair crunch, especially in March and April. The Bachtage in June draw scores of visitors. The trails and rock walls in Saxon Switzerland are busiest in summer and autumn. RoadRoad HierarchyHierarchy HierarchyHierarchy HydroHydro SymbolsSymbols Off mapOff map dest'nsdest'ns - - - - -

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