🏨 Dresden Christmas Market & Bastei Saxon Switzerland Tour from Prague Activity

Overview

There’s nothing better than exploring a bustling Dresden's traditional German Christmas market on this small group tour (max 8ppl) only 2hrs drive from Prague!
Complete with festive decorations to pick up excellent souvenirs and sampling delicious delicacies along the way! With this round-trip transportation in our new modern minivan with FREE WIFI, there's no need to rent a car, and you can sip as much German mulled wine as you like while you explore the market. The Dresden Christmas Market is the oldest in Germany and is known locally as Striezelmarkt. Your local English speaking guide will lead a walking tour of the city that hits all the highlights and a delicious lunch in a local restaurant is included.
We will also stop in the Saxon Switzerland, where you can explore the most beautiful views over the Elbe canyon from The Bastei. Easy walk across this famous sandstone bridge, which is a highlight of the national park, gets you to visit ruins of old rock castle from 12th century.

What's Included

A la carte lunch (main course and drink) in the local restaurant. Vegetarian and Vegan options available.

Air-conditioned vehicle

All Fees and Taxes

Bottled water

Coffee and/or Tea

Local beer or wine is included in your lunch menu

Snacks

WiFi on board

Traveler Information

INFANT: Age: 0 - 2
CHILD: Age: 3 - 15
ADULT: Age: 16 - 65
SENIOR: Age: 66 - 99

Additional Info

All areas and surfaces are wheelchair accessible
Extra health practices during each tour are provided for FREE (Hand sanitizers, Masks, Deep Van Disinfection after every use),
Hand sanitiser available to travellers and staff
Operates in all weather conditions, please dress appropriately
Regularly sanitised high-traffic areas
Suitable for all physical fitness levels
Wheelchair accessible

A current valid passport is required to take with you
Duration is only approximate, return to Prague around 6 p.m.
Guides required to regularly wash hands
Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
Public transportation options are available nearby
Specialized infant seats are available
Transportation options are wheelchair accessible

Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

For a full refund, you must cancel at least 24 hours before the experience’s start time.
If you cancel less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time, the amount you paid will not be refunded.

Experience may be cancelled due to Insufficient travelers
This experience requires good weather. If it’s canceled due to poor weather, you’ll be offered a different date or a full refund.

Prague

Your guide will pick you up at your hotel in Prague in the early morning. From that point, our mission is to give you everything you need to enjoy the day trip to the fullest. During the drive to the Northern Region in our comfortable fully outfitted vehicle (1,5 hrs), we will provide you with a knowledge of the National Park, Czech country, and information about the trip and FREE WIFI.

60 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

Bastei Bridge

We will stop in the middle of the Saxon Switzerland National park, where you can explore the most beautiful views over the Elbe canyon from the The Bastei. Easy walk across this famous sandstone bridge, which is a highlight of the national park, gets you to explore ruins of old Neurathen rock castle from 12th century.

60 minutes • Admission Ticket Included

Parc National de la Suisse Saxonne

We will pick you up from your address in Prague and drive you 2hrs with our new modern minivan with FREE wifi into the Saxon Switzerland National Park in Germany. Free snacks and water for a whole day will be available from the start and our local English speaking guide will tell you more about Czech and German traditions on the way.

2 hours • Admission Ticket Included

Dresden Christmas Market

With this round-trip transportation, there's no need to rent a car, and you can sip as much German mulled wine as you like while you explore the market. The Dresden Christmas Market is the oldest in Germany and is known locally as Striezelmarkt. With stalls selling everything from toys to hand-made trinkets, visitors should definitely sample the delicious Hefestriezel (German Christmas cake) that many stalls sell! Complete with festive decorations to pick up excellent souvenirs and sampling delicious delicacies along the way! Enjoy your free time on the market :).

3 hours • Admission Ticket Included

Dresden

Your local English speaking guide will lead a walking tour of the city that hits all the highlights. Enjoy A delicious A la Carte lunch in a local restaurant right in the centre of Dresden, which is included in your tour (main course and drink).

2 hours • Admission Ticket Free

Reviews

Awesome tour!

Momg74, 30-12-2022

I had a wonderful time with Kate and others on the tour. The tour overall was wonderful..from the views at Bastei Saxon Switzerland to lunch and Christmas Markets in Dresden! I loved it! Thank you for the wonderful memories!

Christmas in the Snow

Robert_J, 17-12-2022

Visiting Bastei Saxon Switzerland Mountains was breathtaking and although we booked the trip because of the Dresden destination we enjoyed Bastei even more, our young guide Andrew was incredible and very likeable, Thank you again Andrew you made the trip enjoyable.

A little bit for everyone.

Jennifer_G, 16-12-2022

We loved the stop at the National Park. It was a beautiful day for a hike and it broke up the time to go to Dresden. The small, local eating place we stopped at was great as well. Loved the fresh local food. Dresden Christmas market was beautiful. Larger than the ones we had been to in Prauge, had just enough time to get all the shopping I wanted to done.

Could have been better organised

Lyn31063, 30-12-2022

Dresden Market was heaving, first market of the year plus first market since covid. Could not walk around just so packed. we had an unfortunate experience whereby we travelled in to Germany to the Bastei Bridge then for some strange reason we then travelled back to Czech Republic for lunch then back in to Germany, arriving in Dresden and no where to park, ended up with about 50 mins at the market because we had to get back to Prague!! We were refunded but still can't fathom out why we went back in to CR for lunch!! Lunch was ok, felt we spent too much time at the Bastei Bridge as everything then seemed very rushed. Guide was nice though, felt sorry for her she was obviously stressed,

Dresden Christmas Market & Bastei Saxon Tour December 2022

Kimberly_B, 18-12-2022

We had a lovely time on this tour; however, the tour was not exactly as decribed in the Viator write up; and, therefore, we did not get the experience we paid for. We spent more time at the Bastei Saxon than I believe we were supposed to and, for some people, it was not an easy walk as described in the write up. By the time we got to Dresden, we only had approximately 45-50 minutes maximum to see one Christmas Market. By that time, the market was extremely crowded and not as enjoyable as we hoped. It was so crowded, we could hardly get close to the booths. If we had gotten there earlier in the day, it would have been less crowded and we would have had the opportunity to see more! The write up indicated we would have 3 hours at the markets in Dresden, and we were supposed to get a 2-hour walking tour of Dresden; which we did not get. The write up indicated snacks & water would be provided; we were offered 1 snack and a bottle of water at the end of the tour. I believe we only got the snack/water because someone asked about it (they were in the back of the van). The write up also indicated that lunch would be in Dresden; after touring the Park in Germany, we drove back to Czech Republic for lunch, then drove back to Germany (another hour) to Dresden. I think this is where we also lost a lot of time that was supposed to be allotted for the Christmas Market. Our tour Guide, Christina, was very nice; however, she was very soft spoken and really needed to have a microphone, especially while driving in the minivan. We could hardly hear her from the second row and those in the back of the van could not hear her at all. The whole purposed of purchasing this tour for me was the trip to Dresden; the Bastei Saxon was just an added bonus. Extremely disappointed that we did not get the appropriate amount of time in Dresden and did not get what we paid for. The other 6 people on our tour totally agreed that the day was not as they expected.

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