A trip from Dresden to the park of the hunting castle Moritzburg

I will tell you about the history of Moritzburg Castle, about parforce hunting and entertainment of the 18th century, and, of course, about the royal treasures.

The royal Saxon family lived in the palace until 1945. Now there is a museum, the walls of the halls of which are covered with embossed leather wallpaper and decorated with 250 horns, trophies of collectible value. In particular, there are deer horns with 66 branches - the deer was killed personally on the hunt by Branderburg Elector Frederick III. The museum presents the horns of a giant moose, presented by Peter the Great, their age is about 10 thousand years. They were found in Crimea. Want to see trophies that have won worldwide fame and are rated at 298.25 points by international standards? They weigh 19,965 kilograms, broke all international records.

Here, in the park and in the palace, the feature film-fairy tale “Three Nuts for Cinderella” was filmed. Do you remember Yurashek’s horse, Cinderella performed by Libusha Shafrankova, the story of the lost shoe? It is there, on the palace stairs, the shoe is still there.

This tour includes a drive from Dresden to Moritzburg and back (a little over an hour in total), a walk through the park and a visit to the Moritzburg Palace Museum. Museum entrance tickets are not included in the tour price.