Wiesbaden is an imperial resort. Walking tour

Wiesbaden is the capital of the federal state of Hesse.

One of the oldest resorts in Europe, it has 26 hot and several cold thermal springs.

We will start our bus tour. On the hill of millionaires, along the road that leads through luxury villas, we will climb Mount Neroberg, which offers views of the whole city. At the top of the mountain is a Russian church, which is also called the Greek Chapel. This functioning church was built as the tomb of Grand Duchess Elizabeth.

Next to it is the oldest Russian cemetery in Europe. The first burials begin with friends of Pushkin’s circle. Here are buried: Baron Karl Friedrich von der Osten (imperial Russian general and knight), Prince Alexander Pavlovich Urusov, Juliana Pavlovna Kühelbecker, sister of Karl Kühelbeker, Count Musin-Pushkin, children of Alexander 2 from his marriage with Princess Dolgoruka.

These lands are still owned by Russia - they were bought by Nicholas 2, during his numerous visits to this city.

After that, we will take the bus downtown to the chicken hall.

In front of the entrance to the casino there is a colonnade, which is considered the largest columned hall in Europe - its length is 130 meters.

Then a walk through the Kurzal building.

The symbol of Wiesbaden is Kurzal, which was built under the German Kaiser Wilhelm II. This building houses a casino and a number of concert and ballrooms. Casino Wiesbaden, one of the most famous buildings in Wiesbaden, visited by Richard Wagner, Otto von Bismarck and Elvis Presley. Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoevsky, while traveling to Wiesbaden in 1865, lost all his savings there. He later described it in The Gambler, the theme of which was an all-consuming passion for gambling. Now one of the casino halls is named in his honor.

We will continue our walk in the chicken park is an English garden, at the end of which there is a villa in which the youngest daughter of Pushkin, Natalia, lived for the last 20 years of her life.

We will continue our walk at the theatre. The building was built a couple of years after the construction of the opera in Vienna by the same architects.

Then a walk through the old town. The Old Town Hall (das Alte Rathaus) is the oldest building in the city (1610). The facade of the building was partially changed during reconstruction in the 19th century. The New Town Hall (das Neue Rathaus) was built in 1884-1887 in the Neo Renaissance style. Market Gothic church, boiling spring, luxury of 19th century imperial resort

During the walk you can drink mulled wine or hot apple wine at the Christmas market, which takes place right on the market square.