Nationalparkzentrum

Saxon Switzerland


The National Park Centre has ho-hum exhibitions on local flora, fauna and how the sandstone formations were shaped, but the evocative visuals of the 17-minute introductory movie almost justify the admission price, if you're not planning to explore the mountains yourself.


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Nearby Saxon Switzerland attractions

1. Personenaufzug

0.52 MILES

This old lift, which dates from 1905, whisks you up a 50m-high tower for views and access to a footbridge linking to a pretty forest path that runs into…

2. Festung Königstein

4.1 MILES

Festung Königstein is the largest intact fortress in Germany, and so imposing and formidable that noone in history has ever even bothered to attack it,…

4. DDR Museum Pirna

9.39 MILES

In a former army barracks, you can snoop around a furnished apartment, sit in a classroom with a portrait of GDR leader Walter Ulbricht glowering down at…

5. Schloss Weesenstein

12.59 MILES

A magnificent sight on a rocky crag high above the Müglitz River, Schloss Weesenstein is an amazing alchemy of styles, blending medieval roots with…

6. Schloss & Park Pillnitz

13.69 MILES

Baroque has gone exotic at Schloss Pillnitz, a delightful pleasure palace, festooned with fanciful Chinese flourishes. This is where the Saxon rulers once…

7. Asisi Panometer

17.41 MILES

Like its siblings in Leipzig and elsewhere in Germany, this old gasometer – a huge round-shaped building – has been transformed into a venue for German…

8. Zoo Dresden

19.2 MILES

The main attraction in Grosser Garten (Great Garden) is this excellent zoo, where crowds gravitate toward the Africa Hall and the lion enclosure.

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