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Barley Mow Passage
London W4 4GF
United Kingdom
Telephone: +44 (0)20 8742 3355
USA: 1-800-988-6168
Canada: (647) 382 1644
Australia: 1300 55 95 95
New Zealand: 61-7-3377-0141
Berlin, Potsdam, Dresden - Art & Architecture in Brandenburg & Saxony
- Studies the former capitals of Brandenburg-Prussia and Saxony.
- Both have immensely rich holdings of fine and decorative arts and architecture.
- Rebuilding and restoration continues to transform both cities.
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DAY 1
2012
Dresden—fly at c. 12.30pm from London Heathrow to Dresden—introductory walk around the old centre of Dresden—first of three nights in Dresden.
DAY 2
Dresden—the Zwinger is a unique Baroque confection, part pleasure palace, part arena for festivities and part museum for cherished collections—visit the excellent porcelain museum and the fabulously rich Old Masters Gallery—in the Green Vault of the Residenzschloss, one of the world’s finest princely treasuries is displayed.
DAY 3
Dresden, Pillnitz, Groß-Sedlitz—by boat to Pillnitz, a summer palace in Chinese Rococo style, with park, gardens and collections of decorative art—visit the Bastei, a magnificent viewing point above the river Elbe—coach to the terraced garden of Groß-Sedlitz.
DAY 4
Dresden, Berlin—stroll in Dresden-Neustadt on the right bank of the Elbe, little damaged in the War—visit the domed Frauenkirche, the Protestant cathedral—by coach in the afternoon to Berlin—survey historic architecture along and around Unter den Linden: the Arsenal, Schinkel’s Guardhouse, Frederick the Great’s Opera House, the Gendarmenmarkt with twin churches and concert hall—recent additions include the British Embassy (Michael Wilford) and the Holocaust Memorial—first of four nights in Berlin.
DAY 5
Berlin—drive to Schloss Charlottenburg, the earliest major building in Berlin, an outstanding summer palace built with a Baroque core and Rococo wings—fine interiors, paintings by Watteau, extensive gardens, pavilions and mausoleum—here also is the Berggruen Collection of Picasso and classic modern art—some free time.
DAY 6
Berlin—in the 1990s Potsdamer Platz was Europe’s greatest building project and showcases an international array of architects (Piano, Isozaki, Rogers, Moneo)—scattered around the nearby ‘Kulturforum’ are museums, the State Library and the Philharmonie concert hall (Hans Scharoun 1956–63)—the Gemäldegalerie houses one of Europe’s major collections of Old Masters—choose between the Neue Nationalgalerie (changing exhibitions in a Mies van der Rohe building) or the Museum of Musical Instruments—evening visit to Norman Foster’s glass dome capping the Reichstag and dinner in the roof-top restaurant here.
DAY 7
Potsdam—the enclosed park of Sanssouci was created as a retreat from the affairs of state by Frederick the Great—it consists of gardens, parkland, palaces, pavilions and auxiliary buildings—in the afternoon visit his relatively modest single-storey palace atop terraces of fruit trees, the exquisite Chinese teahouse and the large and imposing Neues Palais—drive through Potsdam town centre with its Dutch quarter and cathedral by Schinkel.
DAY 8
Berlin—morning on ‘Museums Island’—the Altes Museum, a major Neo-Classical building by Schinkel, displays the collection of Classical antiquities—the Alte Nationalgalerie houses an excellent collection of 19th-century paintings and sculptures—the Neues Museum is the new home of the Egyptian Museum (famous for the bust of Nefertiti)—the Pergamon Museum has one of the world’s finest collections of Near Eastern antiquities, including the eponymous altar—fly to Heathrow, arriving c.5.30pm.
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Very instructive and well-planned, as exemplified in the variety of churches, public buildings, palaces and gardens seen in Berlin, Potsdam and Dresden.
A. & A. A., Oxfordshire
Our lecturer was excellent. He is a walking encyclopedia but he also knows how to make it all so very interesting.J. H., British Columbia
I feel privileged to have been shown around by someone with such an amazing breadth of knowledge.A. G., North Yorkshire
Very pleased with it and feel that we would have seen only a fraction of the places visited if we had been by ourselves.A.L., Berkshire
This was our first Martin Randall tour and we were very impressed. It exceeded our expectations – well managed, first class guide, good accommodation and pleasant travel companions.B.R. & G.R., London
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