Large castle with 3 floors to tour. They offered a tablet which included an app making several…read morerooms interactive which was cool. We got the combined porcelain factory and castle tour. Both are a decent walk, we tried to figure out the bus but was unsuccessful given language issues.

First off the city is beautiful, a nice day trip. The cathedral connected to the castle is worth…read morethe $$$. Beautiful architecture & stain glass. Now the castle. 10/10 would recommend the first room to the left. You put on these fancy slippers and it becomes an ice skating rink. I could spend HOURS in this room. Of course the rest of the museum is beautiful and offers a lot of information but man I would pay just to ice skate in that room every single day.

This is one of a kind porcelain. State of the art design and artists. Very interesting tour. I…read morethink this porcelain is unique in the world.

Never knew what went into making porcelain but I now have a HUGE appreciation!…read more Meissen Porcelain is world-renowned for being the 1st porcelain maker in the western world, to have cracked the code on the Chinese porcelain techniques and perfected the quality for the western world Visiting this modest-on-the-outside establishment holds a wondrous world of craftsmanship on the inside. I would recommend taking the tour AND seeing the museum but allow at least double the amount of the time you were planning, because there is SO MUCH to see! We got earphones that pumped in an English overview of the German tour so everyone can take tours at the same time. Started out with an overview of porcelain making and how it came to Germany then we saw the actual artistry - as we entered each room, experts in that particular field of porcelain making would come in & work on their assigned piece......it takes years to master a task & these people made it look easy as pie! Taking the initial ingredients to the painstakingly hand-painted and glazing process, I could see why Meissen was so precious and sought after They also had a couple of different "gift shops" - 1 for their newest collections and another outlet-type of shop, where you can find discounted items Plates, bowls, tea services, figurines & everything you can think of.....if it's made by Meissen, you can find it here. Must stop and a destination visit for sure!!