Germany: Saxony Engages Travelers with Compelling Microsite

With European travel approaching high season, an escape to stunning Saxony, Germany, where lovers of history, castles, classical music, art museums and charming towns can experience the region at its most beautiful through the new microsite www.saxonytraveldreams.com.

With the traditional European travel season approaching the Coronavirus has made staycations the mandate. The new microsite offers the perfect antidote to the stay at home corona virus regulations. This microsite takes you there, to Saxony, creating an immersive visual and audio experience.


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"It is now more important than ever to keep in touch with international markets and provide our most important source markets with information on an ongoing basis. We are making sure that memories of Saxony are kept alive in the minds of our international guests," says TMGS managing director Veronika Hiebl.

Whether you love history, castles, wine, charming towns and palaces, classical music or art museums, Saxony has it all so you don't have to choose. The land of Luther and Bach brings its charm and talents to the fore in the new #saxonytraveldreams campaign.

Stocked with beautiful videos and photographs, visitors get a taste of the beauty and creativity that is alive in Saxony today. Although you may not be able to hop on a plane and travel there, this eastern state in Germany is a bastion for the arts and music and you can get a sense of these treasurers from your own home. The videos from journalists, bloggers and influencers are outstanding and objectively showcase Saxony at its most beautiful.


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Two times per week the music city of Leipzig, broadcasts live stream performances from the world-famous Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra. Broadcasts start every Thursday and Friday at 12 pm (Europe time) and are then available for 24 hours.

In Dresden, the landmark Frauenkirche (Church of our Lady) that rose from the GDR ashes produces a short "musical greetings" on the church's YouTube channel or visitors can choose to go on a 360-degree tour. Jan Vogler, the director of the Dresden Music Festival has organized an online music festival to replace the recently cancelled Dresden Music Festival.

The spa town of Bad Elster, a hidden gem in southern Saxony, goes digital with its philharmonic and presents a range of live recordings every Wednesday and Saturday at 7.30 pm (Europe time) plus special music performances by individual orchestra members.

But it's not just music, there is art and incredible towns to explore. From the movie town of Görlitz, where The Grand Budapest Hotel among many other movies was filmed, to Radebeul, Leipzig and Torgau: Saxony's enchanting towns and cities delight with unique architecture, fascinating history, interesting museums, and character.  

Truly there are many undiscovered gems and places that are not crowded and worth every penny to visit. Also, many of Saxony's castles are off the beaten track and in this site, you will visit some of them and receive two unique immersive experiences created by local students built around famous palaces and castles in Dresden.


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Two sites which have been awarded UNESCO World Heritage status impressively underline Saxony's reputation as the number one cultural tourist destination in Germany: "Muskauer Park/Park Muzakowski", a joint Polish-German site, and the "Ore Mountains/Krusnohori Mining Region" site of German/Czech cultural heritage. These beautiful areas are available for 360 tours.

For example, known as Saxony's "silver town", 800-year-old Freiberg at the foot of the "Ore Mountains has beautiful patrician townhouses, reflecting the wealth derived from the once thriving mining industry, and features a fascinating cathedral - discover the town on a 360-degree tour.


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These are only a few of the highlights that Saxony has to offer, and they will whet your appetite for when you are able to travel again.

All images courtesy of Saxony tourism.

www.saxonytraveldreams.com

www.facebook.com/SaxonyTourism

www.instagram.com/SaxonyTourism

#saxonytraveldreams, #visitsaxony

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