Available Dates:
* Branitz Castle - Muskau:
08. Jul - 11. Jul 2009
04. Aug - 07. Aug 2009
* Muskau Castle - Branitz:
10. Jul - 14. Jul 2009
07. Aug - 10. Aug 2009
Tour Itinerary:
Day 1: Individual arrival at Bad Muskau (Muskau Spa), hotel "Am Schlossbrunnen". This family operated hotel is located near the banks of the Neisse river and at the Northern end of the Muskau park in a very quiet surroundings. One may stroll through the little town, maybe via the border bridge into Poland for shopping.
Day 2: In the morning at 10 am the mail coach stops in front of your hotel and takes you through the town of Muskau to the castle park. A ride through the park, on (prior) request via the "double bridge" into Polish part of the park, back to the orangery, a refreshment in the castle café, a visit in the visitor’s center with all its interesting books and maps about the prince, his castles, his parks.
Then the coach rolls along the high banks of the Neisse river, on quiet tracks, passing goat farms, to the hamlet of Jerischke. Here make a short stop at the schools field center: an interesting exhibition about the unique geology of "Muskauer Faltenbogen" has sufficient information, to understand easier the coming scenery. It is possible, too, to obtain a small snack.
The mail-coach continues via the small village of Preschen to the out skirts of Gross-Koelzig, bends off to Jocksdorf, well known by its monkey enclosure with its snack station. In a wide bend via Klein-Koelzig the coach touches again the out skirts of Gross-Koelzig and approaches finally the town of Doebern. It is worth to dismount the coach at the glass works to watch the production of crystal, to buy maybe some souvenirs in the factory outlet and to take a snack in the glass works tavern. Afterwards the coach goes to the pension "Kristall-Bowling" where we will spend the night.
Day 3: In the morning at 9 am the mail coach picks you up in front of the pension; we drive through the "Muskauer Faltenbogen", see the relicts of the mines, its tubs, the entrances into the shafts, and, again, the subsidence, caused by the glaciers. Soon we will arrive in the town of Bohsdorf and pass the „Laden“ (=shop), the home of the novelist Erwin Strittmatter, who, first as a baker, later as a local reporter, and soon as a writer has described so well the life of the little people of his homeland. A visit of the "Laden" brings us back into the atmosphere of a time between the two World Wars.
Continuing our tour we come into the small village of Hornow, where we should not resist the temptation to visit the famous confectioner with his home- and handmade sweets. A very nice young Belgian couple had established a confectioners here in the middle of no-where, now famous for its products far beyond the limits of the area. In a show workshop you may watch the production of these sweet temptations and, of course, you may take them away, too.
The further stage brings us to Klein-Loitz. From here we may make a little detour to the farm museum of Bloischdorf. Behind Wadelsdorf the road leads a long way through the forests, later we arrive at Bagenz where we stop for lunch. Via Neuhausen, Koppatz and Kahren we arrive at the outer park of Branitz. The so-called "English Avenue" (Englische Allee) brings us to the "Park Forgery" and further-on into the Branitz park itself. This park is famous for the two pyramids, the land pyramid and the water pyramid, both probably influenced by the long journeys of the Prince Pueckler to Egypt and the neighboring Maghreb. A visit of the castles is possible as well. For the mail-coach passengers a transfer to the hotels nearby is provided.
Day 4: Either individual return home or alternatively a second night in the hotel. During the day an outing into the Spreewald is possible, of course with a day long tour on punted boats through the countless canals. The transfer from and back to the hotel as well as the boat outing is inclusive.
Day 5: By mail-coach we ride back to Doebern.
Day 6: The mail-coach takes us from Doebern to Muskau. Overnight there again in the hotel "Am Schlossbrunnen".
Day 7: Individual return.
Notes:
Airfare is not included in the tour price.
Price Includes:
1. Mail-coach Journey:
- 3 x accommodations, 1x 3* hotel (Bad Muskau), 1x 2* pension (Döbern), 1x 4* hotel (Cottbus)
- 3x breakfast
- Mail-coach journey with a four-in-hand original mail-coach
- On request: transfer of your car from Muskau to Branitz or vice versa (additional costs).
2. Self drivers with our turnouts and groom:
- 3x stables (mostly loose boxes), bedding, hay,and feed (oats)
- 3x accommodations 1x 3* hotel (Bad Muskau), 1x 2* pension (Döbern) or rooms at the barn, 1x 4* hotel (Cottbus)
- Transfers from stables to the hotels are possible
- 3x breakfast
- Detailed route map (scale 1: 50.000) with exact verbal description in English, all addresses and phone numbers, hints on tourist attractions along the way
- On request: transfer of your car from Muskau to Branitz or vice versa (additional costs).
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