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Right View of the countryside near Bayreuth who took up residence here in 1872.
Below left Entrance to the Markgräfliches His home, Villa Wahnfried (open daily),
Opernhaus, Bayreuth Below right Decorative is on the north eastern side of Neues
signpost in Tüchersfeld Schloss and is now a museum. In the
villa’s garden are the tombs of Wagner
and his wife, Cosima, the daughter
of Franz Liszt. Each summer Bayreuth
hosts the Wagner festival, the
Bayreuther Festspiele, held in the
Festspielhaus, the imposing but
spartan theatre built in 1872–5 to
a design by Gottfried Semper.
Visitors to Bayreuth can also take a
cure at the Lohengrin Therme (www.
VISITING BAYREUTH lohengrin-therme.de), a thermal spa.
ª Follow signs to Fränkische Schweiz/
Parking 1 Bayreuth Hollfeld, Erlanger Strasse, later signed
There is a signposted public Bavaria; 95444 as B22, then turn left on to the road
underground car park (Parkhaus
Rathaus) beneath the Rathaus The city of Bayreuth came into its own signposted Pottenstein.
(town hall). in the early 18th cen tury, when it was
transformed into a fine stone-built 2 Pottenstein
Tourist Information
Opernstrasse 22, 95444; 0921 88 57 31; capital for Margravine Wilhelmine Bavaria; 91278
www.bayreuth.de; Sep–Apr: open (1709–58), sister of Frederick the Great Four valleys meet at Pottenstein,
Mon–Sat; May–Oct: open daily of Prussia. Her residence, the Neues yet the village feels almost walled
Schloss (open daily; www.schloesser. in by the high crags surrounding it.
bayern.de), was built by Joseph Saint- One such rock is topped by the
WHERE TO STAY
Pierre. The elongated three-storey region’s oldest castle, Burg Pottenstein
palace combines Classical lines with (Easter: open daily; Apr: open Sat & Sun;
BAYREUTH
Lohmühle moderate a rustic ground floor. May–Oct: closed Mon; www.
Housed in two fine gabled houses on Another highlight of the city is burgpottenstein.de); below ground are
the site of a former tannery, close to the magnificent Baroque opera house, the Teufelshöhle Caves (Easter–Oct:
the centre of Bayreuth, this hotel has the ornate Markgräfliches Opernhaus open daily; Nov–Easter: open Sun).
21 simple but comfortably furnished (partially closed for renovation until 2018). Besides visiting these sights, visitors
en-suite rooms as well as a restaurant. Built in the 1740s, it has an inte rior can also enjoy the snow-free summer
Badstrasse 37, 95444; 0921 530 60;
www.hotel-lohmuehle.de; prices are designed by Giuseppe Galli Bibiena, toboggan run (www.sommerrodel
higher during the Festspiele who came from a famous Bolognese bahnen-pottenstein.de) here.
family of theatre architects, and his ª Head west from Pottenstein
Goldener Anker expensive
This old and rather grand family-run son Carlo. The city is asso ciated with along the B470/Forchheimer Strasse
hotel has 35 individually styled rooms com poser Richard Wagner (1813–83), to reach the village of Tüchersfeld.
that are trad i tionally furnished. The
in-house restau rant has preserved
its original 1920s Art Deco interior.
Opernstrasse 6, 95444; 0921 787 77 40;
www.anker-bayreuth.de
BURG RABENSTEIN
Burg Rabenstein expensive
There are just 22 individually styled
rooms and suites in this historic castle,
varying in style from prettily rustic to
plush; some include beds with
tapestries and canopies.
Rabenstein 33, 95491; 0920 29 70 04
40; www.burg-rabenstein.de
FORCHHEIM
Hotel am Kronengarten inexpensive
A small and pleasant modern hotel on
the edge of Forchheim’s historic old
town offering comfortable rooms,
some of which are singles and triples.
Bamberger Strasse 6a, 91301;
09191 725 00; www.hotel-am-
kronengarten.de
Where to Stay: inexpensive, under €70; moderate, €70–€150; expensive, over €150

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