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Rebuilt after wartime bombing (and having reopened in early 2024 after a major 18-month renovation), the historic Taschenberg Palace—the work of Zwinger architect Matthäus Daniel Pöppelmann—is Dresden's premier address and the last word in luxury, as befits the former residence of the Saxon crown princes. The Karl Mai bar serves the best cocktails in a rustic faux-western atmosphere
This centrally located hotel contains Italian-designed rooms bathed in red and yellow and arranged alongside a garden courtyard.
This hotel is all modern, designed by Italian interior architect Denis Santachiara, and is decorated with more than 600 works of art by Dresden-born painter and sculptor A. R. Penck.
One of the most intimate first-class hotels in Saxony, the Bülow-Residenz is in a Baroque palace built in 1730 by a wealthy Dresden city official. Each spacious room has thick carpets and mostly dark, warm cherrywood furniture as well as individual accents and modern amenities. Afternoon tea here is a quietly dignified institution.
