Christmas Dresden is like a fairytale

Hey. I’ve been lucky enough to visit the beautiful Christmas town of Dresden in Germany for two years in a row. Since I moved from Slovakia to the Czech republic my traveling adventures much expanded as many of the agency trips start from Prague.

Both of my Dresden trips were through a travel agency. Me and my friends booked the trip online for just around 10 euros by bus from Prague to Dresden directly. The ride there took around 1-2 hours – the closer to Christmas the longer it takes because of all the traffic jams. Our bus stopped near the Christmas markets and from there on we were on our own.

We had a map of Dresden that we received on the bus but it was very easy to move in there without a map as well. It’s a town meant for tourists so it’s very clearly marked.

Dresden is a town with a rich history and we got to visit many interesting landmarks. The sad part was that we did not have any tour guide to introduce the spectacular buildings to us but we still get to appreciate the beauty. It was like straight out of a fairytale.

It’s a really small town and we had around 8 hours to explore it and it was more than enough. We spend most of the time shopping in Primark for Christmas gifts anyway.

This might sound odd to my American or English readers but we don’t have Primark in both Slovakia and the Czech republic so if we want to go cheap shopping we have to travel to Dresden or Vienna as those are the closest ones.

Dresden has the most beautiful Christmas markets I have ever witnessed.

I’ve been to Kosice, Bratislava, Vienna, Prague for Christmas markets but none of them could come even close to Dresden’s ones. Even though it’s very small the Christmas atmosphere there was unbelievable. Each stall was beautifully decorated with twigs, cartoon characters, animals, balls, stars, and other Christmas decorations. It was so pleasant to look at.  There were many many many stalls with food and drinks but also with sweets and Christmas decorations as well as simple clothes and jewelry ones.

In the middle of the markets stood an enormous Christmas tree with beautiful Christmas lights. On the side was a huge Ferris wheel also decorated with Christmas lights. You could enjoy this pretty view from the big elevated podium where we took these nice pictures. The whole place was crowded with tourists. Same as the last time I visited.

It was so magical and even though I’ve been there twice already I’m definitely gonna go again and I recommend you to visit Dresden as well.

We had a great time both times and I don’t think I’ll ever have enough of that sight.

Thank you so much for your attention
Have a lovely and peaceful Christmas
xo Natalia