Convenience, Comfort and Personalized Car Tours
with John B. Wetstone
15. Bayreuths, Margrave's Opera House and Old Palace
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Door to Door service is yours with all my tours, beginning and ending at your Munich Hotel. Relax and enjoy your holiday with me as your driver, guide, and translator.
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This is a tour for those who wish a full day of unbelievable cultural delight. Please give me lots of advance notice for our planning.
An early start is a must as the locations and Bayreuth are over two hours from the city center of Munich.
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Fountains of the lower grotto, seen on my Bayreuth Tour.
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Margravial Opera House: Built from 1744-48 a true gem of culture to behold!
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Code of Arms of Margravine Opera House.
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Margravine Wilhelmine of Bayreuth 1709-58. Wilhelmine was responsible for the construction and renovations of the many palaces, gardens, fountains and the world famous opera theater.
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Hermitage Old Palace and Court Garden was built in 1753; designed for Wilhelmine known for her Room of Fragmented Mirrors with Chinese motifs.
New Palace in the Hermitage houses, the sun temple which is a tribute to Apollo, 1753-57
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Bayreuth/Wonsees and his Sanspareil Rock Garden and Oriental Building.
Found below the medieval castle (Burg Zwernitz), and ordered restored in 1744 by Margrave Friedrich.
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Opera House of Richard Wagner built by King Ludwig II of Bavaria; bronze bust can be found behind the Wagner Museum.
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So you can (see) there are several points of interests on this Bayreuth Tour!