Saxon Switzerland

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Saxon Switzerland is a hilly climbing area and national park around the Elbe valley south-east of Dresden in Saxony, Germany. Together with the Bohemian Switzerland in the Czech Republic it forms the Elbe Sandstone Mountains. ()

Local name: Sächsische Schweiz Coordinates: 50°54'41"N, 14°10'14"E

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Saxon Switzerland – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Saxon Switzerland climbing region, Bad Schandau Elevator, historischer Personenaufzug Bad Schandau, Pflanzengarten Bad Schandau.

0.8 miNW
Climbing
Saxon Switzerland climbing region, Bad Schandau
21 min walk • Saxon Switzerland is the largest and one of the best-known climbing regions in Germany, located in the Free State of Saxony. The region is largely coterminous with the natural region of the same name, Saxon Switzerland, but extends well beyond the territory of the National Park within it.
0.5 miNW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Bad Schandau Elevator, Bad Schandau
14 min walk • The Bad Schandau Elevator is a passenger truss-tower elevator built in 1904 at Bad Schandau, a spa town in Saxony, Germany. The height of the elevator is 52.6 metres, in an art nouveau-style steel framework tower, which has a diameter of 5.2 metres at the ground and at the door such of 2.5 metres.
0.5 miNW
50°55'0"N • 14°9'41"E
historischer Personenaufzug Bad Schandau, Bad Schandau
14 min walk • Observation decks and towers, View point
1 miSE
Botanical garden
Pflanzengarten Bad Schandau
25 min walk • The Pflanzengarten Bad Schandau is a botanical garden located in the Saxon Switzerland National Park on the Kirnitzschtalstraße, Bad Schandau, Saxony, Germany. It is open daily in the warmer months.

Saxon Switzerland

Facts and practical information

Saxon Switzerland – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Saxon Switzerland climbing region, Bad Schandau

Bad Schandau Elevator, Bad Schandau

historischer Personenaufzug Bad Schandau, Bad Schandau

Pflanzengarten Bad Schandau