Information for tourists

Opening hours

Public holidays: All buildings are closed on 1 January, Shrove Tuesday and 24, 25 and 31 December.

Picture: New Hermitage Palace, Temple of the Sun Bayreuth New Palace and Court Garden
Ludwigstr. 21, 95444 Bayreuth
April - September:
daily 9 am - 6 pm
October - March:
10 am - 4 pm, closed Mondays

There are guided tours (in German) of the Italian Building at the New Palace every half-hour.

The Court Garden at the New Palace is open all year round.

 

Margravial Opera House Opernstr. 14, 95444 Bayreuth
April - September: daily 9 am - 6 pm
October - March: daily 10 am - 4 pm

There are guided tours (in German) of the Opera House every 45 minutes (daily from 9.15 am / October-March: from 10.15 am).

 

 

Hermitage and Court Garden
Eremitage Haus Nr. 1, 95448 Bayreuth
April - September: daily 9 am - 6 pm
1st - 15 October: daily 10 am - 4 pm
16 October - March: closed

There are guided tours (in German) of the Old Hermitage Palace every 45 minutes.

The Court Garden is open all year round.
Waterworks take place from May to mid-October every hour:
Bassin at Hermitage New Palace 10-18 Uhr / Lower Grotto 10.15-17.15 Uhr

 

 

Sanspareil Rock Garden / Oriental Building / Zwernitz Castle
Haus Nr. 29, 96197 Wonsees
April - September: daily 9 am - 6 pm
1st - 15 October: daily 10 am - 4 pm
16 October - March: closed

There are guided tours (in German) of the Oriental Building at Sanspareil every half-hour.

 

 


Private tours

It is possible to book private tours for groups, also of the court gardens. Please contact our administrative office at Bayreuth (internal link Schloss- und Gartenverwaltung Bayreuth-Eremitage).


Information for the disabled

New Palace
 Accessible for wheelchairs; disabled parking places in front of the New Palace; lift and disabled toilet available; wheelchairs can be hired on request

Margravial Opera House
Accessible for wheelchairs; disabled parking places available

Hermitage
Palaces accessible for wheelchairs, which can also be hired on request. Most of the park is accessible for wheelchairs, with the exception of certain areas with steep paths.

Sanspareil Rock Garden/ Oriental Building / Zwernitz Castle
Oriental Building accessible via the rear entrance; Rock Garden accessible for wheelchairs, with the exception of certain areas with steep paths; the rooms in Zwernitz Castle are only accessible via steps

 

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