Main information:

Information for visitors on opening hours and private tours

Opening hours

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

 

 

Picture: Bayreuth New Palace

Bayreuth New Palace and Court Garden

Ludwigstr. 21, 95444 Bayreuth

April-September: daily 9 am-6 pm
October-March: daily 10 am-4 pm

The Court Garden is open all year round.

There are no regular guided tours of the New Palace.

It is possible to book guided tours for groups in the following languages: German, English, French, Spanish, Czech (contact).

For individual visitors, handouts in English, French, Italian, Russian and Czech are available.

Italian Palace

The Italian Palace can only be visited with a guided tour (tours in German every 30 minutes).
Last guided tour: April-September: 5.15 pm · October-March: 3.15 pm

It is possible to book guided tours for groups in the following languages: German, English, French, Spanish, Czech (contact).

For individual visitors, handouts in English, French, Italian, Russian and Czech are available.

 

 

Picture: Margravial Opera House Bayreuth

Margravial Opera House Bayreuth

Opernstr. 14, 95444 Bayreuth

April-September: daily 9 am-6 pm
(Admission times: 9 am, 9.45 am, 10.30 am [engl.], 11.15 am, noon, 12.45 pm, 1.30 pm, 2.15 pm, 3 pm, 3.45 pm, 4.30 pm, 5.15 pm)
Lecture in English: daily 10.30 am

27.08.-13.09.2020: Bayreuth Baroque Opera Festival
Information on visiting the Margravial Opera House during the Bayreuth Baroque Opera Festival

October-March: daily 10 am-4 pm
(Admission times: 10 am, 10.45 am, 11.30 am, 12.15 pm, 1 pm , 1.45 pm, 2.30 pm, 3.15 pm)
Lecture in English: daily 1 pm

Please note: Closing times of the Margravial Opera House

The opera house may be closed temporarily due to event rehearsals.
The current closing times you will find here.

Unfortunately, no group or special tours can be booked at the Margravial Opera House.

 

How does the visit of the Margravial Opera House work?

In the Margravial Opera House the auditorium can be visited from the parquet floor; there are fixed admission times (see above). After you have taken a seat in the parquet of the opera house, a short introductory film will be shown (German with English subtitles). Our staff will then give you a lecture on the Opera House (April-September 10.30 am in English, otherwise in German) and you will have a brief look around the parquet floor. Leaflets in Chinese, English, French, Italian, Japanese, Russian, Spanish and Czech are available for foreign-language guests.

Visiting the Opera House during the Bayreuth Baroque Opera Festival (27.8.-13.9.2020):
Visits are possible during preparations and rehearsals at fixed admission times. During your visit, you will receive brief information about the festival and the current rehearsal situation, supplemented by interesting facts about the opera house via audio guide (in German and English).

 

 

Picture: Hermitage New Palace, Temple of the Sun

Hermitage and Court Garden

Eremitage 4, 95448 Bayreuth

Hermitage Old Palace:
April-September: daily 9 am-6 pm
1-15 October: daily 10 am-4 pm
16 October-March: closed

The Court Garden is open all year round.

The Old Palace can only be visited with a guided tour (tours in German every 45 minutes, duration approx. 60 minutes).
Last guided tour: April-September: 5.15 pm
1.-15. October: 3.15 pm

It is possible to book guided tours for groups in the following languages: German, English, French, Spanish, Czech (contact).

For individual visitors, handouts in English, French, Italian and Russian are available.

Waterworks from May to mid-October every hour:
Bassin at the New Palace 10 am-5 pm · Lower Grotto 10.15 am-5.15 pm

Sanspareil Rock Garden / Oriental Building / Zwernitz Castle

 

Picture: Beech tree in the inner courtyard of the Oriental Building

Sanspareil 34 and Sanspareil 29 (Zwernitz Castle)
96197 Wonsees

Oriental Building and Zwernitz Castle:
April-September: 9 am-6 pm
1-15 October: 10 am-4 pm
closed Mondays
(except: Easter Monday, 1 May, Whit Monday, 3 October)
16 October-March: closed

Sanspareil Rock Garden is open all year round.

There are no regular guided tours of Zwernitz Castle.

The Oriental Building can only be visited with a guided tour (tours in German every 45 minutes, duration approx. 30 minutes).
Last guided tour: April-September: 5.15 pm
1.-15. October: 3.15 pm

Fantaisie Palace

The opening hours and much more information about Fantaisie Palace can be found at www.gartenkunst.museum.de.

Private tours

We are happy to organize guided tours for groups, also of the court gardens (contact).

Please note that it is not possible to book group or special tours of the Margravial Opera House.