Questions About Dresden Tours
Short answers to the questions that come up before booking a Dresden tour, written from the current data on the 40 tours compared on this site.
Booking And Payment
How Do I Book A Tour?
Every tour card has a Check availability button. Clicking it opens the live page on the platform that sells the tour, where you choose a date, pay and receive your confirmation. Dresden Germany Tours takes no bookings itself.
Can This Site Change Or Cancel My Booking?
No. This site runs no tours and takes no payments. Changes, cancellations and refunds are handled on the platform where you booked, using the confirmation email you were sent.
Are The Tours Run By This Site?
No. Dresden Germany Tours is a comparison site. Every tour is sold by a third-party booking platform and run by the operator named on the card.
Who Do I Contact On The Day Of The Tour?
The operator named on the tour card. Your booking confirmation carries the operator's contact details and the meeting point. This site cannot reach guides or operators on your behalf.
Prices And Cancellation
Are Prices Per Person?
Yes for 36 of the 40 tours. Four private walks, Private Third Reich History Tour, Private General History Walk, Private Walk, City Operator and Private Walk, Global Guide Services, are priced per group instead, so their prices should not be compared with per-person figures.
Can I Cancel For Free?
Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the start is offered on 39 of the 40 tours. The exception is Evening Cruise, Dinner Included, which states 2 days instead.
What Do Tours Cost?
Per-person from-prices run from $15 for the Budget Guided City Walk to $218 at the top end, with a median of $83.50 across the 36 per-person tours.
Do Prices Change?
Yes. Every figure here is a from-price and can move with date, option and demand. The price on the tour page at the moment you book is the one that applies.
Choosing A Dresden Tour
What Kinds Of Tour Are Compared?
Six categories: Old Town Walks, Food And City Sightseeing with 11 tours, Elbe River Cruises with 10, Bike And Segway Tours with 3, Saxon Switzerland And Bohemia Day Trips with 7, Christmas Market Tours with 3, and Day Trips To Dresden with 6.
Can Children Join?
Minimum ages are stated on only three tours: the Neustadt Beer Tour, 3 Tastings at 18, and both Small Group, Tisa Walls Labyrinth and Bastei And Pravcicka Gate Combo at 5. For every other tour no minimum age is stated, so ask the operator before booking.
What If The Weather Is Bad?
It depends on the tour. All-Inclusive Hiking Day Trip and 10-Hour National Park Day Trip operate in all weather conditions, Evening Cruise, Dinner Included takes place regardless of the weather, and Bridges River Tour runs rain or shine. Several cruises note that very high or low water can change the timetable or cancel trips. Check the weather note on each tour page.
Does Any Tour Include Museum Entry?
No tour includes entry to the Frauenkirche dome, the Semperoper, the Green Vault or Koenigstein Fortress. Those places are shown or passed on the routes, with admission separate. Some inclusions do exist, for example the Nymphenbad in the Zwinger on the Budget Guided City Walk and the Zwinger Chinese Porcelain Collection on Prague Trip, Zwinger Entry Included.
Are The Tours In English?
Every card on this site is English-language. Most carry a live English guide, and the rest, the hop-on bus and the river and steamer cruises, have English audio commentary or an English-speaking host, and guiding is not stated for the city bike tour.