Experience the special flair of the Christmas season.
You can look over the shoulders of master craftsmen at work and experience traditional craftsmanship up close in a number of workshops that have been preserved to this day: hoop turning in a Seiffen toymaker's workshop, lace making in an Annaberg parlour, the production of smoked candles with the popular Christmas scents and the baking of Erzgebirge Christmas stollen.
The mining parades and processions as well as Metten shifts in the strongholds of the former silver mining industry are particularly moving. The traditions and customs in the Ore Mountains are many centuries old and enduring in Saxony's culture.
Christmas in the Ore Mountains:
The Ore Mountains are the cradle of German Christmas traditions. Nutcrackers, candle arches and smokers have been made from wood here for centuries, creating a cosy atmosphere during the Advent season. You can look over the shoulders of the master craftsmen at work in various workshops and experience traditional craftsmanship up close: tyre turning in a Seiffen toymaker's workshop, lace-making in an Annaberg parlour, the production of smoked candles with the popular Christmas scents and the baking of Erzgebirge Christmas stollen.Our itinerary:
Day 1 - Visit to the stollen bakery and dinner
- Visit to a stollen bakery with tasting
- Dinner at the hotel
Overnight stay in a 3-star hotel in the Ore Mountains
Day 2 - Visit to the show workshops and dinner
- Dinner at the hotel
Overnight stay in a 3-star hotel in the Ore Mountains
2. Day 2 - Visit to show workshops and ride on the Fichtelberg railway
- Trip to Seiffen with a visit to the Seiffen show workshop
- Trip on the Fichtelberg railway from Cranzahl to Oberwiesenthal
- Dinner at the hotel
Overnight stay in a 3-star hotel in the Ore Mountains
Day 3 - Christmas market Annaberg-Buch
Overnight stay in a 3-star hotel in the Ore Mountains
Overnight stay in a 3-star hotel in the Ore Mountains. Day 3 - Christmas market Annaberg-Buchholz & visit to a smoked cone manufacturer
- Annaberg-Buchholz with Christmas market
- Visit to the St. Annenkirche
- Visit to the "Manufaktur der Träume"
- Visit to an incense cone manufacturer
Overnight stay in a 3-star hotel in the Erzgebirge
Day 4 - Visit to an Erzgebirge Christmas market and journey home
Visit to a Christmas market in the Erzgebirge
