Saxon Wine Trail - Stage 1 - From Pirna to Dresden-Pillnitz

• Stop off and taste Saxon wine in wineries, cozy Strauss taverns and wine bars with the title "Especially recommended in the wine country of Saxony"


• Enjoy magnificent vantage points with views of the Elbe valley


• Experience historic means of transportation
  - Weiße Flotte Sachsen GmbH www.saechsische-dampfschiffahrt.de


• Travel offers (hiking without luggage)
  - AugustusTours
  - Corso Reisen

Take the A4 highway towards Dresden and then the A17 highway towards Pirna/Prague.

Take the Pirna exit and follow the signs for Pirna-Zentrum on the B172.

In the center, cross the Elbe bridge and turn right onto Postaer Straße (signposted as "Oberposta").

Follow this road to the end. The hiking parking lot is on the right-hand side.

Dresden Pillnitz:

via highway A4: Exits Dresden-Hellerau or Dresden-Altstadt, continue in the direction of Pillnitz

via highway A17: exit Pirna, continue towards Radeberg, exit Graupa, continue to Pillnitz

Hikers' parking lot on the Elbe on Postaer Straße at the entrance to Mockethaler Grund in the Pirna district of Oberposta

Dresden Pillnitz:

Parking lot Lohmener Straße/corner of Otto-Schindler-Straße

Leonardo-da-Vinci-Straße parking lot

• Start: by S-Bahn S1, S2 to (H) Pirna, Bf continue by ferry F9 (H Pirna, Fähre/Elbeparkplatz or H Pirna Copitz, Fährstelle)
  VVO-Verbindungsauskunft to Wanderparkplatz an der Elbe am Eingang Mockethaler Grund, Pirna (Oberposta)


• Destination: by bus 63 from (H) Dresden, Pillnitz town hall.
  VVO connection information from the former village square Am Rathaus Pillnitz


• Stop on the way (Pirna-Copitz): with train RB 71 (Pirna - Neustadt (Sachsen) - Sebnitz), (H) Pirna, Copitz Nord (at BSZ für Technik und Wirtschaft Pirna)

* 7-part hiking map set "Sächsischer Weinwanderweg" (6.50 euros) - order from bookshops (ISBN 978-3-86843-124-7) or via www.sachsen-kartographie.de (map store, hiking tour guide) or via www.meierwerbung-dresden.de (map sets)

* Hiking and cycling map "Sachsischer Weinwanderweg", Dr. Barthel Verlag (8.90 euros) - order from bookshops (ISBN 978-3-89591-227-6) or via www.verlag-dr-barthel.de (cycling and hiking maps, zig-zag folding)

Tourismusverband Elbland Dresden e. V.
Dresdner Straße 7
01662 Meißen
Phone: +49 3521 76350
Fax: +49 3521 763540
www.visit-dresden-elbland.de/
www.facebook.com/Saechsisches.Elbland

There is a dedicated website for the Saxon Wine Trail with all the information on the individual stages, maps, interesting sights, places to stop for refreshments and much more:

https://weinwandern-sachsen.de/

Attention! Please check the opening times of the various refreshment stops along the way before starting your hike so that you are not left standing in front of closed doors. For example, taverns are usually only open at weekends or in spring and fall.