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Bayreuth Attractions
Much of the inner city is closed to cars and the city is small enough so that you can see almost everything on foot. If you’re arriving by train, however, you’ll save time by taking bus no. 5 from the train station to the Festspielhaus and beginning a our there; fare is 1.60€ and you can buy tickets from machines at the bus stops. You’ll need to take a bus (no. 22) or a taxi to reach Schloss Eremitage. Tourist-Information is in the center of town at Opernstrasse 22 (tel. 0921/88588; www.tourismus.bayreuth.de), open Monday to Saturday 9am to 6pm. From May to October, it is also open Sunday 10am to 2pm.
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Altes Schloss Eremitage (Hermitage)
When Bayreuth’s ebullient Margravine Wilhelmine was presented with a complex of buildings as a birthday present, she transformed the previous owner’s faux-hermitage into a glamorous country palace with an English-style garden and approached by a long drive lined with cypresses she… - Performing Arts Venue
Festspielhaus
The operas of Wagner are dispensed like a musical Eucharist to Wagnerian pilgrims at the Festspielhaus, the opera house he built with the backing of King Ludwig II of Bavaria. Tickets to the Richard Wagner opera festival held in this huge hall, one of the largest opera houses in… - Museum
Franz-Liszt-Museum
Wagner’s wife, Cosima (1837–1930), was the daughter of Franz Liszt (1811–86), the great Hungarian-born composer and piano virtuoso who revolutionized piano playing. The composer lived and died in Bayreuth, and now rests in the local cemetery. The museum shows the room where the… - Historic Site
Haus Wahnfried (Richard-Wagner-Museum)
King Ludwig II gave Wagner the funds to build this comfortable little manor, where he lived from 1874 until his death in Venice of a heart attack in 1883. His wife, Cosima, 24 years his junior, remained in the house for 47 more years, becoming known as the “mistress of Bayreuth.”… - The Performing Arts
Markgräfliches Opernhaus (Margravial Opera House)
Behind the weathered wooden doors of one of the finest and best preserved Baroque theatres in Europe is an ornate interior constructed entirely of wood, glowing with vivid reds and greens and festooned with gilded stuccowork and chandeliers. The house was built under the auspices of… - Historic Site
Neues Schloss (New Palace)
Margravine Wilhelmine’s love of the airy, flowered Rococo style shows through in this three-story horseshoe-shaped structure completed in 1754, shortly after the Margravine and her husband came into his inheritance. The decor created by the Italian stucco-master Pedrozzi is…
