The park on the Ilm

The park along the Ilm River is arguably one of the most beautiful UNESCO World Heritage sites in Weimar, stretching from the Residenzschloss (palace) to Oberweimar. Partly designed by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, it is a striking example of an English landscape garden, brimming with details waiting to be discovered.

Sightseeing features

Royal Palace, Needle's Eye, Bark House, Templar House, Artificial Ruin, Snake Stone, Roman House, Goethe's Garden House, "Star", Star Bridge with Ox-Eye

Belvedere Palace Park

South of Weimar, perched on a hill amidst a sprawling park with an orangery, pleasure garden, and maze, lies Belvedere Palace, the baroque summer residence of the House of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach. Join me as we walk in the footsteps of Anna Amalia and Maria Pavlovna through this extensive grounds, which showcase influences from three centuries of garden and landscape architecture.

Sightseeing features

Russian Garden, hedge theater, palace with cavalier houses, orangery and "Long House", Red Tower, fountain, busts of poets, artificial ruin, ice house