Main information:
Information for visitors on opening hours and private tours
Information / Coronavirus
At the moment, the sights of the Bavarian Palace Department are still closed. We are currently preparing for the reopening of our houses. As soon as we can provide more detailed information about where and how we will be able to reopen our sights, we will inform you about it here.
Opening hours
Public holidays: All buildings are closed on 1 January, Shrove Tuesday and 24, 25 and 31 December.
Bayreuth New Palace and Court Garden
Ludwigstr. 21, 95444 Bayreuth
April-September: daily 9 am-6 pm
October-March: daily 10 am-4 pm
The Court Garden is open all year round.
There are no regular guided tours of the New Palace.
Guided tours for groups are currently not available.
For individual visitors, handouts in English, French, Italian, Russian and Czech are available.
Margravial Opera House Bayreuth
Opernstr. 14, 95444 Bayreuth
April-September: daily 9 am-6 pm
(Admission times: 9 am, 9.45 am, 10.30 am [engl.], 11.15 am, noon, 12.45 pm, 1.30 pm, 2.15 pm, 3 pm, 3.45 pm, 4.30 pm, 5.15 pm)
Lecture in English: daily 10.30 am
October-March: daily 10 am-4 pm
(Admission times: 10 am, 10.45 am, 11.30 am, 12.15 pm, 1 pm [engl.], 1.45 pm, 2.30 pm, 3.15 pm)
Lecture in English: daily 1 pm
The opera house may be closed temporarily due to event rehearsals. List of the current closing times
Unfortunately, no group or special tours can be booked at the Margravial Opera House.
Visiting the Margravial Opera House
The auditorium of the Margravial Opera House can be viewed from the stalls; there are fixed admission times (see above). After you have taken a seat in the stalls (two wheelchair places available), a short introductory film will be shown (German with English subtitles).
Afterwards you will learn interesting facts about the Margravial Opera House in a lecture by our staff (April-September 10.30 am and October-March 1 pm in English, otherwise in German) and you can then briefly look around in the stalls area.
Leaflets in Chinese, English, French, Italian, Japanese, Russian, Spanish and Czech are available for foreign-language guests.
Hermitage Court Garden
Eremitage 4, 95448 Bayreuth
The Court Garden is open all year round.
Waterworks at Hermitage Court Garden
May to October every hour:
Bassin at the New Palace:
daily 10 am-5 pm
Lower Grotto:
daily 10.15 am-5.15 pm
Sanspareil Rock Garden
Sanspareil 34, 96197 Wonsees
Sanspareil Rock Garden is open all year round.
Fantaisie Palace and Park
The opening hours and much more information about Fantaisie Palace can be found at www.gartenkunst.museum.de.
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