The Saxon Wine Trail leads through the northernmost self-contained wine growing region in Europe. Wine growing has an 800-year tradition there. On 50 kilometres of steep vineyards, 21 different varieties of vines are grown to produce white and red wine.

Cities such as Dresden, Meissen and Pirna are just as much part of the Saxon Wine Trail as the little wine growing

villages.

The entire region is interspersed with cosy wine bars in the mountains or in cellars, where visitors can sample the exquisite wines and, naturally, also purchase them.

The Saxon Wine Trail is also a holiday trail, offering comfortable accommodation in small guest houses,

inns and hotels - which naturally have a balanced assortment of local wines and food.

The best of these have been awarded the quality seal: "Highly recommended on the Saxon Wine Trail". When the grapes are harvested in autumn, the countless wine festivals are well worth a visit. The Saxon Wine Queen can often be found at these festivals, charmingly ruling over the entire wine growing region.

The Saxon Wine Trail can be discovered in various ways: by guided tour on foot, by cycle along the almost perfectly straight Elbe Cycle Path, on board a 100-year old paddle steamer or on one of the nostalgic steam trains.