Colditz Castle

You step into the cobbled courtyard just as the clock strikes ten, the stone still slick from an early shower. A guide turns a heavy key and ushers you into the attic glider room—rebuilt to the 1944 design that once hid above the beams. From the windows, the Mulde valley unfurls; inside, the Prisoners’ Museum brings out silk escape maps, improvised uniforms, and pencil-sketched tunnel plans. The bastions tell an older story, too: a Saxon fortress that doubled as an asylum and state prison in the 19th century.

Collected from your Leipzig hotel at the agreed time, you cruise via the B2 and S242—about 45–50 minutes, traffic depending—in a recent Mercedes. The car remains at your disposal: drop-off at the gate, waiting during the tour, then a swift hop to the panoramic terrace with no parking worries. With a dedicated driver in Saxony, the schedule flexes to taste: a coffee stop on Colditz’s Markt, a short spin along the Mulde, and on the way back a 30-minute break in Grimma to stroll the Pöppelmann bridge or sample a slice of Eierschecke.