5/5 Aggie W. 1 year ago on Google
Schwetzingen
Palace
and
Garden
is
about
10
minutes
walk
from
Schwetzingen
train
station.
The
road
leading
to
the
palace
is
very
clean
and
dotted
with
cute
stores
and
cafes.
The
palace
is
accessible
only
through
a
guided
tour
which
is
included
in
the
entrance
fee.
There
are
very
frequent
guided
tours
in
German.
There
are
only
two
guided
tours
that
are
offered
in
English
in
the
afternoon.
On
the
day
when
I
visited,
I
did
not
have
enough
time
to
wait
for
the
English
tour,
so
I
decided
to
go
with
the
German
tour
even
though
I
did
not
know
a
word
of
German.
Luckily
they
had
a
print
out
transcript
in
English,
French
and
another
language,
maybe
Dutch.
The
transcript
offered
some
basic
information
and
history
of
each
of
the
rooms.
But
apparently
the
guide
had
more
interesting
stories
to
tell.
Each
of
the
rooms
was
quite
small
and
felt
dark
because
of
the
old
wallpapers.
But
they
were
maintained
well.
Through
the
tour,
you
got
a
glimpse
of
how
a
nobleman’s
life
was
look
like
back
in
18th
century.
The
tour
took
about
30
minutes.
The
best
part
of
the
palace
is
its
splendid
garden.
The
central
garden
was
designed
in
a
very
symmetrical
pattern
with
landscape
and
flower
beds
exactly
the
same
way
on
both
sides.
The
arched
trees
provide
some
shades.
There
are
lots
of
sculptures
spreading
out
through
the
garden.
The
garden
is
huge.
I
only
walked
one
third
of
it
as
it
was
a
super
hot
day.
I
was
told
that
the
garden
had
the
best
show
of
cherry
and
apple
blossoms
in
the
spring.
Will
come
back
again
in
the
spring.