Eremitage, Bayreuth

The Hermitage (Eremitage in German) is a park in Bayreuth that houses several historical buildings and ruins. The most famous of these buildings is the Old Palace, which was built in 1715. - it was later replaced by the New Palace which we visited back in April. You can relive that experience here. - We did not tour inside. We chose not to subject the kids to all that 'quiet' time. Instead we ran a little crazy around the park. We really enjoyed exploring the gardens complete with fountains and archways. Take a look.

The Orangerie. There is a restaurant and a store in this building. I originally mistook this building for the Old Palace. It is not:

This is the only photo I'm posting of the Old Palace. I was intrigued by the old-looking chimney stacks. The building was fairly plain. I would like to go back and tour the inside:

On the grounds:

Here Erick is teaching the kids about the 'keystone:'

My beautiful statue:

My monkey in the tree:

My comedians:

We played with the camera. Does it look like my family is being sucked into a time warp?

Trying to get a family picture. Ha ha!

Now all together:

I love all the places there are to see so close to home!