Discover Meissen: Germany's Porcelain City, Meissen, Germany

Meissen has historically been synonymous with porcelain. Since 1710, Meissen has been home to the largest production of china porcelain, outside of China and has been drawing in trickles of tourists. Come discover Meissen for your self and see why this still relatively unheard of, charming little town should be on your next German travel itinerary!

I no longer know when or where I first discovered Meissen (Meißen) and knew immediately I wanted to go. It was probably either an Instagram post or a Pinterest pin. Either way, this trip has been years in the making. I knew Meissen was just the kind of town I wanted to visit, small, relatively unheard of and really one of Germany’s best kept secrets.

I think we have managed to book this trip at least 3 times, and yet we always have the worst luck and have needed to cancel. Finally, we have made the trip especially since we had extra motivation: our hotel was gifted to us as a birthday present from a family member. 

All I know now, Meissen quickly shot up to one of my Top 10 towns in Germany! We had a great time wandering around, porcelain window shopping, eating some of the best food and being utterly amazed by the detail in the porcelain factory! ...... (follow the instructions below for accessing the rest of this article).