Tugendhat after dark and from the terraces: new non-traditional tours of the famous Brno villa
The pair of new circuits will complement the existing offer of the world-famous Brno villa Tugendhat. The interest in gaining insight into the preserved interiors of the functionalist building has long been so high among visitors that tickets are often sold out months in advance. Guides are now interested in introducing the villa after dark, a novelty is also the circuit leading along the local terraces.
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The villa of Greta and Fritz Tugendhat from 1929–1930 was designed by architect Ludwig Mies van der Rohe. It is inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List.
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From June to September, people see a route called Villa Wreaths. On the leading circuit, mainly along the terraces of the villa, they will also look at the parts of the house that are not a classic part of the already established tours. “Thanks to the ingenious connection of interiors and exteriors with the help of large windows of the main living space, we can show the format to clients and explain all the essential concepts of the house without direct entrance,” said Zbyněk Šolc, director of the Brno City Museum.
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Another attraction are the evening tours of the villa. Those interested will see the place in a unique environment always from half past eight in the evening, the capacity is sixteen people. “Interest in tours of the Tugendhat Villa has been constantly high since its reopening in February 2012, and the available tour capacity is often issued several months in advance. This is also evidenced by the fact that more than four hundred thousand people have visited the villa since 2012, “said Petr Dvořák, a spokesman for the villa.
People can take a tour of the gardens in forty minutes, according to the museum it should become a shorter alternative for those who do not have time or an hour and a half long to visit the interiors. Tickets are available on the website of Villa Tugendhat, fifty crowns await you outside the outdoor circuit, and two hundred and fifty crowns more for an evening tour.
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In addition to the technical and architectural design, Villa Tugendhat is a unique large number of original elements and furniture that have been preserved to this day. High authenticity is one of the main reasons why the villa has been on the UNESCO list for twenty-one years. “A foreign visitor is looking for a UNESCO World Heritage Site mainly because they give a certain promise of uniqueness,” Martina Grůzová, director of the Central Office of Tourism – South Moravia, told Deník Rovnost.