Having now visited the site in Weimar I can now understand the lukewarm reviews of what is one of my favourite German WHS.

If you are just visiting to tick it off then it really isn't much more than some well-designed academic buildings. Architecturally interesting but not spectacular, it sort of feels like any other European university, and whilst there are real links to the schools artistic heritage I just didn't feel like I was somewhere particularly important.

It wasn’t until we were walking through the the central building that we discovered there were tours offered, perhaps the site would have made more sense with them.

On the whole it isn't really that interesting and when it is viewed as a detour from central Weimar is somewhat underwhelming.

My advice, if you are wanting to get the best out of this World Heritage Site, make the trip to Dessau.

Site 4: Experience 3