If you go: Bauhaus
How to get there
By rail, Dessau is about one hour from Leipzig (about $10) or just under two hours from Berlin (about $20).
Where to eat
Restaurant Kornhaus
Kornhausstrasse 146
011-49-340-640-4141
Daily for lunch and dinner. Traditional German comfort food with many versions of pork, sausage, and potatoes, not to mention classic puddings and strudels. Entrees $9.40-$17.
What to do
Bauhaus Building
Gropiusallee 38
011-49-340-650-8251
www.bauhaus-dessau.de
Daily 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Audio tour $4.70
Masters' Houses
Ebertallee 63, 65/67, and 69/71
011-49-340-650-8251
www.bauhaus-dessau.de, www.meisterhaeuser.de
November to mid-February, Tuesday-Sunday 10 a.m.-5 p.m.; mid-February to October, Tuesday-Sunday 10-6. About $6.
Information
www.dessau.de
Click on ''Kultur und Tourismus," then click on the British flag for the English-language site. 