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S i n c e t h e n , t h e v i l l a b a t h s , t h e t a v e r n , t h e m a n o r w i t h a m u s e u m s e c t i o n , t h e c o u r t y a r d , t h e r e s i d e n t i a l b u i l d i n g a n d w o r k s h o p a r e a , a n d t h e g a t e h o u s e h a v e a l l b e e n r e b u i l t . T h e o n g o i n g n a t u r e o f t h e w o r k m e a n s t h a t t h e a p p e a r a n c e o f t h e c o m p l e x c h a n g e s a l m o s t d a i l y . E x c a v a t i o n w o r k o n t h e s i t e , w h i c h c o v e r s a n a r e a o f m o r e t h a n 7 . 5 h e c t a r e s , a l s o c o n t i n u e s . R ö m s c h e V a B o r g • M s e u m S c l o s s F e l l e n b e r g • B u g M o n t a Opening times of the Roman Villa Borg Tuesday to Sunday and public holidays April - October 11 to 18 h February - March and November - December: 11 to 16 h Mondays and from 24.12 to 31.01 - closed Opening times of the tavern Same opening times as the Roman Villa Borg. Special events (club, office parties, family gatherings) can be held outside official opening hours on request. Admission prices Adults ............. ............. ............ ............. ............. ............. ........ € 4,00 Famil y (two adults with children up to 14 years) ...... ............... € 8,00 Children under 6 years ............. ............. ............ ......... Free admission Children up to 14 years .................... ............. ............. ............ € 2,00 Groups of 20 or more, per person . ......................................... € 3,00 Schools, flat-rat e price for up to 30 people ............ ............. ... € 35,00 Reduced entry price ................ ............. ............. ............. ........ € 3,00 School children, students, disabled, persons doing military/ci vilian service (please bring your ID with you) Guided tours (by appointment only) Groups of 20 people ............. ......................... ....... flat rate of € 46,00 Schools .................... ............. ............ ............. ....... flat rate of € 20,00 (Special event tours and garden tours available on request.) Roman Villa Borg Im Meeswald 1, D-66706 Perl-Borg Telephone: +49 (0)6865 9117-0 Fax: +49 (0)6865 9117-17 Internet: www.villa-borg.de E-mail: [email protected] Managed by: Kulturstiftung Merzig-Wadern Photos: Helwin Götzinger and Villa Borg Supported by: June 2012 FRANCE M o s e l DEUTSCHLAND S a a r A 8 Merzig Mettlach Perl Sierck-les-Bains Remich Schengen Saarburg Nennig Orscholz Borg L 177 Tünsdorf L U X E M B O U R G B 4 0 6 B 4 0 7 Losheim > < M e t z < L u x e m b o u r g T r i e r > T r i e r > B 4 0 6 N 1 0 N 1 5 3 < Saarbrücken Villa Borg Oberleuken Tünsdorf AS Tünsdorf AS Borg AS Perl 2 3 4
