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Best of Germany and Austria
15 Days From $2,199USd (Subtract 15% from
this price)
Featuring: Frankfurt, Cologne, Hamburg, Berlin, Wurzburg, Rothenburg,
Munich, Salzburg, Vienna, Innsbruck, Oberammergau, Freiburg,
Heidelberg
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Day 1 Depart USA Overnight flight to Frankfurt.
Day 2 Arrive Frankfurt You are met at Frankfurt airport
and transferred to your hotel. Our afternoon orientation tour explores
the dynamic financial centre and the medieval Römerplatz. Tonight,
we enjoy a welcome drink with our Tour Director. (Dinner)
Day 3 Frankfurt - Rhine - Cruise - Cologne Today we
head to St. Goar to embark on a scenic Rhine cruise past castles and
vineyards. We rejoin our coach at Boppard and head via Bonn to Cologne
where an orientation includes the gothic Cathedral. The rest of the
day is at leisure. (Buffet Breakfast/ Dinner)
Day 4 Cologne - Hamburg We drive via Lower Saxony en
route to Hamburg. On arrival, orientation in this Hanseatic port shows
us the major points of interest. Later, why not take a cruise on the
famous harbour? (Buffet Breakfast/ Dinner)
Day 5 Hamburg - Berlin (2nights) This morning it's a
fast run to historic Berlin – once a divided city, now enjoying
new freedom and excitement since the infamous Wall came down in 1989.
The rest of your day is free. (Buffet Breakfast)
Day 6 Berlin sightseeing and at leisure Today the city's
history and momentous events mingle on our interesting sightseeing
tour. We will see the Brandenburg Gate, Unter den Linden Boulevard,
the Reichstag Building, German State Opera House, Tiergarten and the
shopping and entertainment district of Kurfürstendamm. Your evening
is at leisure. (Buffet Breakfast)
Day 7 Berlin - Bayreuth - Würzburg Today we head
pass Potsdam and across the River Elbe. Then we pass Leipzig into
western Germany to the town of Bayreuth, home of the Wagner Festival.
Later we arrive in historic Würzburg, where views of the Marienburg
fortress and the Prince-Bishops' Residenz are featured on our orientation
tour. (Buffet Breakfast/ Dinner)
Day 8 Würzburg - Dachau - Munich Today we drive
via the Romantic Road and Rothenburg into the heart of Bavaria and
the Dachau village to visit the sinister concentration camp for sobering
reminders of the horrors of World War II. Next it's on to Munich where
an orientation includes the Olympic Stadium and City Hall with its
Glockenspiel clock. Tonight why not discover some of Munich's lively
beer halls. (Buffet Breakfast)
Day 9 Munich - Salzburg Off to Salzburg where spires
and domes are overlooked by the fortress of Hohensalzburg. On arrival,
sightseeing on foot explores the city that featured in "The Sound
of Music" and which is best known as Mozart's birthplace. We'll
see the family house in the picturesque Getreidegasse and admire the
Domplatz, the baroque square dominated by its Cathedral. (Buffet Breakfast/
Dinner)
Day 10 Salzburg - Dürnstein - Vienna (2nights)
Enjoy breathtaking scenery on our drive past the Mondsee Lake to the
Danube Valley. From the Monastery of Melk, vineyards line the river
to Dürnstein where Richard the Lionheart was held prisoner and
subsequently found by Blondel, his faithful minstrel. Our afternoon
arrival in elegant Vienna leaves the rest of your day at leisure.
(Buffet Breakfast)
Day 11 Vienna sightseeing and at leisure Highlights
of this Austrian capital are revealed on our sightseeing tour; from
the Opera to the Hofburg and Belvedere Palace Gardens, from St. Stephen's
Cathedral to the Parliament. Then free time to visit the Prater amusement
park. Later, why not take in a concert of Strauss music or a little
Opera? (Buffet Breakfast)
Day 12 Vienna - Innsbruck We travel through the Vienna
Woods, the Salzkammergut and a small section of German Bavaria as
we cross Austria to mountain-ringed Innsbruck. Here an orientation
includes the Golden Roof and the Hofburg Palace. This evening after
dinner, why not take in a Tyrolean folklore show? (Buffet Breakfast/
Dinner)
Day 13 Innsbruck - Oberammergau Neuschwanstein - Freiburg
Today we head into Germany to Oberammergau, home of the famous Passion
Play. On to view Neuschwanstein – mad King Ludwig's fairytale
castle. Later, we skirt around Western Europe's largest lake, the
Bodensee, Lake Constance. Into the green wooded hills of the Black
Forest, where cuckoo clocks were first invented, to the University
town of Freiburg. Orientation shows us the Cathedral and the many
frescoed buildings of this once Austrian city! (Buffet Breakfast/
Dinner)
Day 14 Freiburg - Heidelberg - Frankfurt Our first stop
this morning is at Heidelberg where there's time to view the Castle
which dominates the University city of 'Student Prince' fame. From
here we drive through the Rhineland on our way back to Frankfurt.
This evening, why not enjoy a farewell dinner with your fellow companions?
(Buffet Breakfast)
Day 15 Frankfurt - USA This morning bid farewell as
we transfer you to the airport for your return flight to America.
(Buffet Breakfast)
