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European Escapade
22 Days From $3,599USd (Subtract 15%
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Featuring: England, Belgium, Holland, Germany, Switzerland,
Liechtenstein, Austria, Italy, Monaco, France
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Day 1 Depart USA Overnight flight to London.
Day 2 Arrive London (2nights) After checking into your
Trafalgar hotel, the rest of the day is at leisure.
Day 3 London sightseeing Many major sights are included
on our morning sightseeing tour. (Continental Breakfast)
Day 4 London -Bruges - Brussels Greetings from our Tour
Director, as we drive to the White Cliffs of Dover for our sea crossing
to Calais in France. We drive into Belgium to Bruges where there's
time to expore the narrow streets with gabled houses overlooking picturesque
canals and perhaps try out a Belgian waffle with some beer! Then we
drive to Brussels, Belgian's capital where our Tour Director shows
us the Mannekin Pis and the Grand' Place before a welcome drink tonight.
(Continental breakfast)
Day 5 Brussels - Amsterdam Today we drive to Amsterdam,
where an orientation includes a canal cruise in a glass-topped boat
showing us the gabled houses and ships in the harbour. We also enjoy
a visit to a diamond-polishing factory. This evening we will enjoy
an included Rijsttafel highlight dinner. (Buffet breakfast/ Dinner
in Amsterdam)
Day 6 Amsterdam - Rhine Cruise - Rhineland We drive
past Arnhem, scene of famous World War II action and into Germany
stopping at Cologne to see its Cathedral. Next we by-pass Bonn to
embark on a Rhine cruise at Boppard, past castles and vineyards. Disembarking
in St. Goar, we rejoin our coach and drive to our Rhineland hotel.
(Buffet breakfast/ Dinner)
Day 7 Rhineland - Lucerne (2nights) Today begins with
a drive to Heidelberg to see its Castle. Then on through the Black
Forest seeing Lake Titisee to the Swiss Border, stopping at the mighty
Rhine Falls Schaffhausen en route to lakeside Lucerne. (Buffet breakfast/
Dinner)
Day 8 Lucerne orientation & at leisure This morning
after breakfast we enjoy an orientation tour featuring the Chaple
Bridge and the moving Lion Monument. Then there's time at leisure
to shop and to perhaps take a trip up a nearby mountain peak. (Buffet
breakfast/ Dinner)
Day 9 Lucerne - Liechtenstein - Innsbruck We pass the
Walensee to Liechtenstein, stopping in its capital Vaduz. Later we
cross into Austria via the Arlberg Pass and the beautiful Tyrol, to
Innsbruck. Here we see the Golden Roof and more. Tonight after dinner,
why not join in the fun of a Tyrolean Folklore show? (Buffet breakfast/
Dinner)
Day 10 Innsbruck - Salzburg - Vienna (2nights) Today
it's back into Germany to Salzburg in Austria! Our Sightseeing on
foot explores the city that featured in "The Sound of Music"
and which is best known as Mozart's birthplace. From here we drive
to Imperial Vienna. (Buffet breakfast)
Day 11 Vienna sightseeing & at leisure The Opera,
the Hofburg, City Hall, Stadtpark, Parliament and the Imperial Boulevards
highlight our sightseeing tour. Later, relax or sightsee. Tonight,
perhaps enjoy dinner at a nearby 'heurige' wine village. (Buffet breakfast)
Day 12 Vienna - Venice (Mestre) (2nights) Today's journey
takes us across the Alps to the Semmering Pass and on to the Austrian
Lake District and Italy's border. The Carnian Alps give way to the
plains of Italy and Venice. for two nights. We dine at our hotel this
evening. (Buffet breakfast/ Dinner)
Day 13 Venice sightseeing & at leisure Enjoy a canal
cruise by private launch to St. Mark's Square viewing the Bridge of
Sighs. After a visit to a glass-blowing factory, there's free time,
perhaps enjoy a gondola serenade? (Buffet breakfast/ Dinner)
Day 14 Venice (Mestre) - Rome (2nights) Today it's back
to the mainland for our drive along the Autostrada del Sole and over
the Apennine Mountains past Umbrian hilltop towns to Rome. (Buffet
breakfast)
Day 15 Rome sightseeing & at leisure Today's sightseeing
tour starts with one of the World's most important Art works –
Michelangelo's ceiling of the Sistine Chapel situated in the Vatican
Museums. Next we visit St. Peter's Basilica before we cross the Tiber
to stop at the Roman Forum and view the Colosseum. Your afternoon
is at leisure. (Buffet breakfast)
Day 16 Rome - Florence We drive through the Chianti
wine-producing region of Tuscany en route to Florence. Sightseeing
on foot includes the Cathedral, Signoria Square, the Baptistry and
visit Santa Croce Basilica. You're free to shop for leather and gold.
(Buffet breakfast/ Dinner)
Day 17 Florence - Pisa - Monaco - Cannes (2nights) We
are off to Pisa with its Leaning Tower. Then on past Carrara and along
the Motorway of Flowers via Genoa, Columbus' birthplace. We reach
the Principality of Monaco where we visit one of the Casinos in Monte
Carlo. After a dinner of typical Provencal cuisine this evening we
make our way to Cannes. (Buffet breakfast/ Dinner on the French Riviera)
Day 18 St. Paul de Vence and Prefumery Excursion We
drive to medieval St. Paul de Vence a wonderful place to shop for
hand-made souvenirs and works of Art. Then off to the Fragonard Perfumery,
home of French perfume before returning to Cannes. (Buffet breakfast)
Day 19 Cannes - Avignon - Macon We drive along the Riviera
and through Provence to Avignon. Here orientation includes the Papal
Palace and St. Benezet Bridge. Then along the Rhône and Saone
rivers we arrive at our Macon hotel. (Buffet breakfast/ Dinner)
Day 20 Macon - Beaune - Paris (2nights) This morning
we stop at medieval Beaune. Then we drive past past the vineyards
of Nuits St. Georges and Gevrey Chambertin as we approach the Forest
of Fontainebleu en route to romantic Paris! (Buffet breakfast)
Day 21 Paris sightseeing & at leisure After breakfast,
our sightseeing tour with a local guide begins with a drive from the
Place de la Concorde along the Champs Elysees to the Arc de Triomphe
and then to the Eiffel Tower we ascend to the second level by elevator.
Next on to our relaxing Seine cruise for views of Notre Dame, the
Pont Abandre III and other great monuments. Tonight, why not go out
on the town to a famous Parisian cabaret? (Buffet breakfast)
Day 22 Paris - USA This morning there is time to bid
farewell to new-found friends as we transfer to Charles de Gaulle
Airport for our return flight to America. (Buffet Breakfast)
Free London Return Passengers on the 'Land only' option
may return to London by Trafalgar motorcoach at NO EXTRA CHARGE, instead
of departing from Paris. Accommodation will be required, as arrival
in London is late afternoon/early evening. Ask your travel agent to
book this for you.