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| Best of Germany |
| Tour Code: BGY |
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| 9 Day Trip |
Per person rates from:
$2740 East Coast (JFK)
Rate includes discounts. Some taxes, fees additional. Read More.
Terms and Conditions
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Departures are available from April through October 2010.
The Oberammergau Passion Play Option is availabe on departures 14 May to 24 September 2010. |
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| Trip Itinerary |
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| DAY 1 USA - Frankfurt |
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| VIP Door-to-Door Transfer to your local airport for your overnight flight to Frankfurt. |
| DAY 2 Arrive Frankfurt - Mainz |
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| Arrive Frankfurt – Mainz
On arrival at Frankfurt Airport,
your airport shuttle service leaves
for the tour hotel at 09:30 &
12:00. This evening, join your
Tour Director and fellow travelers
for a Welcome Drink. |
| DAY 3 Mainz- Rothenburg |
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 Orientation tour of Frankfurt,
views the Romerberg Square,
the 14th century cathedral and
the house where Goethe was
born. Continue to Heidelberg,
the city of the ‘Student Prince’,
set on the banks of the River
Neckar. Sightseeing includes
views over the old quarter of
the city from the heights of the
famous castle fortress. Now on to
Rothenburg-ob-der Tauber, the
most well-preserved town on the
Romantic Road. Walk through
narrow cobbled streets lined
with high-gabled houses to the
market square dominated by its
magnificent Renaissance town
hall. In the evening, enjoy a
delicious Highlight Dinner of
local cuisine.
Breakfast and Highlight Dinner Included. |
| DAY 4 Rothenburg - Munich |
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Journey through peaceful
countryside and villages of
flower-decked farmhouses as you
follow the Romantic Road south
to Munich. An orientation tour
of the Bavarian capital passes
the Olympic Stadium with its
amazing ‘hanging’ roof, and
continues along the imposing
Ludwigstrasse past the university
and Victory Arch into the heart
of the city.
*If you choose to take the Oberammergau Passion Play option, your itinerary today will be different.
Breakfast and Dinner Included. |
| DAY 5 Munich |
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 Travel through the beautiful
scenery of the German Alps, and
visit Oberammergau, home since
1634 to the Passion Play: see the
immense theatre and
admire the colorfully
painted chalets.
Afterwards, continue
along part of the
German Alpine Road
to the Wieskirche,
a masterpiece of
Bavarian rococo,
before arriving at
the ‘fairytale’ castle
Neuschwanstein,
perched on a
spectacular Alpine
mountainside. Visit
exuberantly decorated
apartments, including
the Throne Room
and Lohengrin
Grotto. Return to
your Munich hotel
later this afternoon.
*If you choose to take the Oberammergau Passion Play option, your itinerary today will be different.
Breakfast and Dinner Included. |
| DAY 6 Munich - Dresden |
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Drive north across the Danube
to Nuremberg, still entirely
enclosed by its fortifications
and home of Albrecht Dürer.
Although the town was heavily
bombed in World War II, it still
remains a treasure trove of early
German history and medieval
architecture. Tour the Old Town,
to see the charming blend of
stone and timbered dwellings and
the massive Ramparts with its 46
towers. Take some time to shop for delicious Lebkuchen (gingerbread)
before heading for the ‘Florence
of the Elbe’, Dresden.
Breakfast included. |
| DAY 7 Dresden - Berlin |
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 splendors of the city. From the
Frauenkirche, which has risen
again from the destruction of
WWII, walk past ‘The Procession
of the Dukes’and see the
cathedral, Semper Opera House
and baroque Zwinger Palace
before departing for the German
capital, Berlin.
Breakfast included. |
| DAY 8 Berlin |
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A guided sightseeing tour takes
you along the Unter den Linden
past the Humboldt University and
Opera. Stop on Museum Island
before passing the Brandenburg
Gate, symbol of the reunification.
See the glass-domed Reichstag
building and drive through the
Tiergarten. Spend the afternoon
at leisure or take an optional
excursion to Potsdam, site of the
post war meetings which resulted
in the division of the city.
Breakfast included. |
| DAY 9 Berlin - USA |
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Your tour comes to an end
after breakfast today. Departure
transfers arrive at Berlin’s Tegel
Airport at 08:00 & 10:00.
Breakfast included. |
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