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The Best of Central Europe
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15
Days
22 Meals
Breakfast
daily
9 dinners |
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Itinerary
at a glance: |
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Day 1
Day 2
Day 3
Day 4
Day 5
Day 6
Day 7
Day 8
Day 9
Day 10
Day 11
Day 12
Day 13
Day 14
Day 15 |
Overnight flight
Warsaw, Poland
Warsaw, Poland
Krakow, Poland
Krakow, Poland
Budapest, Hungary
Budapest, Hungary
Budapest, Hungary
Vienna, Austria
Vienna, Austria
Prague, Czech. Republic
Prague, Czech. Republic
Berlin, Germany
Berlin, Germany
Return flight home |
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Departures
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Travel
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departure dates and pricing from your gateway city.
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Prices are per person and based on two people
sharing a twin-bedded room.
• Single Room Supplement will apply. |
• Roundtrip air transportation from your gateway.
• Personal airport VIP greeting & check-in
• All transfers and luggage handling between airports and hotel
• Comprehensive sightseeing throughout the itinerary
• Professional, Tour Manager while on tour
• Pre-departure orientation and travel docs
• All tips and taxes for included services, except airport departure taxes and tips to drivers
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Detailed
Itinerary: |
DAY 1 & 2: USA - WARSAW
Our overnight flight will take us to Warsaw where we
will be transferred to the hotel & meet our tour
manager. The rest of the day is at leisure with
dinner at our hotel. (Inflight meals,D)
DAY 3: WARSAW, POLAND
This morning after breakfast we will have a
sightseeing tour of Warsaw, the capital and largest
city in Poland, as well as a major transport and
industrial center. The city was almost destroyed
during World War II and painstakingly reconstructed
thanks to the amazing amount of detail found in
Canalitto’s paintings of the city. On our guided
tour we will visit the emotive Ghetto Heroes
Monument and the Chopin Memorial before seeing the
‘wedding cake’ Palace of Culture and the
neoclassical Lazienki Palace. This afternoon will be
at leisure. This evening, dinner will be in an
elegant setting. (B,D)
DAY 4: WARSAW - KRAKOW, POLAND
This morning after breakfast we leave Warsaw by
motor coach for Kracow. On the way we shall stop in
Czestochowa, at the monastery at Jasna Gora for a
tour with a monk guide. Jasna Góra’s most valuable
treasure is the miraculous painting of Our Lady.
Because of this painting, Jasna Góra became Poland’s
most famous sanctuary among the numerous sites to
Marian devotion throughout the country. We shall
also stop in Auschwitz at the German Concentration
Camp for a visit to the museum and view a film. Then
it’s on to Kracow where the rest of our day will be
at leisure. (B)
DAY 5: KRAKOW, POLAND
For centuries the seat of Polish kings, and more
recently the hometown of Pope John Paul II. Kracow
is listed by the United Nations as one of the
world’s most historic sites. Our guided tour takes
us through the Old Town to visit the medieval Cloth
Hall and the 14th century Mariacki Church. Then we
ascend Wawel Hill, with its castle and legendary
dragon, to visit the Cathedral, burial place of
Polish heroes concluding our tour in the splendid
courtyard of Jagiellonian University. Tonight we
will dine and be entertained at a local Polish
restaurant. (B,D)
DAY 6: KRAKOW, POLAND - BUDAPEST, HUNGARY
After breakfast we’ll travel through the Tatra
Mountains, where peasants still live in wooden
houses and bears roam wild in the surrounding
forest. On we go, through superb scenery, seeing the
picturesque Oravsky Hrad Castle in Zvolen before
heading to our home for the next 2 nights, Budapest.
(B,D)
DAY 7: BUDAPEST, HUNGARY
Today well tour of these two old world capitals,
Buda & Pest, which were united in 1873 to create
Budapest, the current capital of Hungary. The city
is divided by the Danube River, and is linked by
many wonderful bridges. Our tour today will include
such sites as Fisherman’s Bastion & St. Matthias
Church. See the view from Citadell Hill and then see
Parliament building and Hero’s Square. This
afternoon will be at leisure, then authentic
Hungarian cuisine, while listening to traditional
gypsy music at a local restaurant tonight. (B,D)
DAY 8: BUDAPEST, HUNGARY
Today will be a day of leisure to explore this
beautiful city. (B)
DAY 9: BUDAPEST - VIENNA
Today will be our Danube cruise, which will take us
just north of Budapest into what is Hungary’s
“Castle District” and the old whitewashed village of
Szentendre, where shoppers may find many bargains in
pottery and embroidery. This afternoon we will leave
behind Budapest and head for the romantic city of
Vienna, Austria. (B,D)
DAY 10: VIENNA, AUSTRIA
Following breakfast this morning, a local guide
takes us into the glorious State Apartments of the
Schoenbrunn Palace, although not all 1400 rooms!
Then we will drive along the famous ‘Ring’ to see
the superb Opera House, the impressive Parliament,
and the magnificent Winter Palace, along with the
great St. Stephens Cathedral and the baroque St.
Charles Church. This afternoon will be at leisure to
explore or shop (B)
DAY 11: VIENNA - PRAGUE, CZECH
After breakfast we will travel to the Czech.
Republic capital of Prague, with a stop along the
way in the city of Trebon among the Bohemian Lakes.
Dinner tonight will be at our hotel. (B,D)
DAY 12: PRAGUE, CZECH
It’s the ideal time for to see Prague with its new
air of freedom since the ‘velvet’ revolution, but
with its unique character still unchanged. On our
guided tour we visit 1,000-year-old Hradcany Castle,
and the amazing St. Vitus Castle. We also visit the
spectacular Old Town Square and its incredible
Astronomical Clock as well as the Charles Bridge.
This evening will be at leisure with dinner at our
hotel. (B,D)
DAY 13:
PRAGUE - DRESDEN - BERLIN
We leave for Berlin today with a stop in Dresden,
where we will tour the city sites, including the
opulent Opera House; Saxon Wall, made of ancient
Meissen tiles; the courtyard of Zwinger Palace and
Frauenkirche, or Church of Our Lady, a hall church,
a highly developed type of German church from the
fourteenth and fifteenth centuries. Marvel at this
wonderful city that was badly damaged during the
latter days of World War II, but has since been
restored to its Baroque splendor. After Dresden, we
will continue on to Berlin. (B)
DAY 14: BERLIN, GERMANY
A full day of touring is planned, seeing the State
Opera House, Brandenberg Gate, & Reichstag in the
morning. In the afternoon we will take a short
excursion to Potsdam to see the Cecilienhof Palace,
where the Potsdam “Big Three” (Churchill, Stalin and
Roosevelt) World War II meetings were held, and the
Gardens of Sanssouci. We will return to our hotel
for our farewell dinner. (B,D)
DAY 15: BERLIN - USA
After breakfast we will have our fond memories of
our Central European trip as we board our flight
back to the USA. (B,Inflight meals) |
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