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Independent Package Includes
- Round trip flights NYC-Salzburg, Vienna-NYC
Other departure cities available. Click on date of departure for selection and prices.
- Airline fuel surcharges
- 5 nights accommodations in your choice of Plan A, B or C hotel plans
- 2 nights Salzburg
- 3 nights Vienna
- Transportation between cities via First Class rail (Plan A or B) or Standard rail (Plan C) with reserved seats ▲
- Breakfast daily
▲ Upgrade to First Class rail is available for Plan C.
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Book your Optional Tours before you travel and see more, save time, and save money. Tours purchased while traveling cost at least 10% more! Tours often sell out - avoid disappointment! Save your cash - many countries do not accept credit cards.
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Classic Salzburg City Tour (1C) 9:30 AM
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Day #3 |
01 Apr 2008 - 31 Mar 2009 $55
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Today's tour of Salzburg includes a visit to the Hellbrunn Palace and Gardens. The tour includes the 24-hour Salzburg Card, offering free admission and free public transportation to all major Salzburg sights within the city limits. The card is valid for 24 hours. Should you choose, we suggest taking the elevator up to the "Winklerterrace," where you will enjoy panoramic views of the Baroque Old Town.
You may arrange an independent hotel pick up or depart from Mirabellplatz/St. Andra Kirche in front of the church. Arrive 15 minutes prior to departure time. Drop off in city center.
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Mozart/Strauss Concert with Dinner (#14) 6:30 PM
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Day #4 |
01 Apr 2008 - 31 Oct 2008 $93
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After a typical Viennese meal, arrive at the concert hall for an evening performance by Vienna's leading instrumentalists. If you are attending the concert on Monday, Wednesday, Friday or Saturday, the popular Vienna Orchestras will render the everlasting melodies by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. If you are attending the Tuesday, Thursday or Sunday concert, or any day from April 1 - April 30, you will enjoy the equally entertaining works of Johann Strauss and other composers of his time.
Seating will be in the best available category at the time of booking.
The tour departs at 6:30 p.m. Meet your guide in front of the Opera House. Please arrive 15 minutes prior to departure time. The tour concludes at the concert hall.
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Vienna City Tour & Schonbrunn (#1) 9:45 AM
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Day #5 |
01 Apr 2008 - 31 Mar 2009 $57
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Today's tour takes you into the cultural heart of Vienna with a drive along the famous Ringstrasse, the city's main boulevard. On this relaxing drive, you'll see many splendid buildings of the Austrian Baroque, including the Vienna State Opera House, the Museum of Fine Arts, the Natural History Museum, the Museumsquartier, the former winter residence of the Habsburg royal family, the Hofburg Palace, Parliament, City Hall and the Burgtheatre, Europe's second-oldest theatre after the Comédie Francaise. A visit to the beautiful staterooms of the UNESCO World Heritage Schönbrunn Palace is included as well. Afterwards, return to the Vienna State Opera House, passing Belvedere Palace, the former summer residence of Prince Eugen, which houses the most precious Gustav Klimt collection in the world.
Departs at 9:45 a.m. Pick up from hotel approximately 30-45 minutes prior to departure time. Drop off in city center.
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Vienna Woods & Mayerling Tour (#4) 9:45 AM
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Day #6 |
01 Apr 2008 - 02 Nov 2008 $68
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Today you'll see the "Green Lungs" of Austria, the southern Vienna Woods. Venturing into a region of dense conifers, pines and firs, pass the Roman city of Baden, famous for its thermal springs. Continue through Helenental Valley to the former Mayerling hunting lodge, today a commemorative chapel, where Crown Prince Rudolph, together with Baroness Vetsera, died tragically in 1889. Visit the Cistercian Abbey of Heiligenkreuz with its medieval cloister and grave of the last Babenberger, the family that ruled before the Habsburgs. The tour continues to the Seegrotte, passing along the way the site where Franz Schubert composed "The Linden Tree." Here you will enjoy a relaxing boat ride on Europe's largest subterranean lake before returning to Vienna.
Departs at 9:45 a.m. Pick up from hotel approximately 30-45 minutes prior to departure time. The tour concludes at the Vienna State Opera House.
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Book your Optional Tours before you travel and see more, save time, and save money. Tours purchased while traveling cost at least 10% more! Tours often sell out - avoid disappointment! Save your cash - many countries do not accept credit cards.
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- Gate 1 Travel Airfare - These are Gate 1 Travel fares which allow you to book your trip while paying a minimal deposit at time of booking.
- Instant Purchase/Published Airfare - These are fares that airlines have published which require payment in full at time of purchase. In some cases, these fares may be displayed as Gate 1 Airfare with Instant Purchase Requirement.
To find the lowest available airfare, select [ANY] and you will get results for both kinds of airfare.
Each of these fare types has its own set of restrictions which cover changes, cancellations, fuel surcharges, etc.
Please refer to our terms and conditions for full details.
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We are unable to reserve airline seats for you until 11 months prior to your date of travel. Until then, we offer a choice of airfares from major US cities which you may select for your reservation. Your final flight details, airfare, airport taxes and fees will be advised 11 months prior to travel. Airfares are subject to change.
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Air reservations may be completed no more than 11 months prior to the date of travel. For travel more than 11 months prior, please call Gate 1 at (800) 682-3333.
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