Itinerary
 Fri - USA
Depart from your hometown.
Sat - Amsterdam
Arrival in Amsterdam. Clear customs and meet your Tour Escort and transfer to your hotel. This evening welcome dinner at hotel.(D)
Sun - Amsterdam
After breakfast, meet your Local Guide for your morning tour. View both the old and new sections of the city. From the comfort of a modern air-conditioned motor coach, view the Royal Palace, National Monument, "Skinny Bridge," Albert Cuyp market, and the beautiful merchant houses along the canals. The tour also includes a visit ANNE FRANKS HOUSE and a CANAL CRUISE. The afternoon is free at leisure. Evening dinner at hotel.(B,D)
Mon - Cologne
Board your Touring Motorcoach today and travel to Cologne. Spend the afternoon in Cologne with plenty of time to visit the awesome GOTHIC CATHEDRAL. Its twin 515-foot towers, five naves, splendid stained-glass windows, and the shrine of the Three Holy Kings are eloquent testimony to the quality of medieval engineering and craftsmanship. Dinner at hotel.(B,D)
Tue - Heidelberg
A special treat at the very start of your day is a RHINE CRUISE along the most scenic section of the Rhine River with castle-crested hills, terraced vineyards, pretty wine towns, and finally the Lorelei cliff. Disembark and drive to the ruins of the bridge in Remagen where American troops breached Hitler's West. Proceed to Heidelberg, Germany's oldest university town of Student Prince fame. Time to stroll around and to have lunch in the Old Town, then the highlight of this afternoon: visit the red-walled CASTLE where the GREAT VAT, a 49,000-gallon 18th-century wine cask, attracts particular attention. Evening dinner at hotel.(B,D)
Wed - Oberammergau
Today we depart Heidelberg and focus on Germany's Romantic Road, which leads from the flat country towards the Alps. You'll love medieval Rothenburg with its ramparts and towers, cobbled lanes, and 16th-century houses. Now head south to the Danube Valley passing through Ulm to Oberammergau for overnight. Evening dinner at hotel.(B,D)
Thu - Oberammergau
The history of the Passion Play at Oberammergau goes back to 1634, when the village of Oberammergau was miraculously saved from the ravages of the Black Death. Since that date, the play has been performed every ten years on the decade. The day is set aside for the event. This unique occasion is literally a "once-in-a-lifetime" event. Lunch and Dinner at hotel. (B,L,D)
Fri - Munich
Today, leave the garden-like landscape of the Bavarian Alps and travel to Munich. Sightseeing with a Local Guide of Germany's "secret capital" includes the Olympic Stadium, 1,000-foot-high Television Tower, Nymphenburg Palace, Marienplatz with the Old and New Town Hall, and the Gothic Frauenkirche. This evening dinner at Hofbrau House.(B,D)
Sat - USA
Transfer to Munich Airport for departure flight home(B) |
