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OBERAMMERGAU

OBERAMMERGAU

Austria, Germany & Switzerland

August 11-24, 2020
 
$4999.00 Prices are per person based on double occupancy.
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Additional costs for other configurations include $450 for single room.
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ITINERARY

Day 1

Travel Day - Board your overnight flight to Budapest today.

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DAY 2

Arrival in Budapest:

Included meals: dinner

Welcome to Hungary! Transfer to your hotel and get settled in. Later, gather with your Tour Director and fellow travelers at tonight's welcome dinner.

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DAY 3

Sightseeing tour of Budapest:

Discover the major landmarks of both Buda and Pest in the city that straddles east and west.

  • Trace this nation's stormy history at Heroes' Square

  • Tour the lavishly decorated Hungarian Parliament building

  • Cross the Danube, ascend Castle Hill

  • Take in the breathtaking views from Fisherman's Bastion

  • Visit the medieval Matthias Church, once the site of Hapsburg coronations

 

Spend a free afternoon in Budapest, or join an excursion

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DAY 4

Vienna via Szentendre

Included meals: breakfast, dinner

Travel west through the Danube basin en route to Vienna.

  • Make a stop in the small, charming town of Szentendre, home of chocolate, cafes, parks, and pastries.

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Stop to view Visegrad Castle and Esztergom Basilica, before crossing the Austrian border (stops are weather dependant)

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DAY 5

Included meals: breakfast

Get transported back to the Age of Empires on a guided tour of Vienna.

  • Enter Schönbrunn Palace, the Rococo Hapsburg home with impressive gardens

  • Travel down the Ringstrasse, Vienna's tree-lined thoroughfare

  • See the Parliament building, the Vienna State Opera, and the grand Holfburg Palace, the Hapsburg's winter residence

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Spend a free afternoon in Vienna or add an excursion.

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DAY 6

Free day in Vienna

Included Meals: Breakfast

 

Enjoy a free day in Vienna or add an excursion

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DAY 7

Salzburg via Melk

Included meals: breakfast, dinner

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Make your way through the Austrian countryside to stop in Melk for a guided tour of the town's Baroque abbey. Then, continue your drive on to Salzburg.

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DAY 8

Free Day in Salzburg

Included meals: breakfast

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Spend a free day in Salzburg or join an excursion

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DAY 9

Sightseeing tour of Salzburg & travel to Munich

Included meals: breakfast, dinner

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Discover Salzburg, a city famed for its churches and musical history, where a local guide leads you on a walking tour of the Old Town.

  • View the University of Salzburg and the churchyard of St. Peter

  • See the Kapitelplatz, Residenzplatz, and Alter Markt, in the city's Old Town

  • Enter the Zalzburg Cathedral and the home where Mozart was born

  • Pass through the scenery from The Sound of Music

  • Take a funicular ride up to the Hohensalzburg Fortress

 

After, travel to Munich, Germany.

DAY 10

Sightseeing tour of Munich

Included meals: breakfast

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Get to know the Bavarian capital on a guided tour.

  • Travel past the Englischer Garten and fashionable Schwabing district

  • Enter the Nymphenburg Palace, the Baroque home to past Bavarian royalty

  • Walk from Odeonsplatz throug the Hofgarten to view the Residenz, once home to the Wittelsbach dukes of Bavaria

  • Explore Marienplatz, Munich's medieval heart, and see the famed Glockenspiel

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Spend a free afternoon in Munich or add an excursion

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DAY 11

Passion Play

Included meals: breakfast, lunch, dinner

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Head to Oberammergau and attend the 42nd performance of the world-famous Passion Play.

  • Experience the storytelling and portrayal of the Old and New Testament that has taken place once a decade since 1634

  • Enjoy the unforgettable open-air performance put on by the residents of the Bavarian town

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DAY 12

Lucerne via

Neuschwanstein & Lichenstein

Included meals: breakfast

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On your way to Lucerne, stop to visit Neuschwanstein Castle, the fairy-tale retreat of "Mad" Kind Ludwig II, with a local guide.

  • Walk or take a horse-drawn carriage ride up the hill.

  • Take time to explore its stalactite grotto, artifacts, and murals

 

After, travel into Liechenstein, a tiny Alpine principality dating back to the Holy Roman Empire.

  • Visit the capital city, Vaduz, and pass the royal family's hilltop castle, still in use as a royal residence

  • Enjoy free time in the town and be sure to get you passport stamped

 

After, continue on to Lucerne, Switzerland​

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DAY 13

Sightseeing tour of Lucerne

Included meals: breakfast, dinner

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Get an up-close look at Lucerne, Switzerland's idyllic Alpine town, on a guided sightseeing tour.

  • Pass hand-painted facades along the cobbled street of the Old Town

  • View the Lion Monument, a tribute to the Swiss Guards who sacrificed their lives in Paris during the French Revolution

  • See the Jesuit Church, the first large Baroque building of its kind to be built in Switzerland north of the Alps

 

Spend a free afternoon in Lucerne or add an excursion

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DAY 14

Departure

Included meals: breakfast (excluding early morning departures)

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Transfer to Zurich airport to board your flight home or extend your tour in the Rhine valley.

WHAT’S INCLUDED

  • 12 nights in handpicked hotels

  • 12 breakfast

  • 1 lunch

  • 6 three-course dinners

  • Expert Tour Director & Local Guides

  • Private Deluxe Motor Coach

  • Guided sightseeing & select entrance fees

 

WHAT’S NOT INCLUDED

  • Passport

  • Travel protection – strongly recommended; quote available upon request.

  • Personal purchases

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COST:  $4999 per person

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