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BEST OF GERMANY & AUSTRIA
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About your tour Map Sightseeing Highlights- Frankfurt: Orientation including the Old Town.
- Rhine Valley: Scenic Rhine Cruise seeing the Lorelei Rock (weather permitting).
- Cologne: See the gothic Cathedral.
- Hamburg: Orientation tour.
- Berlin: Sightseeing in this re-united city.
- Bayreuth: See the Wagner Festival Theatre.
- Würzburg: See the fortress and Prince-Bishops' Residenz.
- Rothenburg: Orientation tour of this medieval city.
- Munich: Orientation including the Olympic Stadium, Marienplatz and Glockenspiel.
- Salzburg: Sightseeing including the Domplatz, Mozart's birthplace and locations used in "The Sound of Music".
- Danube Valley: See the Monastery of Melk and Dürnstein Castle.
- Vienna: Sightseeing including St. Stephen's Cathedral, the Hofburg, Parliament and Belvedere Palace Gardens.
- Innsbruck: Orientation including the Olympic ski-jump, the Golden Roof, Wilten Basilica and Hofburg Palace.
- Oberammergau: Visit the Passion Play village.
- Neuschwanstein: View the fairytale castle.
- Freiburg: Orientation tour of this fashionable Black Forest town.
- Heidelberg: View the Castle.
- Scenic drives along the Rhine Valley, the Romantic Road, the Danube Valley, the Vienna Woods, Alpine Austria, the Salzkammergut, Bavaria, the Tyrol region, along the shores of Lake Constance and through the Black Forest.
Dining Highlights- A Welcome Dinner and drink with your Tour Director in Frankfurt
- 13 Buffet breakfasts
- 5 three-course dinners in hotels
- 1 local speciality restaurant dinner in Innsbruck
20 meals in total (see day-by-day itinerary) First Class Travel Highlights- The services of one of Trafalgar's top professional multi-lingual Tour Directors.
- A qualified local city guide in Berlin, Salzburg and Vienna.
- Chauffeur driven on Trafalgar's luxury air-conditioned motorcoaches with reclining seats and washroom.
- You'll stay in twin-bedded rooms with private facilities.
- All hotel service charges and tips, baggage handling fees and local taxes included.
- A stylish travel bag and wallet containing tour documents and helpful information.
Airport TransfersGroup transfers on arrival at Frankfurt Airport will operate at 09.30 and 12.00. Return transfers from the last hotel will arrive at Frankfurt Airport at 08.00 and 10.00. - London Gateways: Transfers can be expensive, particularly between the Airport and central London. When you book your tour with Trafalgar your transfers to and from the airport are included. It's that simple. Trafalgar has included a Free transfer to and from your airport and Central London.
- Important - Please Note: Passengers will only be entitled to transfers to and from London Airports providing the following conditions are met:
- You are staying at a London hotel, booked by Trafalgar, on the night of your arrival and the night prior to the date of your departure.
- Flights are either booked by Trafalgar or detailed information on flights is provided by your Travel Agent not less than 21 days prior to departure.
- Only one included transfer both inbound and outbound per tour is included by Trafalgar. Transfers are by express train to a Central London Rail Station.
- Heathrow Airport: Inbound transfers operate between 06.00-21.30. Outbound transfers are timed to connect with scheduled flights departing between 08.00-23.00. Transfers will be by coach. Gatwick Airport: Inbound transfers operate between 06.00-12.30. Outbound transfers are timed to connect with scheduled flights departing between 08.00-23.00. Transfers will be by express train and coach. Transfers outside these times will be at the passengers own expense.
- In the event of unforeseen events (road or rail works, demonstrations, strikes) Trafalgar will not be held responsible for delayed or cancelled transfers.
- No refund is available for passengers not utilising this service.
- Why not upgrade to a Hotelink transfer from the Airport to-the-door of your Trafalgar London hotel? (please ask Trafalgar or your travel agent of the additional upgrade price per person when booking)
- European Gateways: With Trafalgar all passengers will receive complimentary arrival and departure transfers on the scheduled arrival and departure day of their tour at the times specified below. Please ensure your Travel Agent reserves your flight to co-ordinate with the transfer times shown.
- Trafalgar Bonus - Passengers who book Trafalgar's Land+Air package and who arrive or depart outside of these specified times on the scheduled arrival and departure day of the tour will also be provided with a transfer.
- Passengers arriving before or leaving after the scheduled tour days are not entitled to a transfer but may book and purchase one through Trafalgar providing that they also purchase the additional pre and/or post tour hotel night(s) from Trafalgar. Please ask for prices of transfers at the time of booking your extra night accommodation.
- Land only passengers arriving or departing on the scheduled tour arrival or departure days but whose flights don't coincide with the listed transfer times below may also book and purchase these transfers. Flight details must
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Explore Hidden Treasures - New for 2007- Leisurely guided walking Tours of around 30 minutes duration into the very fabric of the city included in Rothenburg, Salzburg, Vienna and Heidelburg Castle.
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Your itinerary Map - Day 1 - Arrive Frankfurt (Offenbach) On arrival at Frankfurt airport you are met and transferred to your hotel. After check-in, our Tour Director takes us on a late afternoon orientation tour which explores the dynamic financial centre and medieval Römerplatz. Afterwards we will enjoy a welcome dinner and drink in the old town with our Tour Director and fellow travelling companions (Welcome Dinner)
Hotel: Arabella Sheraton Am Buesing
- Day 2 - Frankfurt (Offenbach) - Rhine Cruise - Cologne This morning our day starts with a drive to St. Goar where we embark on a scenic Rhine cruise past medieval castles and terrraced vineyards. We rejoin our coach at Boppard and continue via Bonn to Cologne where an orientation tour includes the gothic Cathedral. Then enjoy free time before dinner. (Buffet Breakfast / Dinner)
Hotel: Holiday Inn Am Stadtwald
- Day 3 - Cologne - Hamburg Today's drive takes us via Lower Saxony en route to Hamburg for the night. On our arrival, an orientation tour in this Hanseatic port shows us the major points of interest. Later, why not take a cruise on the famous harbour? Dinner is at our hotel tonight. (Buffet Breakfast / Dinner)
Hotel: Le Meridien
- Day 4 - Hamburg - Berlin (2 nights) This morning it's a fast run to historic Berlin - once a divided city, now enjoying new freedom and excitement since the infamous Wall came down in 1989. The rest of your day is free. (Buffet Breakfast)
Hotel: Crowne Plaza (2 nights)
- Day 5 - Berlin sightseeing & at leisure Today the city's history and momentous events mingle on our interesting sightseeing tour. We will see the Brandenburg Gate, Unter den Linden Boulevard, the Reichstag Building, German State Opera House, Tiergarten and the shopping and entertainment district of Kurfürstendamm. Your evening is at leisure. (Buffet Breakfast)
- Day 6 - Berlin - Bayreuth - Würzburg Today our journey takes us past Potsdam and across the River Elbe. From here we continue past Leipzig into western Germany and on to the town of Bayreuth, home of the Wagner Festival. Later we arrive in historic Würzburg, where views of the Marienburg fortress and the Prince-Bishops' Residenz are featured on our orientation tour. This evening dinner is served at our hotel. (Buffet Breakfast / Dinner)
Hotel: Dorint Novotel
- Day 7 - Würzburg - Munich Today we drive via the Romantic Road and to the fairytale town of Rothenburg, with its gabled houses and wrought iron shop signs for a walking tour. Then into the heart of Bavaria and its regional capital - Munich where an orientation includes the Olympic Stadium and City Hall with its Glockenspiel clock. Tonight why not discover some of Munich's lively beer halls. (Buffet Breakfast)
Hotel: Dorint Novotel City
- Day 8 - Munich - Salzburg We're off to Salzburg this morning, where spires and domes are overlooked by the fortress of Hohensalzburg. On arrival, our guided walking tour explores the city that featured in "The Sound of Music" and which is best known as Mozart's birthplace. We'll see the family house in the picturesque Getreidegasse and admire the Domplatz, the baroque square dominated by its Cathedral. (Buffet Breakfast / Dinner)
Hotel: Europa
- Day 9 - Salzburg - Dürnstein - Vienna (2 nights) Enjoy breathtaking scenery on our drive past the Mondsee Lake to the Danube Valley. Then from the Monastery of Melk, vineyards line the river to Dürnstein where Richard the Lionheart was held prisoner and subsequently found by Blondel, his faithful minstrel. We arrive in Vienna, with the afternoon at leisure. (Buffet Breakfast)
Hotel: Renaissance (2 nights)
- Day 10 - Vienna sightseeing & at leisure Highlights of this elegant Austrian capital are revealed on our sightseeing tour; from the Opera to the Hofburg and, from St. Stephen's Cathedral to the Parliament. Also included is a walking tour into the oldest and most secret part of old Vienna. Then free time to maybe visit the Prater Amusement Park. Later, why not take in a concert of Strauss music or a little Opera? (Buffet Breakfast)
- Day 11 - Vienna - Innsbruck We travel through the Vienna Woods, the Salzkammergut and a small section of German Bavaria as we cross Austria to Innsbruck. Here an orientation includes the Golden Roof and Hofburg Palace. After a dinner of Tyrolean specialities in a local restaurant, why not take in a Tyrolean folklore show? (Buffet Breakfast / Highlight Dinner)
Hotel: Innsbruck
- Day 12 - Innsbruck - Oberammergau - Neuschwanstein - Freiburg Today we head into Germany to Oberammergau, home of the famous Passion Play. On to view Neuschwanstein - mad King Ludwig's fairytale castle. Later, we skirt around Western Europe's largest lake, the Bodensee, Lake Constance. Into the green wooded hills of the Black Forest, where cuckoo clocks were first invented, to the University town of Freiburg, for the night. Here an orientation tour shows us the Cathedral and the many frescoed buildings of this once Austrian city! (Buffet Breakfast / Dinner)
Hotel: Dorint Novotel Am Konzerthaus
- Day 13 - Freiburg - Heidelberg - Frankfurt (Offenbach) Our first stop this morning is at Heidelberg where there's time for a walking tour in the courtyards of the Castle, which dominates the University city of 'Student Prince' fame. From here we drive through the Rhineland on our way back to Frankfurt. This evening, why not enjoy a farewell dinner with your fellow companions? (Buffet Breakfast)
Hotel: Arabella Sheraton Am Buesing
- Day 14 - Depart Frankfurt (Offenbach) This morning time to bid farewell as we transfer you to the airport for your return flight home. (Buffet Breakfast)
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