BEST OF HOLLAND BELGIUM & LUXEMBOURG

About your tour

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Sightseeing Highlights

• Amsterdam: Enjoy a canal cruise. Visit a diamond-cutting factory and the Rijksmuseum. Orientation shows us the Tower of Tears, Dam Square and the 'Skinny Bridge'.
• Volendam: Excursion to this village to visit a cheese farm and wooden shoe workshop.
• De Haar Castle: Visit the magnificent gardens.
• Maastricht: Visit this fortified city.
• Bastogne: Stop at the American Memorial - Battle of the Bulge.
• Luxembourg: Sightseeing includes the Cathedral of our Lady of Luxembourg and the Grand Ducal Palace. Plus visit the grave of General George Patton.
• Orval: Stop at the Cistercian Abbey.
• Mons: Orientation seeing the comical belfry.
• Bruges: Sightseeing including the Grand' Place, Basilica of the Holy Blood plus a cruise along the canals.Visit the Lace Centre.
• Gent: Orientation includes the 'Three Towers of Gent' and the Castle of the Counts of Flanders.
• Brussels: Orientation includes the Atomium, Grand' Place, Royal Park and Palaces, Japanese and Chinese Pagodas and the Manneken Pis.
• Antwerp: Orientation of this city of many spires.
• Delta Expo: An audio-visual presentation about the dams protecting Holland.
• Delft: Visit the charming village.
• Rotterdam: Orientation tour.
• Scenic drives along the valley of the River Meuse, through the forest at Orval, the hills of Luxembourg and the hilly Ardennes.

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Dining Highlights

• A Welcome Dinner and drink on a canal cruise with your Tour Director in Amsterdam
• 9 Buffet breakfasts
• 2 three-course dinners in hotels
• 1 local speciality restaurant dinners in Bruges

13 meals in total (see day-by-day itinerary))

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First Class Travel Highlights

• The services of one of Trafalgar's top professional multi-lingual Tour Directors.
• A qualified local city guide in Amsterdam, Luxembourg and Bruges.
• 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.

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Airport Transfers
Group transfers on arrival at Amsterdam Airport will operate at 09.00, 11.00 and 13.00. Return transfers from the last hotel will arrive at Amsterdam Airport at 09.00.

• 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 be provided to Trafalgar not less than 21 days before the flight departure.
• Click here to see scheduled transfer times.

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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 Luxembourg, Bruges & Brussels
• Click here for more information

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