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Included Features:
• Round
trip air transportation
• English speaking tour director throughout
• Accommodations in First Class and select hotels in twin bedded rooms
with private bath
• Breakfast and dinner daily
• All transfers and sightseeing per itinerary by private, deluxe motor
coach
• Entrance fees for included features
• Taxes, tips and service charges for all included features except tour
escort and driver
• Baggage handling included throughout the tour for one suitcase per
person, irrespective of air carrier
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Not
included:
• Items
not specifically mentioned in itinerary
• Items of a person nature such as passport fees
• Tips to tour escort and driver
• Beverages with dinner
• Additional baggage other than one piece allowed as mentioned in the
itinerary
• Airport departure taxes
• Airport taxes, fees, Fuel & security surcharges, and
September 11th Security Fee
• Travel insurance
• Visas, etc.
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DAY 1/ DEPARTURE
Depart USA to the Czech Republic. Your flight includes meals, drinks,
and in-flight entertainment for your journey.
DAY 2/ PRAGUE
Arrive and transfer to you hotel in Prague, capital of the Czech
Republic. This beautiful city of a hundred spires welcomes you. It is
the home town of John Hus. The balance of the day is at leisure.
DAY 3/ PRAGUE
A morning sightseeing tour of Prague includes a visit to the Royal
Castle at Hradcany, former residence of the Bohemian kings. Enjoy
magnificent views of the city and Charles Bridge below. View St. Vitus
Cathedral and St. George’s Basilica and walk the Golden Lane. Continue
to Charles Bridge, the Jewish Ghetto and the Old Town Square with its
famous Astronomical Clock. Afternoon at leisure or enjoy an optional
cruise on the Vltava River.
DAY 4/ PRAGUE / BERLIN
After breakfast you will travel via Dresden on the Elbe River enroute
to Berlin. You will have a brief orientation tour enroute to your hotel.
DAY 5/ BERLIN
Morning sightseeing includes the Reichstag, which once housed the
German Parliament, and Schloss Charlottenburg. View the Opera, the
Schiller Theater, Brandenburg Gate, the “Wall” and the Kaiser Wilhelm
Memorial Church. Afternoon is at leisure.
DAY 6/ WITTENBERG / LEIPZIG
This morning, following breakfast, proceed to Wittenberg, designated as
“Lutherstadt” (“Luther Town”). It was here that Luther gained notoriety
by posting his 95 theses to the door of the Castle Church, thus
sparking the movement that would become the Reformation.
DAY 7/ LEIPZIG / EISENACH
This is Luther country, strongly associated with Reformation history.
You will visit Leipzig, where Bach served as choirmaster for 25 years
and is buried at Thomaskirche. Along the way are the Luther sights in
Eisleben and Erfurt, such as the flamboyant gothic Cathedral and the
Augustinian Monastery where Luther was ordained.
DAY 8/ EISENACH
After breakfast your day of sightseeing begins with a visit to the Bach
House, where Johann Sebastian Bach was born, Luther House which is now
a museum dedicated to the life of Luther, and Wartburg Castle—where
Luther translated the New Testament into German—an imposing fortress.
This symbol of German pageantry offers splendid panoramas of the city.
DAY 9/ EISENACH / MARBURG /
FRANKFURT
Eisenach is left behind after breakfast as you begin a full day of
sightseeing. First is the medieval city of Marburg, famous for its
magnificent Gothic Cathedral where locals often dress in traditional
peasant costume.
DAY 10/ WORMS / FRANKFURT
Today, we embark on a brief Rhine cruise past castles, vineyards and
charming villages. After-wards, we continue to Worms, one of Germany’s
oldest cities. Here you will tour the Luther Monument, the Church of
Our Lady (Liebfraukirche).
DAY 11/ FRANKFURT / BERNE /
GENEVA
Travel to Geneva via the Rhine Valley. Enjoy a brief stop in
Switzerland's capital city Berne. Berne is an excellent example of
preserved Medieval architecture. Sights include the Bern Cathedral, the
6 KM long shopping arcade, the Houses of Parliament and the French
Church. Continue on to Geneva which is situated on Lake Geneva between
the Alps and the Jura Mountains.
DAY 12/ GENEVA
Today's tour includes many sights associated with John Calvin. Sights
include the St. Peters Church, Maccabee Chapel, Calvin College, and a
visit to Reformation Monument that pays tribute to Protestant reformers
including Knox, Farel and Luther. This evening, enjoy a farewell
dinner.
DAY 13/ HOME
Bid a fond farewell to Europe today as you proceed to the airport for
your flight home, bringing with you an abundance of special memories to
treasure forever.
WELCOME HOME!
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