14 Nights / 15 Days
Welcome to Frankfurt! At 6 pm, meet your Tour Director and traveling companions for a welcome dinner at your hotel.
Drive along the Romantic Road to medieval Rothenburg鈥攁 picturesque, medieval walled town that is famous for Christmas ornaments. Continue to Munich, Bavaria鈥檚 proud capital.
Sightseeing with a Local Guide of Germany鈥檚 鈥淪ecret Capital鈥 features the Olympic Stadium, built for the 1972 Olympics; the 1,000-foot-high Television Tower; K枚nigsplatz, used for Nazi rallies during World War II; and the column with the eternal flame, dedicated to the Holocaust victims. Drive along the Ludwigstrasse, and see the Bavarian Arch of Triumph and Field Marshall Hall. Also visit lively MARIENPLATZ with the Old and the New Town Halls and the gothic Frauenkirche. An optional excursion is available to romantic Linderhof Castle, built by King Ludwig II, and the famous Passion Play village of Oberammergau.
Arrive in The Sound of Music Salzburg. Your walking tour with a Local Guide features the historic center of Mozart鈥檚 hometown, exquisite MIRABELL GARDENS, the Great Festival Hall, ST. PETER鈥橲 CHURCHYARD, and the monumental Domplatz. Then, continue through the scenic Salzkammergut Lakeland and along the Danube River to Vienna, once the center of the mighty Habsburg Empire. Tonight, you may wish to try out local specialties and Viennese entertainment.
Guided sightseeing features vistas of Prater park with its giant Ferris wheel, then drive along the Ringstrasse, pass the State Opera House, the Jewish quarter, and stop at the Hofburg Palace, winter residence of the Austrian imperial family. Marvel at the impressive courtyards, famous HELDENPLATZ, and awesome St. Stephen鈥檚 Cathedral. For those who wish to 鈥渟ee it all,鈥 there is a chance to join an interesting optional excursion to Bratislava, capital of Slovakia.
Start this morning with a visit to magnificent SCH脰NBRUNN PALACE. Leave Vienna and enter Styria. [LF] Enjoy a special visit to the world-famous LIPIZZANER STALLION STUD FARM in Piber, the place where these magnificent horses are bred and raised before they go to the Spanish Riding School in Vienna. Stay overnight in Villach.
Cross the Italian border and arrive in Cortina d鈥橝mpezzo, the Olympic skiing resort in the Dolomites, the Italian 鈥淩ocky Mountains.鈥 Then, via Tre Croci Pass and Lake Misurina to Brunico and across Brenner Pass to Innsbruck in the Tyrolean Alps. Stroll through its medieval lanes to Emperor Maximilian鈥檚 GOLDEN ROOF. Why not join an optional Tyrolean song-and-dance show.
Today鈥檚 focus is the Swiss Engadine. See deep-blue lakes, airy larch forests, mountain peaks exceeding 12,000 feet, and quaint villages with massive white stone houses in the characteristic Grisons style. Afternoon is free in ritzy St. Moritz.
Descend towards Italy鈥檚 Lake Como and continue on to the southern tip of Switzerland to the resort town of Lugano, with time for an espresso on Piazza Riforma and a refreshing walk in the shade of Parco Ciani鈥檚 magnificent old trees. Tonight, a special treat: [LF] enjoy a BOAT CRUISE across the sparkling lake and dinner with wine at the traditional 鈥済rotto鈥 Roccabella restaurant.
From Lake Lugano to Lake Maggiore for a break in elegant Stresa. An optional boat ride to enchanting Isola Bella can be arranged. Across lofty Simplon Pass into the Swiss Valais, an area renowned for its great mountain resorts. In T盲sch, board a MOUNTAIN TRAIN to climb the last few miles up to Zermatt, a picturesque cluster of rustic chalets beneath the Matterhorn.
Today is your chance to enjoy an exciting optional ride on Europe鈥檚 highest rack railway to 10,272-foot Gornergrat Mountain for a spectacular view of the Matterhorn and the surrounding Alps.
Through the vineyards and apricot groves of the lower Rh么ne Valley to Lake Geneva and via the dairy country of Gruy猫re to the Swiss capital, Berne. See the monumental Federal Palace during your orientation and stop at the BEAR PARK before continuing via Interlaken, a Bernese Oberland resort beneath the towering Jungfrau, and across Br眉nig Pass to Lucerne. Tonight, an optional Swiss dinner party with yodeling and alphorn blowing is available.
On your walking tour, admire Thorwaldsen鈥檚 impressive LION MONUMENT and ornate patrician houses of the walled Old Town, then cross the famous CHAPEL BRIDGE to the Jesuit church. Afterwards, shop for Swiss watches and choose from our optional activities: climb a mountain by cable car or take a cruise on the fjord-like lake.
On the way back to Germany, visit thundering RHINE FALLS at Schaffhausen. Enter the pine-clad hills of the Black Forest, renowned for its cuckoo clocks, and enjoy a WOODCARVING DEMONSTRATION on your way to Frankfurt. Tonight, [LF] a special farewell dinner with wine at Schwarzer Stern restaurant awaits you to celebrate the success of your Alpine vacation.
Your vacation ends with breakfast this morning.
FRANKFURT | SHERATON CONGRESS |
MUNICH | HOLIDAY INN MUNICH CITY CENTRE |
VIENNA | AUSTRIA TREND HOTEL SAVOYEN |
VIENNA | MERCURE GRAND HOTEL WIEN BIEDERMEIER |
VILLACH | HOLIDAY INN |
INNSBRUCK | AUSTRIA TREND CONGRESS |
INNSBRUCK | GRAUER BAR |
ST. MORITZ | LAUDINELLA |
LUGANO | DE LA PAIX |
LUGANO | NOVOTEL LUGANO PARADISO |
ZERMATT | WALLISERHOF |
ZERMATT | POLLUX |
LUCERNE | GRAND HOTEL EUROPE |
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