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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 Germany. Your flight includes meals, drinks,
and
in-flight entertainment for your journey.
DAY 2/ BERLIN
Arrive and transfer to your hotel. Balance of the day is
at leisure.
DAY 3/ 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 4/ BERLIN/
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 5/ LEIPZIG /
EISLEBEN /
ERFURT / 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 6/ 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 Warburg
Castle, an
imposing fortress that is a symbol of German pageantry
which offers
splendid panoramas of the city.
DAY 7/
EISENACH / MARBURG / WORMS / 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. This afternoon, we embark on a brief
Rhine cruise past
castles, vineyards and charming villages. Afterwards, we
continue to
Worms, one of Germany's oldest cities. Here you will
tour the Luther
Monument, the Church of Our Lady (Liebfraukirche).
DAY 8/ 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 9/ GENEVA
Today's tour includes many sights associated with John
Calvin. Sights
include the St. Peters Church, Maccabee Chapel and
Calvin College
Reformation Monument that pays tribute to Protestant
reformers
including Knox, Farel and Luther. This evening, enjoy a
farewell dinner.
DAY 10/ 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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