Highlights of Germany 12 Days – 1 Country
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12 days US$ 123 Highlights of per day Germany Memorable Highlights • Frankfurt Orientation tour of this impressive city • Rhine Cruise Enjoy a scenic cruise through part of the romantic Rhine Valley • Cologne See the Gothic cathedral • Hamelin Visit the town famous for the folk tale of the Pied Piper of Hamelin • Hamburg Orientation includes the Inner 1 Alster Lake HAMBURG • Berlin Sightseeing tour of this re-united city with a Local Specialist 2 • Dresden Orientation includes the Zwinger BERLIN Palace and Opera House Hamelin • Bayreuth See the Wagner Festival Theatre GERMANY • Nuremberg Orientation includes St. Sebald’s 1 Cathedral WUPPERTAL DRESDEN 1 • Rothenburg Orientation of this medieval city Cologne Rhine • Munich Orientation includes the Olympic Stadium, Boppard Cruise Marienplatz and Glockenspiel St. Goar 1 • Oberammergau Visit the town made famous by the FRANKFURT Bayreuth Passion Play 1 1 • Neuschwanstein View the castle Rothenburg Heidelberg NUREMBERG • Bavarian Alps Enjoy views of this spectacular mountain range • Black Forest Scenic drive through the thickly forested 2 MUNICH mountains BLACK 1 FOREST • Heidelberg Visit the oldest and best-known University town Neuschwanstein Oberammergau in Germany 54 Overnight stays Sightseeing stops Start End CostSaver Regional Highlights of Germany 12 days – 1 Country From: US$1475 (per person twin share) Day 1 | Arrive Frankfurt Day 8 | Nuremberg – Rothenburg TRIP CODE: Welcome to Frankfurt. After check-in this – Munich (2 Nights) GHIG afternoon, your Travel Director takes you Your Travel Director takes you on a on an orientation tour of the city’s dynamic wonderful orientation walk of Rothenburg, financial centre and medieval Römerplatz. perhaps the most well-preserved medieval Hotel: Mercure Airport Neu Isenburg town in Germany. Sights include half- timbered houses and the Old Town Hall. Day 2 | Frankfurt – Rhine Cruise Shop for wooden Christmas ornaments, then – Cologne – Wuppertal follow part of the Romantic Road through 8 Unbeatable Features* Cruise along the River Rhine from St. Goar, picturesque villages and pristine countryside site of the famous Lorelei Rock. The scenery to Munich, the lively capital of Bavaria. 11 Budet breakfasts is spectacular. Visit Cologne, Germany’s Enjoy an included dinner at your hotel this fourth-largest city, where you see the evening. (BB, D) Hotel: Novum South 5 Three course dinners impressive Gothic cathedral. Your day ends in Wuppertal, the city of the world-famous Day 9 | Munich Orientation and Free Time monorail. (BB, D) Hotel: Vienna House Easy See the city’s landmarks on your orientation SAVINGS tour including the Olympic Stadium, Day 3 | Wuppertal – Hamelin – Hamburg Young Ludwigstrasse and Marienplatz, famous for Past guest Multiple trip Triple room Drive through Lower Saxony and stop in traveller its Glockenspiel. Take an Optional Experience discount discount discount Hamelin en route to Hamburg. Hamelin discount to Dachau Concentration Camp Memorial is a picturesque town depicted in the SAVE up to SAVE up to Site in the afternoon or spend the rest of US$140 US$10 p.p. Brothers Grimm fairytale and has also been US$75 p.p. US$37 p.p. the day exploring on your own. You could immortalised in poems by Goethe and visit Munich’s fine museums or enjoy a walk Robert Browning. Later in Hamburg see the in some of the beautiful city gardens. This Price per Person main sights including the inner Alster Lake evening consider a visit to the Hofbräuhaus, Starts Ends Twin Single Starts Ends Twin Single during an orientation tour with your Travel Frankfurt Frankfurt share Supp. Frankfurt Frankfurt share Supp. the world’s most famous beer hall. (BB) Director. Dine tonight at your hotel. (BB, D) 31 Mar Fri 11 Apr Tue 1475 330 7 Jul Fri 18 Jul Tue 1495 330 Hotel: Leonardo Stillhorn Day 10 | Munich – Oberammergau 14 Jul Fri 25 Jul Tue 1495 330 – Neuschwanstein – Black Forest 7 Apr Fri 18 Apr Tue 1495 330 21 Jul Fri 1 Aug Tue 1495 330 Day 4 | Hamburg – Berlin Head south to the quaint village of 14 Apr Fri 25 Apr Tue 1495 330 28 Jul Fri 8 Aug Tue 1495 330 Sightseeing (2 Nights) Oberammergau, where the famous Passion 21 Apr Fri 2 May Tue 1495 330 Follow the valley of the River Elbe from Fri Tue 1495 330 Fri Tue 1495 330 Play is performed once every decade. 28 Apr 9May 4Aug 15 Aug Hamburg, across the former “Iron Curtain” Fri Tue 1495 330 Stop to marvel at King Ludwig’s fairytale 11 Aug 22 Aug to the historic city of Berlin. Marvel at 5 May Fri 16 May Tue 1495 330 18 Aug Fri 29 Aug Tue 1495 330 19 th century castle of Neuschwanstein. the landmarks of the old East and West 12 May Fri 23 May Tue 1495 330 25 Aug Fri 5 Sep Tue 1495 330 After time for lunch admire the scenery sections of the city during your sightseeing 19 May Fri 30 May Tue 1495 330 as you drive along the Bavarian pre- tour with your Local Specialist including 26 May Fri 6 Jun Tue 1495 330 1 Sep Fri 12 Sep Tue 1495 330 alpine range and into the hills and lakes The Brandenburg Gate, Unter den Linden 8 Sep Fri 19 Sep Tue 1495 330 of the Black Forest, famous for cuckoo Boulevard, Reichstag Building, Tiergarten 2 Jun Fri 13 Jun Tue 1495 330 15 Sep Fri 26 Sep Tue 1495 330 clocks. Dine tonight at your hotel. (BB, D) and the shopping and entertainment district 9 Jun Fri 20 Jun Tue 1495 330 22 Sep Fri 3 Oct Tue 1495 330 Hotel: Best Western Hofgut Sternen Fri Tue 1495 330 Fri Tue 1495 330 of Kurfürstendamm. (BB) Hotel: City East 16 Jun 27 Jun 29 Sep 10 Oct Fri Tue 1495 330 Day 11 | Black Forest – Heidelberg 23 Jun 4Jul Day 5 | Berlin Free Time Fri Tue 1495 330 Fri Tue 1495 330 – Frankfurt 30 Jun 11 Jul 6Oct 17 Oct Enjoy free time exploring Berlin. Shop for Fri Tue 1475 330 A scenic drive brings you to the famous 13 Oct 24 Oct souvenirs or walk through Potsdamer Platz. university town of Heidelberg built Spend the rest of the day exploring this city TRIP NOTES alongside the picturesque River Neckar. on your own or learn more about Berlin’s Airport transfers: On arrival at Frankfurt Airport transfers will See Heidelberg Castle, one of the most secret past. This evening you might like operate at 9.30am, 12noon and 2.30pm. Guests arriving later important Renaissance structures north of to discover the vibrant nightlife for which should make their own way to the hotel. Return transfers the Alps as well as the Baroque style Old on the last travel day will arrive at Frankfurt Airport at 8am Berlin is famous. (BB) Town. Enjoy some free time for souvenir and 10am. Day 6 | Berlin – Dresden shopping before continuing on to Frankfurt. Gratuities : Option to pre-pay gratuities for Travel Director A short drive south brings you to Dresden Dine tonight at your hotel. (BB, D) and Driver US$86 per person. - known as ‘Florence on the Elbe’. See Hotel: Mercure Airport Neu Isenburg WiFi: See page 98 for details. the highlights of this astonishing Baroque Day 12 | Depart Frankfurt For Trafalgar’s other great savings, air deals and extra nights’ city including the Opera House and This morning, say ‘Auf Wiedersehen’ to your accommodation, please see pages 18-19 and 95. Zwinger Palace. (BB) Hotel: Ibis Bastei/ Travel Director and travelling companions All prices are per person, twin share. Ibis Koenigstein as your memorable German holiday comes Day 7 | Dresden – Bayreuth – Nuremberg to an end. Transfers to Frankfurt Airport are In Bayreuth, admire the Wagner Festival available. Conditions apply. (BB) WANT MORE INCLUDED? Theatre before arriving in Nuremberg, Have you seen Trafalgar’s similar ‘Best of where you see mighty ramparts, a bustling * Visit www.costsaver.trafalgar.com Germany’? This trip includes exclusive Insider market place and St. Sebald’s Cathedral for all Unbeatable Features, guest reviews, Experiences, more meals and upgraded hotels on your orientation tour of the city. (BB) definite departures, up-to-date information – visit www.trafalgar.com Hotel: Intercity on itineraries and our great range of Optional Experiences. KEY: FB Full Breakfast BB Budet Breakfast L Lunch D Dinner Image Caption: Brandenburg Gate, Berlin 55.