Alpenglow & Edelweiss: Back Roads Across ’s Mountainous Heart (The Austrian - 9 or 11 Days) We love road journeys. They are by far our favourite way of traveling. And when we’re in the mood for spoiling ourselves with fine food and delightful hotels besides the sheer pleasure of being on some of the world’s best roads, we turn to Europe!

Few regions within Europe offer as much variety of landscapes and cultures and roads as the one centered on the Alps. The Alpine countries and regions – southern Bavaria, , , South with its Dolomites, the French Alps – are a treasure trove of hidden gems. We therefore take great pleasure in introducing you to our first, carefully crafted Alpine driving journey itinerary that is without equal. Now turn the page and find out what we’ve come to love ourselves so much…

p2 p3 Itinerary Map …where you will travel… p. 006 It all goes back a long, long time… p. 008 Journey of Discovery… p. 010 Day-by-day… p. 066

Any car you like, so long as it is a Cabriolet… p. 083 Adventures and discoveries in local cuisines p. 084 What’s included/Best Months to Go... p. 086 Photo credits p. 089 p4 Itinerary Map Day1 Day8 (Germany) to – ... in all it’s glory! (Austria) – You have arrived in Europe Day9 Day2 Core Itinerary In Salzburg – A romantic town, South Tyrol to Munich - Life must elegant, baroque and beautiful go on? Or continue…

Day3 Salzburg to – The lake region Extended Itinerary – and Melk Abbey Day 9 South Tyrol to the Zillertal - Into Day4 the heart of the Austrian Alps In Vienna – Art and culture as a way of life Day10 In the Zillertal - Where the Alps are Day5 grandest… Vienna to Styria – Into the Tuscany of Austria Day11 Zillertal to Munich – Stay on, or life Day6 must go on? Styria to (East Tyrol) – Alpine style and living

Day7 Carinthia (East Tyrol) to South Tyrol – Into Austria’s (once-upon-a- time) p6 It all goes back a long, long time... Europe is the cradle of the motorcar and private motoring. Ever since Karl Benz’s 1886 Motorwagen, people have taken pride in owning a car and being in its driver’s seat. Driving in a beautiful car bespeaks privilege, freedom, privacy, and, especially in a cabriolet, allows one to be in communion with the elements and natural beauty: soak up the sunshine, feel the wind in your hair, smell the fresh air and the scents of freshly cut grass. Besides, there is the sheer pleasure of being in control, of directing the course of travel: to turn, to go, to stop where and when you feel like it.

These are pleasures that Europeans were the first to enjoy. Most evidently, these are pleasures that can be shared by couples. While it is often the gentleman who takes the driving seat, it was in fact Bertha Benz who undertook the first driving journey (with their two children) in the world. Driving journeys in a cabriolet is something that women have enjoyed ever since, whether as companion or driver.

Discovering the world by means of a driving journey is a unique pleasure that we want to share with you!

p8 p9 p11 You have arrived in EUROPE! Let your ALPINE JOURNEY begin!”

View of the Fraueninsel on lake Chiemsee p13 On your FIRST DAY, get UP-CLOSE-AND-PERSONAL with the mountains surrounding Salzburg...”

One of so many glorious mountains in the Austrian Alps in Salzburg (as seen from Berchtesgaden) p15 If there is one ROMANTIC city in Austria, then it is SALZBURG...”

View of Salzburg at dusk p17 Starting your DAY in SAZLBURG...”

View from your hotel room p19 Riding in a FIAKER in CHILD’s play in SALZBURG...”

Riding in a Fiaker, a horse-drawn carriage in Salzburg p21 SALZBURG, one of the MOST BEAUTIFUL cities in the world...”

View of Salzburg’s magnificent public gardens p23 The SALZKAMMERGUT… Austria’s delightful LAKE REGION where the locals ENJOY LIFE!”

On lake Mondsee… p25 If AUSTRIA has one UNIQUE CULINARY DISTINCTION, it is its many Mehlspeisen, sweet delights of INFINITE VARIETY...”

An iconic Austrian Konditorei p27 MELK ABBEY, one of the most magnificent in ALL EUROPE...”

View of Melk Abbey p29 VIENNA, where ART and CULTURE are a way of life!”

Vienna at dusk… p31 VIENNA, where even the HORSES are CULTURED...”

The Lippizan Stallions of the Spanish Riding school p33 The VIENNESE CAN and DO spend their lives in their beloved KAFFEEHÄUSER…”

A typical Viennese Kaffeehaus (coffee shop) p35 One of Austria’s PRIDES… the most DELICATE of CHINAS...”

Shopping for something special in Vienna? p37 For you, a GRAND Hotel for a GRAND city!”

Your hotel in Vienna p39 Magnificent MEDIEVAL CASTLES everywhere…just BY THE ROADSIDE!”

The Riegersburg in Styria p41 TUSCANY in AUSTRIA… without the tourists!”

The South-Styrian Wine Road p43 On BACK ROADS through remote regions of Austria...”

The landscape of Carinthia p45 Stay in a TRADITIONAL ALM house, now a BOUTIQUE HOTEL for you!”

In the Carinthian Alps p47 In SOUTH TYROL, where the AUSTRIAN ALPS meet ITALIAN FLAIR... ”

Castel Tirolo… p49 In South Tyrol, where the ALPS are GRANDER still than in Austria...”

The Dolomites, a UNESCO World Heritage region…. p51 In South Tyrol, with some of the LOVELIEST MOUNTAIN ROADS in all of Europe...”

Groednerjoch, road across the eponymous name… p53 In South Tyrol, one of most BEAUTIFUL WINE REGIONS of the Alps…”

Lago di Caldaro, south of … p55 In South Tyrol, a FOODIE PARADISE of haute cuisine and local produce & techniques…!”

Roast chestnuts, typical in South Tyrol p57 South Tyrol, a farming region of LONG, LONG TRADITIONS! ”

A farmer’s life in South Tyrol p59 The Zillertal, little known, where the ALPS are GRANDEST!”

Ramsjoch in the Zillertal (Ziller Valley)… p61 Zillertal, a hidden gem of TRADITION and scenic GRANDEUR...”

Semi-annually…cattle march up to and down from the “Alm” p63 A MUST-NOT-MISS final stop: the glass manufactory in RATTENBERG…”

The finest of Austrian Glass p65 p67 Day 1 Day 2 You have arrived in Exploring the Europe… romantic city of Salzburg We will pick you up at Munich airport. Then it is time for you “Salzburg with its surroundings to take possession of the car is – alongside Rio de Janeiro you’ve requested. In it you and Constantinople – one will find some On the Road of the most beautiful urban Experiences goodies that will regions in the world!” Even make your journey and the Timing today, the words of Alexander time on the road even more 10:0 von Humboldt, world-famous enjoyable…be surprised! Depart from Munich Airport traveller and scientist of the Only a little while after leaving 12:30 late 19th century, ring true. Munich airport, you will sense Lunch at the Chiemsee Above all, Salzburg is a city of that you have arrived in Europe 14:15 romance and elegance. Along since you will be driving in Depart for your afternoon the river Salzach, and presided the charming countryside of drive to Salzburg over by a mighty fortress, Bavaria on the way to your 17:30 Festung Hohen Salzburg, first destination, Salzburg: Arrive in Salzburg (the largest fully preserved enjoy the rolling meadows, 19:00 fortress complex in central picturesque villages with iconic to invite you to enjoy these Dinner Europe), fabulous churches, church steeples, lunch right glorious mountains. quiet monasteries, impressive meadows of its surroundings. to invest in prodigious amounts by the shore of beautiful lake You can expect to arrive at your Driving Distance & Duration palaces, lush parks, beautiful on scientific research, fine arts Chiemsee with the Austrian Salzburg, literally meaning hotel in the late afternoon. We Distance: 210 km squares with impressive and culture. Alps as the backdrop. Salt Castle, over centuries will round out your evening with Duration: 4+ hours fountains – all these create generated enormous wealth Today is your chance to get a Then, in the afternoon, as a first an easy walk from your hotel an intimate and romantic through nearby salt, gold and glimpse of Salzburg’s charm. Hotel real treat, we will guide you to Salzburg old town where cityscape that is made all the copper mines. Their wealth We have included in your across a magnificent mountain we have arranged dinner for (a) A charming hotel near city more lovely by the picturesque center allowed the city’s Prince- program some of the better road, designed as if it had only you in one of Salzburg’s iconic, mountains (some so high that Archbishops to employ not only known sites – the mighty one function: to showcase and traditional restaurants. (b) A magnificent hotel in the they are snow-covered all year city center some of the finest architects, fortress, of course, and also round), pristine lakes and green painters and builders, but also some of its charming Gassen p68 p69 Day 3 Of sparkling lakes, Timing classic patisseries, Timing Breakfast at your leisure in sweet back roads… 7:00 the hotel Breakfast at your hotel on your way to Vienna 8:30 9:30 Begin your drive into Start guided walking tour The better part of today is Salzburg’s lake region of some of Salzburg’s high- devoted to sampling the 12:00 lights treasures of the Salzkammergut. Lunch by Lake Traunsee 12:30 With well over seventy large and 13:30 Lunch at a traditional small lakes (all of drinking- Continue your drive toward costume manufactory water quality), rolling pastures, tall mountains, and marvelous Vienna 14:30 roads, the Salzkammergut is 15:00 Free time to explore one of Austria’s most charming Visit Melk Abbey Salzburg’s old town (with regions. guide and suggestions as 18:30 Arrive in Vienna desired) A highlight of the morning one of the world’s most famous 19:30 19:00 will be a visit to one of its monastic sites. Despite it being Dinner in Vienna’s 1st Dinner in a traditional typical towns and a snack at very much frequented by visitors Salzburg restaurant at the one of Austria’s best known from all over the world, it is a Driving Distance & Duration edge of town Konditoreien or patisseries. must-see! You will be able to enjoy lunch at Distance: 330 km (alleyways) – as well as guide. Should you be interested Driving Distance & Duration The last leg of today’s journey Duration: 5 hours some of its less-well-known in handicraft for which Salzburg a specially selected restaurant will take you to Vienna. You will Distance: 0 km attractions – for example, an is famous or buy curiosities (for right by the lakefront. After your arrive at dusk when its grand Duration: 0 hours Hotel intriguing nunnery and a visit to example, Austrian Schnapps, a meal (with a selection of fish buildings are beautifully and from the lake), you will drive to (a) A lovely boutique hotel by a traditional Salzburg costumes kind of fruity brandy), we will be Hotel tastefully lit. manufactory. What’s more, happy to advise you such that Melk Abbey. Situated above the St. Stephen’s Cathedral (a) A charming hotel near city For dinner, we have selected a Salzburg is most certainly you can make the most out of town of Melk on a rocky outcrop (b) A world-class hotel in the center overlooking the Danube river hidden gem of a restaurant in worth some free time to explore your day in Salzburg. Vienna’s central district. 1st district it on your own or with our (b) A magnificent hotel in the in Lower Austria, it is Austria’s city center most impressive monastery (founded in the year 1089) and p70 Day 4 (“sugar bakers” or makers of sweets) and musicians from In the city where art all around the world. Mozart, Timing and culture are a way Beethoven, Haydn, Brahms, Breakfast at your leisure in Schönberg, Mahler, Schubert, the hotel of life Gluck, the Strauss Family (creators and promoters of the 9:00 Vienna - the former capital Viennese Waltz tradition) and Morning visits to porcelain of the Habsburg Austro- many more musicians lived manufactory, treasure Hungarian Empire and and worked in this city and chamber, and walking tour nowadays capital of Austria, enriched its vast history with through the first district the City of Music, the City of their master pieces. Gustav 12:30 the Blue Danube, the only city Klimt, Egon Schiele, Oskar Lunch at a classic Kaffeehaus worldwide that created its own Kokoschka, to name but a 14:00 distinct cuisine and the only few, are among Vienna’s best- Visit to one of Vienna’s best capital that grows its very own known painters. Otto Wagner, known palaces wine within its city-borders. Friedrich Loos, Helmer & St. Stephen’s Cathedral, The 16:00 Fellner and Theophil Hansen Hofburg (the Imperial Court), Free time to explore Vienna’s its most prominent architects. Schönbrunn and Belvedere central district (with guide and Palaces, the Museum of Fine How to introduce you to a suggestions as desired) Arts, the Imperial Treasury, The city of such splendor in less 18:45 Spanish Horse-Riding School, than forty-eight hours? We Dinner in a special Viennese the world’s largest graphic-art hope that, through a carefully restaurant museum (the Albertina), the selected sampling of its 20:00 palaces and state buildings ubiquitous treasures, you Performance at the Imperial along the Ring Straße (the will get a taste of this city in horse-riding school, a ride Horse-Riding School former inner defense line)… which art and culture is a in its nostalgic horse-drawn way of life. We will delight you carriages and, of course, a Driving Distance & Duration Vienna – the melting-pot and with visits to its best known selection of well-known and Distance: 0 km nucleus of the former empire manufacturer of porcelain, its not-so-well-known Viennese Duration: 0 hours – attracted (and still attracts) imperial treasure chamber, a dishes. (If you have specific scientists, entrepreneurs, Hotel classic Viennese Kaffeehaus interests, please let us know.) artists, architects, engineers, (a) A lovely boutique hotel by (or Café) with its inimitable physicists, Zuckerbäcker St. Stephen’s Cathedral vaults, a performance at the p72 (b) A world-class hotel in the 1st district Day 5 Day 6

On magnificent roads Timing Into the Alps proper Timing into Austria’s Tuscany 7:30 and enjoying Alpine- 8:30 Breakfast in your hotel style living… Breakfast at your hotel It is time, at last, to venture into After lunch, you will continue 9:00 9:30 the Austrian countryside, on your drive to Styria, one of Departure from your hotel… In the morning, you will be your exploration of the Alps Begin your drive along the back roads to get away from the Austria’s nine states. Styria begin your drive into the driving along Styria’s and themselves, this spectacular crowds. lies in Austria’s southwest and Slovenian border towards remote region of South Styria then Carinthia’s border with mountain range in the heart borders on Slovenia. In this Klagenfurt, Carinthia’s capital This morning’s drive will take 13:00 Slovenia on a gently winding of Europe. From today onward corner of Austria is a ‘wine 12:30 you, before long, onto small Lunch by Riegersburg Castle road well known by all local and until the rest of this journey, the road’ called the Südsteirische roads that run along Austria’s regional driving lovers…simply Alps will become your familiar Lunch in Klagenfurt…it will Weinstrasse (the South-Styrian 14:30 be a pleasant surprise! border with Hungary. (If you like, Continue your drive into magnificent. companion. you can take a short excursion Wine Road). Without a doubt, 14:00 Austria’s Tuscany After a few hours of enjoying the Your home for the day will be across the border!) the rolling vineyard hills of this Continue your drive into the Alps 16:00 sheer pleasure of driving, you either a farm house lodge or a region count among the most 15:45 or 17:15 The Austrian countryside is memorable we’ve ever seen. Arrive in the South-Styrian will descend into Klagenfurt, village of chalets where you can Arrive at your hotel for the dotted with castles small and wine region the capital of Carinthia for a get a feeling of the unique style Before dinner, we will guide you night (depending on whether large. One of today’s highlights Free-time to explore artisans surprise lunch… of Alpine living as practiced by to visit one or the other vineyard you stay in Carinthia or Osttirol) will be your lunch at a small, of local produce mountain farmers since the or to one of the many artisans of Carinthia is home to Austria’s 19:30 local restaurant that presents 19:00 earliest days. In the past life was local produce. second lake region – it too is Dinner at the hotel a magnificent view over one Dinner in the midst of a well-known destination for harsh; today, you can get a taste of Styria’s most impressive Dinner itself will, of course, be in vineyards of it in the comfort of a beautiful, Austrians and many Germans Driving Distance & Duration castles. the midst of this unforgettable on holiday. For you, however, yet rustic and authentic hotel. wine region. Driving Distance & Duration Carinthia is the beginning of Distance: 230 km to Carinthia or 330 km to Osttirol Distance: 310 km Duration: 4 hours to Carinthia Duration: 4 hours or 6 hours to Osttirol Hotel Hotel (a) A boutique hotel in the (a) A boutique farm house heart of Austria’s Tuscany lodge in Osttirol (b) A village of Alpine Chalets in Carinthia p74 Day 7 will begin to sense that you Day 8 of exquisite embroideries that are entering a different world, are produced with the feathers From the Austrian one that gentle blends Alpine Timing Alpine feelings of peacocks. All of them are Timing Alps into South ruggedness with Italian 8:30 blended with Italian artisanal handicrafts that are To be flexibly arranged for softness: as you will discover Breakfast at your hotel centuries old. you depending on your Tyrol… these two days, Mediterranean flair… 9:30 interest influences are everywhere, In the later afternoon, we will Today you will enter a region Begin your drive in the Val South Tyrol with its mild from the cuisine you eat to the drive back to Merano across two Driving Distance & Duration called Tyrol which is centeredin Pusteria toward South Tyrol southern climate, stunning architecture of the buildings, spectacular mountain passes Distance: Distance: 0-250 km the West of today’s Austria. mountains, traditions and from the produce that are grown 12:30 and beautiful back roads. depending on your chosen Nowadays, Tyrol is divided into culinary delights, offers hereabouts to the scents in the Lunch along the way activities three parts, two of which – Tyrol something for everyone. air! It will be well worth your (depending on the location of Upon returning to the hotel, you Driving Duration: 0-5 hours and East Tyrol – remain within while to stay here for two nights! last night’s stay) will have free time until dinner. depending on your chosen the borders of Austria. The third Today we suggest to take you 14:00 Since we will be returning to the activities is South Tyrol which nowadays into a little known valley called For the last two hours of your Continue your drive toward same hotel, you are of course is the northern-most province the Sarnthal such that you can drive, we’ve chosen for you Merano also free to opt out of today’s Hotel of Italy. For the remainder of get a glimpse of the uniqueness a mixture of highway and a 15:30 or 17.30 drive and activities. We kindly A small Jugendstil / Art your journey, Tyrol will be your of South Tyrolean traditions and stunning, small mountain road Arrive at your hotel for the request that you please let us Nouveau hotel with a home...and what a magical way of living. that will take you right into the next two nights (timing know in advance if you do not breathtaking view and most place it is, as you will see! center of Merano, a small town depending on whether you plan to participate. memorable personal touch In the morning, it will be a situated in a basin surrounded stay in Carinthia or Osttirol) From your hotel, you will be short drive from Merano to the by peaks up to 3,335m tall. driving mostly due West in 19:30 Sarnthal. Merano will be your base for the avalley called “Val Pusteria”: Dinner at your hotel coming two days. roughly speaking, to your There you will spend the better northwill be the ‘Central Alps’ Driving Distance & Duration part of the day. Besides a very with its enormous peaks Distance: 305 km from local lunch in a 700-year old (something to look forward to on Carinthia or 165 km from Osttirol farm house, we would like to days 9 and 10) and to your south Duration: 5 hours from introduce you to a producer of the “Southern Alps”. The roads Carinthia or 3 hours from fragrant, essential oils made are beautifully paved, mostly Osttirol from a species of pines that are gently winding and a joy to drive. up to one thousand years old Hotel and to introduce to Sarnthein A small Jugendstil / Art As you enter South Tyrol (not valley artisans of various kinds, Nouveau hotel with a long after today’s departure),you among them a manufactory p92 breathtaking view and most p77 memorable personal touch Day 9 Core Itinerary Day 10 high alpine roads to explore the Into the Zillertal… If you are on the shorter 9-day area. itinerary, then the visit to this Timing A day of Alpine living Timing where the Austrian Depending on when you join glass manufactory will be the 8:30 and exploration… To be flexibly arranged for you this journey, you may be lucky Alps are grandest… last highlight of your journey Breakfast at your hotel depending on your interest since from there it is but to experience a Almauftrieb or 9:30 The Zillertal is the most Today you will leave South another 1-1.5 hours drive to mountainous region of Austria. Almabtrieb, the semiannual Drive north across the Alps Driving Distance & Duration Tyrol and begin to head north Munich. In Munich, we What better way to conclude event when the farmer’s cattle 11:30 across the Central Alps toward can either take you to its your journey than with a brief ascend to (in spring) or descend Distance: 0-50 km Arrive in the smallest ‘town’ in from (in autumn) nutritious Duration: 0-1 hours Innsbruck, the capital of Tyrol, international airport or the Austria for your glass making immersion into Alpine living and Austria’s most mountainous city itself where, perhaps, breathtaking landscapes? pastures high, high up in the (Depending on your chosen experience mountains. state and the cradle of its you would like to extend 12:30 activity) The Zillertal is well-known for world-famous crystal glass your stay. We will make your Lunch in this little town Cycling, golfing, easy walking, glaciers and stupendous making excellence. Regardless arrangements accordingly. 14:30 or simply relaxing at your hotel Hotel mountains and the traditions of of whether you are on the core Continue your drive either toward may suit you given that the end An Alpine hotel of excellent Extended Itinerary people who have made a living 9-day itinerary or the extended Munich (core itin. or toward the of your holiday is approaching. If, on the other hand, you have where the Austrian Alps are at comfort in a remote region of 11-day itinerary, we feel you Zillertal (extended itin.) We will help you make your opted to stay on for another 2 their tallest. the Zillertal must get a glimpse of this 16:30 arrangements as you like. centuries-old craftsmanship. days to immerse yourself in the Arrive at Munich Airport (core You can take cable cars up the glorious mountains of Tyrol, itin.) or your destination in the Note: Today’s lunch and dinner are glaciers or drive on beautiful not included. Instead of taking you to then it will be a short drive Zillertal (extended itin.) further into the Zillertal, one of Swarovski, however, we 19:30 Austria’s hidden gems when it propose to introduce you to a Dinner at your hotel tiny town (Austria’s smallest comes to experiencing the Alps with a history of well over a as the locals do. Driving Distance & Duration 1000 years) that is the home Core Itinerary of an artisanal manufactory Distance: 350 km of beautiful glass – plain and Duration: 3.45 hours simple or ornate and colorful. Extended Itinerary You will be delighted, either Distance: 235 km simply to look and marvel or Duration: 3 hours perhaps to purchase and take home one of its gems. Hotel An Alpine hotel of excellent comfort in a remote region of p94p78 the Zillertal p79 Day 11 Return to Munich…life most go on, or stay for a while?

From your hotel to Munich, it is but a 2.5 hour drive.

There, we can either take you to Munich’s International Airport or guide you into Munich itself where, perhaps, you would like to extend your stay. We will make your arrangements accordingly.

Timing 10:00 Departure from your hotel 12:30 Arrive in Munich

Driving Distance & Duration Distance: 220 km Duration: 2.5 hours p80 Choice of Cars

We include in the package price a cabriolet.

We strongly encourage you to enjoy this journey in an open- top car because the natural beauty, the fresh and scented air, the glorious mountains, the vineyards, and the many gorgeous roads are best enjoyed when wind is in your air and you can fully immerse yourself in the enjoyment of being on the road!

Of course, if you prefer a coupe or sedan of the same class or something a little or a lot more ANY car, exotic, we’re happy to offer you upgrade options. as long as it is a CABRIOLET”

p82 p83 Adventures and Discoveries in Local Cuisines

While this itinerary is not one of our ‘Foodie’-themed journeys, we do believe that each one of our journeys should introduce you not only to hidden gems of cultural and scenic beauty, but that sampling local cuisines is also a must.

We will therefore arrange for you ‘tasting menus’ such that you can try out a variety of specialties during each meal. While alcoholic beverages are not included in the price, on certain occasions, when we believe that a particular dish is best enjoyed when combined with a local drink, we will make it part of the experience!

For private journeys, we can, of course, tailor the meal experience to your taste (and budget).

p84 What’s Included / Best Months to Go...

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Generally speaking, our journey • Hand-crafted On the Road in (or omakase) style • Walky-talkies to stay in touch wet towels, daily picnic, • Visas (if required) packages and prices are all- Europe – Back Roads. Hidden • All accommodations with fellow travelers and your basket containing fresh fruit, • Alcoholic drinks (unless inclusive. Once you’ve paid and Gems. – Itinerary design as • A car as described from crew fruit juice, water, and a explicitly included) you arrive at the starting point, described in this Journey one of our highly reputable • All toll fees and parking fees mixture of sweets and nibbles) • Petrol for your car you really won’t have to take Dossier car rental partners will full • Entrance fees for all attended • All tips • Activities, Meals, Transport out your wallet again except for • A crew of three (your journey insurance activities during ‘free times’ as indicated liquids (alcoholic drinks and What’s Not Included host, subject matter experts/ • All ground transportation and petrol) and presents to take destination guides in various • Lead car for your crew in this Journey Dossier airport transfers • Your transport to and from home! locations, and a journey guest • On the Road in Europe • Top-up Collision Damage • Pre-programmed GPSs and Munich officer) service (goodies basket and Waiver insurance printed maps other treats along the way: • Personal shopping • All meals in ‘tasting menu’ p86 p87 Photo Credits

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