8 DAYS/7 NIGHTS – GROUP TRAVEL SUGGESTED ITINERARY - CAN BE CUSTOMIZED
This vacation itinerary allows your group to experience two distinctly different European INCLUSIONS capital cities and their respective charms. The Netherlands welcomes visitors with picturesque dreamy canals, colorful flower markets and a laidback atmosphere. Its 4 nights in Amsterdam history centers on the merchants and fishermen who leveraged the city's location and 3 nights in Prague waterways. Prague awes visitors with its fairytale skyline, fascinating history and historic castle. Once part of the mighty Habsburg Empire, its architecture reflects its rich heritage Breakfast daily and culture. Lunch and dinner per itinerary Ground transport DAY 1 ~ ARRIVE city’s most luxurious stores. Here in Dam via air conditioned AMSTERDAM Square lies the historic heart of luxury coach Arrive in Amsterdam, the Amsterdam. See the Royal Palace, which English speaking assistant and guides capital of the Netherlands. was originally constructed as the Town Hall. After exiting customs, meet your local Pass the Mint Tower, with its clock and Admission tickets as outlined in assistant in the terminal’s arrivals hall. Your bells that still seem to echo Amsterdam’s itinerary group will then travel by private coach to Golden Age. Also of particular interest is the hotel. Even though your group will the 16th-century Weeping Tower, which HIGHLIGHTS arrive before the hotel’s check-in time, feel according to legend derived its name from free to store your luggage with the the sailors’ wives who used to bid their Guided city tour of reception staff. There will be free time husbands an emotional farewell from here. Amsterdam until this evening to begin exploring Then we'll pass the Floating Flower Market Tour Keukenhof Amsterdam. Consider visiting one of its on Singel Canal, which is a stunning mass of Gardens’ seventy- flowers strung along the canal on nine acres of tulips, excellent museums like the Rijksmuseum or daffodils and permanently-moored barges. After free the Van Gogh Museum. Tonight join your hyacinths in Lisse time for lunch, the group will proceed to fellow group members for a welcome Guided tour of the the Anne Frank House, where eight people dinner of Dutch specialties in the hotel’s remarkable Anne restaurant. from three separate families lived together Frank House in near total silence for more than 2 years Guided city tour of DAY 2 ~ AMSTERDAM during World War II. It was here that Anne Prague After breakfast in the hotel, wrote her famous diary as a way to deal Experience the your group will meet a local with the boredom and her youthful jumble beauty of the Czech guide in the lobby for an of thoughts, which had as much to do with countryside exciting tour of this scenic city. personal relationships as with the war and Approximately 800 years ago, the Amstel the Nazi terror raging outside her hiding River was dammed, giving the town its place. The tour will finish in the city center, name. Where medieval fishing boats once and the rest of the day is free to shop, to docked, your group will see 17th century wander alongside Amsterdam’s canals and houses, street performers and some of the to sample more of this country’s cuisine. DAY 3 ~ AMSTERDAM the hotel or stay in the center. After breakfast in the hotel DAY 5 ~ PRAGUE your group will depart on a After breakfast the group full-day excursion of will check out and transfer windmills and tulips. The first stop today by private coach to will be in Zaanse Schans, a neighborhood in Amsterdam's Schiphol Airport for your the town of Zaandam, to admire its short flight to Prague. Upon arrival your collection of historic windmills and its group will be transferred to the hotel by traditional craft shops. Afterwards, the private coach. Prague's position at the group will travel south to the lovely city crossroads of Europe has made it a magnet Haarlem, where the group will have free for foreign traders since before recorded time for lunch. Afterwards, continue south history. By the early 10th century it had to the city of Lisse to tour the legendary developed into a thriving town with a large Keukenhof Gardens where vast numbers of marketplace (the Old Town Square) and tulips, daffodils and hyacinths create two citadels (Prague Castle and Vyšehrad), dazzling patches of color. Blooms here - at from where its first ruling dynasty, the their peak- have a short but glorious Přemyslids, conducted their many family season. The park is said to be the greatest feuds. Tonight the group will dine together flower show on earth, and it's Holland's in the hotel’s restaurant. annual spring gift to the world. (Note: Keukenhof is only open from March to DAY 6 ~ PRAGUE May. For groups traveling outside of that After breakfast, your group time, a guided tour of Haarlem is highly will embark on a full-day recommended with a possible inside visit of sightseeing tour of this the Corrie ten Boom Museum. Alternative fairytale city. The journey begins as your ideas include a visit to Delft to tour one of group crosses the Vltava River, which has its famous porcelain workshops or a tour of played a vital part in Prague’s history and Volendam to visit a cheese farm). has provided inspiration for artists, poets DAY 4 ~ AMSTERDAM and musicians throughout the centuries. Many bridges cross the river and you will This morning is free to visit the most famous one, the Charles relax, sleep in, shop or Bridge, which was completed sightsee. For those wanting approximately in the 15th century. It is to relax, consider heading to Voldelpark, perhaps Prague's most familiar monument Amsterdam’s loveliest park. Lunch is on and connects the Old Town with the Little your own. This afternoon’s guided tour will Quarter. We’ll continue to the Prague consist of a fun boat tour of Amsterdam. Castle complex, a UNESCO World Heritage This is undoubtedly the best way to Site. The history of Prague begins with the appreciate this city of canals. Afterwards, castle, founded in the 9th century by Prince the group will undergo the Heineken Borivoj. The castle has since been rebuilt Experience, a self-guided tour at its former many times. After a disastrous fire in 1541, brewery. Learn all about one of the the badly damaged buildings were rebuilt Netherlands’ best exports. The group will in Renaissance style. The castle enjoyed its go straight to a local restaurant for a cultural heyday under Rudolph II. Later, farewell-to-the-Netherlands dinner. After the Hapsburgs who resided in Vienna used dinner group members can walk back to the castle only occasionally. Since 1918, it WHY TRAVEL WITH US ? has been the seat of the president of the Republic. Your guided tour of the castle Whether it is taking a family trip to Paris, an complex will feature the St. Vitus educational group to Barcelona, or a church Cathedral, the Old Royal Palace, the Basilica group to Rome we can build an affordable, of St. George, the 16th century Golden European trip tailored to your interests. From Lane and Daliborka Tower. After the tour at single city itineraries to multiple cities and Prague Castle your group will proceed to countries, your travel agent will work with us the Old Town Square to see the Astrological to create custom tours for groups of 10 to Clock, which was built in the beginning of 500 people. the 1400’s. The guided tour will finish at the hotel, and the evening is free for group We Make It Easy - We provide a quick members to continue visiting Prague on turnaround on custom quotes. Multi-city and their own. multi-country itineraries are our specialty. In Why Should You addition, we can help organize signup DAY 7 ~ PRAGUE Encourage Your deadlines, travel documents and payments. Travel Agent to After breakfast, meet your Book Your Group local guide in the hotel Experience - Europe Express has managed Through Us? lobby for a morning over 6,000 custom group trips since 1990. excursion by private coach to the We provide expert guides and high quality spectacular Karlstejn Castle, a medieval travel products. structure commissioned by Charles IV in Ease of Use the 14th century. Your group will enjoy an Flexibility - We work with your travel agent excellent guided tour with admission to create a tailor-made trip to accommodate Experience included inside the castle. Before returning your interests, booking whatever to the hotel in Prague, your group will have combination of travel services fit your plans lunch at a local restaurant that serves up and budget, including airfare, hotels, rail, Flexibility traditional Czech fare (included). Upon transfers, sightseeing and more. arriving to the hotel, enjoy the remainder of the afternoon to visit more in Prague on Peace of Mind - Dedicated local ground Peace of Mind your own. A group dinner is not included support means that there is always someone on today’s program, but all group members available to help you. Relax knowing that should be back to the hotel at the agreed your trip is backed by our commitment to meeting time for tonight’s performance at offer world-class quality of service. the State Opera House or concert venue. Contact your travel agent today for a DAY 8 ~ PRAGUE customized itinerary and group quote! After check-out, your group will transfer this morning to Prague International Airport for your return flight to the USA.
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