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October 15-26, 2018
3 Nights Prague & 7 Nights River Cruise from Passau to Budapest • Vienna • Linz • Melk • and More!
PRAGUE CZECH REPUBLIC SLOVAKIA GERMANY Cruise Route Emmersdorf Passau Bratislava Motorcoach Route
Linz Vienna Budapest Extension MUNICH Melk AUSTRIA HUNGARY
206.935.6848 • www.alkitours.com 6417-A Fauntleroy Way SW • Seattle, WA 98136 TOUR DATES: October *15-26, 2018 12 Days LAND ONLY PRICE: As low as $4249 per person/do if you book early! Sail right into the pages of a storybook along the legendary Danube, *Tour dates include a travel day to Prague. Call for special, through pages gilded with history, and past the turrets and towers of castles optional Oct 15th airfare pricing. steeped in legend. You’ll meander along the fabled “Blue Danube” to grand cities like Vienna and Budapest where kings and queens once waltzed, and to gingerbread towns that evoke tales of Hansel and Gretel and the Brothers Grimm. If you listen closely, you might hear the haunting melody of the Lorelei siren herself as you cruise past her infamous river cliff post! PEAK SEASON, Five-Star Escorted During this 12-day journey, encounter the grand cities and quaint villages along European Cruise & Tour the celebrated Danube River. Explore both sides of Hungary’s capital–traditional Vacation Includes: “Buda” and the more cosmopolitan “Pest”–and from Fishermen’s Bastion, see how the river divides this fascinating city. Experience Vienna’s imperial architec- • Welcome dinner ture and gracious culture, and tour riverside towns in Austria’s Wachau Valley. And in Germany, explore a baroque cathedral and stroll cobbled streets lined • 3 nights in Prague including with half-timbered houses. Savor the tastes of authentic dishes, learn about local gorgeous hotel, tour of Prague and daily breakfast legends, and understand why Strauss immortalized the “Blue Danube” in his famous melody. • 7 nights cruise on the Amadeus Queen river cruise ship • Incredible excursions in Budapest, Bratislava, Vienna, Melk and Linz • All of your meals on board the ship, including wine with dinner
• Wine tasting in Melk (Wachau Valley) • Overnights in Prague,Vienna and Budapest–extended evening in Linz • Deluxe motorcoach transportation • Transfers and luggage handling in Prague and Munich with option air • Fully narrated so you won’t miss a thing!
Alki Tours Worldwide 206.935.6848 • www.alkitours.com • 6417-A Fauntleroy Way SW, Seattle, WA 98136 DAY 5 Prague to Passau DAY 8 A Day in Budapest Danube River After your breakfast this morning we enjoy a Enjoy a fabulous day in Budapest, Hungary, which lovely drive through the Czech countryside into is split into the sections of Buda and Pest by the Cruise Germany and our cruise embarkation at Passau, Danube River. After disembarking your riverboat Germany. Board your home for the next seven our guide will take you on a tour to see the city’s Here’s How Your nights, the newly appointed Amadeus Queen. Buda side on a walking tour of Castle Hill, a UNES- Enjoy the views from your riverboat’s sun deck, CO World Heritage Site; see Fishermen’s Bastion Trip Will Unfold... lounge, or the windows of your outside cabin as with its Neo-Romanesque design, and admire the we dock in Passau. Today, a local guide will take stained glass windows and centuries of history in Travel Day– you on a walking tour through the cobblestone Matthias Church. Enjoy a wonderful dinner aboard DAY 1 streets of this Baroque town renowned for its and free evening in this magnificient city. (B,L,D) Overnight flight to Europe with lovely stained glass and nearly 100 churches. optional airfare purchase See the Altes Rathaus, the old town hall with DAY 9 Free Morning in Budapest 14th-century origins, murals on the façade and (International in-flight meals) Enjoy a free day in one of Europe’s most magical a glockenspiel in the tower. We also visit St. cities! Revisit favorite sights, shop till you drop, or Stephan’s Cathedral, home to a magnificent pipe enjoy a traditional thermal bath in one of Buda- DAY 2 Arrive in Prague organ that is one of the world’s largest. (B,D) pest’s famous bath houses. (B,L,D) Welcome to Prague. Upon arrival, transfer (*included with optional air) to our lovely hotel DAY 6 The Monastery of Melk, DAY 10 A Day in Bratislava in Prague– the perfect location to explore this and Wachau Wine Valley amazing city. Enjoy a welcome reception and Let the day unfold slowly as you indulge in a dinner. Then catch up on your rest, and get ready This morning we arrive in the Wachau Valley for a wonderful breakfast and watch the world pass for our journey to begin. (In-flight meals, D) tour of the Benedictine Abbey of Melk, followed by by as we cruise to Bratislava. After lunch, our wine tasting. Melk is best known for its massive resident guide will take you inside contemporary monastery, which was founded in 1089 in a medi- Slovakia and Bratislava for a look at politics, the DAY 3 Prague eval fortress. After 1,000 years it’s still functioning economy, religion, the social order, preservation, This morning you will discover the magic of Prague as an abbey and school. In the 15th century the the emergence of arts, and much more prior to a on a tour of the modern and vibrant Czech capital. abbey’s monks played a leading part in central walking tour of this cobblestone, vehicle-free city. Your guided walking tour of the city features many European monastic reform and it took its present See 17 centuries of history eloquently chronicled of the highlights including Old Town, Wenceslas magnificent Baroque form after a devastating fire in sites including its 13th- century Old Town Square and the Charles Bridge. Later, you have the in the early 18th century. The abbey church with Hall, Baroque Habsburg era palaces, the Opera option of taking the must-see tour of the historic its enormous dome and ornate golden-hued bell House, Slovak Philharmonic Hall and St. Martin’s Jewish section of town. With over a thousand towers now stands proud on a rocky bluff high Cathedral. (B,L,D) years of history, the Prague Jewish Community is over the Danube River. Melk boasts the largest filled with many sites that testify to its rich cultural ecclesiastical library in the world, with over 80,000 DAY 11 Linz and Salzburg, Austria and legendary past. Your expert guide will take priceless volumes and a wonderfully frescoed After a restful night aboard, enjoy a day of you through the Old Jewish Cemetery, one of the ceiling, while the new museum has many jeweled cruising to Linz, Austria, or join our day trip to most iconic sites in Prague established in the 15th reliquaries and manuscripts on show. Napoleon Salzburg. As the birthplace of Mozart and the century and where the oldest tombstone–from poet used Melk Abbey as his headquarters when setting for “The Sound of Music” Salzburg is and scholar, Avigdor Karo–remains. You’ll also visit campaigning in Austria. Today it is surrounded by filled with Baroque architecture and the old some of the surviving synagogues before walking landscaped gardens with spectacular views over town is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Literally through Maiselova Street, one of the two main the Wachau Valley and the Danube. (B,L,D) meaning “Salt Castle”, Salburg’s fortunes came streets of the walled Jewish quarter. (B) from tolls on salt barges plying the Salzach River. DAY 7 A Day in Vienna In the afternoon, our ship docks in Linz, home DAY 4 Full Free Day in Prague Today enhance your life with a wonderful tour of of the oldest cake in the world, and a European Today is yours to explore what TripAdvisor ranks Vienna, the legendary home of Strauss, Mozart, the Cultural Capital City. (B,L,D) as the 5th best world destination! You may wish Habsburgs and the waltz! Accompanied by a local to take an optional tour to see the historic Prague expert, learn why Vienna in the 18th century was DAY 12 Depart Passau Castle, the largest medieval castle complex in the musical capital of Europe. Your tour includes a After a final breakfast aboard, and farewell to ship- Europe. (B) drive around the Ringstrasse, a wide avenue encir- mates, we transfer to the Munich Airport for flights cling the old city, taking in all its historic buildings. home (*included with optional air). (B, International Later, take a guided walking tour. You will have a in-flight meals) Cruise Schedule full day and entire evening to enjoy Vienna. (B,L,D)
DATE DAY CITY ARRIVE DEPART NOTES 10-19 Fri Passau 5:00 p 10-20 Sat Melk 9:00 a 1:00 p Wine tasting 10-20 Sat Vienna 7:15 p 10-21 Sun Vienna 7:00 p 10-22 Mon Budapest 11:30 a 10-23 Tue Budapest 1:00 p 10-24 Wed Bratislava 8:00 a 1:00 p 10-25 Thu Linz 2:00 p 7:00 p Salzburg day trip 10-26 Fri Passau 3:00 a 12:00 p Disembark
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Alki Tours Worldwide 206.935.6848 • www.alkitours.com • 6417-A Fauntleroy Way SW, Seattle, WA 98136