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The Empire of Samo Additional Route Lenght Information 49i 27 The Empire of Samo Tour Date 03.08.21 – 29.08.21 Cut-off Date: 20.05.2021 CHARACTERISTICS/IDEA BEHIND THIS TOUR + in the summer + diverse programme Straßenverhältnisse: Die Straßen in Clothing: B Pack something for all + good mix between town and country Polen, Tschechien, der Slowakei und weathers. Swimwear shouldn't be mis- Ungarn sind überwiegend gut. sing, just like rain jackets and hiking gear. PREPARATION: Road Conditions: The roads in Poland, MONEY MATTERS Travel documents*: Passport or ID- Czechia, Slovakia and Hungary are gene- Card, national driving license, green card rally good. Tour Price: 1.890,- e per person with the own car + caravan or camper Visa*: Not required Overnight Places: B The overnights when two persons travel in one vehicle are set at regular campsites of local stan- Additional charge for a single driver 10% CB-radio: Not required, should you like dard. to travel with the tour leader, a cb-radio is Fuel: On average, fuel prices are around recommended. Supplies: Electricity and water are avai- 5 to 10% cheaper than in Germany. lable daily. Grey water disposal is availa- Car Insurance: B All countries of this ble on most sites. Additional costs/travel funds: trip are part of the green card system. Up to 60 - 150 € per vehicle for tolls, Safety & Security: B In the large border fees and insurances Vaccinations: None are compulsory touristy cities please watch out for pick- approx. 20 € per person/day to cover More information at www.fitfortravel.nhs.uk pockets. your living expenses Up to 2€ per person/day for tips Pets: B require a pet passport Mobility Rating: 2 See catalogue “Your Journey with Mir Also plan a little buffer for souvenirs, mis- Tours” point 7). The required degree of haps, doctor etc. Pre-Tour Meeting: The pre-tour mee- mobility usually only relates to some pro- ting in Germany, at which we also collect You will be able to pay with debit or cre- grammes and segments of the sightsee- the copies of your passport takes place on dit card at almost all petrol stations, sou- ing. If your walking is not that great, you June 12th and is only open to booked par- venir shops and supermarkets. may still join this trip. To do this, you ticipants. As a service to our only-English would skip one or the other programme speaking clients may take place as online Money Exchange: without problems item or shorten it. We would be happy to meeting. ATM machines are available for use of discuss the trip with you in this regard. In your debit or credit card. case you use a tool such as a rollator or TOUR LOGISTICS: travel wheelchair, please note that these B = like in Western Europe Meeting Point: Official meeting point may also have to be lifted into the means for tour start is Dresden. of transport. ᠣ = will be discussed at length during the pre-tour meeting Tour Leader: Your tour leader informs Food Supply: B Supermarkets with a All this information is subject to change and is meant regularly about driving stages and daily good selection, similar to western stan- for this route as part of a group tour. There might be programmes. dards are available en-route. Gluten- and differences if you book an individual tour to these countries. lactose-free products are available in lar- Driving Stages: You may drive all sta- ger supermarkets. * The information about visa and travel documents is ges by yourselves. The tour leader offers considering that your passport is issued in a Climate: B Schengen state, by Switzerland or a country that to go with him/her. belongs to both the EU and the Schengen area. For the other countries we will inform your individually. (c) MIR Tours & Services GmbH Hauptstraße 10 D-56291 Birkheim Tel: 06746-80280 www.mir-tours.de Entry fees for included programme: The During the participant meeting (including MANDATORY INFORMATION tour price includes the normal entry fees for one camping fee) you can get to know other Cut-off Date: 20.05.2021 the sights we have put in the programme. fellow travellers and clarify all open questions On this date we have to decide if sufficient Should there be additional parts (special about the trip. Approx. 10 days after the phy- participants to run this tour have been rea- exhibitions) that are not of interest for everyo- sical meeting, we will have a virtual online ched. Ideally, you should have booked by ne they might be at your leisure. Example: meeting to clarify any questions that have ari- this point. We visit the Kremlin as part of the Moscow sen in the meantime. sightseeing and we pay the entry ticket. Booking Closes: 20.07.2021 Should you opt to see the tsars’ weapon Information Material: We create a informati- Should you be unable to book earlier, this chamber you pay this out of you own purse. on booklet for this tour. This informs about all is the last day that booking is possible relevant topics from equipment to customs. Forms, brochures, booklets about sites and under the condition that you bring your The German and English-speaking tour lea- stages are added by us. Also, you receive documents in time and the required num- der will meet you in the afternoon of the first GPS waypoints and map material so all parti- ber of participants has been reached at the day in Dresden and will accompany you until cipants have the same opportunities. cut-off date. Day 27. His tasks are: - to inform you regularly about overnight Payments due: upon booking 10% places, meals, stage, fuelling, shopping and USEFUL INFORMATION: Final payment due by 04.07.2021 leisure options. When putting this trip together, we are still in - offer to join him on the driving stages. the situation that the SARS-Covid19 pande- Cancellation fee: in percentage of tour - give you support in case of mishaps like illness or vehicle break-downs mic is affecting our lives and travels. Please price; is dependent on the time left to the note our general information on this topic in tour start. The resignation (travel cancellation) insu- the travel catalogue, as well as our Corona as of booking = 10% rance is covering if you cannot go on tour promise. day 54. - 30. before tour start = 20% due to a insured reason. The break-off day 29. - 10. before tour start = 30% The withdrawal of the United Kingdom from (travel curtailment) insurance refunds the from day 9. before tour start = 75% the EU and the only recently concluded con- part of the tour price that you did not parta- tracts for future cooperation may result in ke in due to an insured reason. More GENERAL SERVICES: changes to the travel documents required. details on insured reasons can be found in Please also note that there is a special infor- Organization & Booking: We order the the annex. mation available for customers from the included programmes for your and book the UK. overnight places. For us – as a registered tour operator – the compliance with travel law is obligatory. After the Second World War, most of the Day 4 06.08.2021 I TINERARY: German population was expelled. Wroclaw - Czestochowa However, there are still a few places with On driving days, we will always give you Day 1 03.08.2021 more than 20% German-speaking popula- several options to go from A to B. Today, Dresden tion. Since the fall of the Iron Curtain, no there is the countryside route through This tour begins in Radeberg near expense or effort has been spared to res- small and big towns sometimes dual car- Dresden, the capital of Saxony, one of tore the cities to their historical splendour. riageway. Following on the E40, you have Germanys federal states. The local town is The extensive restoration program attracts the opportunity to visit the town of Opole known for the Radeberger brewery one of visitors from near and far. with some historic architecture. In the after- the most renowned breweries in Germany. noon we all meet up at the campsite. If you arrive earlier, take a chance to visit camping fee downtown Dresden. In the late afternoon camping fee of this first tour day everyone meets for the Day 3 05.08.2021 official tour welcome. This is followed by Wroclaw / Bresslau Day 5 07.08.2021 dinner in the campsite’s restaurant. In the morning we take public transport Czestochowa / Tschenstochau from the campsite to the city centre. Our Having travelled around Poland you will camping fee, dinner guided tour will start near the cathedral. have noticed that Christianity and specifi- We walk the Oder banks, see the universi- cally Catholicism plays a big part in socie- Day 2 04.08.2021 ty and passing through small alleys even- ty. John Paul II, the first Polish pope, is Dresden - Wroclaw tually reach the main square. Here nicely considered a national hero. The holiest Our first driving stage takes us straight refurbished merchant and townhouses, place in Poland is the Jasna Gora monas- east into Silesia, one of the traditional with precious fronts are home to restau- tery complex and home to the Black areas in Poland, some say its most indus- rants and cafes. The tour ends at the Madonna, an icon of byzantine origin, sur- trious. After having been part of the medieval town hall with the option to have rounded by legends. So, it will be around Austrian Empire, for 200 years Silesia was lunch in the “Ratskeller”, the town halls this most popular place most of today’s part of Prussia and subsequently the restaurant.
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