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ITINERARY OVERVIEW OLLI at CSU San Bernardino presents ... APRIL 7, 2021

Cruise in a group of 38-45 aboard our privately owned 140- to 162-passenger ships Day 1 • Depart U.S.

Romantic Blue : to Day 2-4 • Budapest, Hungary: Budapest | : | : , , | Czech Embark ship Republic: Cesky Krumlov, Prague Budapest Included Tour Budapest Optional Tour $ 15 days from $ 14 days from 3795 with international airfare5065 Tour only Day 5-6 • Bratislava, Slovakia from Los Angeles, CA Port Bratislava Included Tour Bratislava Arrival/ OPTIONAL EXTENSIONS Prague Departure Optional Extension Cruise Route Motor Route Day 7-8 • Vienna Total Cruising 309 miles Distance (498 km) Port Vienna CZECHH Krakow Included Tour Vienna REPUBLICLIC Optional Tours Musical Vienna • Cesky Schoenbrunn Krumlov

D SLOVAKIA Krems anube Day 9-10 • Krems Vienna Bratislava Port Krems Linz VALLEY Included Tour Krems Budapest Optional Tour Marillen Farm AUSTRIA (Also Optional Extension) HUNGARY Day 11-12 • Linz PLEASE NOTE: THE ITINERARY PRESENTED STARTS IN BUDAPEST AND ENDS IN PRAGUE. Disembark ship YOUR DEPARTURE WILL START IN PRAGUE AND END IN BUDAPEST. Port Linz Included Tours Linz • Mauthausen • Cesky IT’S INCLUDED Krumlov International airfare, transfers, government taxes, fees, and fuel surcharges, unless you choose to make your own air arrangements Day 13-14 • Prague Accommodations for 10 nights aboard a private river ship with wireless Internet access in Included Tour Prague all common areas and cabins, and 3 nights in the Grandior Hotel Prague or similar Optional Tour Jewish Prague 34 meals: 13 breakfasts, 9 lunches, 12 dinners—including 3 meals in local restaurants— plus all onboard house beer, wine, and soft drinks Day 15 • Prague • Return to U.S. 11 included tours with personal headsets and 2 Exclusive Discovery Series Events— Home-Hosted Visit • School visit MAXIMIZE YOUR Local Program Directors, a Grand Circle Cruise Line exclusive: Our dedicated experts DISCOVERIES & VALUE are with you and your group of 38-45 travelers from beginning to end to provide an insider’s knowledge and perspective OPTIONAL EXTENSIONS all with FREE Single Supplements Gratuities for local guides and motorcoach drivers Budapest, Hungary All port charges 3 nights pre-trip from $745 Baggage handling for 1 piece of luggage per person, including tips Dresden & Berlin, Germany 5% Frequent Traveler Credit toward your next trip 5 nights post-trip from $995 Highlights of Poland: Warsaw & Krakow 5 nights post-trip from $1095

PLEASE MENTION THIS Reservations & Information 1-800-221-2610 CODE WHEN BOOKING www.gct.com/edr2021G1-27044 WHAT TO EXPECT

Group Size Physical Requirements • We reserve the right for Program • This trip has a group size of 38-45 • Included features on your trip may Directors to restrict participation, travelers with our local Program consist of 3-4 hours of physical activity or in some circumstances send Director exclusive to Grand Circle each day. Travelers should be able travelers home, if their limitations to walk 1-3 miles unassisted within impact the group’s experience Pacing a time frame of 1-2 hours, and walk Terrain & Transportation • 14 days, with 10 nights on uneven surfaces, including steep aboard our privately and unpaved paths, hills, riverbanks, • Diverse terrain and uneven walking owned 162-Passenger M/S River 25-50 stairs without handrails, surfaces, including steep paths, hills, Aria or M/S River Adagio, and and cobblestones, which can be riverbanks, 25-50 stairs without 1 three-night hotel stay slick in wet or colder conditions handrails, and cobblestones • Return flights often require • Optional activities and elective • Travel by 140- to 162-passenger departing in early morning hours walks may be offered in addition river ship and 49- coach to the activity levels above • Air travel time will be 9-18 hours and • Changes in water- depths may will have at least one connection • Not accessible for travelers using require adjustments to your itinerary wheelchairs or scooters Climate • Travelers using walkers, crutches, or other mobility aids must travel • Daytime temperatures range from with a companion who can assist 58-82°F during cruising season them throughout the trip • June-August are the warmest months • March and November weather can be unpredictable and change quickly

YOUR ITINERARY

DAY 1 • Depart U.S. explore Pest, where you’ll see Heroes’ DAY 5 • Explore Bratislava, Slovakia • Square. Home-Hosted Visit DAY 2 • Arrive in Budapest, Hungary • This afternoon, Budapest is alive with After a morning of leisure, you’ll arrive Embark ship activity, from its market halls and antique in Bratislava. Set off on a tour of You’ll be met at the Budapest airport and galleries to its museums and cafes. You Slovakia’s capital known for its pictur- assisted to your private river ship. Relax might enjoy a visit to a thermal or take esque setting at the foot of the Little and settle in before mingling with your in architectural gems like the . Program Directors and fellow travelers. Building. Tonight, gather with your fellow This evening, you’ll join a local for If you began your explorations early with travelers for the Captain’s Welcome Dinner a Home-Hosted Dinner tonight. Learn our optional Budapest pre-trip extension, before an evening of scenic sailing. about everyday life and sample the city’s you will join the main group today. Dinner B,L,D—Private Grand Circle River Ship cuisine during this Exclusive Discovery tonight is onboard. Series event. D—Private Grand Circle River Ship DAY 4 • Budapest • Optional Hospital B,L,D—Private Grand Circle River Ship in the Rock tour DAY 3 • Explore Budapest • Captain’s Continue exploring Budapest on your own DAY 6 • Bratislava • School visit • Welcome Dinner this morning. Then return to the ship for Vienna, Austria After breakfast this morning, set off to lunch onboard. The rest of the afternoon is Disembark your river ship after breakfast, tour Budapest, the “Queen of the Danube.” at your leisure, or you may choose to join and start your day with an Exclusive In —the city’s western right — an optional tour to the fascinating Hospital Discovery Series visit to a local view the atop Castle Hill, a UNESCO in the Rock. school supported by Grand Circle World Heritage Site, and the palace, lov- Enjoy scenic daylight sailing as your ship Foundation. ingly restored since its destruction during cruises towards Bratislava. World War II. Then cross the Danube and Please note: The school visit is not possible on B,L,D—Private Grand Circle River Ship weekends or during the summer and national

Reservations & Information 1-800-221-2610 www.gct.com/edr2021 holidays when school is not in session. Return to the ship for lunch, the afternoon DAY 13 • Explore Prague Travelers on these departures will instead is yours to relax onboard or continue dis- This morning, you’ll enjoy a tour of Prague enjoy an arranged local experience and/or covering the town’s delights on your own. featuring the Gothic majesty of the city’s local food tasting. B,L,D—Private Grand Circle River Ship , including the Jewish , Return to the ship for lunch, and take in the historic town square, Charles , an afternoon of scenic cruising towards DAY 10 • Krems • Wachau Valley • Melk and the famed . After Vienna. Arrive in the Austrian capital this Abbey lunch on your own, you’ll have free time evening before dinner onboard. This morning, cruise along one of the to explore the lovely Czech capital. This B,L,D—Private Grand Circle River Ship most beautiful parts of the Danube—the evening, dinner is on your own. Wachau Valley—taking in the stunning B—Grandior Hotel Prague or similar DAY 7 • Explore Vienna • Optional landscape of sculpted hills and medieval Musical Vienna tour towns built along the river that comprise DAY 14 • Prague • Optional Jewish this UNESCO World Heritage Site. After Arrive in Vienna this morning, and set out Prague tour • Farewell Dinner lunch onboard, set off for the town of on an included tour. Your explorations The day is yours in Prague. Experience one Melk, where you’ll have a guided tour of begin on the Ringstrasse, the elegant bou- of the city’s many museums or cathedrals, the historic Melk Abbey. levard that surrounds the city’s historic further discover its notable Jewish quarter, center, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. B,L,D—Private Grand Circle River Ship or visit the mighty Prague Castle. Or you Then walk past the historic Imperial Palace may choose to join an optional Jewish and the renowned Spanish Riding School. DAY 11 • Explore Linz • Mauthausen • Prague tour. Captain’s Farewell Dinner Enjoy lunch at a local restaurant and Tonight, gather with your fellow travelers then set your own agenda. This evening, Wake this morning in Linz, the capital for a Farewell Dinner at a local restaurant. perhaps you’ll experience our Musical of (one of the country’s B,D—Grandior Hotel Prague or similar Vienna optional tour—a special opportu- nine states) set across both of the nity to hear classical music. Danube. Disembark after breakfast to dis- DAY 15 • Prague • Return to U.S. B,L,D—Private Grand Circle River Ship cover the city during an included walking tour, followed by a bit of free time to After breakfast, you will be assisted to the airport for your flight home. Or begin your DAY 8 • Vienna • Optional further explore on your own. This after- post-trip extension in the Highlights of Schoenbrunn Palace tour noon, visit the Mauthausen concentration camp with a local guide. Poland or Dresden & Berlin, Germany. This morning, discover more of Vienna on Tonight, gather with your fellow travelers B your own. Or, join an optional tour to the for a Farewell Drink and Port Talk, fol- dazzling Schoenbrunn Palace. lowed by the Captain’s Farewell Dinner. After rejoining the group for lunch B,L,D—Private Grand Circle River Ship onboard, set off to make your own discov- eries throughout Vienna. Perhaps you’ll visit one of Vienna’s famed museums, such DAY 12 • Linz • Disembark ship • Visit as the 18th-century Belvedere Museum, Cesky Krumlov, • known for housing some of Austria’s most Prague important art dating as far back as the Disembark this morning in Linz and begin . your transfer to Prague. Along the way, B,L,D—Private Grand Circle River Ship you’ll stop in Cesky Krumlov, a medieval town and UNESCO World Heritage Site, DAY 9 • Visit Krems • Optional Marillen where you’ll take part in a walking tour. Farm tour Enjoy lunch on your own, followed by free time for independent discoveries. Discover , a large, You arrive in Prague in the late afternoon charming town set at the confluence of the and check into your hotel. Krems and Danube rivers, on a morning walking tour. Then, enjoy free time in B—Grandior Hotel Prague or similar Krems. Or, set off on our Marillen Farm optional tour and travel to a local family- run apricot farm for a guided tour and tasting.

Reservations & Information 1-800-221-2610 www.gct.com/edr2021 Romantic Blue Danube: Good Buy Plan Budapest to Prague The earlier you pay, the more you save

Here's how you'll save with our exclusive Good Buy Plan DECK (based on a trip value of $5,500 per person)

A Serenada A $5195 Months That You Pay in Full Prior Guarantee to Your Final Payment Due Date Your Price Savings Savings Serenade Deck $4995 B (90 days prior to your departure date) and Receive: Per Person: Per Couple: (Top Deck w/balcony) 12 months or more 10% $650 $1300 C Sonata Deck $4595 (Middle Deck w/picture window) 11 months 9% $585 $1170 D $4495 10 months 8% $520 $1040 E Cantata Deck $4395 (Middle Deck w/picture window) 9 months 7.5% $488 $975 F $4295 8 months 6% $390 $780 G Prelude Deck $4095 (Lower Deck w/small window) 7 months 5% $325 $650 H $3795 6 months 4% $260 $520

5 months 3% $195 $390

Depart from: APRIL 7, 2021 Make your final payment by $50 off $50 $50 check within 120 days** Los Angeles, CA $1300 Additional departure are available. Call for details. Good Buy Plan savings is calculated based on total reservation cost

Deposit: $500 per person. For more information, visit www.gct.com/gbd Single Supplement: $595. Single accommodations are limited. To avoid the single supplement, ask about our Roommate Matching Service.

GOVERNMENT TAXES AND FEES The following government taxes and fees are now included in your airfare price. Government and other authority taxes and fees: September 11th Fee of up to $2.50 USD applies per passenger, per flight segment (maximum charge per trip—$5.00 USD one-way, $10.00 USD round trip). A flight segment is defined as one takeoff and one landing.Passenger Facility Charge (PFC) of up to $18 per passenger. Federal Domestic Flight Segment Fee of up to $3.70 USD applies per passenger, per flight segment (defined as a takeoff and a landing).U.S. or International Departure and Arrival Charges of up to $200 USD may apply depending on itinerary. On select itineraries that include the purchase of a pre- and/or post-trip extension, U.S. or international departure and arrival charges of up to $300 USD may apply. Call for details. Standard Terms & Conditions can be found on the web at www.gct.com/tc.

PLEASE NOTE: THE ITINERARY PRESENTED STARTS IN BUDAPEST AND ENDS IN PRAGUE. YOUR DEPARTURE WILL START IN PRAGUE AND END IN BUDAPEST.

Reservations & Information: Call Toll-Free: 1-800-221-2610

PLEASE MENTION THIS CODE WHEN BOOKING G1-29158

CST 2041626-40