SIMPLY AUSTRIA | 06 Nights / 07 Days
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SIMPLY AUSTRIA | 06 Nights / 07 Days HIGHLIGHTS • Stay at Innsbruck, Salzburg and Vienna • Visit the Swarovski Crystal Word with shuttle bus transfers • Salzburg city tour • Vienna city tour including entrance to Schönbrunn Palace • Austria Visa Charges Included ITINERARY Day 01 Arrive Vienna and transfer to Innsbruck Welcome to Vienna – Austria! Upon arrival at the Vienna international airport, take the train to Innsbruck directly from the Vienna airport. The train journey from Vienna Airport train station (Wien Flughafen) to Innsbruck train station will take approximately 4 hours and 50 minutes. Use your Vienna pass for this journey. On arrival at the Innsbruck train station, transfer to your hotel on your own. Arrive and check into the hotel. Overnight : Hotel in Innsbruck Meals : None Day 02 Innsbruck : Visit Swarovski Crystal World with shuttle bus transfers Enjoy breakfast at the hotel; later proceed for a tour of Swarovski Crystal World. Take the shuttle bus to reach the Swarovski Crystal World. The Swarovski Kristallwelten Shuttle travels four times per day from Innsbruck to Swarovski Crystal Worlds and back. Once you reach Swarovski Crystal World, situated in Wattens, explore the fantastic and sparkling world of Swarovski. The timings for shuttle bus from Innsbruck, Hauptbahnhof are as follows:- 08:40 10:20 12:40 14:40 16:40 The timings for shuttle bus from Swarovski Crystal world are as follows:- 11:35 13:35 15:35 17:35 1 9:05 Overnight : Hotel in Innsbruck Meals : Breakfast Day 03 Innsbruck – Salzburg After breakfast at the hotel, Check out and proceed to Innsbruck train station on your own. Catch the train departing for Salzburg. Use your Austria Pass for this journey. Arrive Salzburg and proceed to hotel on your own and check in. Remaining time is at leisure in Salzburg. Overnight : Hotel in Salzburg Meals : Breakfast Day 04 Salzburg City Tour After breakfast at the hotel, venture out of the hotel. Get to know the city of Salzburg in 1 hour through the city tour. Places you will see during the city tour will be: Mirabell Palace, Mozart’s Residence, Trinity Church, Horse Pond, Festival Halls, Nonnberg Abbey and Mozart Square. The tour will depart at: 10.45 am and the duration will be 1 hrs Meeting Point : Mirabellplatz 2, Bus terminal (next to Mirabell Gardens and University Mozarteum) End of the tour : Mirabellplatz 2, Bus terminal (next to Mirabell Gardens and University Mozarteum) After the city tour you can roam around exploring this beautiful town on your own or return to hotel. Overnight : Hotel in Salzburg Meals : Breakfast Day 05 Salzburg - Vienna Post breakfast at the hotel, check out and proceed to Salzburg train station on your own. Depart from Salzburg to Vienna by train, Arrive Vienna and proceed to hotel on your own. Check in and relax at the hotel. Remaining time is at leisure for you. Overnight : Hotel in Vienna Meals : Breakfast Thomas Cook (India) Ltd. Thomas Cook (India) Ltd. | 1 Day 06 Vienna city tour After breakfast at the hotel, proceed for morning sightseeing tour of Vienna. Enjoy a city tour along the famous Ringstrasse and see the most important tourist attractions which Vienna has to offer. Afterwards follow in the footsteps of Empress Sissi and Emperor Franz Josef at Schönbrunn Palace. The sightseeing tour starts at Südtiroler Platz and takes you along the Ringstrasse Boulevard, where you will see many of the popular tourist attractions. First take a look at the impressive Vienna State Opera, one of the most acclaimed opera houses in the world and home to the famous “Opera Ball” which takes place every year. Next you will see the monumental buildings of the Museums of Fine Art and Natural History, the neo-classical Parliament, the acclaimed Burgtheater and the striking City Hall, where the legendary Life Ball takes place. On arrival at Schönbrunn Palace our guided tour starts at once - no need to wait for Austria’s most popular tourist attraction! The former imperial summer residence is a listed World Heritage Site and attracts millions of people from all over the world every year. This tour operates daily and starts at 09:45 AM // Duration is 3 Hrs 30 Mins Meeting Point: Südtiroler Platz / bus terminal, platforms A7 & A8 (metro line U1, station Südtiroler Platz End of the tour: Südtiroler Platz (metro line U1, station Südtiroler Platz) Overnight : Hotel in Vienna Meals : Breakfast Day 07 Depart Vienna Today proceed to the airport for your flight back home to India. Meals: Breakfast Note :The above itinerary is tentative and subjected to change without prior notice. INCLUSIONS Airfare : • Return economy class airfare & taxes as per the itinerary as on 05-Nov-2017 Visa : • Charges for a Single entry schengen visa applied through the Austria consulate Insurance : • Travel Insurance as required for the package (For passengers till 60 years of age) Accommodation : • 2 nights’ accommodation in Innsbruck • 2 nights’ accommodation in Salzburg • 2 nights’ accommodation in Vienna Meals : • Daily Breakfast except on Day 1 Sightseeing : • Swarovski Crystal World with shuttle bus transfer • Salzburg city tour on seat in coach basis • Vienna city tour with entrance to Schönbrunn Palace on seat in coach basis Transfers : • Transfer from Vienna hotel to Vienna airport on seat in coach basis Eurail : • 2nd class Austria Pass (3 days in 1 month) EXCLUSIONS • City Tax/Tourist Tax (this is to be paid directly at the hotel in EUR) • Tips and porterage • Surcharges as applicable due to peak season, surcharge dates, trade fair dates, any block out dates • Any services not mentioned in the inclusions list HOTELS ENVISAGED CITY 3 STAR Innsbruck Hotel Tautermann or similar Salzburg Hotel Wyndham Grand Salzburg Conference Centre or Similar Vienna Hotel Lucia or similar 2 | Thomas Cook (India) Ltd. OPTIONAL TOURS CITY NAME OF THE TOUR DURATION DEPARTURE POINT DAYS PER PER OPERATING ADULT CHILD SALZBURG Mozart City Tour Starts at Salzburg Daily EUR 45 EUR 25 0900/1045/1145/ Sightseeing Office 1345/1445 Duration 2 Hours 30 mins SALZBURG The original Sound Starts at 0900/1345 Salzburg Daily EUR 45 EUR 25 of Music Tour Duration 4 Hours Sightseeing Office SALZBURG Salt Mines Starts at 0830/1345 Salzburg Daily EUR 60 EUR 50 Duration 4 Hours Sightseeing Office SALZBURG Bavarian Alps Starts at 1345 Salzburg Daily EUR 45 EUR 25 Duration 4 Hours Sightseeing Office SALZBURG Eagle’s Nest Starts at 0830 Hrs Salzburg Daily EUR 65 EUR 50 Duration 4 Hours 30 Sightseeing Office mins SALZBURG Hallstatt Tour - Starts at 12:30 Salzburg Daily EUR 60 EUR 50 UNESCO World Duration 5 Hours Sightseeing Office Heritage Site VIENNA Belvedere Palace Prinz-Eugen-Strasse Daily EUR 32 FREE (For child till Combination ticket 27, 1030 Vienna Unescorted 17 Years) VIENNA Grand Danube River 3 Hours 30 mins Schwedenplatz: Daily EUR 35 EUR 18 Cruise DDSG Unescorted VIENNA Schonbrunn Concert Starts at 20:30 Schoenbrunn Palace Daily EUR 125 EUR 125 Package: Duration 1 Hours 40 Unescorted Dinner and Concert mins (Category A) TENTATIVE DESCRIPTION OF THE OPTIONAL TOURS: town in the mountains. Stroll around, explore Berchtesgaden on your own and take this opportunity to relax or go shopping. You also have the possibility to visit the Mozart City Tour: famous Berchtesgaden royal church. Please note: It is your own responsibility to This tour is the best way to see all the important sights of both the New and Old bring along all obligatory documents (passport and/or visa) to cross the German parts of the city within just 1 1/2 hrs: Mirabell Palace, Mozarteum (University of Music), border. Please contact your local embassy regarding visa requirements. Additional Marionette Theatre, Mozart’s Residence, Trinity Church, Hellbrunn Palace (short stop), Information: Pick up from most hotels can be arranged with the supplier directly. Palace of Frohnburg, Nonnberg Abbey, Siegmund‘s Gate, Festival Halls, Horse Bath, Passport required, please check with local embassy for visa requirements. This tour is Getreidegasse and Blasius Church. Entrance to Mozart’s Residence is included. operated in air conditioned vehicles. Salt Mines: Eagle’s Nest: The tour will take you from Salzburg straight to the entrance of the salt mines. Here This tour gives you a perfect combination of fascinating history and memorable you will be given overalls to protect your clothing before climbing aboard the miner’s scenery. We drive up to Obersalzberg once used as a base for the Third Reich. Board railway to travel down into the shafts. An expert guide will lead you through the maze a special bus for a breathtaking journey up to the Eagle’s Nest. Explore the old of branching tunnels and explain the fascinating history of alpine saltmining. The conference room, dining area and terraces while your guide explains all the history adventure continues with a slide, taking you yet deeper down into the ground – an relating to this interesting area. exciting experience for young and old! Finally, right at the bottom of the mine, you will climb aboard a raft, to journey across the extraordinary underground salt lake. An experience certainly not to be missed, this breath-taking tour of the mine will then Belvedere Palace Combination ticket: lead you back under the mountain to Salzburg. Take the chance and visit the Belvedere Palace, the palace at the heart of Vienna and which was the baroque summer residence of the renowned general and art connoisseur Prince Eugene. In the Upper Belvedere you find the world’s largest The original Sound of Music Tour: Klimt collection with the famous golden pictures “The Kiss” and “Judith” which is Relive the making-of the “Sound of Music” movie in and around Salzburg. This a “must” for Klimt fans. In this magnificent palace you can stroll past Austrian art tour, which has been Salzburg’s most popular tour since 1967, is a combination of from the Middle Ages to Gustav Klimt and Egon Schiele.