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RAIL PACKAGES CITY STAY PACKAGES Between history and leisure lies the secret to mindful relaxation Charles Bridge, Prague Czech Republic Contents ESCORTED TOURS 7–17 EASTERN EUROPEAN PANORAMA 7 THE HEART OF GERMANY 8 PRAGUE, VIENNA & BUDAPEST 9 MOSCOW TO PRAGUE 10 MOSCOW TO WARSAW 11 THE MAGIC OF POLAND 12 THE TREASURES OF POLAND 13 POLISH & BLATIC JEWELS 14 BALTIC HIGHLIGHTS 14 BALTIC IMPRESSIONS 15 TALLINN TO PRAGUE 16 BULGARIA & ROMANIA 17 TAILOR-MADE TRAVEL 18–34 ‰ INDEPENDENT TOURS THREE IMPERIAL CAPITALS 18 DISCOVER ROMANIA 19 VIA BALTICA 20 BEST OF BALTICS & POLAND 21 ‰ CITY STAYS BRATISLAVA 22 CESKY KRUMLOV 22 PRAGUE 23 SALZBURG 24 VIENNA 25 BUDAPEST 26 BUCHAREST 27 WARSAW 28 KRAKOW 29 MUNICH 30 BERLIN 31 DRESDEN 32 FRANKFURT 32 ROMANTIC ROAD 32 TALLINN 33 RIGA 34 VILNIUS 34 TERMS AND CONDITIONS 35 FINLAND D LAN FIN OF LF Eastern Europe GU H Tallinn RUSSIA ESTONIA BALTIC & Beyond SEA Pärnu Tartu Sigulda SWEDEN Jurmala H Riga LATVIA DENMARK NORTH SEA Klaipeda LITHUANIA Kaunas Vilniu s H Gdans k Berli n H BELARUS POLAND GERMANY H Warsaw Cologne Dresden Wroclaw Karlovy Vary Frankfur t UKRAINE H Prague Krakow Nuremberg CZECH REPUBLIC Zakopane Rothenburg Telc Cesky Krumlov Brno SLOVAK REPUBLIC Piestany Kosice Munic h H Vienna H Bratislava Salzburg Eger MOLDOVA Esztergom Innsbruck AUSTRIA SWITZERLAND Szentendre H Budapest ROMANIA Graz HUNGARY Balatonfüred Sighisoara SLOVENIA Sibiu CROATIA Brasov Bran Sinaia SERBIA H Bucharest BOSNIA & ITALY HERZEGOVINA Rousse Veliko Tarnovo Varna ADRIATIC BULGARIA SEA Bourgas Sofia H Plovdiv MONTENEGRO Rila MACEDONIA TURKEY GREECE 4 Contact our destination specialists today: Australia 1300 363 554 • New Zealand 0800 550 065 BOOK EARLY & discover more over m disc or e.. 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These personalised tours allow you to take the TAILOR-MADE reins – you’re an individual; travel like one. PRAGUE 6 Contact our destination specialists today: Australia 1300 363 554 • New Zealand 0800 550 065 ESCORTED over m disc or e. .. Berlin 2 Warsaw . $ .. 2 4 e 0 d r 0 i o per co s uple c POLAND m o r TR v e e AV r v EL Dresden m o VO c U o s C i H ER r d D e e p o . s i . t b . Czestochowa y . 2 . 9 . BERLIN D E e C d r i s o c o m v r e Prague 2 2 Krakow CZECH REPUBLIC EASTERN EUROPEAN GERMANY SLOVAK REPUBLIC Vienna 2 PANORAMA H HUNGARY AUSTRIA 13 day Premium Escorted Tour 2 Budapest INCLUSIONS DAY 1 VIENNA Your tour commences with an arrival transfer to Hilton Vienna am • Fully escorted in ENGLISH ONLY Stadtpark Hotel (5 star). This evening, join your fellow tour members and guide at a • 4 & 5 star hotel accommodation welcome dinner. (D) • Meals as specified DAY 2 VIENNA Your journey through six countries begins with a tour of Austria’s • Guided tours: Vienna, Budapest, Krakow, Warsaw, beautiful capital. Visit the Hofburg Palace, once the seat of the Austro-Hungarian Berlin and Prague Empire, and view majestic Belvedere Palace, the Gothic spires of St. Stephen’s Cathedral and other reminders of Vienna’s imperial past. (B) • Wireless ‘whisper’ headset technology used for touring • Transportation by air-conditioned coach DAY 3 VIENNA – BUDAPEST Depart Vienna and travel east, crossing into Hungary. After checking in at Radisson Blu Beke Hotel (4 star) or Continental Hotel (4 star), enjoy • Arrival and departure transfers (first and last day only) time at leisure to acquaint yourself with this vibrant city before dinner this evening. (B, D) 2018 GUARANTEED DEPARTURES DAY 4 BUDAPEST Admire many of the city’s famous sights on your morning tour of Buda and Pest. The two former villages linked across the Danube are a masterpiece of beautiful Per Person Single architecture. View the riverside Parliament, Heroes’ Square and the Castle Hill area housing Twin Share Supplement the Royal Palace and Fisherman’s Bastion. Afternoon and evening at leisure. (B) May 5, 19; Jun 2, 23, 30; Jul 28: 3,225 1,345 DAY 5 BUDAPEST – KRAKOW Leave Budapest and journey through the Slovak Aug 11; Sep 1, 15, 29 Republic, past the Tatra Mountains, and on to Krakow. Dinner and overnight at Holiday Inn City Centre Hotel (4 star) or DoubleTree by Hilton (4 star). (B, D) DAY 10 BERLIN A sightseeing tour of this reunified city features the lovely DAY 6 KRAKOW Discover historical Krakow, the ancient capital of Poland. Your Schloss Charlottenburg and the Reichstag, Germany’s Parliament. Travel sightseeing tour takes you to Wawel Hill and the striking Royal Castle and Cathedral. through both former East and West Berlin to view many famous sights Continue with a walking tour of the Old Town, wander through Market Square and visit such as the Opera House, Schiller Theatre and the Kaiser Wilhelm the Renaissance Cloth Hall and the Gothic twin spires of St. Mary’s Church. (B) Memorial Church. Afternoon at leisure. (B) DAY 7 KRAKOW – WARSAW This morning you will visit the former concentration DAY 11 BERLIN – DRESDEN – PRAGUE Continue your journey via camp of Auschwitz-Birkenau, a sombre memorial to the Holocaust. Later, continue to baroque Dresden, where an orientation tour will feature the elegant Zwinger Czestochowa, known for its “Black Madonna” at Yasna Gora Monastery. Arrive in Palace, Semper Opera House and other historical sites. Continue to Prague Warsaw with dinner and overnight at Radisson Blu Hotel Centrum (4 star). (B, D) for dinner and overnight at Andel’s by Vienna House Hotel (4 star). (B, D) DAY 8 WARSAW Your tour of Warsaw includes a drive along the Royal Route from DAY 12 PRAGUE Your city tour of medieval Prague starts with a drive to Castle Square to Lazienki Park and Palace, the former royal residence. Also visit the Wenceslas Square, Strahov Stadium and Castle Square. Walk through Saxon Gardens, Warsaw Ghetto Monument and the Barbican before a walk through the castle district to Hradcany, St. Vitus Cathedral and the Royal Palace, the Old Town, Market Square and the Cathedral of St. John, burial place of Poland’s then cross the famous Charles Bridge to the Old Town to view the Jewish last king. This evening an optional Chopin concert will be offered. (B) Ghetto, Town Hall and Astronomical Clock. The rest of the day is at leisure, or enjoy an optional cultural performance. (B) DAY 9 WARSAW – BERLIN Travel via Poznan and enjoy an orientation tour of this university town before arriving in Germany’s capital. Dinner and overnight at Hotel ABBA DAY 13 PRAGUE Your tour concludes with a departure transfer for your (4 star).