Kettle Moraine Tours Presents Spectacular Europe September 19 – 29, 2013 $3,215 per person, double occupancy from the Hartford Area This is an exclusive travel program offered by Kettle Moraine Tours and InterTrav Day by Day Itinerary Thurs., Sept. 19 – HARTFORD AREA/EN ROUTE (I) Tues., Sept. 24 – LAKE GARDA (Venice) (B) Today we depart the Hartford area by private motor coach and Today we journey to Venice, situated on a broad lagoon and travel to Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport in preparation built over a sprawling archipelago of 117 islands separated by for the overnight transatlantic flight to Munich, Germany. more than 150 canals and 400 bridges. One of the best ways to see Venice is by taking a vaporetto along the spectacular Grand Fri., Sept. 20 – MUNICH/SEEFELD (I,D) Canal. Along the way we’ll see countless palazzos and pass As the sun begins to rise on the German heartland we arrive under the Rialto Bridge, one of Venice’s most famous sights, in Munich where we’ll meet our European Tour Escort who and the wooden Ponte dell’Accademia. From San Marco we’ll will travel with us throughout our tour. From Munich Airport, begin our walking tour that will offer a view of the Bridge of we’ll travel by autobahn to the scenic Tyrolean countryside, a Sighs, the covered bridge that links the Doge’s Palace to the combination of unspoiled beauty and charm, where we’ll stay old prisons from where Casanova was said to have made his in the Alpine resort of Seefeld, Austria. Located on a sunny fantastic escape. We’ll also visit the delightful piazzetta with plateau above the Inn Valley and surrounded by the splendor the two granite columns of San Marco and San Teodoro, which of the Karwendel and Wetterstein mountain ranges, we’ll soon marked the main entrance to Venice when the city could only be find out that Seefeld is one of Austria’s most popular resorts, yet reached by sea. Here, we’ll get our first glimpse of the Piazza it has succeeded in retaining its typically Tyrolean small town San Marco, a great marble saloon that is home to the Campanile, character. a 325-foot-high bell tower that provides an unforgettable view Sat., Sept. 21 – SEEFELD (Almabtrieb) (B) of the city, and the remarkable Basilica San Marco. At the end of our tour, free time will be set aside to explore Venice on your Today we are in for a special treat when we travel to the own, perhaps to enjoy a gondola ride through the fascinating family and flower village of Reith im Alpbachtal to witness the canals or simply remain near St. Mark’s Square and relax with Almabtrieb. Summer is over, the days are getting shorter and the music of Venice. the nights are turning rather chilly, high time for the herdsmen to drive their cattle from the pasture to the valley. Adorned with Wed., Sept. 25 – LAKE GARDA/ST. MORITZ (B) varicolored ribbons, wreaths, brushwood coronets and mirrors, This morning we begin our journey across the plains of the colorful parade begins the often dangerous descent into the Lombardy on our way to the resort of Bellagio, set on the shores valley. The herdsmen and countrywomen have also donned of beautiful Lake Como. Occupying a magnificent site on a their traditional costume for the joyous arrival in the valley promontory dividing Lake Lecco from the southern arm of Lake and we’ll join in the folklore fun that accompanies this time- Como, Bellagio is considered by many to be the most beautiful honored tradition. town in all of Europe. Narrow cobbled streets, breathtaking views, impeccable homes and glorious villas make it a most Sun., Sept. 22 – SEEFELD (Fairytale Bavaria) (B) enchanting spot to spend an unforgettable afternoon. Following The morning is free to take in the festivities of the traditional our visit to Bellagio, we’ll travel north up the terrace like steps Grosser Pferdetag horse festival or enjoy a chair lift and cable of the Maloja Pass to the Swiss ski resort of St. Moritz where car journey into the surrounding Alps. This afternoon we’ll an afternoon at leisure will allow us to enjoy its combination of travel to the forests, meadows and peat bogs whose gentle relaxed atmosphere and great shopping which is Swiss to the undulations characterize the final slopes of the Ammergau Alps. core. Our first stop of the day will be at visit to Linderhof Palace, perhaps the most interesting of the castles built towards the Thurs., Sept. 26 – ST. MORITZ/TETTNANG (B,D) end of the 19th century by “Mad” King Ludwig II of Bavaria. This morning we depart St. Moritz and travel north through Afterward, we’ll travel to the village of Oberammergau, known beautiful towns and scenic valleys which make up the Engadine not only for its Passion Play, but also for its wood carvings Valley on our way to the Austrian market town of Landeck. and the Luftlmalerei, the paintings that decorate many of the From here we’ll follow the course of Inn River Valley as we walls of the old houses. Free time will be set aside to wander ascend the majestic Arlberg Pass to reach the cozy little town of Oberammergau’s quaint downtown, an opportunity to visit St. Anton where the crisp and clean mountain air welcomes us the baroque Parish Church, and to see the beautifully painted to a genuine ambiance and charming atmosphere. Next, we’re homes, many in fairytale design depicting scenes from Little headed through the lovely Lech Valley as we make our way to Red Riding Hood and Hansel and Gretel. the shores of Lake Constance. We’ll then cross the German border and end our day by traveling through the gentle hills of Mon., Sept. 23 – SEEFELD/LAKE GARDA (B,D) the Wuerttemberg Allgau to arrive in the town of Tettnang. This morning we depart Seefeld and travel over the breathtaking Europa Bridge at the start of the Brenner motorway that will Fri., Sept. 27 – TETTNANG (Taste of Switzerland) (B) take us across the Italian border. The scenic vistas of the Italian A leisurely day on tour will return us to the shores of Lake Dolomites will slowly fade in the distance as we continue our Constance for a ferry crossing of the lake to Switzerland. Our journey south to Lake Garda, the largest of the Italian lakes. first destination of the day will be the village of Flawil to visit We’ll spend time in Riva del Garda, the lake’s oldest and most the Chocolate Factory Maestrani where we’ll be introduced to traditional resort. Afterward, we’ll board our steamer for a the secrets and art of chocolate making. Afterward, we’ll travel scenic cruise on the lake’s southern shore where we’ll disembark through countryside of soft, green hills dotted with quaint farms into the Lake Garda area for overnight. as we make our way to Schwagalp at the base of Mt. Santis to watch a master cheese-maker at work in the Schwagalp Cheese at the Wies’n Fair Grounds, it is here where the festival tents of Dairy, and we’ll even have an opportunity to sample the fresh the Munich breweries welcome visitors with their lively brass Alpine products for ourselves. Then we’ll take to the sky by bands, lederhosen and bright folk costumes. Late this afternoon, cable car as we travel to the summit of Mount Santis for a we’ll depart the Oktoberfest and travel to Augsburg. Despite its panoramic view over the Alpine peaks of six countries. On our size, Bavaria’s third largest city has managed to retain a feeling return to Tettnang, we’ll stop in the small town of Appenzell of intimacy and friendliness in its historic buildings, fountains, where the well-preserved historic center is filled with colorfully old taverns and quiet courtyards. painted Swiss wooden houses. Sun., Sept. 29 – AUGSBURG/HARTFORD AREA (Dachau) (B,I) Sat., Sept. 28 – TETTNANG/AUGSBURG (Oktoberfest) (B,L) This morning we travel to the beautiful town of Dachau, built This morning we depart Tettnang and travel to Munich, on a hilltop with views of Munich and the Alps. However, for the capital city of Bavaria and the heart of artistic Germany. most people the name Dachau is inextricably linked with the Cheerful and vivacious, boasting magnificent architecture infamous Dachau Prison Camp. The name Dachau has evoked from Bavaria’s royal past, Munich is the center of the Bavarian only horror as it was the first concentration camp to be set up zest for life that we’ll experience firsthand with an afternoon by Himmler in Germany in March 1933. Following our visit to luncheon at the Oktoberfest. From its humble beginnings as a Dachau, we’ll travel to Munich Airport in preparation for the royal wedding celebration to what is today known as the most return journey home. famous beer festival in the world, you’ll have an opportunity to revel in the 179th anniversary of the Oktoberfest. Celebrated * * * WELCOME HOME * * * RESERVATION APPLICATION Please detach and return to: Kettle Moraine Tours Telephone: Toll-Free: 800-300-8687 27 N. Main Street Hartford, WI 53027 Please reserve places for me/us on the Spectacular Europe Vacation. Enclosed is my/our check in the amount of ($300 deposit per person). 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