World Heritage Tour World Heritage Tour Including: Travel through time from Stone Age to the industrial age and discover three key heritage sites of Western Germany: the famous Neanderthal valley, Cologne Cathe- Neanderthal Museum dral and Zollverein Coal Mine Essen. The tour leads you to three destinations whose histories intersect in surprising ways. For centuries, holy bones such as those of the Three Wise Men that now rest at the Cologne Cathedral, a UNESCO World Heritage Site and Germany`s most visited landmark, were meaningful for the question of the origin of mankind. With the discovery of Neanderthal man, the world-famous icon of the Ice Age, our understanding from the beginning of our history changed fundamentally. These bones came to light only because of limestone quarrying undertaken in the Neander Valley. The Zollverein Coal Mine Industrial Complex, another UNESCO World Heritage sites attracting more than 1.5 million visitors per year, tells the story of the industrial age at Rhine-Ruhr, one of the most vibrant regions of Europe. Kreis Mettmann (o.) David Kasparek (u.l.) Rolf Heinrich, Köln (u.r.) World Heritage Tour DAY 1 Arrive in Düsseldorf, discover the city, enjoy a dinner at a traditional brewery in the DÜSSELDORF city center or treat yourself to a theater or opera performance at the Oper am Rhein. Düsseldorf Marketing & Tourismus: www.duesseldorf-tourismus.de Düsseldorf Airport: www.dus.com Oper am Rhein: www.operamrhein.de DAY 2 Travel to the Neanderthal Museum and explore the museum on a guided tour with the museum director Prof. Dr. Gerd-Christian Weniger, granting exclusive and exciting NEANDERTHAL insights behind the museum scenes. Opt to visit the archaeological garden, the game AND COLOGNE preserve and the Stone Age Workshop. After lunch, travel to Cologne and marvel at the world-famous cathedral with a guide. Dinner in a rustic Cologne brewery before returning to Düsseldorf. Neanderthal Museum: www.neanderthal.de Cologne Cathedral: www.koelner-dom.de Köln Tourismus: www.koelntourismus.de DAY 3 In the morning trip to Essen and guided tour through the Zollverein Coal Mine In- dustrial Complex. Lunch at Casino Zollverein in industrial-historic setting. Depart or ESSEN return to Düsseldorf to discover buildings designed by star architect Frank O. Gehry, renowned museums or relax at a boat trip on the Rhine. Zeche Zollverein: www.zollverein.de Düsseldorf Marketing & Tourismus: www.duesseldorf-tourismus.de Contact Tour Operator The glamorous boulevard „Königsallee“ is regarded as the most exclusive kilo- Conti-Reisen GmbH metre in Düsseldorf, home to branches Adalbertstr. 9 of top designers and pavement cafés. D-51103 Köln Phone +49 221 8019 520 [email protected] www.conti-reisen.de.