Asparagus, currywurst, and pierogi, along with beer and honey A gourmet journey through Brandenburg, Lower Silesia, and Greater Poland Duration: 8 days / 7 nights; length: ca. 950 km (ca. 590 miles) - Route OP 002-2013 Sassnitz Day 1 - Day of arrival in Berlin Rügen Stralsund Kołobrzeg Krąg Warnemünde Koszalin Rostock Międzyzdroje Greifswald Usedom • City tour of Berlin - highlights of the German capital including the most important sights Kamień Pomorski Wismar Anklam Świnoujście Malchin ZACHODNIOPOMORSKIE (WEST POMERANIA) • Evening meal, overnight stay in hotel MECKLENBURG - VORPOMMERN Trzebież Goleniów Łobez Schwerin Neubrandenburg Szczecin Ludwigslust Neustrelitz Prenzlau Stargard Szczeciński Piła Płonia Schwedt Day 2 - Berlin yesterday and today Wittenberge B RANDENBURG Neuruppin Niederfinow Gorzów Wielkopolski Eberswalde 10 1 Gniezno Rathenow LUBUSKIE Poznań Mikorzyn • City tour of Berlin on the trail of the Berlin Wall and the Cold War, 2 Berlin Frankfurt Pniewo Środa Brandenburg / Oder Ojerzyce Komorniki Wielkopolska Łagów Konin Potsdam Wolsztyn 4 WIELKOPOLSKA • Visit to the Panoramapunkt viewing platform on Potsdamer Platz with the "View of Berlin" Świebodzin (GREATER POLAND) Eisenhüttenstadt Sulechów Luckenwalde Zielona Góra Leszno 3 Kalisz exhibition, Cottbus 7 Rydzyna 5 Żagań DOLNOSLASKIE • Evening meal, overnight stay in hotel, Żary (LOWER SILESIA) Torgau Elsterwerda Bad Muskau 8 Oleśnica Hoyerswerda 9 Leipzig Wrocław Riesa Meißen Bolesławiec Bautzen Krobielowice SACHSEN Jelenia (SAXONY) Görlitz Góra Wałbrzych Krasków Day 3 - Potsdam - UNESCO cultural heritage site Świdnica Dresden 6 Karpacz Szklarska Bielawa Zwickau Chemnitz Poręba Polanica Zdrój • Trip to Potsdam inc. guided tour of the historic city centre, Sanssouci palace park with its fa- Plauen mous residential palaces of the Hohenzollern family (UNESCO world heritage site), • Evening meal, overnight stay in hotel, Included services: Day 4 - UNESCO natural heritage sites: Spreewald and Muskau Park ü 4 x overnight stays in 4-star hotels in Berlin • Spreewald and Sorbs - boat trip with Spreewald gherkins and a visit to the Lehde open-air museum, ü 3 x overnight stays in 4-star hotels on route • Visit to Muskau Park, including the palace of Prince Pückler in Bad Muskau, • Evening meal in the Lower Silesian castle hotel, overnight stay, ü 7 x breakfast buffet ü 5 x evening meal as three-course meal or Day 5 Wrocław - the Silesian capital on the Oder buffet in the hotel • Tour of the historic city centre of Wrocław, including the Medieval market place and Ostrów ü 2 x regional evening meal Tumski, the Gothic cathedral island, • Guided tour of the "District of the four Temples" including a visit to a synagogue, ü 2 x beer or honey tasting • Evening meal with regional cuisine and honey tasting, overnight stay in hotel, ü Admissions as per programme Day 6 - Greater Poland - The cradle of the Polish state ü Transfers and expert tour guides during trip • Visit to Rydzyna, the most beautiful Baroque castle in Poland, - guides on location • City tour of Poznań - modernity meets history, • Evening meal with beer tasting, overnight stay in hotel, Day 7 - An adventure trip through the wild natural landscape • Exciting trip to Wolsztyn on Europe's only broad gauge steam train, • Return trip to Berlin through the vineyards and forests of the Lubuskie Province, Day 8 - Day of departure in Berlin There are two versions of the package available: SCENIC or HISTORIC. Both versions contain five further services each: SCENIC HISTORIC • 1.5-hour boat trip through historical Berlin with guide • Guided tour of the The Story of Berlin inc. nuclear fallout shelter • Visit to the Pergamon Museum on Museum Island Berlin (UNESCO world • Visit to the Wall Museum at Checkpoint Charlie heritage site) • Guided tour of the Cecilienhof Palace, where the Potsdam Conference • Carriage ride through Muskau castle park in Bad Muskau took place in 1945 • Visit to the Centennial Hall (UNESCO), including laser and water show in • Visit to the Jewish cemetery in Wrocław Szczytnicki Park in Wrocław • Visit to the East Wall museum in Pniewo, the largest underground fortifi- • Visit to the Soplicowo open-air film museum (19th century estate) - cation from the Second World War in Europe original filming location designed by Oscar winner Allan Starski Additional options on route OP 002-2013: • (1) Berlin: Boat trip through historical Berlin • (1) Berlin: Entry to and climb up the Fernsehturm (TV Tower) • (1) Berlin: Visit to the Reichstag dome • (1) Berlin: Guided tour of Berliner Unterwelten (Berlin Underworlds) • (1) Berlin: Guided tour of the Allierten Museum (Allied Museum) • (1) Berlin: Guided tour of the GDR Museum • (1) Berlin: Show at the Friedrichstadt-Palast theatre, as per programme • (1) Berlin: Las Vegas - live concert "Stars in Concert" • (1) Berlin: Guided tour of the Olympic Stadium • (1) Berlin: Visit to the German Currywurst Museum • (1) Berlin: Visit to Madame Tussauds Berlin • (2) Potsdam: Guided tour of Sanssouci Palace • (3) Spreewald: Visit to the Slawenburg Raddusch fortification • (4) Brandenburg: Trip to Eisenhüttenstadt (Stalinstadt), inc. guided tour of the Dokumentationszentrum Alltagskultur der DDR (Documentation Centre of Everyday Culture in the GDR) • (5) Brandenburg: Besucherbergwerk F60 visitors' mine • (6) Saxony: Via Sacra - guided tour of sacred sites in the border triangle between Germany, Poland, and the Czech Republic • (7) Visit to the former Luft III camp in Żagań, made famous by the film The Great Escape • (8) Lower Silesia: Visit to Bolesławiec, a town famous for its pottery • (9) Wrocław: Boat trip on the Oder with view of the city • (9) Wrocław: Evening concert with live music or trip to the opera • (10) Outing with guided tour of Gniezno, the first capital of Poland, including the historical city centre and the cathedral with relics of St. Adalbert Non-binding offer to tour operators for groups of 20 people or more, prices on request, dates and services depending on availability. 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