ESTIMATED TOUR PRICE:
Estimated Tour Price: $5,700, based on double occupancy
NOTE: The tour price is based on estimated rates and
fares for 2010 and is subject to change. All efforts
have been made to offer realistic pricing.
*Single rooms for the two nights in Oberammergau are
available on a limited basis and cannot be guaranteed. If a
single room is not available, you may be required to share a
room for these two nights or pay an additional supplement.
“All Inclusive”
TOUR PRICE INCLUDES:
- Round trip air fare
- Airline taxes and fuel surcharges
- Accommodations in four-star hotels, or similar
- Meals as indicated by B=Breakfast, L=Lunch,
D=Dinner
- Oberammergau Passion Play ticket package, including
English Program Playbook and admission to the
Oberammergau Museum
- Sightseeing and entrance fees as indicated in itinerary
- Hotel service charges, local taxes and porterage
- Tips to guides, drivers and hotel staff
- Oberammergau accomodations are located in
Ettal with complimentary transportation to
Oberammergau included
- Special dinner in Munich
- Services of experienced, English-speaking local
guides
- Transportation in deluxe air-conditioned motor coach
with driver, Heinz Karner
ITINERARY:
Friday, July 23
Departure
Leave by charter motorcoach from the Lancaster area
to the airport for our overnight transatlantic flight to
Munich, Germany.
Saturday, July 24
Munich, Germany – Oberammergau
Upon arrival in Munich, Germany, your tour manager
and driver will meet you and will be with you. Continue to
Linderhof Palace, built in the 1870s by King Ludwig II. Tour
the beautiful palace which is the smallest of those built by
Ludwig and the only one completed during his lifetime.
Continue to Oberammergau for dinner and overnight. (D)
Sunday, July 25
Oberammergau Passion Play
The history of
the Passion Play at
Oberammergau goes
back to 1634, when the
quaint alpine village
of Oberammergau
was threatened by the
deadly disease known
as the Black Plague
that scourged Europe,
killing two-thirds of the population of Germany. The people
of Oberammergau pledged to perform the Passion Play as
a sign of their repentance and remorse over the suffering
and death of Jesus Christ. The chronicles relate that from
the day the people gathered around the cross to swear
their sacred vow, no further person died of the plague.
Since that date, the play has been performed every ten
years.
Spend a morning at leisure in Oberammergau. You will
enjoy the many houses that are beautifully painted with
fairytale scenes and the shops of its excellent “Herrgottschnitzer”
(woodcarvers specializing in religious figures).
The Passion Play performance begins after lunch at 2:30
in the afternoon. This Play is performed by local villagers—
often roles are handed down within families from generation
to generation. Dinner is included during a three-hour
break in the late afternoon from 5–8 pm, and the performance
lasts until 10:30. Overnight in Oberammergau.
(B,L,D)
Monday, July 26
Oberammergau – Munich
Say farewell to Oberammergau
this morning as we depart
for Munich, the capital of Bavaria.
Pass the picturesque Church in
the
Meadow of Wies, and see
the
breathtaking exterior view of
Neuschwanstein Castle, built by
the
mad King Ludwig II, and made
famous in this country by its Walt
Disney. Enjoy a walk through the
traditional city center and see the
Church of our Lady (Frauenkirche
Cathedral) and Marienplatz, where
we
can view the famous Glockenspiel
located on top of the New Town Hall. Visit the
wonderful open-air Viktualienmarkt with stalls that offer the
freshest fruits and vegetables in Munich, along with traditional
Bavarian Schweinshax’n and Speck, seafood, delicious
cheeses, various herbs, and many other foods and
crafts. Enjoy a special dinner at the Ratskeller, a popular
traditional beer hall and restaurant located in the basement
of the Rathaus (Town Hall). Overnight in Munich. (B, D)
Tuesday, July 27
Munich – Salzburg, Austria
Today we drive along lake
Chiemsee through the enchanting
Bavarian alpine upland in order to
reach the Unesco World Cultural
Heritage town of Salzburg. Discover
the birthplace of Salzburg’s most
famous son—Mozart, the exquisite
Mirabell Gardens, the Salzburg
Cathedral, St. Peter’s Churchyard,
and several scenes known through
“The Sound of Music.” Then enjoy
the
remainder of the day at leisure
in
the Getreidegasse, Salzburg’s
beautiful pedestrian shopping area.
You might wish to take the
funicular to the Salzburg fortress,
which looks down over the beautiful old city. Dinner
and overnight in Salzburg. (B, D)
Wednesday, July 28
Salzburg – Prague, Czech Republic
Depart Salzburg for Prague, the
millennium-old capital of Bohemia
and home to early Reformer John
Hus. Miraculously spared by the
war, no other city in Europe enjoys
such a wealth of historic monuments
blending so well into beautiful
natural surroundings. Since the
Velvet Revolution in 1989, Prague
has recaptured its old vibrancy,
combining ancient and modern. Enjoy
a panoramic city tour of Golden
Prague, including the Charles
Bridge over the Vltava River, the National Museum dominating
the top of Wenceslas Square, and the National
Theatre. Dinner and overnight in Prague. (B, D)
Thursday, July 29
Prague
Explore Prague
today, beginning with
1000 year-old
Hradcany Castle and St.
Vitus’ Cathedral, which
houses the crown jewels
and tomb of “Good
King Wenceslas.” Visit
Old Town, including
Clock. Walk through the
Jewish Quarter, seeing the remains of the former Jewish
ghetto, the oldest standing synagogue, and the 350-year old
Jewish cemetery, containing 20,000 graves in layers
twelve deep. The remainder of the day is free, with time
to shop for fine Bohemian crystal, Carlsbad porcelain or
costume jewelry for which the Czech Republic is famous.
Dinner and overnight in Prague. (B, D)
Friday, July 30
Prague – Budapest, Hungary
Depart Prague this morning, driving through the Czech
areas of Bohemia and Moravia, where followers of John
Hus gathered and organized the Moravian Church in 1457,
sixty years before Martin Luther began his Reformation. Stop at Bratislava, the
political, cultural and
economic center of
Slovakia, built on both
banks of the Danube
River. Outstanding here
the castle situated
high on a rock. Continue
along the Danube
separate cities, Buda and
Pest, it straddles the river and was combined into one city
in 1873. Dinner and overnight in Budapest. (B, D)
Saturday, July 31
Budapest
After breakfast, begin today’s touring with a visit to Heroes
Square, seeing the Millennium Monument narrating
the history of Hungary. Take the Funicular near the Chain
Bridge to the castle area, for a spectacular view over
Budapest. Visit St. Mathias church, Fisherman Bastion,
and Gellert Hill. Proceed to the pier to board your private
boat for lunch and a short cruise on the Danube River. This
afternoon is at leisure for you to explore Budapest on your
own. Overnight in Budapest. (B, L)
Sunday, August 1
Budapest – Vienna, Austria
Leave Budapest this morning, drive through the plains
of Hungary to Vienna, once the center of the mighty
Hapsburg Empire. Often called “The Musical Capital of
the World,” musicians such as Haydn, Mozart, Schubert,
Beethoven, Brahams, and Johann Strauss lived and
worked in Vienna. Your tour of Vienna will include 19th
century palaces, cathedrals and great shopping streets.
See the famous Ringstrasse buildings, including the State
Opera House, the Parliament, City Hall, the baroque St.
Charles Church, the Museum of Fine Arts and the majestic
Hofburg Palace. Overnight in Vienna. (B, D)
Monday, August 2
Vienna
This morning, tour the
imperial apartments of the
Schönbrunn Palace, the
summer residence of the
Hapsburgs. Schönbrunn
Palace was not only an
imperial residence and
setting for countless
where famous artists and
craftsmen created interiors of great beauty. All the rooms
in the palace have their own stories to tell, stories on the
margins of great historical events which are indicative of
the lifestyle, atmosphere, and world view of the imperial
era. The remainder of the day is free to explore Vienna on
your own. Dinner and overnight in Vienna. (B, D)
Tuesday, August 3
Home
After breakfast, transfer from our hotel to the Vienna
Airport for the return flight to the U.S. After clearing
customs, board the charter motorcoach for return to the
Lancaster area. Auf Wiedersehen!
Stop at Bratislava, the
political, cultural and
economic center of
Slovakia, built on both
banks of the Danube
River. Outstanding here
the castle situated
high on a rock. Continue
along the Danube
separate cities, Buda and
Pest, it straddles the river and was combined into one city
in 1873. Dinner and overnight in Budapest. (B, D)
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PO Box 5093
3001 Lititz Pike
Lancaster, PA 17606-5093
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