$3,799 per person (based on double occupancy)

Tour price is based on staterooms in category “5.” (Note: Limited space available in all categories. Book early to get your preferred category.)
To upgrade to a higher category, add per person the following prices below:

Category 4:	$175	Moselle Deck - Mid-ship
Category 3:	$450	Danube Deck - Forward
Category 2:	$650	Danube Deck - Aft
Category 1:	$850	Rhine Deck – Aft
All Staterooms have windows. A deposit of $600 per person will be required to reserve the stateroom in category of your choice. Staterooms are reserved when deposit is received. NOTE: Airfare based on 2008 rates is included in the above price. Any increase in airfare, taxes and fuel surcharges will be the responsibility of the tour participant. MTS TRAVEL is not responsible for any change in airline flight times and flight schedules.

Depart from Souderton area and travel to the airport for our overnight flight to Vienna, Austria.

Tuesday, December 1   Vienna

Arrive in Vienna where we will be transferred to our ship – the River Countess. (L, D)

Wednesday, Decmeber 2   Vienna

Featured Excursion: Vienna city tour and Christmas Market, Evening Mozart and Strauss Concert.
With our panoramic city overview, we will travel the stately Ringstrasse, where the surrounding buildings give off a distinctive Cathedral and also visit Vienna’s largest Christmas Market, sitting front and center of Vienna’s Baroque City Hall. During the evening, enjoy a concert of Mozart and Strauss in a traditional Viennese concert house. (B, L, D)
Optional Tour: Visit Schönbrunn Palace, the stunning former Habsburg summer residence that rivals Versailles.

Thursday, December 3   Dürnstein, Scenic Cruising Wachau Valley

Featured Excursion: Dürnstein walking tour and organ recital.
Today we take a guided stroll through charming Dürnstein with its old burgher houses and the landmark church of the Augustinian convent. The lavish baroque church provides a wonderful ambience for our exclusively arranged organ recital. (B, L, D)

Friday, December 4   Linz, Passau

Featured Excursion: Linz walking tour and Christmas Market.
Linz offers a lively Christmas Market filled with everything from Christmas Crèches to the ever-popular Linzer Torte. Our walking tour will take us to Linz’s Alter Dom, or the Old Market and the impressive Main Square, one of Austria’s most attractive closed squares, with the baroque Trinity Column. (B, L, D)

Saturday, December 5   Passau

Featured Excursion: Passau walking tour, Christmas Market, gingerbread making and floral decoration demonstration.
Passau, a quintessential German town fl air, the confluence of three rivers. Our walking tour of the Old Town lanes takes us to the New Residence, the Town Hall, and the Christmas Market located by the magnificent cathedral. We will also have the opportunity to see firsthand how gingerbread is made and be inspired at a floral decoration demonstration. (B, L, D)

Sunday, December 6   Regensburg

Featured Excursion: Regensburg walking tour and Christmas Market.
Lively Regensburg is home to 2000 years of history and is a well-preserved medieval gem listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Our guided walking Cathedral of St. Peter, with magnificent stained glass windows dating back to the 14th century, the Town Hall, where the first parliament of the Holy Roman Empire sat from 1663 to 1806, and the town’s famous 12th-century Stone Bridge, spanning the Danube. And what can be more satisfying as we wander the city’s romantic Christmas Markets than indulging in steamed dampfnudel, dumplings with vanilla sauce? (B, L, D)

Monday, December 7   Nuremberg

Featured Excursion: Nuremberg city tour and Christmas Market.
Our panoramic city tour passes the mighty walls with 80 towers enclosing the historical center, with a stop at the medieval Kaiserburg Castle towering above the city. The lively old quarter, with its medieval timber-framed buildings, and the holiday bedecked central marketplace, with its beautiful fountain, are best explored on our walking tour. Share in the joy of the pre-Christmas season at Germany’s best known and oldest Christmas Market, Nuremberg’s Christkindlesmarkt, with over 200 wooden stalls filled with signature toys and glittering gifts. Enjoy the medieval atmosphere around the main market square with delicious aromas of gingerbread, Nuremberg sausages, roasted almonds and sweet and spicy hot mulled wine, called Glühwein. (B, L, D)

Tuesday, December 8   Return to USA

After breakfast, we disembark the River Countess and transfer to Nuremberg Airport for our return to the U.S. After clearing customs, board our motorcoach for return to the Souderton area.

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