Globus
Experience the romance and history of Europe on this lively paced Globus Tour. With 2 night stays in Paris, Rome, Venice and Amsterdam you will have a chance to relax between your on the go visits to Lucerne, Lugano, Florence, Munich and Rhineland in this picturesque corner of the globe. In addition to visiting these fabulous European cities, your will enjoy 13 buffet breakfasts, 8 three-course dinners including a special Welcome Dinner with wine in Paris and a special Tuscan Dinner in Florence, 13 nights Superior Hotel accommodation and much, much more.
Itinerary:
After arrival check into your hotel. At 6 pm, meet your Tour Director and traveling companions for a special welcome dinner with wine at one of Paris' fine restaurants.
Sightseeing with a Local Guide features Arc de Triomphe, Opera, Madeleine, Louvre, Notre Dame Cathedral, and Champs-Elysees. For a panoramic view, take the elevator to the second floor of the EIFFEL TOWER. Afternoon at leisure. An optional afternoon excursion to the Palace of Versailles is available. Tonight, a lively cabaret show might be just the ticket.
A comfortable ride skirting Fontainebleau Forest and through the vineyards of Burgundy to the Swiss border. Enjoy vistas of the Alps as you arrive in picture-book Lucerne.
Admire Thorwaldsen's LION MONUMENT and walk through the Old Town, then cross the famous covered CHAPEL BRIDGE to the Jesuit Church. Why not join an optional excursion to the top of the mountain? In the afternoon, admire the towering majesty of the Swiss Alps and St. Gotthard on the way to Lake Lugano.
Past Italy's commercial capital of Milan reach Pisa where you stop for pictures of its amazing Leaning Tower. Arrive in Florence, Cradle of Renaissance art and architecture. Time to explore the many gold and leather shops, then enjoy dinner with Tuscan specialties at a local restaurant.
During your walking tour with a Local Guide, visit Michelangelo's celebrated David in the ACADEMY OF FINE ARTS and the magnificent CATHEDRAL. Admire Giotto's Bell Tower, the Baptistery's heavy bronze Gate of Paradise, and sculpture-studded SIGNORIA SQUARE. Time to shop for Florentine leather goods and gold jewellery. Early afternoon departure for a fast and easy ride on the Highway of the Sun to the Eternal City.
Sightseeing with your Local Guide starts with a visit to the VATICAN MUSEUMS and SISTINE CHAPEL, world famous for Michelangelo's ceiling paintings. Continue to monumental ST. PETER'S SQUARE and BASILICA. Cross the Tiber and visit the COLOSSEUM and the ROMAN FORUM, where Roman Legions marched in triumph. Then, time for independent activities and exciting optional excursion possibilities.
Morning break in Ferrara. Walk along the impressive Este Castle to the marble cathedral. Browse through the attractive little shops before continuing to the Adriatic coast. Exciting optional activities are available.
Enter Venice in style by PRIVATE BOAT. Highlights of your walking tour with a Local Guide are ST. MARK'S SQUARE and its basilica, lavish DOGE'S PALACE, and the BRIDGE OF SIGHS. Also watch skilled GLASSBLOWERS fashion their delicate objects.
Leave Italy on the spectacular Brenner Pass, which leads through the barrier of the Tyrolean Alps to Austria. In Innsbruck, enjoy a pleasant stroll through quaint medieval lanes to Emperor Maximilian's GOLDEN ROOF before continuing through the Bavarian Alps to Munich, Germany's Secret Capital. How about a stein of beer at the famous Hofbrauhaus tonight?
Your orientation drive features Munich's most famous landmarks: Olympic Stadium, 305 metre (1,000 foot) high Television Tower, and the 17th-century Nymphenburg Palace. Then, continue through the Swabian Jura to Rothenburg for a walking tour of this walled town. Enjoy free time before continuing to the Rhineland.
This morning's highlight is a romantic RHINE CRUISE past castle-crested hills, terraced vineyards, and the Lorelei rock. Then, continue to Cologne and visit the awesome twin-spired gothic CATHEDRAL before travelling through the Dutch region best known as the locale of A Bridge Too Far on the way to Amsterdam, capital of Holland.
A Local Guide shows you the 700 year old city, and the highlight is a CANAL CRUISE past patrician mansions, gabled facades, and humpback bridges. Time to visit a major DIAMOND CENTRE or one of Amsterdam's famous museums. The afternoon is at leisure, and an optional excursion to Volendam can be arranged.
Transfer to Brussels by motorcoach. Visit GRAND PLACE. Then board the EUROSTAR TRAIN to London, arriving in the late afternoon, where the holiday ends.
Price per person twin share $3505
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