A perfect combination of guided and independent exploration ensures you get the most out of Europe. Staying in first class hotels, traveling on board an air conditioned coach. This is a fully guided tour that includes daily continental breakfasts and 5 three evening course meals, whilst on the tour.
Tour Highlights Include -
- Dover
- Paris
- Swiss Alps
- Lucerne
- Italian Lakes
- Rome
- Florence
- Venice
- Verona
- Innsbruck
- Munich
- Heidelberg
- Rhineland
- Cologne
- Amsterdam
Day 1 London - Paris
A warm welcome from our Tour Director before we drive through Kent to Dover where we view the White Cliffs. A short Channel crossing takes us to Calais in France and elegant Paris.
Day 2 Paris at leisure
Morning sightseeing shows us the Eiffel Tower, Champs Elysées, Arc de Triomphe and Notre Dame Cathedral. Then you’re free to stroll along the banks of the Seine, admire the works of the great masters in the Louvre, visit Montmartre and the Sacré Coeur.
Day 3 Paris - Lake Lucerne
This morning we travel through the Burgundy vineyards of central France. Then across the border to Switzerland and picturesque lakeside Lucerne. Tonight, we will enjoy dinner at our hotel.
Day 4 Lake Lucerne - Milan
Time this morning for a mountain excursion and shopping in old Lucerne. Later, we take the St. Gotthard highway, past Alpine peaks and descend to the Swiss and Italian Lake Districts to our hotel in the Milan.
Day 5 Milan - Rome
Today after crossing the Apennine Mountains, we take the ‘Highway of the Sun’ to Rome, the ‘Eternal City’, city of Romulus and Remus and cornerstone of an illustrious Empire.
Day 6 Rome at leisure
A whole day for in-depth exploration. Our sightseeing tour highlights such wonders as the Forum, St. Peter’s and Colosseum. There’s free time later to marvel at the tapestries in the Vatican Museum and take a trip to Tivoli Gardens.
Day 7 Rome - Florence
This morning on through Tuscany’s famous Chianti wine region to Renaissance Florence. Here we will view the city from Piazzale Michelangelo. Later, time is your own to see the Cathedral, the Baptistry, Giotto’s Bell Tower, Signoria Square and perhaps go shopping.
Day 8 Florence - Venice (Marghera)
It’s only a short drive to Venice, the most romantic of cities. New delights abound at each and every turn of our canal cruise to St. Mark’s Square, where we see the Basilica and ornate Doges’ Palace.
Day 9 Venice (Marghera) - Verona - Innsbruck
This morning we recall the feuding Montagues and Capulets in Shakespeare’s Verona. Then we enter Austria over the Brenner Pass and Europa Bridge. Tyrolean Innsbruck, with its Golden Roof, Hofburg Palace and arcaded shops, await us.
Day 10 Innsbruck - Rhineland (Bensheim)
Today we travel along the Inn Valley to Bavarian Munich to see the Glockenspiel, Hofbräuhaus and Olympic Stadium. Then on to Heidelberg to view the Castle and the University town of ‘Student Prince’ fame. We continue to our Rhineland hotel for the night.
Day 11 Rhineland (Bensheim) - Amsterdam
We enjoy a morning cruise along the Rhine, past clinging vineyards and towering castles. Then in Cologne, we view the magnificent Cathedral, before continuing to Holland and lively Amsterdam.
Day 12 Amsterdam - London
Our morning sightseeing tour reveals a colourful capital. With its spider-webbed canal system. After a visit to a diamond-cutting factory, we begin our journey to Calais for our ferry crossing to Dover. Then by coach we return to London.
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