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European Escapade
An adventurous escape to Europe by Trafalgar
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London Dover Bruges Brussels Amsterdam Cologne Rhine Valley Heidelberg Black Forest Schaffhausen Lucerne Liechtenstein Innsbruch Salbury Vienna Venice Rome Florence Pisa French Riviera Cannes Avignon Beaune Paris
Sightseeing Hightlights
London: Sightseeing tour. Dover: See the White Cliffs. Bruges: Visit this charming town. Brussels: Orientation tour seeing the Grand' Place and Manneken Pis. Amsterdam: Canal cruise. Visit a diamond–polishing factory. Cologne: See the gothic Cathedral. Rhine Valley: Cruise past the Lorelei Rock (weather permitting). Heidelberg: View the Castle. Black Forest: See Lake Titisee. Schaffhausen: See the Rhine Falls. Lucerne: Orientation includes the Chapel Bridge and Lion Monument. Liechtenstein: Visit its capital Vaduz. Innsbruck: Orientation including the Golden Roof and Wilten Basilica. Salzburg: Sightseeing including locations used in The Sound of Music. See Mozart's birthplace. Vienna: Sightseeing including the Parliament and City Hall. Venice: Canal cruise by private motor launch. See St. Mark's Square, the Byzantine Basilica and the Bridge of Sighs. Visit a glass–blowing factory. Rome: Sightseeing includes views of the Forum and Colosseum plus visits St. Peter's Basilica and the Sistine Chapel. Florence Sightseeing including views of the Duomo, the Piazza Signoria and a visit to the, Santa Croce Basilica. Pisa: View the Leaning Tower. French Riviera: Excursion to Monaco to see the Grimaldi Palace and to Monte Carlo to visit a Casino. Cannes: Orientation and excursion to Fragonard Perfumery and St. Paul de Vence. Avignon: See the Papal Palace and St. Benezet Bridge. Beaune: Visit this charming town. Paris: Sightseeing includes views of the Louvre, Champs Elysées plus a guided tour of Notre Dame Cathedral and the ascent of the Eiffel Tower. Plus enjoy a scenic Seine cruise with views of Notre Dame Cathedral. Scenic drives along the Rhine Valley, the Black Forest, Austrian Lake District, Alpine Austria, Switzerland and Italy, the Apennine Mountains, the French Riviera and the Burgundy wine region.
Dining Highlights
A welcome drink with your Tour Director in Brussels2 Continental breakfasts in London and 18 Buffet breakfasts 8 three–course dinners in hotels2 local speciality restaurant dinners in Amsterdam and on the French Riviera30 meals in total(see day–by–day itinerary)
First Class Travel Highlights
The services of one of Trafalgar's top professional multi–lingual Tour Directors. A qualified local city guide in Salzburg, Vienna, Rome, Florence and Paris. The services of a qualified Representative at your Trafalgar London hotel. Chauffeur driven on Trafalgar's luxury air–conditioned motorcoaches with reclining seats and washroom. Cross–Channel ferry. A stylish travel bag and wallet containing tour documents and helpful information.
First Class Hotel You'll stay twin–bedded rooms with private facilities at these superb hotels: London: Hilton Olympia Brussels: Reaissance Amsterdam: NH City Centre Rhineland (Hoffheim): Ramada Treff Lucerne: Grand Europe Innsbruck: Grauer Bar Vienna: Parkhotel Schonbrunn Venice(Mestre): Holiday Inn Rome: Mercure Corso Trieste Florence: Raffaello Cannes: Radisson SAS Montfleury Macon: Novotel Nord Paris: Blue Martine Villette. All hotel service charges and tips, baggage handling fees and local taxes included.
Airport Transfers
Hotelink transfers between Heathrow and Gatwick Airports and Central London are available for all passengers, providing you stay in a Trafalgar London hotel (booked by Trafalgar Tours). Note: Passengers should arrive at Gatwick Airport between 06:00 – 12:30 or Heathrow between 06:00 – 21:30. For passengers who book Trafalgar's Land only package and who choose to make their own flight arrangements, a transfer will be provided at a charge of $25 per person round trip. Your Travel Agent must provide Trafalgar accurate flight details no less than 21 days prior to tour departure and must arrange your flights to coincide with our specific arrival and departure transfer times. If however, you arrive outside the scheduled transfer times, then you must make your own alternative transfer arrangements at your own expense. However, if arriving after these times and Trafalgar Tours has booked your air reservation, then you will receive Britrail Tickets. Transfers via train link from London Heathrow Airport to Paddington Station on the Heathrow Rail Express, and from London Gatwick Airport to Victoria Station on the Gatwick Rail Express. From Paddington or Victoria it's a short and inexpensive journey by taxi to your London Hotel. Note: Heathrow Express operates between 05:10 – 23:30. Gatwick Express operates inbound services between 06:50 – 20:50. Transfers outside of these times are at the passengers own expense. Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport transfer will arrive at the airport at 8:00 on Day 22. Free London Return Passengers on the Land only option may return to London by Trafalgar motorcoach at NO EXTRA CHARGE, instead of departing from Paris. Accomodation will be required as arrival in London is late afternoon/ early evening. Ask your Travel Agent to book this for you.
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| | | Day | Destination | Description | | Day 1 | Depart USA | Overnight flight to London. | | Day 2 |  London | After checking into your Trafalgar hotel, the rest of the day is at leisure. | | Day 3 | London | Many major sights are included on our morning sightseeing tour. (Continental Breakfast) | | Day 4 | Brussels | Greetings from our Tour Director, as we drive to the White Cliffs of Dover for our sea crossing to Calais in France. We drive into Belgium to Bruges where there's time to expore the narrow streets with gabled houses overlooking picturesque canals and perhaps try out a Belgian waffle with some beer! Then we drive to Brussels, Belgian's capital where our Tour Director shows us the Mannekin Pis and the Grand' Place before a welcome drink tonight. (Continental breakfast) | | Day 5 | Amsterdam | Today we drive to Amsterdam, where an orientation includes a canal cruise in a glass–topped boat showing us the gabled houses and ships in the harbour. We also enjoy a visit to a diamond–polishing factory. This evening we will enjoy an included Rijsttafel highlight dinner. (Buffet breakfast/ Dinner in Amsterdam) | | Day 6 | Rhineland | We drive past Arnhem, scene of famous World War II action and into Germany stopping at Cologne to see its Cathedral. Next we by–pass Bonn to embark on a Rhine cruise at Boppard, past castles and vineyards. Disembarking in St. Goar, we rejoin our coach and drive to our Rhineland hotel. (Buffet breakfast/ Dinner) | | Day 7 | Lucerne | Today begins with a drive to Heidelberg to see its Castle. Then on through the Black Forest seeing Lake Titisee to the Swiss Border, stopping at the mighty Rhine Falls Schaffhausen en route to lakeside Lucerne. (Buffet breakfast/ Dinner) | | Day 8 | Lucerne | This morning after breakfast we enjoy an orientation tour featuring the Chaple Bridge and the moving Lion Monument. Then there's time at leisure to shop and to perhaps take a trip up a nearby mountain peak. (Buffet breakfast/ Dinner) | | Day 9 | Innsbruck | We pass the Walensee to Liechtenstein, stopping in its capital Vaduz. Later we cross into Austria via the Arlberg Pass and the beautiful Tyrol, to Innsbruck. Here we see the Golden Roof and more. Tonight after dinner, why not join in the fun of a Tyrolean Folklore show? (Buffet breakfast/ Dinner) | | Day 10 | Vienna | Today it's back into Germany to Salzburg in Austria! Our Sightseeing on foot explores the city that featured in The Sound of Music and which is best known as Mozart's birthplace. From here we drive to Imperial Vienna. (Buffet breakfast) | | Day 11 | Vienna | The Opera, the Hofburg, City Hall, Stadtpark, Parliament and the Imperial Boulevards highlight our sightseeing tour. Later, relax or sightsee. Tonight, perhaps enjoy dinner at a nearby 'heurige' wine village. (Buffet breakfast) | | Day 12 | Venice | Today's journey takes us across the Alps to the Semmering Pass and on to the Austrian Lake District and Italy's border. The Carnian Alps give way to the plains of Italy and Venice. for two nights. We dine at our hotel this evening.(Buffet breakfast/ Dinner) | | Day 13 | Venice | Enjoy a canal cruise by private launch to St. Mark's Square viewing the Bridge of Sighs. After a visit to a glass–blowing factory, there's free time, perhaps enjoy a gondola serenade? (Buffet breakfast/ Dinner) | | Day 14 | Venice | Today it's back to the mainland for our drive along the Autostrada del Sole and over the Apennine Mountains past Umbrian hilltop towns to Rome. (Buffet breakfast) | | Day 15 | Rome | Today's sightseeing tour starts with one of the World's most important Art works Michelangelo's ceiling of the Sistine Chapel situated in the Vatican Museums. Next we visit St. Peter's Basilica before we cross the Tiber to stop at the Roman Forum and view the Colosseum. Your afternoon is at leisure. (Buffet breakfast) | | Day 16 | Florence | We drive through the Chianti wine–producing region of Tuscany en route to Florence. Sightseeing on foot includes the Cathedral, Signoria Square, the Baptistry and visit Santa Croce Basilica. You're free to shop for leather and gold. (Buffet breakfast/ Dinner) | | Day 17 | Cannes | We are off to Pisa with its Leaning Tower. Then on past Carrara and along the Motorway of Flowers via Genoa, Columbus' birthplace. We reach the Principality of Monaco where we visit one of the Casinos in Monte Carlo. After a dinner of typical Provencal cuisine this evening we make our way to Cannes. (Buffet breakfast/ Dinner on the French Riviera) | | Day 18 | Cannes | We drive to medieval St. Paul de Vence a wonderful place to shop for hand–made souvenirs and works of Art. Then off to the Fagonard Perfumery, home of French perfume before returning to Cannes. (Buffet breakfast) | | Day 19 | Macon | We drive along the Riviera and through Provence to Avignon. Here orientation includes the Papal Palace and St. Benezet Bridge. Then along the Rhône and Saone rivers we arrive at our Macon hotel. (Buffet breakfast/ Dinner) | | Day 20 | Paris | This morning we stop at medieval Beaune. Then we drive past the vineyards of Nuits St. Georges and Gevrey Chambertin as we approach the Forest of Fontainebleu en route to romantic Paris! (Buffet breakfast) | | Day 21 | Paris | After breakfast, our sightseeing tour with a local guide begins with a drive from the Place de la Concorde along the Champs Elysees to the Arc de Triomphe and then to the Eiffel Tower we ascend to the second level by elevator. Next on to our relaxing Seine cruise for views of Notre Dame, the Pont Abandre III and other great monuments. Tonight, why not go out on the town to a famous Parisian cabaret? (Buffet breakfast) | | Day 22 | Return USA | This morning there is time to bid farewell to new–found friends as we transfer to Charles de Gaulle Airport for our return flight to America. (Buffet Breakfast) Free London Return Passengers on the 'Land only' option may return to London by Trafalgar motorcoach at NO EXTRA CHARGE, instead of departing from Paris. Accommodation will be required, as arrival in London is late afternoon/early evening. Ask your travel agent to book this for you. |
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