VISITING
ENGLAND, BELGIUM, HOLLAND, GERMANY, SWITZERLAND, LIECHTENSTEIN,
AUSTRIA, ITALY, VATICAN CITY, GREECE, TURKEY, MONACO,
FRANCE AND SPAIN
Day 1 – Depart
USA
Overnight flight to London.
Day 2 – Arrive London
Welcome to London! On arrival you are
transfered to your London tour hotel.
Hotel: Holiday Inn Kings Cross/Bloomsbury.
Day 3 – London Sightseeing
Your half day London sightseeing tour
shows you all the major sights. Afternoon at leisure. (B)
Day 4 – London – Amsterdam
Meet your Tour Director and travel
to Dover for the ferry to France. Cross Belgium’s Flanders Fields to Holland
and Amsterdam. Visit Dam Square and see the Mint Tower before visiting a diamond-polishing
factory.
Hotel: Dorint Sofitel Airport. (B,D)
Day 5 – Amsterdam – Rhineland
Head for the German city of Cologne
to see the soaring spires of the Gothic cathedral. Drive along the Rhine and join
a cruise before continuing to your hotel.
Hotel: NH Weinheim. (B,D)
Day 6 – Rhineland – Lake
Lucerne
View the castle at Heidelberg before
driving through the Black Forest, to the Rhine Falls at Schaffhausen and Lake Lucerne.
Hotel: City (Brunnen). (B,D)
Day 7 – Lucerne Sightseeing
View the Lion Monument and see the
Chapel Bridge, then shop or join a cable-car excursion up the spectacular Swiss
Alps. (B,D)
Day 8 – Lake Lucerne – Innsbruck
Pause at Liechtenstein to see 700-year-old
Vaduz Castle before moving on to the Alpine Tyrol and Innsbruck’s ‘Golden
Roof’.
Hotel: Alpin Park. (B,D)
Day 9 – Innsbruck – Vienna
Drive along the Inn Valley to Salzburg
to visit Mozart’s birthplace and some of the sites where ‘The Sound of
Music’ was filmed. Continue through the lakes and mountains of the Salzkammergut
to Vienna.
Hotel: Bosei. (B,D)
Day 10 – Vienna Sightseeing
A guided tour of Imperial Vienna
shows you the Winter Palace and St Charles’ Church. Spend the afternoon at
leisure exploring the city. (B)
Day 11 – Vienna – Venice
Cross the Semmering Pass, drive through
the forests of Carinthia to Austria’s Lake District and see the Venetian
Plains before arriving at your hotel.
Hotel: Relais Villa Fiorita (Monastier).
(B,D)
Day 12 – Venice Sightseeing
Drive to the Venetian Lagoon where
a private launch takes you to St Mark’s Square; see the Basilica, the Bridge
of Sighs and Doges’ Palace before taking in a demonstration of Venetian
glass-blowing. Spend the afternoon at leisure. (B,D)
Day 13 – Venice – Rome
Climb the Apennine Mountains, passing
the Etruscan hill towns of Orte and Orvieto which overlook the road to Rome.
Hotel:
Cristoforo Colombo. (B)
Day 14 – Rome – Sightseeing
Visit St Peter’s Basilica in the Vatican
City with a local guide, before seeing the Roman Forum and Colosseum. Consider dining
out in Roman style when night falls. (B)
Day 15 – Rome – Overnight
ferry
Bid Rome farewell before crossing the
rugged Appenine Mountains to Bari where you board your overnight ferry to Greece.
(B)
Day 16 – Patras – Athens
Dock at Patras and make a stop at the
Corinth Canal before continuing to Athens, the cradle of European civilisation.
Hotel: Acropol/Grand O. (B)
Day 17 – Athens – Mediterranean
Legends Cruise
Transfer to Piraeus to board a cruise
ship to set sail for the lively island of Mykonos, with its dazzling sugarcube houses
and white-washed windmills. (B,L,D)
Day 18 – Cruising – Rhodes
Enjoy a full day on Rhodes, once a fortified headquartes of the crusaders. (B,L,D)
Day 19 – Cruising – Kusadasi
Sail to the island of Patmos. Dock at the Turkish port of Kusadasi, where you can
visit the bazaar or take an optional excursion to ancient Ephesus. (B,L,D)
Day 20 – Athens – Overnight Ferry
Sightseeing in Athens then we drive back to Patras.
Your overnight ferry back to Italy awaits. (B)
Day 21 – Bari – Sorrento
Disembark in Bari. Cross the Italian
peninsula to the resort of Sorrento.
Hotel: Grand Hotel Due Golfi. (B,D)
Day 22 – Sorrento at Leisure
Maybe join an optional excursion to
the Isle of Capri? (B,D)
Day 23 – Sorrento – Tuscany
Pass Monte Cassino en route to Florence.
After a demonstration of Florentine leatherwork and free time, continue to your
Tuscan hotel.
Hotel: Tuscany Inn. (B,D)
Day 24 – Tuscany – French
Riviera
Stop at the Leaning Tower of Pisa before
continuing on to the Italian and French Riviera coasts, past Genoa. Visit Monaco
before arriving at your hotel.
Hotel: Novotel Centre. (B,D)
Day 25 – French Riviera
Spend a day relaxing on the French
Riviera; swim or maybe visit a perfumery. (B)
Day 26 – French Riviera – Barcelona
Stop at the resort of Cannes before
travelling through Provence and the Camargue, famous for its wild bulls and pink
flamingos. Continue around the coast to the Spanish city of Barcelona.
Hotel: Abba
Garden. (B,D)
Day 27 – Barcelona Sightseeing
See Gaudi’s Sagrada Familia cathedral,
the Columbus Monument, the Ramblas and the Olympic complex. Why not spend the night
experiencing some Flamenco? (B)
Day 28 – Barcelona – Madrid
Cross the River Ebro and continue through
the Morata Pass. Reaching the Plains of Old Castille, you will arrive in Madrid.
Hotel: Florida Norte. (B)
Day 29 – Madrid Sightseeing
A guided tour takes in the most famous
sights: Puerta del Sol, Cibeles Fountain, the Gran Via and the Royal Palace of King
Juan Carlos. The afternoon is free. (B)
Day 30 – Madrid – Lourdes
See the unspoilt heart of Spain,
reaching the Pyrenees and the pilgrimage centre of Lourdes in time to join
the torchlight procession.
Hotel: Sainte Rose. (B,D)
Day 31 – Lourdes – Bordeaux
Visit the miraculous Grotto and drink
the curative waters before driving to Bordeaux for an orientation tour.
Hotel: Mercure
Meriadeck Centre. (B,D)
Day 32 – Bordeaux – Paris
Drive to the Loire Valley to see Amboise
Castle, where Leonardo da Vinci is buried. A photo-stop at the Chateau of Blois
before arriving in Paris.
Hotel: Novotel Est. (B)
Day 33 – Paris Sightseeing
Your local guide shows you the Champs
Elysees, Arc de Triomphe, Place de la Concorde, Eiffel Tower and the cathedral of
Notre Dame. (B)
Day 34 – Return to USA
Your memorable tour ends after breakfast
with a transfer to the airport. (B)
