Included Features
- First class hotels, rooms with private facilities
- Service charges and hotel taxes
- Breakfast daily and 3 dinners
- Airport transfers
- Professional Tour Director throughout
- Touring by modern air-conditioned motor coach
- Luggage handling
- Special 1-Night Package in Oberammergau
Sightseeing
- Munich
- Vienna
Itinerary
Day 1, (Wed) arrive Munich
You will be met and transferred to your hotel. Time to relax before meeting your fellow travelers and your Tour Director at the welcome dinner.
Day 2, (Thu) in Munich
After breakfast, take a morning city tour of downtown Munich, featuring the Koenigsplatz, old and new Pinakothek, the Isartor (city gate), the Royal Palace, the Angel of freedom and Odeonsplatz. View also the Olympic park, site of the 1972 summer Olympics and which, today, has become an attractive sports and leisure center. The platform on the Olympic tower provides a superior view over the city of Munich. Enjoy a scenic drive through the city where you will see such sights as the baroque Nymphenberg palace, the former summer residence of the Wittlesbach dynasty, and the Marienplatz with its famous lockenspiel clock. This afternoon venture into the densely forested mountains of southwest Bavaria. Here you will visit the dream-like Castle of Neuschwanstein. This castle was built by the 'Mad king' Ludwig and is known for its extraordinary architectural feats. Return to Munich late in the afternoon and enjoy remainder of the day at leisure.
Day 3, (Fri) to Oberammergau
Morning travel by motor coach to Oberammergau. Upon arrival we have lunch and in the afternoon The Passion Play begins at 2.30 pm. You will be served dinner during the 3-hour interval in a restaurant in Oberammergau. At the end of the play, at around 10.30 pm, transfer to your hotel.
Day 4, (Sat) to Vienna
After breakfast we leave Germany behind, as we head to Austrian capital. On the way stop in Salzburg for a short panoramic sightseeing tour, which shows us the Getriedergasse with its colorful shops, the majestic Cathedral, as well as the birth place of a great composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. In the afternoon drive along the Valley of the River Danube, past Melk to Vienna, the city of waltz. Dinner.
Day 5, (Sun) in Vienna
On your morning sightseeing tour, visit the Hofburg Palace, once the seat of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, and view the Belvedere Palace, Prater amusement park, the UN buildings, St. Stephen's Cathedral and other vivid reminders of the city's imperial history. Afternoon is at leisure.
Day 6, (Mon) depart Vienna
After breakfast, transfer to the airport for your departure flight.
