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Dutch Masterpiece
| | Globus Tours - Land Discount with Air: 10% |
| Land only discount: 10% |
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Tour Operator |
Globus |
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Tour Code |
RW |
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Vacation Quality |
First Class |
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Vacation Type |
Escorted Tour |
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Number of Days |
8 |
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Starting Price |
$1339 (Select Dates) * |
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Single Supplement |
$345 |
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Triple room disc. |
$70 |
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Countries Visited |
Holland
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City Highlights |
Rotterdam, Arnhem, Amsterdam |
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AMSTERDAM
Welcome dinner; guided sightseeing, visit Rembrandts masterpieces in the Rijksmuseum; canal cruise; visit a major diamond center. Departures May 10 - Sep 13, 2008 visit Anne Frank House
AALSMEER
Visit the flower auction
BARRIER DAM
Drive over the dam between the North Sea and the former Zuiderzee
WORKUM
Afternoon stop
GIETHOORN
Orientation by boat
STAPHORST
Picture stop
HET LOO
Visit the Royal Palace
ARNHEM AREA
Visit Van Goghs masterpieces in the Kroller-Muller Museum and the World War II Airborne Museum in Oosterbeek
LEERDAM
Visit a pewter factory
KINDERDIJK
Picture stop
ZEELAND
Orientation of Veere; picture stop at the Storm Surge Barrier, part of the Delta Project
ROTTERDAM
Orientation
DELFT
Orientation; visit the Royal Delft pottery factory
THE HAGUE
Orientation and picture stop in Scheveningen
KEUKENHOF
Visit the Flower Park (tours from Apr 1 - Apr 29, 2008)
MEALS
6 buffet breakfasts (BB); 4 three-course dinners (D), including a welcome dinner in Amsterdam
AIRPORT TRANSFERS
Airport transfers are included with land and air price.
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Day 1: Board your overnight transatlantic flight.
Day 2: Arrival in Amsterdam, Holland.
You have landed in a country unlike any other in the world! The tale which will unfold for you is of astonishing contrasts: Calvinist rigor cohabiting with great tolerance and even permissiveness; a kingdom with fiercely democratic traditions; great wealth modestly understated. Its also a tale of astonishing feats of an industrious, ingenious people. For centuries this tiny nation of seafaring traders played a leading role in world history. It wrested 40 percent of its territory from a hostile sea, and in Europes most densely populated area it is capable of producing a healthy agricultural surplus. Holland is quaint and scenic, yet it is also worth visiting because it may have many of the answers an increasingly overcrowded world needs for survival. At 6 p.m. meet your Tour Director and traveling companions for a welcome dinner at your hotel. (D)
Day 3: Amsterdam-Giethoorn-Frisian Lake District-Epe.
Begin the day with a visit to the fascinating AALSMEER FLOWER AUCTION. Then start your exciting tour around famous IJsselmeer and stop in Hoorn, birthplace of Jan Pieterszoon Coen, considered to be founder of the Dutch commercial empire in the Dutch East Indies. In Hoorn the first large fishing net was made in 1416, marking the beginning of a flourishing industry. Drive through the fertile polders (reclaimed land) of North Holland to the 19-mile Barrier Dam, which since 1932 has shut out the North Sea and has transformed the saltwater Zuiderzee into the freshwater IJsselmeer. The dam over which you drive is part of an incredible system of 1,200 miles of dikes, dams, and dunes built over the last 900 years to protect the part of Holland that lies below sea level. Welcome to Friesland, home of Pieter Stuyvesant and Mata Hari! A scenic drive through the Frisian Lake District past Makkum, renowned for its luxury yacht building and pottery, and Workum brings you to Giethoorn, the real œVenice of the North. This rural paradise of traditional farmhouses can be explored by BOAT through the canals, which were dug in the past to transport peat. Detour through the rustic village of Staphorst, whose inhabitants still live according to strict Calvinist principles, before arriving at your hotel in the densely wooded, peaceful Veluwe area, where the Dutch like to spend their holidays. (BB,D)
Day 4: Epe-Arnhem Area.
The highlight visit this morning is to the Royal Palace of HET LOO and its superb formal gardens. Hear about the history of the countrys popular ruling family. In The Hoge Veluwe National Park visit the KROLLER MULLER MUSEUM, which houses an important collection of paintings, sculptures, and some of Van Goghs masterpieces. In the late afternoon visit the AIRBORNE MUSEUM in Oosterbeek, where you relive the heroic and tragic events of World War II celebrated in A Bridge Too Far. (BB,D)
Day 5: Arnhem Area-Zeeland-Rotterdam.
After a morning visit to the countrys only surviving PEWTER FACTORY in Leerdam, journey westward through North Brabant to Kinderdijk, where you can admire a whole row of windmills together. Next, enter beautiful Zeeland, where geometric fields, tidy orchards, and neat rows of poplars stretch to the horizon. Take a pleasant walk in the picture-book port of Veere, once an important wool-trading center. Continue to the Storm Surge Barrier, where you hear about the worlds greatest undertaking in hydraulic engineering. Begun in 1953, when a savage North Sea storm killed 1,800 people, and completed in 1986, the Delta Project is a stunning demonstration of what a nation can achieve if it focuses its energies on a vital task. From here you will enter Rotterdam. Your orientation shows that this city, which was leveled by German bombs during World War II, now has a modern, high-tech look and boasts the worlds busiest port. (BB,D)
Day 6: Rotterdam-Amsterdam.
After a visit to the historic center of Delft, call at the ROYAL DELFT POTTERY FACTORY with its magnificent collection of hand-painted earthenware pieces. You also see skilled craftsmen at work. Proceed through The Hague, seat of the Dutch government and the International Court of Justice, to the North Sea resort of Scheveningen. In the afternoon drive to the famous bulbfields of South Holland. Listen to the incredible tale of 17th-century Tulipomania and visit the extraordinary flower park of KEUKENHOF (departures 0402-0430 only) before returning to Amsterdam. Departures 0511-0914 visit ANNE FRANK HOUSE instead. (BB)
Day 7: Amsterdam.
Morning sightseeing of the capital with a Local Guide. Enjoy a CANAL CRUISE along gabled merchant houses and humpback drawbridges reminiscent of the Golden Age, but also the strikingly modern buildings of a young city with plans for the future. Next, visit the fabulous RIJKSMUSEUM with priceless paintings by Rembrandt and other Dutch masters. Finally, visit a major DIAMOND CENTER to appreciate how a rough mineral is transformed into a sparkling jewel. Afternoon at leisure to catch up on your postcards and shopping. Why not join a late afternoon optional excursion with dinner in the fishing village of Volendam? (BB)
Day 8: Your homebound flight arrives the same day. (BB) |
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Land & Air and Land Only prices are based on per person in a double occupancy room. Single (Land & Air) and Single (Land Only) prices are based on per person in a single room. Land & Air prices are based from New York (JFK/EWR), for air supplement prices from your departure airport please call us toll-free at 1-800-935-2620. Taxes are not included on the listed prices.
| Touring Date |
Land & Air |
Land Only |
Single
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Single
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| Apr 01 - Apr 08, 2008 | Call Us | $1339 | Call Us | $1684 | | Apr 05 - Apr 12, 2008 | Call Us | $1349 | Call Us | $1694 | | Apr 08 - Apr 15, 2008 | Call Us | $1359 | Call Us | $1704 | | Apr 12 - Apr 19, 2008 | Call Us | $1359 | Call Us | $1704 | | Apr 15 - Apr 22, 2008 | Call Us | $1359 | Call Us | $1704 | | Apr 19 - Apr 26, 2008 | Call Us | $1359 | Call Us | $1704 | | Apr 22 - Apr 29, 2008 | Call Us | $1359 | Call Us | $1704 | | Apr 26 - May 03, 2008 | Call Us | $1359 | Call Us | $1704 | | Apr 29 - May 06, 2008 | Call Us | $1359 | Call Us | $1704 | | May 10 - May 17, 2008 | Call Us | $1349 | Call Us | $1694 | | May 24 - May 31, 2008 | Call Us | $1349 | Call Us | $1694 | | Jun 07 - Jun 14, 2008 | Call Us | $1349 | Call Us | $1694 | | Jun 21 - Jun 28, 2008 | Call Us | $1349 | Call Us | $1694 | | Jul 19 - Jul 26, 2008 | Call Us | $1349 | Call Us | $1694 | | Aug 02 - Aug 09, 2008 | Call Us | $1349 | Call Us | $1694 | | Aug 16 - Aug 23, 2008 | Call Us | $1349 | Call Us | $1694 | | Aug 30 - Sep 06, 2008 | Call Us | $1349 | Call Us | $1694 |
* All prices are subject to change without notice and at any time by the tour operators. Availability is limited and must be reconfirmed at time of booking. Please call us toll free at 1-800-935-2620 to confirm availability and current pricing on all our discounted specials. The prices on this website are not guaranteed until a deposit has been made. We are not responsible for errors, omissions, or changes in these prices until a booking has been confirmed by one of our agents.
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