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The Best of Austria and Switzerland
| | Globus Tours - Land Discount with Air: 10% |
| Land only discount: 10% |
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| Package Information |
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Tour Operator |
Globus |
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Tour Code |
ZC |
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Vacation Quality |
First Class |
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Vacation Type |
Escorted Tour |
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Number of Days |
13 |
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Starting Price |
$2149 (Select Dates) * |
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Single Supplement |
$357 |
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Triple room disc. |
$72 |
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Countries Visited |
Switzerland
Austria
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City Highlights |
Salzburg, Melk, Lucerne, Interlaken, Innsbruck, Berne, Zermatt, Vienna, St Moritz |
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VIENNA
Welcome dinner; guided sightseeing, visit St. Stephens Cathedral
DANUBE CRUISE
MELK
Picture stop at the abbey
SALZBURG
Guided sightseeing, visit Mirabell Gardens and St. Peters Churchyard
INNSBRUCK
Orientation including the Golden Roof
CHUR-ZERMATT
Glacier Express Train (first-class)
CHILLON
Guided visit of the castle
BERNE
Guided sightseeing including the Bear Pit
INTERLAKEN
Lunch stop
LUCERNE
Orientation walk including the Lion Monument and Chapel Bridge; farewell dinner
MEALS
11 buffet breakfasts (BB); 1 lunch (L) on the Glacier Express train; 6 three-course dinners (D), including a welcome dinner in Vienna and a farewell dinner in Lucerne
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 Vienna, Austria.
Time to rest or start exploring the Viennese capital. At 6 p.m. meet your Tour Director and traveling companions for a special welcome dinner at your hotel. (D)
Day 3: Vienna.
Meet your Local Guide and start your sightseeing with vistas of Prater Park with its giant Ferris wheel, and the United Nations City on the banks of the Danube River. Then drive along Ring Boulevard, pass the State Opera House, the Jewish quarter, and stop at the Hofburg Palace, winter residence of the Austrian Imperial family. Marvel at the impressive courtyards and famous Heldenplatz and visit awesome ST. STEPHENS CATHEDRAL. Afternoon at leisure. Optional excursions to Schonbrunn Palace and the wine village of Grinzing are available. (BB)
Day 4: At Leisure in Vienna.
A full day to explore Vienna independently. Why not visit the imposing Hofburg Palace to see the precious Habsburg dynasty treasures? If you are interested in great paintings, do not miss the Museum of Fine Arts, with works by Jan Van Eyck, Rubens, Rembrandt, Raphael, and more. Later, you may want to join an optional excursion. (BB)
Day 5: Vienna-Melk-Salzburg.
This morning enjoy a leisurely DANUBE CRUISE. Afterwards, follow the Danube Valley to historic Melk for pictures of the Melk Abbey. No landscape is more typically Austrian than the Salzkammergut lakeland. A picture stop at the Parish Church in Mondsee, which was used for the wedding scenes in The Sound of Music, then continue to Salzburg. (BB,D)
Day 6: Salzburg.
A pleasant stroll with a Local Guide takes you through the historic center. Admire exquisite MIRABELL GARDENS, the Great Festival Hall, ST. PETERS CHURCHYARD, the monumental Domplatz and take pictures of Mozarts birthplace in the charming Getreidegasse. Afternoon at leisure with optional possibilities. (BB)
Day 7: Salzburg-Innsbruck-St. Moritz, Switzerland.
Morning visit to Innsbruck in the Tyrolean Mountains. Enjoy a pleasant walk through its quaint medieval lanes to Emperor Maximilians GOLDEN ROOF. Next, enter the Swiss Engadine, considered by many as the most beautiful mountain area in the world, with its deep-blue lakes, airy larch forests that turn golden in the fall, mountain peaks exceeding 12,000 feet, and quaint villages with massive white stone houses in the characteristic Grisons style. The rest of the day is at leisure in ritzy St. Moritz. (BB,D)
Day 8: St. Moritz-Chur-Zermatt.
Drive through exhilarating Alpine scenery. At Chur board the first-class panoramic coach of the world-renowned GLACIER EXPRESS TRAIN. Admire thundering waterfalls, impressive peaks, glacial ice fields, and tiny villages as you pass through the Valais, a region known for its great mountain resorts and excellent wines. This afternoon you are in Zermatt, a picturesque cluster of rustic chalets beneath the majestic Matterhorn. (BB,L,D)
Day 9: At Leisure in Zermatt.
An entire day at leisure to breathe the fresh mountain air and to catch up on your postcards. A suggestion: ride Europes highest rack-railway to 10,272-foot Gornergrat for a breathtaking panoramic view of the Alps. (BB)
Day 10: Zermatt-Berne.
Board the MOUNTAIN TRAIN to Tasch and motor through the vineyards and apricot groves of the lower RheŽne Valley to the shores of Lake Geneva. Here enjoy a highlight visit to CHILLON CASTLE, the 12th-century water fortress immortalized by the poet Lord Byron. Evening arrival in Berne. (BB,D)
Day 11: Berne-Interlaken-Lucerne.
Sightseeing with a Local Guide starts at the popular BEAR PIT and then focuses on the monumental Federal Palace and the beautifully preserved medieval Old Town. Witness the hourly parade of painted figures at the Clock Tower and take your pictures of ornate, floweradorned fountains. Leisurely lunch break in Interlaken, beautifully situated beneath the towering Jungfrau. Over Brunig Pass to picture-book Lucerne. You may wish to sign up for a folklore party with yodeling and alphorn blowing for a first-hand impression of Alpine merrymaking. (BB)
Day 12: Lucerne.
On your walking tour this morning, admire Thorwaldsens LION MONUMENT and ornate patrician houses of the walled Old Town, then cross the famous covered CHAPEL BRIDGE to the Jesuit church. Afterwards, shop for watches and choose from our optional activities: climb a mountain by cable car or take a cruise on the fjord-like lake. Tonight a farewell dinner to celebrate the success of your Swiss vacation. (BB,D)
Day 13: Lucerne-Zurich Airport.
Homebound flight. Morning transfer to Zurich Airport in time for homebound flights leaving no earlier than 10 a.m. Extra nights are available in Zurich, not Lucerne. (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.
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Land & Air |
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| Apr 19 - May 01, 2008 | Call Us | $2179 | Call Us | $2536 | | May 03 - May 15, 2008 | Call Us | $2179 | Call Us | $2536 | | May 10 - May 22, 2008 | Call Us | $2179 | Call Us | $2536 | | May 13 - May 25, 2008 | Call Us | $2179 | Call Us | $2536 | | May 17 - May 29, 2008 | Call Us | $2179 | Call Us | $2536 | | May 20 - Jun 01, 2008 | Call Us | $2179 | Call Us | $2536 | | May 24 - Jun 05, 2008 | Call Us | $2179 | Call Us | $2536 | | May 27 - Jun 08, 2008 | Call Us | $2179 | Call Us | $2536 | | Jun 03 - Jun 15, 2008 | Call Us | $2179 | Call Us | $2536 | | Jun 10 - Jun 22, 2008 | Call Us | $2179 | Call Us | $2536 | | Jun 17 - Jun 29, 2008 | Call Us | $2189 | Call Us | $2546 | | Jun 24 - Jul 06, 2008 | Call Us | $2189 | Call Us | $2546 | | Jul 01 - Jul 13, 2008 | Call Us | $2179 | Call Us | $2536 | | Jul 05 - Jul 17, 2008 | Call Us | $2179 | Call Us | $2536 | | Jul 08 - Jul 20, 2008 | Call Us | $2179 | Call Us | $2536 | | Jul 12 - Jul 24, 2008 | Call Us | $2179 | Call Us | $2536 | | Jul 15 - Jul 27, 2008 | Call Us | $2179 | Call Us | $2536 | | Jul 19 - Jul 31, 2008 | Call Us | $2179 | Call Us | $2536 | | Jul 22 - Aug 03, 2008 | Call Us | $2179 | Call Us | $2536 | | Jul 26 - Aug 07, 2008 | Call Us | $2179 | Call Us | $2536 | | Jul 29 - Aug 10, 2008 | Call Us | $2179 | Call Us | $2536 | | Aug 02 - Aug 14, 2008 | Call Us | $2179 | Call Us | $2536 | | Aug 05 - Aug 17, 2008 | Call Us | $2179 | Call Us | $2536 | | Aug 09 - Aug 21, 2008 | Call Us | $2179 | Call Us | $2536 | | Aug 12 - Aug 24, 2008 | Call Us | $2179 | Call Us | $2536 | | Aug 16 - Aug 28, 2008 | Call Us | $2179 | Call Us | $2536 | | Aug 19 - Aug 31, 2008 | Call Us | $2179 | Call Us | $2536 | | Aug 23 - Sep 04, 2008 | Call Us | $2179 | Call Us | $2536 | | Aug 26 - Sep 07, 2008 | Call Us | $2179 | Call Us | $2536 | | Aug 30 - Sep 11, 2008 | Call Us | $2189 | Call Us | $2546 | | Sep 02 - Sep 14, 2008 | Call Us | $2189 | Call Us | $2546 | | Sep 06 - Sep 18, 2008 | Call Us | $2189 | Call Us | $2546 | | Sep 13 - Sep 25, 2008 | Call Us | $2189 | Call Us | $2546 | | Sep 20 - Oct 02, 2008 | Call Us | $2179 | Call Us | $2536 | | Sep 27 - Oct 09, 2008 | Call Us | $2179 | Call Us | $2536 | | Oct 04 - Oct 16, 2008 | Call Us | $2179 | Call Us | $2536 | | Oct 11 - Oct 23, 2008 | Call Us | $2149 | Call Us | $2506 |
* 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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