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Continental Introduction - Winter
Globus Tours - Land Discount with Air: 10%
Land only discount: 10%
 
   Package Information
  Tour Operator Globus
  Tour Code HYW
  Vacation Quality First Class
  Vacation Type Escorted Tour
  Number of Days 15
  Starting Price $2329 (Select Dates) *
  Single Supplement $559
  Triple room disc. $57
  Countries Visited Austria
Belgium
France
Germany
Holland
Italy
Switzerland
  City Highlights Amsterdam, Assisi, Innsbruck, Munich, Rhineland, Rothenburg, Venice

   Continental Introduction - Winter
  Whats Included  
  Dates & Prices  
   Whats Included
PARIS
Welcome dinner in a local restaurant
Guided sightseeing, ascend Eiffel Tower
LUCERNE
Walking tour including the Lion Monument and the Chapel Bridge
PISA
Picture stop at the Leaning Tower
FLORENCE
Guided sightseeing including headsets, visit Michelangelos David, the cathedral, and Signoria Square
ROME
Guided sightseeing including headsets, visit the Vatican Museums and Sistine Chapel, St. Peters Square and Basilica, the Colosseum and Roman Forum
ASSISSI
Visit St. Francis Basilica
VENICE
Private boat ride; guided sightseeing including headsets, visit St. Marks Square and Basilica, Doges Palace, and the Bridge of Sighs; glassblowers demonstration
INNSBRUCK
Orientation including the Golden Roof
MUNICH
Orientation
RHINE CRUISE (weather permitting)
COLOGNE
Visit the cathedral
AMSTERDAM
Canal cruise
Guided sightseeing, visit a major diamond center

MEALS
13 buffet breakfasts (BB); 7 three-course dinners (D), including a special welcome dinner with wine in Paris

INSIDE VISITS
Inside visits and special features are shown in UPPERCASE in the tour description, including admission charges when applicable.

AIRPORT TRANSFERS
Airport transfers are included when you make your flight arrangements.
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   Itinerary
Day 1:
(Fri.) Board your overnight transatlantic flight.

Day 2: Arrival in Paris, France.
(Sat.) The day is free to rest or to start exploring the splendid French capital. At 6 p.m. meet your Tour Director and traveling companions for a special welcome dinner with wine in one of Paris fine restaurants. (D)

Day 3: Paris.
(Sun.) Sightseeing with a Local Guide features Arc de Triomphe, Opera, Madeleine, Louvre, Notre Dame Cathedral, Champs-Elysees, and more. For a panoramic view take the elevator to the second floor of the EIFFEL TOWER. Afternoon at leisure. An optional excursion to the Palace of Versailles is available. Tonight, a lively cabaret show might just be the ticket. (BB)

Day 4: Paris-Lucerne, Switzerland.
(Mon.) Enjoy a comfortable ride skirting Fontainebleau Forest and through the vineyards of Burgundy to the Swiss border. Enjoy vistas of the Alps as you arrive in picture-book Lucerne. (BB,D)

Day 5: Lucerne-Como, Italy.
(Tue.) Admire Thorwaldsens LION MONUMENT and walk through the walled Old Town, then cross the famous covered CHAPEL BRIDGE to the Jesuit Church. Why not join an optional excursion to the top of a mountain? In the afternoon, continue on the St. Gotthard highway past Lugano to the Italian border and arrive in Como, beautifully situated at the lake for your overnight stay. (BB,D)

Day 6: Como-Pisa-Florence.
(Wed.) Past Italys commercial capital of Milan reach Pisa, where you stop for pictures of its amazing Leaning Tower. Stay overnight in Florence, cradle of Renaissance art and architecture. (BB,D)

Day 7: Florence - Rome.
(Thu.) Visit Michelangelos celebrated David in the ACADEMY OF FINE ARTS and the magnificent CATHEDRAL with a Local Guide, admire Giottos Bell Tower, the Baptistrys heavy bronze Gate of Paradise, and sculpture-studded SIGNORIA SQUARE. Time to shop for Florentine leather goods and gold jewelry. Early afternoon departure for a fast and easy ride on the Highway of the Sun to the Eternal City. (BB)

Day 8: Rome.
(Fri.) Sightseeing with your Local Guide starts with a visit to the VATICAN MUSEUMS and SISTINE CHAPEL, world famous for Michelangelos ceiling paintings and The Last Judgement. Continue to monumental ST. PETERS SQUARE and BASILICA. Cross the Tiber and visit the COLOSSEUM and the ROMAN FORUM, where Roman Legions marched in triumph. Then time for independent activities and exciting optional excursion possibilities. (BB)

Day 9: Rome-Assisi-Venice.
(Sat.) Morning break in peaceful Assisi. Visit the massive 13th-century BASILICA OF ST. FRANCIS built above the Saints grave. Next, drive across the Apennine Mountains and through the flat Po area to the Adriatic coast and enter Venice in style by PRIVATE BOAT. (BB)

Day 10: Venice.
(Sun.) Highlights of your walking tour with a Local Guide are St. Marks Square and its BASILICA, lavish DOGES PALACE and the BRIDGE OF SIGHS. Also watch skilled GLASSBLOWERS fashion their delicate objects. Exciting optional activities are available. (BB)

Day 11: Venice-Innsbruck, Austria-Munich, Germany.
(Mon.) Leave Italy on spectacular Brenner Pass, which leads through the Tyrolean Alps to Austria. In Innsbruck, enjoy a pleasant stroll through quaint medieval lanes to Emperor Maximilians GOLDEN ROOF, before continuing through the Bavarian Alps to Munich, Germanys secret capital. Your orientation tour features the major landmarks: Nymphenburg Palace, the Olympic Stadium, and the 1,000-foot-high Television Tower. How about a stein of beer at the famous Hofbrauhaus tonight? (BB,D)

Day 12: Munich-Rothenburg-Rhineland.
(Tue.) Motor from the verdant valleys of Bavaria through the Swabian Jura to the walled town of Rothenburg. Enjoy free time here before continuing to the Rhineland for your overnight stay. (BB,D)

Day 13: Rhineland-Amsterdam, Holland.
(Wed.) A special treat this morning: a RHINE CRUISE (weather permitting) along castle-crested hills and terraced vineyards. Then continue past the Lorelei cliff to Cologne and visit the awesome twin-spired GOTHIC CATHEDRAL, before traveling through the Dutch region best known as the locale of A Bridge Too Far to Amsterdam. (BB,D)

Day 14: Amsterdam.
(Thu.) A Local Guide shows you the 700-year-old capital, and the highlight is a CANAL CRUISE past patrician mansions and humpback bridges. Time to visit a major DIAMOND CENTER or one of Amsterdams famous museums. The afternoon is at leisure, and an optional excursion to Volendam can be arranged. (BB)

Day 15:
(Fri.) Your homebound flight from Amsterdam arrives the same day. (BB)
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Touring Date Land & Air Land Only Single
(Land & Air)
Single
(Land Only)
Jan 04 - Jan 18, 2008Call Us$2329Call Us$2888
Feb 01 - Feb 15, 2008Call Us$2339Call Us$2898
Feb 29 - Mar 14, 2008Call Us$2339Call Us$2898
Mar 14 - Mar 28, 2008Call Us$2339Call Us$2898
Mar 28 - Apr 11, 2008Call Us$2349Call Us$2908
Apr 11 - Apr 25, 2008Call Us$2859Call Us$3418

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