HIGHLIGHTS OF GERMANY and OBERAMMERGAU (56402010)

Transportation
Scheduled transatlantic flights and airport transfers in Frankfurt if Cosmos issues the air tickets. Touring by private first-class air-conditioned motorcoach; Rhine cruise.

Guides
Local Guides for city sightseeing in Berlin, Dresden, Munich. Services of a professional Tour Director while touring.

Hotels


Frankfurt
Tryp (F) or Mercure (F) at Friederichsdorf,

Cologne Area
Holiday Inn (F) at Köln/Bonn Airport,

Hamburg
NH Suite Hotel (F) or Queens (F),

Berlin
Abba Berlin (F),

Leipzig
Ramada Treff (F),

Nuremberg
Ramada Park Hotel (F),

Black Forest Area
Treff (ST) at Bad Herrenalb,

Frankfurt
Holiday Inn Frankfurt City (F)

Meals
Buffet breakfasts (B); 5 dinners (D); 1 lunch (L)

Day 1:
BOARD YOUR OVERNIGHT TRANSATLANTIC FLIGHT.

Day 2:
ARRIVE IN FRANKFURT, GERMANY. Check into your hotel. The rest of the day is free for you to see some of Frankfurt. Tonight, meet your Tour Director and fellow travelers. (D)

Day 3:
FRANKFURT–RHINE CRUISE–COLOGNE. Today’s highlight is an included Rhine cruise from Oberwesel to Boppard to enjoy scenic views of the Rhineland including the famous Lorelei rock. The next highlight is Cologne and a visit to its impressive gothic cathedral, started in 1248 and completed in 1880. (B,D)

Day 4:
COLOGNE–HAMELIN–HAMBURG. Leave Cologne this morning and journey into Niedersachsen to visit Hamelin. Admire its town center with its colorful historical buildings and magically fancy gables. Also hear the story of the Pied Piper. Continue to Hamburg, where you arrive in time for an optional harbor cruise. (B)

Day 5:
HAMBURG–LÜBECK–BERLIN. Start the day with an orientation drive to see one of Germany’s greatest maritime cities. Later this morning a comfortable drive to Lübeck, formerly a free Hanseatic city and independent state. Lübeck, now a UNESCO World Heritage Site, is considered the cultural capital of northern Germany. Thomas Mann, Günther Grass, and Willy Brandt—all Nobel laureates—were among the famous residents of this city. Continue eastwards on the Autobahn to reach Berlin in time to enjoy your first evening in the capital of Germany. (B)

Day 6:
BERLIN. No longer divided but every bit as fascinating, Berlin was once the city of contrasts with the wall separating two different worlds. Now the city has developed into a harmonious blend of new and old, preserving its historical buildings and impressive boulevards as well as creating brand new buildings in the most daring architectural styles. See all of this on the included city sightseeing with a Local Guide. In the afternoon there is an optional excursion to historic Potsdam to visit Sanssouci Park, a marvel of landscape gardening and architectural wonders, and Cecilienhof Castle. (B)

Day 7:
BERLIN–DRESDEN–LEIPZIG. This morning, travel southwest to Dresden, the old capital of Saxony, at one time rightly called the “Florence on the Elbe.” See the Zwinger Carillon Pavilion and much more of this city on your included sightseeing. Then it’s on to Leipzig, where the great composers Johann Sebastian Bach and Felix Mendelssohn lived the last years of their lives. It was Mendelssohn who founded the Leipziger Conservatory in 1843. (B,D)

Day 8:
LEIPZIG–WEIMAR–COBURG–NUREMBERG. Leave Leipzig for a stop in Weimar, home to many intellectuals of the past but mainly known for the name given to the historical period of the “Republic of Weimar.” This city is also famed as the home of the Bauhaus architectural movement in the 1920s. Next stop is Coburg. Visit the dominating and mighty Veste Coburg Castle, built in 1225. Overnight in Nuremberg. (B)

Day 9:
NUREMBERG–MUNICH–OBERAMMERGAU. Start the day with an included orientation drive of Nuremberg to see some of its highlights. Later, travel west and then southwards through the beautiful scenery of the Romantic Road. Visit picture-postcard medieval Rothenburg by the Tauber River, then on to the Bavarian capital, Munich. From there continue directly to Oberammergau, the Passion Play village in the Bavarian Alps. (B,D)

Day 10:
OBERAMMERGAU. Morning at leisure, afternoon and evening devoted to the Passion Play. (B,L,D)

Day 11:
OBERAMMERGAU–BLACK FOREST. (B)

Day 12:
BLACK FOREST AREA–HEIDELBERG–FRANKFURT. The day starts by traveling to Heidelberg for a short visit. This city is the location of Germany’s oldest university and became an inspiration and myth for the German Romantic movement. From here, just a few more miles to Frankfurt. (B)

Day 13:
YOUR HOMEBOUND FLIGHT ARRIVES THE SAME DAY. (B)

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City Highlights
Visits to Cologne, Hamelin, Hamburg, Lübeck, Leipzig, Weimar, Coburg, Nuremberg, Rothenburg, Heidelberg.

Scenic Highlights
Rhine cruise, Romantic Road, German Alpine Road and Bavarian Alps, Black Forest

Price Details US
Single room supplement: $450Triples not available.

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