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GERMANY AND THE ALPS
10 days | Summer 2017
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GERMANY AND THE ALPS
Round-trip flights on major carriers; Full-time Tour Director;
comfortable motorcoaches and local transportation for
included activities; Hotels with private bathrooms; Select
meals with a mix of local cuisine; Connect to your travel
experiences with weShare, our project-based online
educational tool.
Guided Sightseeings: Vienna, Munich; Salzburg and Lucerne...
Entrances: Dachau; Neuschwanstein Castle ;
Mt. Pilatus Excursion; Swiss Folklore Evening; Our Chalet
Overnight Stays:
Vienna (1)
Munich (3) and Tyrol region
Lucerne Region (2)
Heidelberg (1)
Optional excursions; Insurance coverage; Beverages and lunches;
Transportation to free-time activities; Customary gratuities (for your Tour
Director, bus driver and local guide); Porterage; Adult supplement (if
applicable); Weekend supplement; Shore excursions on cruises; Any
applicable baggage-handing fee imposed by the airlines (see
eftours.com/baggage for details); Expenses caused by airline rescheduling,
cancellations or delays caused by the airlines, bad weather or events
beyond EF’s control; Passports, visa and reciprocity fees
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Troop 45483 Europe Trip 2017 Itinerary (revised)
Day 1: Fly overnight to Austria
Day 2: Vienna
– Meet your Tour Director at the airport in Vienna.
– As you get to know Vienna during an orientation tour, you’ll spot the Opera House,
whose history dates back to the mid-19th century. Residence of the imperial court for six
centuries, Vienna is also marked with the seal of the powerful Habsburgs, a family who once
ruled over half of Europe.
Day 3: Vienna
– Visit the Ringstrasse, a series of wide boulevards commissioned by Emperor Franz
Josef in 1857, Parliament, and the flower adorned City Hall during your expertly guided
tour of Vienna.
– Visit Schönbrunn Palace, where Marie Antoinette spent her childhood. When the
6-year-old Mozart performed here he told the future Queen of France, “I’ll marry you
when I’m grown up!” After viewing the elegant interior, stroll through the palace’s beautifully
landscaped gardens.
– Time to see more of Vienna or experience Viennese waltz dancing.
– Enjoy an authentic wiener schnitzel dinner.
Day 4: Salzburg | Munich
– Travel to Salzburg.
– Take a walking tour of Salzburg: Old Town; Mozart’s birthplace.
– Continue on to Munich, where you’ll experience the medieval to the modern.
Day 5: Munich
– During your expertly guided tour of Munich you’ll see the Olympic Stadium, Marienplatz’s
neo-Gothic New City Hall with its famous Glockenspiel, and the Residenz, former home
of the Wittelsbach dukes of Bavaria.
– Visit Dachau, a WWII Nazi concentration camp built in 1933 and liberated by the Allies in 1945.
It now serves as a memorial museum.
– Stroll past the famous Hofbräuhaus, once the royal brewery of the Kingdom of Bavaria, on
your walking tour of the city.
Day 6: Neuschwanstein | Tyrol
– Visit Neuschwanstein Castle.
– Travel to Tyrol.
Day 7: Liechtenstein | Lucerne
– Make a stop in Liechtenstein.
– Continue to the Lucerne region, where the majestic Swiss Alps rise behind the shores
of Lake Lucerne and provide the stunning backdrop to one of Switzerland’s most
picturesque cities.
Day 8: Lucerne
– During your tour of Lucerne you’ll see the poignant Lion Monument, or Löwendenkmal,
a sandstone statue commemorating the Swiss Guards slain in the 1792 Paris storming of the
Tuileries. Follow Lucerne’s winding cobbled streets past fairy-tale houses to the Chapel
Bridge, or Kapellbrücke. Stroll along this covered bridge, which dates back to medieval
days, and admire the colorful murals overhead.
– Time to see more of Lucerne or enjoy a Swiss Alps experience or
enjoy a Swiss evening.
We will have a side trip for our troop, to visit the Girl Scout Chalet in Adelboden.
High up in the Swiss Alps, spend today at Our Chalet, the oldest of WAGGGS'
World Centers. Founded in 1932, Our Chalet's activities focus on hiking and mountain
climbing in the summer and skiing in the winter. Find out about the center's long history.
Tour the legendary main chalet and stroll around its expansive grounds. Take part in a
special ceremony created for Our Chalet visitors and learn the words to the Our Chalet song!
We will leave Lucerne in the morning and should return by dinner.
Day 9: Heidelberg
– Travel along the Black Forest to Heidelberg.
– Take a tour of Heidelberg.
– Visit Heidelberg Castle wine barrel.
Day 10: Depart for home
Updated January 2017
Itinerary is subject to change
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