• Day 1: Fly overnight to Germany

• Day 2: Berlin

  Meet your Tour Director at the airport

  Take a walking tour of Berlin

• Day 3: Berlin

  Take a guided tour of Berlin

  With your expert local guide you will see:

  • Brandenburg Gate
  • Kurfürstendamm
  • Remains of the Berlin Wall

  See Checkpoint Charlie

  Visit the Topography of Terror Museum

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  Potsdam

  Take a half-day excursion to Potsdam, where the postwar administration of Germany was decided at the 1945 Potsdam Conference. Potsdam was also the royal playground of Frederick the Great of Prussia; see baroque palaces, pavilions, and the royal residence’s gardens. Take a guided visit inside either Sanssouci or Cecilienhof.

• Day 4: Berlin • Dresden • Prague

  Take a guided tour of Dresden

  With your expert local guide you will see:

  • Semper Opera House
  • Zwinger Palace 
  • New Green Vault 

  Enjoy free time for lunch and to visit the Zwinger Museum on your own

• Day 5: Prague

  Take a guided tour of Prague

  With your expert local guide you will see:

  • St. Vitus Cathedral
  • Golden Lane
  • Charles Bridge

  Visit St. Vitus Cathedral

  Visit the Golden Lane

  Take a walking tour of Prague

• Day 6: Prague • Budapest

  Evening Danube River Cruise

• Day 7: Budapest

  Take a guided tour of Budapest

  With your expert local guide you will see:

  • Heroes Square
  • Castle Hill
  • Gellért Hill

  Visit Matthias Church

  Take a walking tour of Budapest

  With your Tour Director you will see:

  • Fisherman’s Bastion
  • Hungarian Parliament building

  Visit the House of Terror Museum

• Day 8: Budapest • Vienna

  Enjoy a Wiener Schnitzel Dinner

• Day 9: Vienna

  Take a guided tour of Vienna

  With your expert local guide you will see:

  • Ringstrasse
  • the Parliament building
  • Neues Rathaus
  • Hofburg Palace 

  Visit Schönbrunn Palace

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  Viennese waltz dancing

  Experience the elegance and grandeur of the traditional Austrian waltz, the world’s oldest form of ballroom dance. During an optional two-and-a-half-hour lesson, you’ll discover the long and complex relationship between dance and city as you learn to turn and step with the best.

• Day 10: Vienna • Salzburg • Munich

  Take a walking tour of Salzburg

  With your Tour Director you will see:

  • Old Town
  • Mozart's birthplace

• Day 11: Munich

  Take a guided tour of Munich

  With your expert local guide you will see:

  • Olympic Stadium
  • Residenz
  • Marienplatz

  Visit the Dachau Concentration Camp Memorial Site

  Take a walking tour of Munich

  With your tour director you will see:

  • Frauenkirche
  • Neues Rathaus
  • Hofbräuhaus

• Day 12: Munich • Heidelberg

• Day 13: Heidelberg

  Tour Heidelberg with an expert local guide

  Visit the Heidelberg Castle and wine barrel

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  Neckar Valley

  Take in the medieval scenery of rural Germany during an hour-long boat ride along the Neckar River. Then, visit the ruins of the 13th-century Dilsberg Fortress, once the most powerful in the region, and enjoy free time to explore the quaint cobblestoned town that encircles it. Note: Only available between March 25-Oct. 22.

• Day 14: Depart for home

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• Day 14: Heidelberg • Colmar • Lucerne

  Take a tour of Colmar

• Day 15: Lucerne

  Take a tour of Lucerne

  With your Tour Director you will see:

  •  Löwendenkmal (Lion Monument)
  • Kapellbrücke

  Take an excursion to Mount Pilatus

  Take an excursion to Mount Pilatus

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  Swiss Folklore Evening

  Join us for a bit of Swiss tradition. You’ll enjoy a delicious meal, including the chance to try fondue—the Swiss national dish! Afterwards, watch a show, complete with yodeling, traditional dancing, and Alpine horns. Note: Groups traveling from October to mid-April will enjoy Swiss music during their meal instead of the show.

• Day 16: Depart for home