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IMPERIAL CAPITALS of EUROPE
VIENNA, PRAGUE & BERLIN...by RAIL!!
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Discounts to $500.
See details below.
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Your host and guide is MIKE ROSS, travel professional across 5 continents since 1982. Your local guide to the world!
An exciting RAIL TOUR of Eastern Europe awaits you. VIENNA, with the grand structures of its 19th century empire, Strauss music and Blue Danube; PRAGUE, where each building looks like a pastel wedding cake, vibrant with its Holy Roman Empire past; and BERLIN, with its long history of conquest and ruin.
The tour includes air from Detroit, breakfast and dinner daily, first class hotels, rail transportation between the capitals, airport and station transfers, and full time guiding and translation services.
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Itinerary
Day 1: Board our transatlantic flight in Detroit.
Day 2: VIENNA. Capital of Austria and former imperial capital of the AUSTRO-HUNGARIAN EMPIRE, the city is redolent of past splendors. We will visit St. Stephans Cathedral, Kärtner Street, the Fifth Avenue of Vienna, the mighty Danube, the Opera House, the Burg Theater and the elegant, tree-lined Ring Avenue.
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Day 3: VIENNA. The morning begins with a visit to the Hapsburg Royal Palace, home to the most powerful ruling family in European history. We will hear its grandiose and sad story, see the statues of its most famous residents and walk through its grandest rooms. This afternoon we will stroll the Kärtner Street and the Ring Avenue to see the Opera House, the Burg Theater, the Votiv Church, the New City Hall and, perhaps, visit the world-renowned Art History Museum.
Day 4: PRAGUE. An early morning train takes us to Prague, the capital of the Czech Republic and Medieval capital of the HOLY ROMAN EMPIRE. The city today looks like a confectioner's dream, each building a giant, pastel wedding cake. We will walk this afternoon to Staromeska Square, site of the incredible Tyn Cathedral and the ancient Medieval astronomical clock. Later we will visit the Charles Bridge, filled with artisans and craftsmen.
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Day 5: PRAGUE This morning we will tour the former Royal Palace, the Hradcany. Crowned with its own Gothic cathedral, St. Vitus, this was the site of the beginning of the Thirty Years War, 1618-1648. This afternoon we will explore Wencelas Square for glassware, the old town for antiques or just sit in a café on the Staromeska Square and enjoy the scene.
Day 6: BERLIN Our early train takes us through the valley of the Elbe River and is one of the most scenic train rides in Europe. The cliffs, valleys, villages and shimmering river are unforgettable. In Berlin we will walk through history down the Unter den Linden Street. At the end of the street we visit the Brandenburg Gate and then the capital building of a new, united Germany, the Reichstag, with its dark past and hopeful future. Later we will find the path of the old Berlin Wall where it divided the city into two parts during the Cold War.
Day 7:BERLIN A visit to the Pergamon Museum with its incredible Pergamon Altar, largest intact Greek altar in the world, starts the day. We will also see the Great Gate of Ishtar, the processional entrance to the ancient city of Babylon, both evidence of Berlin´s imperial past. This afternoon we will visit West Berlin, the famous Kurfürstendamm Street and the Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church.
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Day 8: Transfer to the Berlin airport to board our transatlantic flight back to the USA.
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$3089 per person in a double. $495 single supplement. FROM ONLY $2589 with $1000 deposit by July 10, 2008.
Reservation Form
THIS TOUR MAY BE TAKEN FOR GRADUATE CREDIT
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