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1 DEPARTURE FROM NORTH AMERICA
Enjoy full meal service
on your scheduled wide-bodied flight
to Vienna.
DAY
2 VIENNA (2 NIGHTS)
You will be met at the airport by your tour manager/guide
who will accompany you to your hotel in Vienna, capital of
Austria and for 600 years the glittering capital of the Hapsburg
Empire. Vienna has an incomparable musical heritage
and is the city of Mozart, Beethoven, Schubert, Hayden, Brahms
and Johann Strauss. This afternoon we will take a Walking
Tour through
old Vienna, which will include the Hoher Markt,
where we will see Virgin Mary’s Wedding Fountain
and an Art Nouveau clock, the Altes Rathaus,
the former town hall, the old Chancellery of Bohemia,
the Clock Museum, and St. Peter’s
Church.
DAY
3 VIENNA
We begin this morning in the Old City with a visit to St.
Stephen's Cathedral, one of the greatest Gothic structures
in Europe. St. Stephen’s is rich in woodcarvings,
altars, sculptures, and paintings, including one showing the
scene of the double marriage between the Hapsburg, Bohemian
and Hungarian dynasties in 1515 that laid the foundation of
the Austrian Empire. We will continue to the Hofburg
Palace, a complex of imperial edifices which grew with
the empire, so that today the palace is virtually a city within
a city. Our visit will include the Imperial Apartments;
the Imperial Treasury, featuring the crown jewels
and an assortment of imperial riches.
- Your First Concert Performance
will be today
DAY 4
VIENNA - WACHAU - MELK - SALZBURG AREA (2 NIGHTS)
Our morning drive takes us to the Wachau where we will take
a River Cruise, viewing the vineyards, the pretty riverside
villages and the castles which dominate the crests of the
surrounding hillsides. Arriving at Melk we will visit
the Abbey of St Peter and St Paul which dominates
this town with its Baroque architecture. Leaving the
town we continue our journey to Salzburg, the Baroque city
of music forever associated with Mozart.
DAY
5 SALZBURG
Our morning begins with a Walking Tour through the
Old City, a maze of meandering lanes, curious steeples,
cobbled streets and spacious squares. Here we will view
Mozart's Birthplace, the Old Square, the Cathedral, and the
Residenz. A highlight of our walk will be the Glockenspiel,
an early 18th century carillon
with 35 bells, which we can hear from one of the cafes lining
the edges of the Mozartplatz, while sipping our favorite
coffee or drink. We continue with a visit to the Residenz,
Salzburg’s opulent palace, which was the seat of the
Salzburg prince-archbishops. The child prodigy Mozart
often played in the Conference Room for guests, and in 1867,
Emperor Franz Joseph received Napoléon III in the palace.
We will enjoy a tour of the richly decorated State Rooms
before concluding our
afternoon on Salzburg’s
most famous street, the Getreidegasse, which is lined
with small shops, interesting houses and wrought-iron signs.
· Your Second
Concert Performance will be today
DAY
6 SALZBURG - MUNICH (1 NIGHT)
We continue north this morning to Munich, the capital of Bavaria
and for many people Germany’s unrecognized capital.
Our sightseeing in Munich will start at the Old Pinakothek,
one of the world's great art galleries with a large and important
collection of Dutch and Flemish paintings. Our visit
to the Old Town will include the performing Glockenspiel
(a carillon with colored figures depicting jousting knights)
in Marienplatz, the square in the heart of old Munich.
There will be time to visit elegant shopping areas and to
explore the entertaining Schwabing Quarter.
DAY
7 DEPARTURE FROM MUNICH
Your enjoyable and rewarding
tour will come to an end as your tour manager/guide accompanies
you to the airport for the return flight home.
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