DAY    3            AMSTERDAM
This morning we will visit the Van Gogh Museum, which houses an unrivaled collection of 200 paintings and 400 drawings by the famous Dutch artist.  We will then visit Anne Frank’s House where the heroine hid from the Nazis during World War II and chronicled her experiences in her diaries.
 

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DAY    4            AMSTERDAM - BRUSSELS (2 NIGHTS)
We journey today to Brussels, the capital of Belgium, and home to the headquarters of NATO and the European Union.  Brussels is an international and cosmopolitan city with a history that stretches back 1,000 years.  Our Walking Tour of the city will include a visit to the Grand Place, the magnificent square that is the city’s pride and joy, and we will view the 15th century Town Hall, the Royal Palace and the charming statuette of Manneken Pis.

DAY    5           BRUSSELS
The Baroque guild houses with ornamental facades line the square and the nearby cobbled streets epitomize the charm of the Old Town. We will visit the Maison Du Roi which houses the Museum of the City of Brussels and whose collection spans the history of the city and the applied arts for which it is famous.

DAY    6            BRUSSELS - BAYEUX (1 NIGHT)
We will journey south today to Bayeux, a city rich in Norman history, and the first French town to be liberated on D-Day + 1, June 7, 1944.  We will visit Bayeux Cathedral and view the nearby Bayeux Tapestry, which depicts the last landed invasion of Britain in 1066 by William the Conqueror and the Normans, culminating in the Battle of Hastings and the death of King Harold.

DAY    7            BAYEUX - THE NORMANDY INVASION BEACHES - PARIS (3

                          NIGHTS)
Our tour of the Normandy Beaches will vividly bring to life the momentous events of June, 1944, when the Allied Invasion proved to be the turning point of World War II.  We will view the Invasion Museum and Mulberry Harbour at Arromanches, the German Battery at Longues-sur-Mer and the American Military Cemetery at Coleville-sur-Mer.  From the past to the lively and cosmopolitan present, we shall make our way to Paris, considered by many to be the most beautiful capital in the world.

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DAY    8        PARIS (THE REVOLUTION AND NAPOLEON)

Our day begins with an ascent of the Arc de Triomphe, built to commemorate Napoleon’s greatest military victories.  We then take a walk along one of the world’s most famous and elegant streets, the Avenue des Champs Elysees, to the Place de la Concorde, where Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette were guillotined.  We then continue to the Louvre, one of the world's greatest museums, which began as a fortress in the 1200’s and was built up over the centuries into one of Europe’s largest palaces.  Among the most loved of the Louvre's estimated 400,000 items are the delicate Venus De Milo and Leonardo da Vinci's enigmatic Mona Lisa.  Our afternoon concludes at the cathedral of Notre Dame, scene of Napoleon’s coronation and where the energetic can climb the south tower to look for the hunchback!  This evening we will dine in the bustling Latin Quarter.

DAY    9       PARIS (PARIS OF THE IMPRESSIONISTS)

This morning we visit the Musee D’Orsay, which houses the world’s finest collection of Impressionist paintings, including works by Monet, Renoir, Van Gogh and Cezanne.  Next we will ascend the Eiffel Tower for a breathtaking view over the City of Lights.  This evening we go to the church of Sacre Coeur in the artists' haunt of Montmartre to admire the magnificent view over Paris.

DAY    10       DEPARTURE FROM PARIS
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.