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Day 1: Fly overnight to the Netherlands
Day 2: Amsterdam
Meet your Tour Director at the destination airportExplore Amsterdam during a Food Market Challenge, tasting your way through a local market in small groups
Day 3: Amsterdam
Enjoy a canal cruise
Visit Anne Frank's House
Volendam and Zaanse Schans
Explore the heart of the Dutch countryside on this half-day excursion! Visit the picturesque fishing village of Volendam and the living and working neighborhood of Zaanse Schans, re-created to look like an old Dutch village. Make your way down the winding, cobblestone streets past charming shops and crooked houses. Enjoy cheese- and clog-making demonstrations as well as a visit to a windmill.
Day 4: Amsterdam • Heidelberg
Travel to HeidelbergTake a walking tour of Heidelberg
Visit Heidelberg Castle and its famous wine barrel
Day 5: Heidelberg • Munich
Travel to MunichTake a guided tour of Munich
With your expert local guide you will see:
- Olympic Stadium
- Residenz
- Marienplatz
Day 6: Munich • Innsbruck • Venice
Travel via Innsbruck to the Venice region
Day 7: Venice
Take a ferry to Venice
See a glass-blowing demonstration
Travel by water taxi to the island of Burano
Take a guided tour of Venice
With your expert local guide you will see:
- St. Mark’s Square
- Grand Canal
Explore Burano on your own
Enjoy a gondola ride
Day 8: Venice • Verona • Lucerne region
Travel via Verona to Lucerne region
Day 9: Lucerne region
Ride to the top of a Swiss mountain
Take a cruise on Lake Lucerne
Take a walking tour of Lucerne
With your Tour Director you will see:
- Lion Monument
- Kapellbrücke
- Lake Lucerne
Day 10: Lucerne region • Burgundy region
Travel to the Burgundy region
Follow the Owl Trail on a self-guided tour of Dijon
Take a walking tour of Dijon with your Tour Director
Day 11: Burgundy region • Paris
Travel to Paris
Take a walking tour of Paris
With your Tour Director you will see:
- Île de la Cité
- Conciergerie
- Sainte-Chapelle
Catch a glimpse of Notre-Dame Cathedral
Day 12: Paris
Take a guided tour of Paris
With your expert local guide you will see:
- Place de la Concorde
- Champs-Élysées
- Arc de Triomphe
- Les Invalides
- Eiffel Tower
Versailles
Enjoy an excursion to the grand palace of Versailles, where Louis XIV held court in the most lavish style imaginable. On a tour, stroll through the elegantly landscaped gardens, the historic Hall of Mirrors, and the ornately decorated State Apartments. Note: Versailles is closed on Mondays.
Enjoy a Seine River cruise
Day 13: Paris • London
Take the Eurostar to London
Take a walking tour of London with your Tour Director
Day 14: London
Take a guided tour of London
With your expert local guide you will see:
- Big Ben and Houses of Parliament
- Piccadilly Circus
- St. Paul’s Cathedral
- Westminster Abbey
- Changing of the Guard at Buckingham Palace (if scheduled)
Windsor
This is your invitation to the Royal Family’s retreat, Windsor Castle! Join a local guide on your half-day excursion to Windsor, built by William the Conqueror in 1070. Priceless objects are found in the State Apartments, from paintings by Rubens to Henry VIII’s sword and suit of armor. You will also see Queen Mary’s Dolls’ House and St. George’s Chapel, the final resting place of many monarchs.
Day 15: Depart for home
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Day 15: London • Edinburgh
Travel by train to Edinburgh
Take a walking tour of Edinburgh
Visit the National Museum of Scotland
Specters of Scotland
A city that can inspire Robert Louis Stevenson—an Edinburgh native—to create the monstrous Mr. Hyde has to have a deep and dark past. On your ghost tour, experience the twisted, demented, and downright terrifying side of Edinburgh. See bricked over passages and caged crypts, then try to sleep wondering: who are they keeping out… or what are they keeping in?
Day 16: Edinburgh
Take a guided tour of Edinburgh
Visit Edinburgh Castle
Explore Edinburgh on your own
Day 17: Depart for home
