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Discover the perfect way to sample some of Western Europe’s best-loved areas, including Holland, Germany, Switzerland, and France. Begin in London with a full day at leisure to explore the UK’s fascinating capital city. Then, ferry across the Channel to France where you’ll join up with your motorcoach and travel to Amsterdam for guided sightseeing, a canal cruise, and two overnights. Enter Germany and enjoy an included Rhine River cruise and overnight in the Rhineland. Spend two nights at Switzerland’s Lake Lucerne, experience the medieval town of Lucerne, and marvel at the surrounding Alpine peaks. Finally, enjoy two nights in Paris, the “City of Light,” with a guided city sightseeing tour and plenty of time at leisure. A great combination of cities and scenery! Extension 5085 returns to London by motorcoach and crosses the Channel by ferry and includes one overnight in London. |
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City Highlights Visit Lucerne Meals 10 buffet breakfasts (B); 3 dinners (D) Hotels: Listed below or equivalent. Rooms with private bath or shower, hotel taxes, porterage, tips, and service charges.LONDON Thistle Euston (ST), AMSTERDAM AREA NH (F) at Schiphol, RHINELAND Holiday Inn Stadtwald (F) at Cologne or Zum Anker (ST) at Andernach, LAKE LUCERNE Pilatusblick (ST) at Kriens, PARIS Kyriad (ST) at Bercy
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Wed. BOARD YOUR OVERNIGHT TRANSATLANTIC FLIGHT. Day 2: Thu. ARRIVAL IN LONDON, ENGLAND. Check into your hotel. In the afternoon you may want to start exploring the lively British capital. Uniformed Hosts are available to help you make the most of your stay. Day 3: Fri. LONDON. A full day to savor our rich program of optional activities: take a panoramic tour of London’s landmarks, visit the Tower of London, or choose an excursion to Windsor Castle. Tonight maybe a leisurely cruise on the River Thames? (B) Day 4: Sat. LONDON-AMSTERDAM AREA, HOLLAND. Leave London in the early morning and head through the lush English countryside to the Channel port, where you board your ferry for the Continent. Here the coach waits to whisk you to Amsterdam. (B,D) Day 5: Sun. AMSTERDAM. Today watch the cutting and polishing of precious stones at a diamond center in Amsterdam. Then sightseeing with a Local Guide pointing out the city highlights, and finally a canal cruise to see the town from water level. (B) Day 6: Mon. AMSTERDAM AREA-RHINELAND, GERMANY. Another morning in Amsterdam to do as you please. Later, travel southwards into the lovely landscape of the Rhine where you overnight. (B,D) Day 7: Tue. RHINE CRUISE-LAKE LUCERNE, SWITZERLAND. Start the day with an included Rhine steamer cruise with some legendary sights, including the Lorelei Rock. Rejoin the coach for a comfortable drive southwards to the Swiss border at Basel. The scenery becomes more and more fascinating as you approach Lake Lucerne for two overnights. (B,D) Day 8: Wed. LUCERNE. One of Switzerland’s finest cities nestled amid its snow-capped Alps, surrounded by its lake, and embellished by the clear mountain waters of the River Reuss. Your sightseeing takes in the impressive city walls, a covered wooden bridge, ornate patrician houses lining cobblestone streets, and the Lion Monument—a masterful stone sculpture in honor of the heroic Swiss Guard of Louis XVI. A grand selection of optional activities completes the day: a cable car ride to the 10,000-foot summit of the Mount Titlis, a cruise on the fjord-like lake, and, of course, there is time to shop for that very Swiss watch. (B) Day 9: Thu. LAKE LUCERNE-PARIS, FRANCE. Enjoy vistas of green pastures and attractive chalets with rustic timbering and luxuriant flowers. Then into France on the fast and comfortable highway, past some of its most famous vineyards to Paris. Arrive in time to enjoy the optional cabaret show. (B) Day 10: Fri. PARIS. One full day to explore the city that’s known throughout the world for its fashions, art and museums, delicious food, and joie de vivre. Included sightseeing with a local expert of many of the best-known Parisian sights: La Sorbonne, Arc de Triomphe, Opéra, Madeleine, the Eiffel Tower, the Pyramid near the Louvre, the Invalides, and Champs Elysées. Optional excursions are also available. Celebrate the success of your tour with an optional French farewell dinner. (B) Day 11: Sat. PARIS-LONDON, ENGLAND. Relax and let the countryside whiz by on the road north to the coast, where you board your Channel ferry. Through Kent return to London for an evening arrival. (B) Day 12: Sun. YOUR HOMEBOUND FLIGHT FROM LONDON ARRIVES THE SAME DAY. (B)
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