Visiting: Germany - Austria - Czech Republic - Hungary

Overview:

As the title implies, we visit some of the “classical” cities of Europe. Highlights include …..

• Frankfurt, Wurzburg and the Romantic Road to Rothenburg
• Bamburg, the ancient town on the Rhine, Nuremburg
• Prague, the “golden city” and one of the most beautiful in Europe
• Budapest, another gem of Europe, home to the great composers Bartok and Liszt
• Vienna, the imperial city of John Strauss on the Danube
• Salzburg, the city of Mozart and the “Sound of Music”

Visiting: Germany - Italy - Switzerland - France

Overview:

This tour travels from Amsterdam through the Rhineland to Oberammergau, Venice and Lucerne before circling back to Paris for 12 days touring including the Chateau Country, the Normandy Beaches, Flanders Fields and finally back to Amsterdam. Highlights include ….

• Amsterdam, city of canals, bicycles, flowers, museums, parks …
• Rhineland, including Rhine River; cruise past the Loreley Rock
• Venice, the Bridge of Sighs, St Marks Square, the Doges Palace, Gondolas
• Lucerne, the “Lion Monument”, the “Old Town”, Chapel Bridge, and Mount Pilatus excursion
• Paris, “City of Lights”, Champs Elysees, Arc de Triomphe, Eiffel Tower, the Louvre
• Loire Valley & Chateau Country, Tours, Chambord, Amboise, Villandry
• Normandy Beaches, Caen, Mont-St-Michel, Arromanches-les-Bains
• Rouen, the medieval city of St Joan of Arc
• Amiens, the Battle of The Somme, Adelaide Cemetery , Longeuval
• Ypres, Western Front Battlefields, “Flanders Fields”, Messines Ridge
• Bruge, one of Europe’s finest preserved medieval cities

Visiting: England - Scotland or Ireland - France - Switzerland - Italy - Germany

Overview:

This tour travels to London from where you have the choice of a coach tour of England/Scotland or Ireland. The group then reassembles for the coach tour which travels through France to Switzerland, Germand and on down through Italy to Rome. Highlights include …

• London, Westminster Abbey, Big Ben, St Pauls Cathedral, Trafalgar Square
• England/Scotland tour including Stratford-upon-Avon, Lake District, Glasgow, Scottish Highlands, Edinburgh, York

or

• Irish tour visiting Dublin, Galway, Bunratty Folk Park, Killarney, Ring of Kerry, Waterford

and then join back together for

• Paris, “City of Lights”, Champs Elysees, Arc de Triomphe, Eiffel Tower, the Louvre
• Lucerne, the “Lion Monument, the “Old Town”, Chapel Bridge, Mount Pilatus Excursion
• Venice, the “Bridge of Sighs, St Marks Square, The Doge Palace, Gondolas
• Tuscany , the spa town of Montecatini
• Florence, the Duomo, Michelangelo’s “David”, Ponte Vecchio, Signoria Square
• Rome, the “Eternal City”, Via Veneto, St Peters Basilica, Sisitine Chapel, Colliseum & Forum

Visiting: Turkey - Greece - Germany - Italy

Overview:  Tour Led by Archbishop John Dew

The tour flies into Istanbul and travels down through Turkey revisiting some of the places where St Paul preached the “good news” before crossing to the Greek Islands of Patmos and Samos and continuing to Athens and then on to Oberammergau in Germany for the Passion Play before ending in Rome. Highlights include …

• Istanbul, the city of 2 continents, the Bosphorus, Topkapi Palace, the Blue Mosque
• Gallipoli, where the hearts of nations lie, Lone Pine, Chunuk Bair
• Troy, of “Wooden Horse” fame with a history dating back 5000 years
• Assos, on the Aegean Coast, where Aristotle created a philosophy school
• Kusadasi and ancient Ephesus, the Temple of Diana, House of Mary
• Patmos, the Greek island where St John wrote the Book of Revelations
• Samos, the popular Greek Island in the North Eastern Aegean
• Athens, the birthplace of a civilization, the Acropolis, the Plaka, Syntagma Square
• Corinth, the once city state where St Paul lived and preached for 2 years
• Rome, the “Eternal City, St Peters Basilica and the Sistine Chapel, the Apian Way, the Catacombs

Visiting: France - Switzerland - Germany - Croatia

Overview: 

The tour enters Europe through Paris before travelling to Lucerne and Oberammergau continuing on to Munich, Dresden and Leipzig in Germany. Then it’s a flight to Dubrovnik on the Dalmatian coast for the start of a 7 night island-hoping cruise after which we travel north to Zadar, wonderful Plitvice Lakes and Lake Bled and finally Zagreb before flying home. Highlights include ….

• Paris, the “City of Lights”, Champs Elysees, Arc de Triomphe, Notre Dame, Louvre
• Lucerne, Chapel Bridge, “Lion Monument”, “Old Town”
• Dresden, the city destroyed during WWII but rebuilt to reflect its former glory
• Leipzig, birthplace of Richard Wagner, St Thomas Church where Johan Sebastian Bach worked
• Dubrovnik, the magnificent walled city of the once city-state of Ragusa
• 7 night cruise through the beautiful turquoise waters of the Dalmatian Islands – Korcula, Hvar, Brac, Markaska, Mljet
• Split, the city which was once home to the Roman Emperor Diocletian in the 4th century
• Plitvice Lakes, Croatias most popular tourist attraction and Unesco World Heritage Site
• Lake Bled in Slovenia, a beautiful resort town once home to the Yugoslav Royal Family