Days
Arrival in Berlin and meeting with our English-speaking assistant for a brief introduction to the city, during transfer to the hotel. Dinner at leisure and overnight.
Breakfast in hotel. Full day guided city tour. Berlin is best known for its historical associations as the German capital, its lively nightlife, its many cafés, clubs, and bars, street art, and numerous museums, palaces, and other sites of historic interest. Berlin’s architecture is quite varied. Although badly damaged in the final years of World War II and broken apart during the Cold War, Berlin has reconstructed itself greatly, especially with the reunification push after the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989. Today Berlin is a unified center of politics, science, media and culture. We will see the Brandenburg Gate, KaDeWe (Berlin’s well-known department store), Checkpoint Charlie and TV Tower, the Berlin Wall Memorial, Unter den Linden, famous street with its many historic buildings, The Opera, Alexanderplatz and Gerndarmenmarkt Platz, and finally Potsdamer Platz with its world known architectural masterpieces by Renzo Piano. Lunch and dinner at leisure. Optional tour of the city by night. Overnight in hotel.
Hotel breakfast. In the morning, we will continue the guided tour of Berlin making a special visit at Checkpoint Charlie and by the Wall that originally divided East Berlin from West Berlin. Lunch at your leisure and free afternoon for shopping or personal sightseeing. We suggest a visit to the Pegamon Museum, which houses original sized, reconstructed monumental buildings such as the Pergamon Altar and the Market Gate of Miletus, made of parts transported from Turkey. Optional cruise on the Sprea River. Dinner at your leisure and overnight in hotel.
Breakfast in hotel and then leave for Dresden. The city is well-known not only for its three major landmarks - Zwinger Palace, Semper Opera House and the Church of Our Lady - but also for Brühl Terrace and the Royal Palace, for the Elbe Palaces on the Loschwitz hillside, for the exclusive villas of Blasewitz, the garden city and, of course, for the twelve Dresden State Art Collections. On arrival, guided city tour of the city. Lunch and dinner at your leisure. Overnight in hotel.
Hotel breakfast and departure to Nuremberg (German Nürnberg), a city in the German state of Bavaria, in the administrative region of Middle Franconia. En-route lunch at your leisure. Upon arrival, start the guided city tour: the Fortress, Frauenkirche, the Schoner Brunnen Fountain and the majestic Townhall. Dinner at your leisure and overnight in hotel.
Breakfast in hotel and transfer to Munich, the capital of Bavaria, famous for its beautiful architecture and fine culture. Hotel check-in, dinner at your leisure and overnight.
Hotel breakfast. Meet with your English-speaking guide for a full day city tour. You will see the historic centre with Marienplatz, the gothic Townhall, the Residenz (former residence of the Bavarian kings) and the old beer factory called Hofbrauhaus. Munich is one of the wealthiest cities in Germany, it is the hometown of BMW and famous for the beer. In the afternoon, continue with the Maximilianeum, the Royal Palace, the posh Ludwigstrasse and the Olimpic Stadium. Lunch and dinner at your leisure. Overnight.
Hotel breakfast and transfer to the airport in time for your flight. End of services.
