European Splendour

15 Days
Featuring: Italy, Austria, Liechtenstein, Switzerland, France, England

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Day 1  Depart USA Overnight flight to Rome.

Day 2  Arrive Rome (2nights) You are met and transfer you to your hotel. Tonight enjoy a welcome drink with our Tour Director.

Day 3  Rome sightseeing & at leisure Our sightseeing tour includes a visit to St. Peter's Basilica where we see the Pieta of Michelangelo and make a stop at the Forum to admire the Colosseum. We also see the Circus Maximus-scene of dangerous chariot races in 'Ben Hur'. Later, free time. (Buffet breakfast)

Day 4  Rome - Florence Today we drive through the Chianti Hills to Florence and Piazzale Michelangelo before sightseeing on foot to Piazza Signoria and visiting Santa Croce Basilica, burial place of Italy's great men! (Buffet Breakfast/ Dinner)

Day 5  Florence - Venice (Mestre) Over the Apennine Mountains to Venice and a private launch to St. Mark's Square, viewing the Bridge of Sighs. Later, we visit a glass-blowing factory. (Buffet Breakfast/ Dinner)

Day 6  Venice (Mestre) - Vienna (2nights) We travel into the Carnian Alps to Austria. Then through the Austrian Lake District into the Alps and on to Vienna. (Buffet Breakfast)

Day 7  Vienna sightseeing & at leisure Today's sightseeing tour highlights the city's main sights. Then free time. (Buffet Breakfast)

Day 8  Vienna - Salzburg - Innsbruck Through the Vienna Woods and along the Danube Valley, past the Abbey of Melk to Salzburg. Here sightseeing on foot highlights Mozart's birthplace and more. From here it's off to Innsbruck, where orientation shows us the Golden Roof and Wilten Basilica. (Buffet Breakfast/ Dinner)

Day 9  Innsbruck - Liechtenstein - Lucerne (2nights) A full day of Alpine scenery in the Arlberg region to Vaduz in the Principality of Liechtenstein. Next on to Lucerne. (Buffet Breakfast/ Dinner)

Day 10  Lucerne orientation & at leisure Morning orientation shows us the Lion Monument and Chapel Bridge. Then free time to shop. (Buffet Breakfast/ Dinner)

Day 11  Lucerne - Paris (2nights) Towering Alps give way to French countryside en route to the wine-producing region of Burgundy. Before we reach Paris, we stop at the Savigny-Les-Beaune vineyards. (Buffet Breakfast)

Day 12  Paris sightseeing & at leisure Today's sightseeing includes a drive along the Champs Elysees to the Arc de Triomphe and the ascent of the Eiffel Tower to the second level. Then we embark on a Seine cruise, which highlights Notre Dame Cathedral. (Buffet Breakfast)

Day 13  Paris - London (2nights) Today we pass World War I Battlefields to Calais and by coach drive to London. (Buffet Breakfast)

Day 14  London sightseeing & at leisure Many major sights are included on morning sightseeing. (Continental Breakfast)

Day 15  London - USA Bid farewell on our return flight to America. (Continental Breakfast)