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Leave
tonight on an overnight jet flight for Vienna.
We will meet you at the
airport and transfer you to your hotel. Meet your tour guide in the hotel
lobby this evening, before enjoying a welcome dinner. (D)
This morning’s tour drives
along the famous Ring, site of many of the sights that have made this city
famous: the Opera House, the Empress Maria Theresa Monument, the Natour
building, the Kunsthistorische Museum, the Votive Church, City Hall, to name
a few. (B)
After breakfast,
we will enjoy views of the Austrian and Hungarian countrysides, as we drive
to Budapest. (B,D)
Situated on opposite
banks of the Danube, the former cities of Buda and Pest are linked by a
series of graceful bridges. Our morning sightseeing tour includes all the
main attractions: the Parliament, the Royal Palace, the Castle Hill area,
Fisherman’s Bastion, Coronation Church, Hero’s Square and Gellert Hill. The
balance of the day is at leisure. (B)
The road to
Krakow winds through the lovely hills and countryside of Slovakia, past the
Tatras and onto the great plains of Poland. A relaxing dinner in Krakow is
planned this evening. (B,D)
Wawel Castle, St. Mary’s
Church, the Renaissance Cloth Hall and other historic landmarks are included
on our morning city sightseeing tour. The afternoon is free for strolling
about the city. (B)
Captivating scenery unfolds before us on our drive to Warsaw via Czestochowa,
Poland’s pilgrimage center known for the blackened picture of St. Mary,
popularly called the “Black Madonna”. There is time for an optional side
trip to one of the most somber memories of our past, the concentration camp
at Auschwitz. (B,D)
Take a sightseeing tour
encompassing the Chopin Monument, the Warsaw Ghetto, Lazienki Park and other
landmarks. Use the balance of the day for shopping or attend an optional
late afternoon Chopin concert. (B )
After breakfast, we
transfer you to the airport to board your return flight. (B) |