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DAY 1 WELCOME TO VIENNA At Vienna airport, transfers to your hotel will leave at 10:00, 13:00 and 15:30 At 17:30, meet your Travel Director and fellow travellers for a drink, followed by a pleasant Welcome Dinner served with wine at a local restaurant. (DW) Hilton Vienna Park. DAY 2 STATELY VIENNA AND THE HABSBURGS Join a Local Expert for a private tour of Maria Theresa's magnificent Schénbrunn Palace and its formal gardens. Be transported toa time of ‘opulence and extravagance, as you marvel at the intricacies of gilded Rococo frames, frescoed ceilings and crystal chandeliers. Explore Vienna with Insight Choice. Choose to visit atraditional Viennese café to enjoy local specialties of coffee and Sachertorte. Alternatively, join a unique MAKE TRAVEL MATTER? experience, take to the floor in a Viennese Waltz dance workshop and support the visually impaired community. Dancing in the dark, in a specially designed sensory studio, will be a unique experience for all your senses Then get your camera ready for a drive around the Ring Road, a grand boulevard built along the lines of the old city walls, showcasing many of the capital's architectural masterpieces, including the Opera House, magnificent Hofburg Imperial Residence, Austrian Parliament Building and Karlskirche. (B) DAY 3 CHARMING CESKY KRUMLOV AND GOLDEN PRAGUE Once over the Czech border, head for picturesque Cesky Krumloy, where youll start with a brief orientation tour of this fairy-tale town, straight out of the Middle Ages. Enjoy some free time to explore and appreciate views of the Vitava River. Wander through the cobblestone, traffic-free streets, past colourful houses that lead up to the finest castle in the land In the afternoon, continue through the green Bohemian countryside to Golden Prague. (B) Hotel Royal Prague. DAY 4 PRAGUE, CITY OF AHUNDRED SPIRES Explore Prague with Insight Choice. Choose to walk the courtyards of the Castle and visit the imposing St. Vitus Cathedral. Alternatively, join your Local Expert for a walk through the Jewish Quarter and learn about a different side of the history of Prague. Continue to Old Town Square where the mechanical antics of the Astronomical Clock's glockenspiel delight onlookers each hour. (B) DAY 5 REFLECT ON AUSCHWITZ THEN ONTO KRAKOW Enjoy a gentle drive through the rolling Czech countryside before crossing into Poland where you will stop at OSwiecim, better known by its German name of Auschwitz. Join a guided tour of the memorial and museum and stop at Birkenau, which bore witness to the terrible atrocities of the Holocaust. (B) (DW) Vienna House Andel's Cracow, Krakow. DAY 6 THE DAMSELS AND DRAGONS OF KRAKOW Relaxed Start. In the morning why notjoin an Optional Experience and journey into a glistening subterranean world at the 600-year-old Wieliczka Salt Mine? In a maze of tunnels deep below the surface, witness unique salt sculptures, sunken lakes and even a glorious cathedral carved entirely ‘out of rock salt by the miners. Alternatively, enjoy a morning at leisure before joining your fellow travellers to ascend Wawel Hill and visit the cathedral, with your Local Expert. Walk past the former residence of Pope John Paul ll through the Old Town, to Europe's largest and most beautiful town square. See the medieval Sukiennice Cloth Hall and visit the 14th century St. Mary's Basilica, the most important church in the city. Keep your eyes and ears peeled for the trumpeter in the tower. Inthe evening, choose froma selection of hand- picked local restaurants on your Dine-Around Evening. (B) (DW) KEY & Join/Leave Options ffunesco Heritage Site Ocentral Hotels + Nights PRAGUE (ooyss 64) @Place Visited O Optional Place Visited ‘ut Trip Options er Krum) CHOOSE YOUR GROUP SIZE This trip operates Pee en Se eet Neca Sn Seige aN ee a) eae Wachau Valley AUSTRIA KRAKOW. (ayes 6) POLAND ~@suoarest (Ooye7. 869) HUNGARY ue DAY 7 THROUGH SLEEPY SLOVAKIA TO BUDAPEST Journey into the Slovakian region of Orava and see the picturesque Oravsky Hrad Castle before continuing through the breathtaking Low Tatra Mountains to arrive in Budapest. (B) Courtyard by Marriott Budapest City Centre. DAY 8 BUDAPEST, THE QUEEN OF THE DANUBE Relaxed Start. Explore Budapest with a Local Expert. Cross the Danube to the Pest district to visit Heroes’ Square and drive down elegant Andrassy Boulevard Enjoy a tour of the Liszt Music Academy with a student, followed by an enchanting recital. The university was founded by the piano virtuoso and composer Franz Liszt in 1875. The rest of the day is at your leisure to relax by the Danube or browse the boutiques of Vaci Street. For your Celebration Dinner, you are treated to mouthwatering Hungarian specialties, accompanied by specially selected wines. (B) (DW) DAY 9 DEPART BUDAPEST OR VIENNA Your Bohemian journey concludes after breakfast with transfers arriving at Budapest airport at 07:00 and 11:00. The 07:00 transfer continues to Vienna airport. arriving at midday and offers a final stop at the hotel. (B) TOP RATED HIGHLIGHT Join your Local Expert to explore the Old Town. (Photo by @InsightTim, Day 6, Krakow) Weert Bees ah) Cee ieeaaa Cates WW re fe) a =) rt) ra a lu Ee Yn a ray i) | <z fag E Za lu O Ww al a) <
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