Sound of Music plus Oberammergau 2010

Day 1 - Depart USA
Overnight flight to Vienna.

Day 2 - Arrive Vienna (3 nights)
Welcome to Vienna, the capital of Austria. After check-in there's time to relax and unwind before meeting your Tour Director and fellow travelling companions for a Welcome Drink and to learn more about your tour programme.

Day 3 - Vienna sightseeing & at leisure
Our morning sightseeing tour with a local guide features the monuments and palaces of this musical city. The Imperial Boulevards lead us to the Opera House, the Hofburg Palace, the Parliament and St. Stephen's Cathedral. Our walking tour takes us into the oldest parts of the city near ‘Am Hof’. Later, free time perhaps to indulge in some Sachertorte and cream in a tempting pastry shop. Or why not take an excursion to Maria Theresa von Habsburg's favourite palace, the Schönbrunn, with its delightful fountains and gardens? This evening we enjoy a Highlight Dinner with wine together in a local restaurant. (Buffet breakfast / Highlight dinner)

Day 4 - Vienna Woods excursion
Our local expert takes us on a scenic drive into the nearby Vienna Woods where we stop to see Mayerling and the hunting lodge where Crown Prince Rudolph and his young mistress died in 1898. We also stop at Heiligenkreuz to visit the Abbey of the Holy Cross. Then there's time at leisure, perhaps to window-shop in Kärntnerstrasse or visit a museum. (Buffet breakfast)

Day 5 - Vienna – Salzkammergut – Salzburg
We drive along the Valley of the River Danube past Melk where we see Austria's greatest baroque monastery. From here we continue along the Danube Valley to the area known as the Salzkammergut. At Gmunden, with its beautiful Lake Château, we enjoy a tranquil and scenic drive along the shores of the Traunsee and Attersee, the largest lake in the Austrian Alps, to the Mondsee. We stop in the village to see the church where the marriage of Captain Von Trapp and Maria was filmed for The Sound of Music. Finally we reach the sugar-icing city of Salzburg for two nights. (Buffet breakfast / Dinner)

Day 6 - Salzburg – Berchtesgaden – Innsbruck – Oberammergau (2 nights)
First to Berchtesgaden then to the Tyrolean capital, Innsbruck. Orientation includes the Wilten Basilica, the Olympic ski-jump and a Hidden Treasure, before continuing to Oberammergau. (Buffet breakfast / Dinner)

Day 7 - Oberammergau
This morning we have time at leisure to stroll through this picturesque village. This afternoon after lunch, we take our seats for the awe-inspiring and moving Passion Play performance. (Buffet breakfast / Lunch / Dinner)

Day 8 - Oberammergau – Neuschwanstein – Munich (2 nights)
This morning we visit the most famous creation of mad King Ludwig, the fairytale Neuschwanstein
Castle. Later we take a short drive to the Bavarian capital, elegant but fun-loving Munich. (Buffet breakfast)

Day 9 - Munich orientation & at leisure
After breakfast we head out on our morning orientation tour which will show us the Hofbräuhaus, the Marienplatz with its Glockenspiel, and the majestic opera house. Time at leisure, then this evening we enjoy a Farewell Dinner together with our Tour Director and fellow travellers. (Buffet breakfast / Farewell dinner)

Day 10 - Munich – USA
There is time to bid farewell to our Tour Director and touring friends as our vacation comes to an end. Airport transfers are available, conditions apply. (Buffet breakfast)

• Vienna: See the Imperial Boulevards, St. Stephen's Cathedral, the Hofburg, Opera and Parliament.
• Mayerling: Learn the tragic story of Prince Rudolph and his mistress!
• Heiligenkreuz: Visit the Abbey of the Holy Cross.
• Danube Valley: See the ornate Monastery of Melk.
• Mondsee: See the church where Captain Von Trapp and Maria were married in the film The Sound of Music.
• Salzburg: Sightseeing explores the Domplatz, Mozart's birthplace and The Sound of Music locations.
• Berchtesgaden: Visit the Bavarian Alpine resort.
• Innsbruck: Orientation including the Golden Roof, the Hofburg Palace, the Olympic ski-jump and Wilten Basilica
• Neuschwanstein: Horse and carriage ride to visit Mad King Ludwig's fairytale castle.
• Oberammergau: See the remarkable and awe inspiring Passion Play.
• Munich: Orientation includes the Marienplatz with its Glockenspiel, the Opera House and Hofbräuhaus.

 

The quaint European village of Oberammergau is world famous for the spectacular Passion Play performed by its residents just once every decade. Keeping a pledge made nearly 400 years ago, this reenactment of the crucifixion of Christ preserves the health and well-being of its residents to this day. 
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• Tickets to the Oberammergau Passion Play, with an approximate running time of 7 hours and a meal at intermission
• 8 hot buffet breakfasts.
• 2 three-course dinners.
• Local highlight restaurant dinner with wine in Vienna.
• Lunch in Oberammergau.
• Farewell Dinner with wine in Munich.
• All hotel service charges and tips, baggage handling fees and local taxes included.
• Touring by luxury air-conditioned coach with reclining seats and a washroom onboard.
• The services of one of Trafalgar's top professional multi-lingual Tour Directors.
• You'll stay in twin-bedded rooms with private facilities.
• A qualified local city guide in Vienna, the Vienna Woods and Salzburg.
• Airport transfers are provided on Day 2 and Day 10.
• A stylish wallet, tour documents and map book journal.

Vienna: Hilton Danube
Salzburg: Austria Trend Europa

Other hotels to be determined

For terms and conditions of this Oberammergau Tour, please click here.

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