Best of Germany with Oberammergau 2010

Day 1 - DEPART USA.
Board your overnight flight.

Day 2 - ARRIVE FRANKFURT - MAINZ.
On arrival at Frankfurt Airport, take your airport shuttle service for the tour hotel. As night falls, join your Tour Director for a Welcome Drink.

Day 3 - MAINZ - ROTHENBURG.
Start with an orientation tour of Frankfurt to see Romerberg Square, the cathedral and the house where Goethe was born. Continue to Heidelberg and climb up to the castle for views over the old quarter. Now on to medieval Rothenburg, the most well-preserved town on the Romantic Road. Walk through narrow cobbled streets to the market square dominated by its Renaissance Town Hall. Tonight, enjoy traditional German fayre at your Highlight Dinner. (BB,HD)

Day 4 - ROTHENBURG - OBERAMMERGAU.
Follow the Romantic Road south to Munich.Your orientation tour shows you the Olympic Stadium, Victory Arch and Glockenspiel in the Marienplatz. Continue to Oberammergau. (BB,D)

Day 5 - OBERAMMERGAU.
You have the best seats in the house for the Passion Play. (BB,L,D)

Day 6 - OBERAMMERGAU - DRESDEN.
Drive north to Nuremberg, still entirely enclosed by its fortifications. In the Old Town see the charming blend of stone and timbered dwellings and the massive ramparts with its 46 towers. Continue to the 'Florence of the Elbe', Dresden. (BB)

Day 7 - DRESDEN - BERLIN.
Join a local guide to see the splendours of the city. From the Frauenkirche, which has risen again from the destruction of WWII, walk past 'The Procession of the Dukes', a mosaic of colossal proportions on the Royal Palace facade. See the cathedral, Semper Opera House and Zwinger Palace, before departing for the capital of Berlin. (BB)

Day 8 - BERLIN SIGHTSEEING.
A guided sightseeing tour takes you along the Unter den Linden past the Humboldt University and Opera. Stop on Museum Island before passing the Brandenburg Gate. See the glass-domed Reichstag building and drive through the Tiergarten. Spend the afternoon at leisure. (BB)

Day 9 - RETURN TO USA.
Return to USA. (BB)

The alpine village of Oberammergau is world famous for the Passion Play performed every ten years. In 2010 more than 1,500 richly-costumed Oberammergau villagers will take part in this dramatic event, fulfilling a solemn promise made by their forefathers in 1633.  With each of thse tours you’ll stay in the best accommodation available and watch the performance from the best seats in the house. All the while you’ll enjoy the highest standards of personal service and the benefit of smaller groups, more legroom, great hotels in desirable locations, delicious dining and more included sightseeing. There is no finer way to enjoy Europe and the Oberammergau Passion Play than with Insight Vacations.

• Welcoming quality hotels
• Included sightseeing as mentioned in the itinerary
• Meals as indicated
• Personal service from your Tour Director

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* The prices shown are U.S. dollars per person, based on double occupancy, and subject to availability. Prices quoted for land arrangements are subject to increase without notice. Once we have received your deposit, land prices are guaranteed. Whenever air-inclusive tour prices are displayed, these prices do not include government taxes and fees, which are additional. Air prices are subject to increase and are guaranteed only from the time that full payment is received. Air-inclusive prices include air from a major U.S. gateway; air from other U.S. airports is available at an additional cost. Sorry, we are unable to offer air from countries other than the U.S. However, for those international customers who are able to arrange their own transportation to the tour origination city, we are able to offer the land portion of the package or tour, at the price quoted.