Day 1: Travel to London
The Essential Europe begins with an overnight flight to “Merry Old England.”
Meals: In-flight
Day 2: London
Enjoy a free afternoon to relax and unwind. In the evening we’ll have our welcome orientation followed by a fun London Pub Crawl and traditional dinner.
Meals: In-flight, Fish & chips dinner
Day 3: London
Big Ben,Buckingham Palace, and Piccadilly Circus: these familiar names become familiar places on our morning tour. Afternoon at leisure, take in the city’s monuments or embark on a Harrods’shopping spree. Why not attend a West End theater show tonight?
Meals: Breakfast

Day 4: London
Enjoy a day at leisure in London. Explore the British Museum, the National Gallery or the London Dungeons. After dusk, you may want to take in some Shakespeare at the Globe Theater by the Thames River.
Meals: Breakfast

Day 5: London, English Channel, Paris
Travel to southeast England today and board our ship to the continent. Motor through northern France and arrive in Paris, “City of Lights.” We’ll dine together at our French Bistro dinner, and then enjoy our romantic Seine River cruise.
Meals: Breakfast, French bistro dinner

Day 6: Paris
Morning tour of Paris, see the hunchback “Quasimodo’s” Notre Dame Cathedral, Place de la Concorde, where the guillotine once stood, and the Eiffel Tower’s steel lacework. Free time in the afternoon – visit Mona Lisa at the Louvre Museum, or shop the chic boutiques of Paris. Consider joining our optional can-can Cabaret Show tonight.
Meals: Breakfast daily
Optional Excursion: Cabaret Show

Day 7: Paris
A full day at leisure to browse at Left Bank bookstalls, have your portrait done by Place du Tertre artists or sample sinful French pastries. Your free evening may find you watching the world go by from a sidewalk café on the Champs Elysées.
Meals: Breakfast daily

Day 8: Paris, Brussels, Amsterdam
Motor to Belgium and Brussels, and see the Grand’ Place, a perfect medieval square and the statue of naughty Mennekin-Pis. Continue to Amsterdam and enjoy the remainder of the day at your leisure.
Meals: Breakfast
Day 9: Dutch Countryside
Go biking through 13th-century Dutch fishing villages along the Ijssel Lake beaches today, watch wooden shoes being carved and sample Edam cheese at a cheese farm. Free time this afternoon in Amsterdam to tour the Van Gogh or Rijksmuseum, or visit Anne Frank’s house. This evening we invite you on a boat cruise on the canals of Amsterdam followed by our Dutch-Indonesian “Rice Table” dinner.
Meals: Breakfast, Dutch-Indonesian rice table dinner

Day 10: Cologne, Rhine River, Heidelberg

Cross the German border into Cologne, famous for the world’s largest Gothic cathedral. Embark on a cruise along the fabled Rhine River, passing steeply sloped vineyards, ancient castles, and the legendary Lorelei Rock. Continue to Heidelberg, the "City of the Student Prince" and climb to the ruins of the Castle of the Palatine Elector for a bird’s-eye view of the city and the Neckar River.
Meals: breakfast

Day 11: Black Forest, Rhine Falls, Swiss Alps

Journey south into the mysterious Black Forest. Stop deep in the forest, with free time to watch cuckoo clocks being made, enjoy lunch or try some delicious Black Forest cake. The Rhine Falls, Europe’s largest waterfall, comes into view as we cross

the Swiss border. Our route through Zurich brings us to William Tell Country and the world-famous resort areas surrounding Lucerne.
Meals: Breakfast

Day 12: Lucerne area
Roam the picturesque old town of Lucerne this morning and catch up on your Swiss watch and chocolate shopping. In the afternoon, consider taking an excursion up on one of the highest mountains in central Switzerland to enjoy panoramic Alpine views. Consider joining our optional Swiss Folklore party dinner tonight.
Meals: Breakfast
Optional Excursions: Mount Pilatus and Swiss folklore party & dinner

Day 13: Lucerne, Liechtenstein, Munich
Drive to the tiny Principality of Liechtenstein, then on to the fun-filled Oktoberfest city of Munich. After our authentic Bavarian dinner, check out the oompah-pah bands at the famous Hofbräuhaus.
Meals: Breakfast, Traditional Bavarian dinner
Day 14: Munich, Alpine Center
This morning, we continue to Salzburg, Mozart’s birthplace and site where the classic movie, “Sound of Music” was filmed. Explore the narrow streets lined with colorful wrought iron signs and shops before we continue our journey to Europe’s largest alpine sports region. Be our pampered guest for two nights of fitness and fun while nestled in the snow-capped Austrian mountains at our Alpine Center.
Meals: Breakfast, Typical Austrian dinner

Day 15: Alpine Center
All day today is at our leisure; go for a hike in the Alps, take a ride on horseback through alpine meadows or join the fun and excitement of whitewater rafting.
Meals: Breakfast. Typical Austrian dinner
Optional Excursions: Horseback Riding and Whitewater Rafting

Day 16: Alpine Center, Venice

The picturesque landscape of the Austrian Lake District brings us to sunny Italy’s Venice—“Sinking City in the Sea.” Walk to
St. Mark’s Square, stop at a Murano glass-blowing workshop and watch famous Venetian glass being made. Consider a romantic gondola ride this evening gliding through the intricate maze of canals beneath arched bridges passing 12th and

18th-century marble palaces.
Meals: Breakfast


Day 17: Venice, Florence
Through the fertile Po Valley we approach Florence, Golden City of the Renaissance and birthplace of Michelangelo. Our Florence art tour includes the Gates of Paradise, the marble Santa Maria del Fiore Cathedral and Giotto’s bell tower. Visit a Florentine leather workshop before free time for shopping and museums. Dinner will be traditional Florentine fare.
Meals: Breakfast, Florentine dinner


Day 18: Florence, Rome
Travel past Chianti vineyards along the Highway of the Sun to the Eternal City of Rome. After check-in we have time to relax or explore baroque Rome: Stop to toss three coins in Trevi Fountain, see the Pantheon and sample the famous “gelati ice cream at Piazza Navona.
Meals: Breakfast

Day 19: Rome, Vatican City
Today’s city tour takes us to the Colosseum, where gladiators were thrown to the lions, and the historic ruins of Caesar’s Forum. Then on to Vatican City – the world’s smallest state. Visit St. Peter’s Basilica housing Michelangelo’s magnificent “Pieta.” Our dinner tonight is a mouth-watering Roman Banquet complete with Italian specialties.
Meals: Breakfast, Roman banquet

Day 20: Rome, Pompeii, Overnight Ship
Motor through sunny olive groves lining the way south to Pompeii, the city buried in 79 A.D. by 20 feet of ash and lava after Mt. Vesuvius’ volcanic eruption. Afterwards we cross the Italian “boot” and board our overnight ship to Greece.
Meals: Breakfast

Day 21-23: Greek Island Center
After cruising through aquamarine waters, our ship docks at Patras. Motor along the Corinthian Sea coastline across the Peloponnese peninsula to Galatas and the island of Poros. Relax with three days of living like a Greek god - swim, sunbathe, or take part in optional activities such as waterskiing, wakeboarding, parasailing, banana-boating or tubing. We invite everyone to our Farewell Toga Party on the last night.
Meals: Breakfast daily, Welcome barbeque dinner, Greek dinner, Toga party & dinner
Optional Excursion: Greek island sailing trip

Day 24: Athens
In the morning we board our ferry to Athens. See the 2,400-year-old Parthenon, the Temple of Olympian Zeus and Constitution Square.  A free afternoon may find us wondering the paths of Plato, Socrates and Sophocles or trying our bargaining skills at the markets of Monastiraki. Enjoy a leisure evening in Athens or follow the sounds of traditional bouzouki music and join our optional Taverna dinner in the Plaka District – Athens’ oldest neighborhood at the foot of the Acropolis.
Meals: Breakfast
Optional Excursion: Greek taverna dinner

Day 25: Travel Home
Reluctantly we say farewell to Europe and new-found friends. Jet back home with thoughts of planning the next European Adventure!
Meals: Breakfast, In-flight

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