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Romantic Germany

Imperial Cities & Palaces

Day 1 | Berlin (-/-/D) performs. Visit the Battle of the Nations Monument, le ramparts, the Hauptmarkt square, and the Gothic
Arrival in Berlin – meet your tour escort and transfer commemorating the 1813 battle against Napoleon. Frauenkirche. Visit the iconic Imperial Castle and
to your hotel in Berlin. Dinner and overnight in Berlin. En route to Dresden, stop in Colditz to tour Colditz explore the Memorium Nuremberg Trials, with Court
Castle, once a royal residence and later a WWII POW Room 600 illustrating the historic trials. Enjoy free
Day 2 | Berlin (B/-/D) camp. Arrive in Dresden in the afternoon for hotel time to explore the city before dinner and an over-
On our morning city tour see the Reichstag building check-in, dinner, and overnight stay. night in Nuremberg.
with the famous glass dome - the seat of the Ger-
man parliament, the Bundestag, the Brandenburg Day 5 | Dresden (B/-/D) Day 8 | Nuremberg – Rothenburg – Nurem-
Gate, the Gedächtniskirche at the Kurfürstdendamm, Today you will discover Dresden. The city is nickna- berg (B/-/D)
Checkpoint Charlie and Alexanderplatz, with the tele- med “Florence of the Elbe” because of its Italianate We will visit the 1,000-year-old town of Rothenburg
vision tower - the highest building of Berlin - and the architectural treasures. Situated on the left bank of ob der Tauber, the best preserved town on the Ro-
Potsdamer Platz. Learn more about the history of the the river it has amassed many architectural mas- mantic Road where history is ever apparent in its ma-
city during the Cold War. Visit the former Tempelhof terpieces over the centuries. Despite the severe de- jestic churches and grand patrician houses. Plunge
airport, used for the Berlin airlift. Optional: Visit the struction the city endured during the WWII, Dresden back into the 16 century during your city tour with
th
Allied Museum, which particularly documents the has managed to conserve or rebuild its beautiful buil- your local guide as you walk through narrow cobbled
history of Berlin between 1945 and 1990. Remainder dings. Our guided city tour introduces its many high- streets lined with high-gabled houses to the market
of the day at leisure to explore the city on your own lights as the Baroque Zwinger Palace and the iconic square, dominated by its Renaissance town hall.
pace. Dinner and overnight in Berlin. Frauenkirche. Return to your hotel at your leisure in Spend the rest of the day at your leisure. Dinner and
the afternoon. Dinner and overnight in Dresden. overnight in Nuremberg.
Day 3 | Potsdam (B/-/D)
Morning departure for Potsdam. Visit of the palaces Day 6 | Dresden – Bamberg – Nuremberg Day 9 | Nuremberg – Heidelberg (B/-/D)
of Sanssouci and its gardens, which were designed (B/-/D) Depart in the morning for Heidelberg, the historic uni-
by Frederick the Great. The king’s summer residen- We leave Dresden this morning heading to Nurem- versity town along the scenic River Neckar. A guided
ce was ultimately his favorite place and sanctuary in berg. Our first stop is the historic town of Bamberg walking tour covers main sights, including the iconic
difficult times. Remainder of the day is at leisure to which is blessed with one of Europe’s largest intact stone bridge and the impressive Heidelberg Palace,
explore the city of Berlin on your own pace. Dinner old town centres. Endowed with a huge number of symbol of the Romantic Movement, with stunning
and overnight in Berlin. single monuments from a whole millennium, Bam- views over the city and Neckar Valley. Enjoy free time
berg epitomizes the idyllic image of a city whose to explore before dinner and an overnight in Heidel-
Day 4 | Berlin – Leipzig – Colditz – Dresden roots stem from the Middle Ages. This evening, arrive berg.
(B/-/D) in the Bavarian city of Nuremberg. Dinner and over-
After breakfast, depart for Leipzig for a guided city night in Nuremberg. Day 10 | Heidelberg – Frankfurt (B/-/-)
tour, visiting Augustusplatz with the opera, Gewand- Coach transfer to Frankfurt airport
haus concert hall, and St. Nicholas Church, where Day 7 | Nuremberg (B/-/D)
Bach composed some of his works. Explore the mar- Discover the rich history of Bavaria's second-largest
ketplace, the old town hall, and St. Thomas Church, city, Nuremberg, once the unofficial capital of the
where Bach is buried and the famous boys’ choir Holy Roman Empire. On a guided tour, see the cast-
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