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Culinary tour

Slovenia & Austria

Day 1 | Ljubljana – Maribor (-/-/D) right after the border between Slovenia and Austria. evening you will enjoy folklore music, traditional food
Arrival at Ljubljana/Slovenia airport. Meeting with Tasting of wines and local specialties. Drive further and wine at one of the cosy wine taverns in the sur-
driver and tour escort and transfer to your Hotel in to Graz/Styria, check in at hotel. Dinner at local res- rounding of Vienna. Overnight in Vienna.
Maribor (or surrounding). Dinner at local restaurant. taurant. Overinght in Graz
Overnight in Maribor. Day 8 | Vienna – Vienna airport
Day 5 | Graz (B/-/D) Transfer to Vienna airport
Day 2 | Maribor – Ptuj – Maribor (B/-/-) On our city tour you will see the famous “Uhrturm”
Morning City tour of Maribor. Afterwards short drive clock tower in the historic old town. The Glocken-
to Ptuji, the oldest town in Slovenija nestled between spiel, the Graz opera and the municipal parish church
gentle wine-growing hills and the river Drava. Short of Graz. After lunch (on your own) you will experien-
city walk including visit of the historic castle. After- ce another highlight of our tour – the Federal Stud
wards visit of the Ptuji Wine cellar one of the oldest Piber in Koeflach, which lies 45 km west of Graz,
cellars in Slovenia. Learn about the local wines like looks back at 400 years of tradition. It is the home
the “Haloze sauvignon”, sipon or Laski Riesling. Over- of the world-famous white stallions which perform
night in Maribor. at the Spanish Riding School in Vienna. Dinner and
overnight in Graz.
Day 3 | Maribor – Jeruzalem – Maribor
(B/-/D) Day 6 | Graz – Lake Neusiedl – Vienna
Full day excursion to the wine fields of Jeruzalem. (B/L/-)
Visit of a pumpkin oil mill, visitors can taste various Picturesque trip to the Lake Neusiedl at the border
oils and also learn how the oil is produced and how to Hungary and visit of the “Opitz winery”. Lunch and
the specialties are prepared. Lunch in a typical local wine tasting. Drive further to Vienna. Overnight in
restaurant. Afternoon visit of the vineyard Malek, lo- Vienna
cated between Svetinje and Jeruzalem in the middle
of the most beautiful vineyard terraces. The more Day 7 | Vienna (B/-/D)
than 350-year old building used to be a majestic edi- Half day city tour including a walking tour through the
fice, where grapes were pressed into wine. Taste ex- old part of the city. This tour will give you an overall
cellent wines, visit the small museum about winema- impression of the most significant historical sights
king and wonderful old cellar. Dinner and overnight of Vienna. Along the Ringstrasse we show you nume-
in Maribor. rous grand buildings, such as the State Opera House,
the magnificent Museum of Fine Arts, the Natural
Day 4 | Maribor – Graz (B/-/D) History Museum, the Hofburg (the former Habsburg
Morning departure to Graz/Austria. On our way we winter residence), the Parliament, the City Hall and
will visit the “Weingut Tement” located in Berghausen the Burgtheater. Remainder of the day is free. In the

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