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Day
1: Saturday.
Frankfurt
Arrive at Frankfurt Main Airport, your driver will take you to your Hotel
in your private Limousine. Rest of day at leisure. Overnight at Arabella
Sheraton Buesingpalais Frankfurt/Offenbach or similar.
Day
2: Sunday.
Frankfurt - Heidelberg - Frankfurt (B/L)
After breakfast depart for a city tour of Frankfurt incl. Goethes House,
our city-square named Roemer where
German
emperors were crowned in
medieval times.
Continue your tour along the skyscrapers and banking towers, that gave
Frankfurt the nick-name “Mainhattan”. Continue to Heidelberg, home of the
student-prince. Visit the famous castle, stroll through the picturesque
old town and enjoy lunch in the famous Ritter, a restaurant built in the
15th century. In the afternoon head back to your hotel in Frankfurt.
Day
3: Monday.
Frankfurt – Rüdesheim – Rhine-valley – Koblenz – Cologne (B)
In the morning your coach will take you to the
charming
Rudesheim, where – after a stroll through the world - famous Drosselgasse
you board a steamer to take you along wineyards and castles, some of them
more than 1000 years old,
to St. Goarshausen, just beyond Loreley Rock.
Perhaps
you
will
see from the deck of your steamer
the blond maid combing her hair . Continue by coach to Koblenz, the city,
where
the
Moselle river meets the Rhine, and from there you drive on to Cologne.
Evening at leisure to explore some local breweries, where the “Kölsch”
(light beer served in small glasses) can be sampled. Overnight at Hotel
Mado or similar
Day
4: Tuesday.
Cologne (B)
Starting at the
imposing
cathedral of Cologne, which is one of the largest gothic
churches in Europe, your city-tour will lead you through small old-town
alleys and splendid avenues to the Rhine-River with its bridges and parks.
For the sweet-lovers we have planned a visit in the Chocolate Museum,
where you can learn all about chocolate and then sample from the large
chocolate fountain as much as you can. Take your time in the afternoon to
explore Cologne on your own.
Day
5: Wednesday.
Cologne – Mainz - Frankfurt (D)
After breakfast you will drive to another famous city along the Rhine:
Mainz.
Visit the
Old Town,
the
Cathedral and the Museum of Gutenberg,
the inventor of
printing press.
Back to Frankfurt
again, where your tour ends in the late afternoon or you
can
check in to your optionally booked post – tour hotel.
Services included
In
General:
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4
nights at first class and tourist superior hotels incl. tax, service
charges and baggage handling (one piece
per person). All rooms with
private bath or shower and toilet.
*
Transportation by train and by air conditioned
motorcoach with AC/WC
*
Professional bilingual English/Spanish speaking guide from day 02-07
*
All excursions and city tours not marked as optional
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Welcome
lunch incl. welcome drink
*
Four
breakfast buffets
Entrance Fees Included:
-
Goethe house Frankfurt
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Heidelberg Castle inner courtyard and wine cellar
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Rhine River Cruise from Ruedesheim to St. Goarshausen
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Chocolate Museum Cologne
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Gutenberg Museum Mainz
Tour
price: Euro 519.-
(Per person based on double occupancy)
Third
person in extra bed: Euro 489.-
Single
supplement: Euro 129.-
*US rate varies
depending on exchange rate, please inquire!
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