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AUSTRIA, GERMANY & SWITZERLAND
OBERAMMERGAU

Vienna • Salzburg • Oberammergau • Lucerne

13 Days

HIGHLIGHTS OF YOUR TOUR • Fully Escorted in Europe by an experienced Tour Manager • Roundtrip airfare from New York's JFK airport • Mix of 4 and 3 Star hotels • Full buffet breakfast and dinner daily • Travel kit • Deluxe Air-conditioned Motorcoaches • Tickets for the Passion Play and accommodations in the village • Special Passion Play Book to follow along each act.
Tour Code Departure Date Cost AGS0524 AGS0602 AGS0714 AGS0913 MAY 24 JUN 02 JUL 14 SEP 13 $ 3892 $ 3892 $ 3850 $ 3600
Important: Rates are subject to change. An initial deposit of $ 300 per person is required to reserve your space on this tour. Payment can be made on line using our secure server. Please refer to our Terms & Conditions for additional deposit & final payment details. It is very important that you read and understand our cancellation policy since it is different from our standard policy. This is due to the fact that the Passion Play is a special event and the demand for hotel rooms, air seats and play tickets is very high.
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DAY 1 – NEW YORK • VIENNA
Begin your Passion Play journey by departing for Vienna. Meals and overnight on board.

DAY 2 • VIENNA
Arrive in Vienna. We meet our tour guide and transfer to our hotel. The balance of the day is at leisure for shopping and sightseeing. Welcome dinner and overnight at our hotel.

DAY 3 • VIENNA
After breakfast our panoramic guided morning tour will get us acquainted with the capital of Austria. We visit the main sights such as Hofburg Imperial Palace, with the Spanish Riding School. We will drive along the 2 mile Ring, view the Opera House, the City Hall, the Houses of Parliament, the Burgtheater, Beethoven’s Pasqualia Haus and St. Stephen’s Dome. Afternoon visit Albertina, home ot the world’s largest collection of drawings, sketches, engravings, and etchings. Next door is the 14th -century Augustinerkirche. We visit the Nationalbibliothek (the National Library), with its stunning Baroque great hall. Dinner at the hotel.

DAY 4 • VIENNA
Our morning tour takes us to the beautiful Schonbrunn Palace with its refreshing fountains. Afternoon at leisure. Tonight we will enjoy a typical Heuringen dinner in Grinzing.

DAY 5 • VIENNA • MELK • SALZBURG
On the road again, with our first stop in Melk to visit the imposing Benedictine Abbey of Melk overlooking the Danube. We proceed to Mozart’s Salzburg where we take a guided walking tour upon arrival showing us the Old Town, the Domplatz with Baroque Cathedral, the Residenz, the quaint Getriedegasse, the Festspeilhaus, the Hohensalzburg from a distance, the Glockenspiel Tower, the lovely Mirabell Garden and visit Mozart’s birthplace. Dinner and overnight at the hotel.

DAY 6 • SALZBURG
This morning we start our Sound of Music Tour, bringing back memories from the film with the same name. Afternoon free for shopping. Enjoy a dinner show this evening. Overnight at the hotel.

DAY 7 • SALZBURG • OBERAMMERGAU
Today we drive through the Tyrolean Alps as we continue to Innsbruck for a lunch break and a short orientation drive to catch a glimpse of the Maria Theresien Strasse and the charming Little Golden Roof. We proceed into Germany to King Ludwig II’s beautiful Linderhof Castle with its cascades and gardens. Just before entering Oberammergau we visit the Ettal Benedic-tine Abbey. Dinner and overnight at our hotel.

DAY 8 • OBERAMMERGAU
Full day in Oberammergau for the Passion Play. Oberammergau is in the Bavarian Alps, famous for its woodcarving industry. In the year 1633, the town was stricken by the plague. In desperation the people of the village took an oath that they would stage a performance of the Passion of Jesus every 10 years if the plague would vanish and save their town. The town was saved and the first performance took place in 1634. From 1690 on, the play has been performed regularly every 10 years. The play takes almost eight hours to perform and the 124 speaking parts are performed by inhabitants of the village. The audience is seated in a roofed auditorium while the stage is open-air. Lunch and dinner are included.

DAY 9 • OBERAMMERGAU • LUCERNE
Before leaving Germany today we visit King Ludwig II’s Neuschwanstein Castle, Disney’s fairy-tale inspiration. We continue through the Voral Mountains into the tiny Principality of Liechtenstein, have a lunch stop in Vaduz, before entering Switzerland and the lovely lake shore city of Lucerne. Dinner at the hotel.

DAY 10 • LUCERNE
After breakfast we enjoy a morning guided walking tour featuring the Old Town, with its pretty open air market, the unusual covered wooden bridges Kapell and Spreuer and the Lion Monument. Afternoon free for shopping and individual sightseeing or optional excursion to Mt. Pilatus or Rigi Kulm for the hikers or a leisurely boat trip on the lake for the romantics. Dinner at the hotel.

DAY 11 • LUCERNE • MILAN
Today we drive south through the St. Gotthard Tunnel, via scenic lake lands with short stops en route, on the Swiss side Lugano or Italian side Como, and arrive in Milan. Upon arrival we enjoy a panoramic guided city tour featuring the Scala Opera, the Cathedral and a visit to Marie delle Grazie church to see Leonardo da Vinci’s famous painting “The Last Supper”. Dinner at the hotel.

DAY 12 • MILAN
Start the day at the Duomo and visit its roof and museum and then move on to Galeria Vittoria Emanuelel. Contiue to the Pinacoteca di Brera, home to stellar Masterpieces. Visit the church of Sant’ Ambrogio and Museo Nazionale della Scienza e della Tecnica. Dinner and overnight.

DAY 13 • MILAN • NEW YORK
Transfer to the airport for our hometown flight and arrive home the same day.

Have A Very Pleasant Journey!

SPECIAL NOTE: The tour operator and/or escort reserve the right to alter the sequence of the daily itinerary and make substitutions in order to meet changes brought about by Passion Play dates, weather, airline delays or as deemed necessary for the best interest and overall comfort of the group. This is a Christian tour and we reserve the right to remove any passenger from the tour without explanation.

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