HOLLAND & GERMANY
OBERAMMERGAU

Amsterdam • Rhine Cruise • Heidelberg • Rothenburg

12 DAYS

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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.

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DAY 1 – NEW YORK • AMSTERDAM
Begin your Passion Play journey by departing for Amsterdam. Meals and overnight on board.

DAY 2 • AMSTERDAM
We arrive at the Amsterdam airport where our tour guide will meet us after customs. We transfer to our hotel with the balance of the day at leisure. This evening there is a Welcome Dinner at the hotel.

DAY 3 • AMSTERDAM
After breakfast enjoy a panoramic guided morning tour of the “City of Canals” flanked by gabled houses and see the Dam, the main square, the Royal Palace the New Church, the Flower Market and the principal Herengracht Canal. We visit the Anne Frank House, immortalized by the poignant diary kept by the young Jewish girl from 1942-1944, when she and her family hid here from the German occupying forces. Then we continue our liesurely sightseeing by canal cruising. The afternoon is at leisure. You may wish to visit the Rijksmuseum or the Van Gogh Museum. Dinner at the hotel.

DAY 4 • AMSTERDAM
Our morning excursion allows us to explore this unique sea-converted country. We visit the charming traditional old fishing villages of Marken and Volendam including a visit to a cheese factory. The afternoon is free for bicycling or shopping for Dutch clogs. Dinner and overnight at the hotel.

DAY 5 • AMSTERDAM • COLOGNE
This morning we travel by motorcoach through the pastoral Dutch countryside out of Holland and into Germany to the Rhine-Riverside Cologne. Upon arrival, our panoramic guided city tour will enchant our eyes with the impressive view of the old city and its skyline, the many bridges and imposing gigantic Cathedral which we will also visit. Dinner and overnight at our hotel.

DAY 6 • COLOGNE • RHINE CRUISE • HEIDELBERG
Today we continue through Germany driving along the Rhine River, boarding a Rhine cruiser at St. Goarshausen passing the legendary Rock of the Lorelei, and enjoy a leisurly cruise to Rudesheim. Continue by motorcoach to lovely Heidelberg, the heart of Romanticism. Dinner and overnight at the hotel.

DAY 7 • HEIDELBERG
This morning enjoy a guided panoramic city tour including a visit to the Heidelberg Castle. The afternoon is free for shopping or exploring on your own in this quaint German town. Dinner at the hotel.



DAY 8 • HEIDELBERG • ROTHENBURG • MUNICH
After breakfast we take a drive along the
Romantic Road. Stop in Rothenburg ob der Tauber the “pearl” of the Romantic Road for a guided walking tour of this picturesque, still unspoiled medieval town with its ancient houses, forged iron street signs, fountains and narrow cobbled stone streets bringing you right back into the middle of the 16th century. We proceed south on the Romantic Road passing the cute towns of Dinkelsbuhl and Nordlingen and arrive in Munich. Dinner at the hotel.

DAY 9 • MUNICH
A Bavarian Breakfast, then we are ready for our guided panoramic city tour by bus. Our tour focuses on the main sights of this cultural center: Marienplatz, the lovely Church of our Lady, the Palace, the City Hall with its famous Glockenspeil Clock, and the Olympic Village. The afternoon is at leisure. Dinner and overnight at the hotel.

DAY 10 • MUNICH • BAVARIAN CASTLES • OBERAMMERGAU
Today we travel south to the quaint Alp and Olympic Games resort of Garmish Parten Kirchen up to the Fussen area where we will visit King Ludwig II’s two magnificent but different castles: Newschwantsein Castle (Disney’s fairy tale inspiration), and Linderhof Castle with its cascades and gardens. Continue on to Oberammergau, site of the Passion Play for dinner and overnight at the hotel.

DAY 11 • OBERAMMERGAU
Full day in Oberammergau for the Passion Play. A village 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 12 • OBERAMMERGAU • MUNICH • NEW YORK
Transfer to the airport in Munich where our guide will assist us with check in procedures. Board our hometown flight to the U.S.A. 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.

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