| Day 1 Arrive Copenhagen |
| Welcome to Copenhagen, capital of Denmark. After check-in,
time to relax and unwind. Hotel: Scandic Hvidovre |
| Day 2
Copenhagen sightseeing |
| We will see the Little Mermaid, the Renaissance Stock
Exchange, the Royal Amalienborg Palace and Christiansborg
Palace on our morning sightseeing tour. The rest of the day
is free to explore the city. (Scandinavian breakfast) |
| Day 3 Copenhagen - Stockholm |
| First we cross the Oresund into Sweden. Then we continue our
journey travelling north through lush forests and meadows to
the resort of Granna at the head of Lake Vattern. Then
northwards to beautiful island-ringed Stockholm, Sweden's
capital. (Scandinavian breakfast) Hotel: Scandic Kungens Kurva |
| Day 4 Stockholm -
AT Sea |
| This morning's sightseeing tour with a local guide shows us
the Royal Palace and City Hall. Stockholm is constructed on
a maze of islands and criss-crossed by many bridges, so it
is a pleasant city to wander through, which you can do
before we board the ship for our mini-cruise to
Finland. (Scandinavian Breakfast / Dinner) |
| Day 5 At Sea - Helsinki |
| An early arrival in Finland's capital allows us time for a
guided tour showing us Finlandia Hall, the Senate and market
squares, broad boulevards and the domed Russian church. Then
free time to shop and sightsee further before checking in to
our hotel. The rest of the day is at leisure. (Continental
breakfast) Hotel: Sokos Tapiola Garden |
| Day 6
Helsinki – St. Petersburg (3 nights) |
| Today we drive to the border with Russia, passing the timber
centre of Kotka and on through the town of Vyborg. Then we
continue across the forests of Karelia to St. Petersburg for
our three-night stay. Enjoy complimentary champagne with
dinner tonight! (Scandinavian breakfast / Dinner)
Hotel: St. Petersburg |
| Day 7 St.
Petersburg sightseeing |
| Featured on our sightseeing tour this morning are the Tsar's
Winter Palace, Nevsky Prospekt, St. Isaac's Cathedral, the
Statue of Peter the Great and a visit of the St. Peter and
Paul Fortress. The remainder of the day is at leisure. You
may wish to see the Summer Palace of Empress Catherine the
Great or maybe visit the residence of Peter the Great in
Petrodvorets. (Buffet breakfast) |
| Day 8 St. Petersburg at
leisure |
| Today there's time to relax in St. Petersburg. Why not visit
one of the greatest collections of paintings and art
treasures in the world at the Hermitage Museum in the Tsar’s
Winter Palace This evening we enjoy dinner with our fellow
travellers and Tour Director in a local restaurant. (Buffet
breakfast / Dinner) |
| Day 9
St. Petersburg - train to Moscow (2 nights) |
| Time to maybe lose yourself in the Gostiny Dvor, the city's
largest and absolutely huge department store. After lunch in
the afternoon, we take the five-hour train trip to
Moscow. (Buffet breakfast / Lunch) Hotel: Alfa Ismailovo |
| Day 10 Moscow
sightseeing |
| Our sightseeing tour features many highlights such as Red
Square, the Kremlin Walls and the domed St. Basil's
Cathedral. During your stay, why not visit the Treasure
Chamber of the Tsars or take a trip to nearby Zagorsk - a
centre of Russian art and architecture (Buffet breakfast) |
| Day 11 Moscow –
Smolensk – Minsk |
| An early departure takes us past Borodino, site of
Napolean's great defeat. We stop for lunch near Smolensk
before we cross the border and enter the independent state
of Belarus and continue to Minsk, rebuilt in supreme Soviet
style after the Second World War. Here an orientation takes
us along wide avenues and past gargantuan concrete buildings
– a legacy of the city’s Soviet past. Tonight we enjoy a
dinner of traditional cuisine at our hotel. (Buffet
breakfast / Lunch / Dinner) Hotel:
Orbita |
| Day 12 Minsk – Brest –
Warsaw (2 nights) |
| Today's drive takes us via the vast plains of White Russia
and the Pripet Marches to the Polish frontier at Brest
Litovsk where we stop for lunch. From here we cross the
River Vistula before arriving in Warsaw, capital of Poland,
for our two-night stay. (Buffet breakfast / Lunch / Dinner) Hotel: Courtyard by Marriott |
| Day 13 Warsaw
sightseeing |
| Our morning sightseeing features the old town, reconstructed
after wartime destruction and the site of the Warsaw Ghetto.
This evening after dinner, why not listen to a Chopin piano
recital (Buffet breakfast) |
| Day 14
Warsaw – Berlin (2 nights) |
| Today we travel across the central plains of Poland to
Poznan, with its charming City Hall and Gothic churches.
Then we continue to the border town of Frankfurt-an-der-Oder
and into Germany, where we are soon back in Berlin. (Buffet
breakfast) Hotel: Best Western Spittelmarkt |
| Day 15
Sightseeing & at leisure |
| Our morning tour highlights a united Berlin including the
Reichstag Building, Tiergarten, the Brandenburg Gate, Unter
den Linden Boulevard and the State Opera House. Later
perhaps join an optional excursion exploring Berlin’s secret
past (Buffet breakfast / Dinner) |
| Day 16 Depart
Berlin |
| Bid farewell to Europe and your new-found friends as our
memorable tour comes to an end. (Buffet breakfast) |
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