Germany & European Lakes Tour

September 8-17, 2024

TRIP HIGHLIGHTS

  • Munich: Hofbrauhaus, Glockenspiel, Marienplatz

  • Neuschwanstein Castle & Oberammergau

  • Lake Constance and Lake Lucerne

  • Professional Tour Director, Fluent in German

  • Innsbruck, Salzburg, Austria

  • Swiss Alps

  • Incredible Mountain Lakes


RATES PER PERSON

Double: $7,300
Single: $8,300


INCLUDED IN TOUR

  • Professional tour director

  • Professional motor coach driver

  • All flights and transfers

  • Local departures

  • Step on guides for city tours

  • Top quality accommodations – 4 Star and above

  • Luxury motor coaches

  • Many meals on tour, equal amount of breakfasts and lunches/dinners

  • Tips on all meals

  • All taxes, fees, visas, etc. included in total price of tour

  • Personalized service

  • Final documents for trip details, 8 weeks prior to departure

  • Luggage handling

  • Much, much more!

 

NOT INCLUDED IN TOUR

  • Every meal not included – guests are informed about how much more money to expect to pay for meals prior to departure

  • Tips for tour director and driver
    ($7 - $10 per person per day is recommended. Bluebird Guided Tours also tips our tour directors and drivers individually)

  • Baggage Fees when flying (~$25 per direction per bag)

  • Personal expenses (souvenirs, other personal costs, etc.)

ITINERARY

Day 1 and 2: Fly to Germany
Your Germany and European Lakes Tour begin! Travel from your local departure to Munich, Germany through the evening by airplane. We’ll land and meet our local guide who will show us around the city for a half day of sightseeing. Tomorrow we travel to see Neuschwanstein Castle, the inspiration of the Disney Castle! Welcome to Germany.

Munich, Germany

Day 3: Neuschwanstein Castle and Oberammergau
*Breakfast and Dinner Included
Travel to the small village of Oberammergau for a luncheon stopover; then it is off to see the incredible Neuschwanstein Castle! We’ll spend most of our afternoon in and around the castle, touring the inside to learn its history and then it is off to the city of Innsbruck, Austria where we will stay for the next 2 evenings. Enjoy an included dinner tonight as we arrive to our lodging.

Innsbruck, Austria

Day 4: Innsbruck
*Breakfast Included
Welcome to the city of Innsbruck. We’ll enjoy a day of sightseeing today in the capital city of the western Austrian state of Tyrol. Your tour director will give the group an overview of the city through the morning and you will enjoy free time in this very walk able city. Meet up for a social hour tonight and prepare for Lake Constance and Lucerne tomorrow as we travel west.

Innsbruck, Austria

Day 5: Lakes Region
*Breakfast and Lunch Included
We travel to one of the most beautiful regions of the world today as we depart from Innsbruck and make our way to Lake Constance. Enjoy a scenic drive around the city this and have lunch on the island of Mainau. We will be at the northern foot of the Alps while on the lake today, so cross your fingers for a bluebird sky day!

Konstanz, Germany

Day 6: Lake Lucerne
On the list of destinations today is beautiful Zurich and Lake Constance. We’ll lunch in Zurich, one of the wealthiest cities in the world and continue onto the Lake Lucerne for the afternoon. Cruise for the afternoon on this exemplary alpine lake in the Swiss Alps. This will be one of the major highlights of the trip, guaranteed.

Lucerne, Switzerland

Day 7: Principality of Liechtenstein
*Dinner included
We depart the incredible lakes region of Switzerland today to make our way to the Principality of Liechtenstein. We’ll make a stop in the capital of Vaduz to overlook the Castle of Liechtenstein and finish our day back in Innsbruck with an included dinner.

Innsbruck, Austria

Day 8: Salzburg
*Breakfast and Dinner Included
Travel east into Austria today where we will stay for the next night. Traveling into Salzburg requires us to travel over scenic countryside and past mountains making a leisurely, beautiful drive. Stop in at Mirabell Gardens, as seen in the Sound of Music, and finish the day with an included meal at the 1,200 year-old St. Peter’s Restaurant, one of the oldest in Austria and still operated by local monks.

Salzburg, Austria

Day 9: Munich
*Breakfast and Dinner Included
Return back to Munich this morning to enjoy some free time in the city that you only had a chance to see partially our first day. You will have the option of getting a map and going out on your own, or traveling with your tour director this afternoon. Finish the day with a farewell dinner together.

Munich, Germany

Day 10: Fly Home
Wake to get to the airport today and fly home. We made some incredible memories through the Lakes Region of Germany and the Alps over the last 10 days. Hopefully this isn’t your last vacation with Bluebird Guided Tours. We had a great time, see you soon!