Multicountries Packages for Groups 2015

MULTICOUNTRIES PACKAGES FOR GROUPS 2015

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Prague-Budapest-Vienna - 7 days / 6 nights starting from EUR 409,00 per person / in double room

1st Day: Arrival to Prague

The journey takes place in the Czech capital. Once you have the room in relation to a first stroll worthwhile. Usually it takes the visitor to the historic Charles Bridge, where musicians and jugglers give her parking-you-a.

2nd Day: exploring Prague

Today you will explore Prague with a three-hour guided tour. After a short tour you go through the narrow picturesque streets of the old town, Old Town Hall with the Astronomical Clock over the Charles Bridge, where you can to make a wish at the famous statue of Johann Nepomuk. The tour ends on Wenceslas Square, the most important square of the New Town. Then equip the castle on Hradcany, high above the city, a visit. You pass through the stately gate, the various courtyards, pass the seat of the President and finally come to the Gothic St. Vitus Cathedral towering. The Golden Lane and much more there is still to Castle Hill to see before the tour ends with a Talspaziergang, which offers a magnificent view of the city. Stroll still on your own through the city before you are invited to dinner in the evening in a wine cellar evening. With music and good food the day ends.

3rd Day: Prague - Bratislava - Budapest

It's already on to Budapest. Along the way you will have the opportunity to visit the beautiful city of Bratislava. The new modern landmark of Bratislava is the Bridge of the Slovak National Uprising. The castle with its mighty four-towered castle was built as a frontier fortress of the Great Moravian Empire. From the terrace below the castle high and offers a magnificent view over Bratislava. Among the main attractions include St. Martin's Cathedral, Michael's Gate, numerous churches and the National Theatre (guide and entrance fees surcharges apply).

4th Day: The traditional Budapest

After breakfast take a half day city tour in Budapest. The Hungarian capital is one not without reason the most beautiful cities in Europe. Not only the cosmopolitan atmosphere fascinates visitors, but also the unique situation. Your guide will show you today some of the sights of the city on the Danube and you certainly give some tips on how you can make the afternoon itself. Visit one of the chic cafes in Art Nouveau or take the opportunity to go shopping. For the evening we have planned a candlelight cruise on the Danube, in which you will be taking in the evenings.

5th Day: Budapest - Burgenland - Vienna

Your route towards Vienna takes you past Lake Neusiedl. It is nice as a change a horse-drawn carriage ride through the Pannonian landscape (available at an extra charge). Or how about a guided tour and a wine tasting in Rust? After a relaxing stay in the sunniest province in Austria continue to Vienna.

6th Day: Explore Vienna

After a hearty breakfast awaits our guide to a 3-hour city tour in Vienna. Marvel at the magnificent buildings on the Ringstrasse as the State Opera, the Burgtheater, Hofburg, Parliament, University and Belvedere Palace, the Baroque summer residence of Prince Eugene. And naturally there is the St. Stephen's Cathedral. How about with a break in one of the most important institutions in Vienna: the coffee. There you will meet not only to drink a coffee or a real Wiener Melange, but also to make friends, relax or watch the people. Then it goes to the Schönbrunn Palace, which you will then visit. But not only that coffee is one of the popular destinations of Vienna, but also the wine taverns. As wine taverns are referred to the recent wine. Celebrate in the wine tavern-restaurant with wine and music until the late evening hours.

7th Day: home

A beautiful journey through the era of the Habsburg Empire comes to an end with the journey home.

INCLUSIONS

3 x overnight stay / breakfast buffet
3 nights / half board
3-course dinner or buffet
Hotels of the upper middle class and premium category
1 x ticket Prague Castle (5 properties)
1 x 3 hour city tour of Prague
1 x ticket wine cellar evening in Prague with 3-course menu, 1/4l wine, music
1 x 1.5 hrs Budapest Lights Cruise on the Danube, including 3-course meal + aperitif
1 x 3 hour city tour Budapest
1 x entry Schönbrunn Palace with 22 rooms
1 x hot plate Grinzinger and 1/4l wine at a wine tavern near Vienna
1 x 3 hour city tour of Vienna

4 Capitals 11 days / 10 nights

starting from EUR 485,00 per person / in double room

1st Day: Arrival Budapest

During the day you arrive in Budapest, capital of Hungary

2nd Day: Discover The Royal Budapest - Arad

In Pest, visit the Heroes' Square, St. Stephen's Cathedral and the Houses of Parliament. In Buda, make a trip to the Castle District with the Matthias Church and Fisherman's Bastion and the Castle Terrace. From Gellert Hill you can admire the unique panorama of the city. Through the Puszta, the Great Plain, it goes on to Romania, on the border you will be awaited by your companion for the next few days.

3rd Day: Arad - Sibiu

In the old center of Arad are the baroque Serbian Orthodox Church, the Protestant and Catholic Church. Near the city of Hunedoara has one of the biggest attractions of the region, the castle Hunyadi. A knight's castle after Dracula's taste. Continue to a tour of the Saxon villages of Kokel Valley with its typical fortified churches to Sibiu.

4th Day: In the heart of Transylvania: Sibiu - Brasov

The past of the former Herrmanstadt is taking a walk always present. On the small and the great ring of stone weirs to combine the old Saxon settlers established by and under the Habsburg crown sights. Drive to Bran. The famous Count Dracula's castle stood there, some say. Others say that the Draculavorbild Vlad Tepes was never there. Do your own image, before you go to the eastern side of the Southern Carpathians to Brasov.

5th Day: Brasov, Peles Castle - Continue to Bucharest

Brasov was at the beginning of the 13th Century, founded by the Teutonic Knights in the old Dakerland. After a guided tour then drive to Sinaia, the famous winter sports and summer resort. The Peles Castle was built in 1883 by King Carol I, who in 1881 imported as a German Prince Karl of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen as a kind of last resort. (Entrance Peles Castle booking available).

6th Day: get to know Bucharest

Today you will take a city tour of Bucharest, founded in 1462 by the Wallachian prince Vlad Tepes. Stop at the Patriarchal Church, which stands on a hill overlooking the city. Not that Ceausescu's palace would be an exquisite beauty, but his monstrosity is so overwhelming that you should have seen him (admission surcharge). You will visit the village and folk museum, a closely built-up village with around 300 original buildings from all parts of Romania. The day goes with a funny folklore evening and typical Romanian food at the end (surcharge).

7th Day: Bucharest - Vidin

Your route will take you today to the Romanian-Bulgarian border. You take the ferry across the Danube over (ferry fare of 60 EUR per bus and about 3 EUR per person must be paid locally). Then it is not far to Vidin, spend the night.

8th Day: Vidin - Belgrade

You pass through a small piece of Bulgaria and then travel into Serbia. After arriving in Belgrade You do not have time for a city tour. Especially famous is the Kalemegdan fortress.

9th Day: Experience the historic Novi Sad

Novi Sad, Novi Sad to German, is the third largest city in Serbia and Montenegro, Belgrade and Nis, located on the Danube. The city center is kept for the most part part in the Baroque style, as is the case with many cities in Vojvodina and Slavonia. The main attraction is the Fortress of Petrovaradin (Petrovaradin) which from 1692 - was built in 1780. Worth seeing are still the old Town Hall and the Orthodox Cathedral of the last century as well as the built in Byzantine style episcopal palace.

10th Day: Belgrade - Zagreb

To end a trip to the cultural treasures of the Habsburgs, one could imagine no better place than Zagreb. The capital acts as a charming blend of Budapest and Vienna.

11th Day: home

Many different countries with the same past - we hope you had an exciting journey!

INCLUSIONS

10 nights / half board
Hotels, good middle class
3-course dinner or buffet
Tax
1 x guide from / to Romania border, in German
1 x entry Hunyadi Castle in Hunedoara
1 x entry Bran Castle
1 x sightseeing tour of Sibiu on foot
1 x visit Catholic Church in Sibiu
1 x visit to the city of Brasov
1 x entry Village Museum (open air museum) in Bucharest
1 x entry Patriarchal Church in Bucharest
1 x 2-3 hour city tour of Belgrade
1 x 2 Std.Stadtführung Novi Sad
1 x 1.5 hour city tour of Zagreb

The Road to Santiago - 11 days / 10 nights

starting from EUR 475,00 per person / in double room

1st Day: Arrival Le Puy

Le Puy in the Auvergne region is located on the Santiago Pilgrimage Route. In the 6th Century was Le Puy, bishopric of Velay, founded and has since 10 Century the target of a major pilgrimage to the Black Madonna (August 15). Moreover, the place was on the pilgrim route to Santiago de Compostela and so was in the 10th Century the bishop of Le Puy, after he had made the pilgrimage itself, built on the high rock pinnacle the Michael Chapel. Also famous is the Sanctuary and Notre Dame du Puy.

2nd Day: Le Puy - Albi - Toulouse - Lourdes

The massive medieval brick from Albi the onlooker immediately catches the eye, including the Cathedral of Ste-Cecile and the Archbishop's Palace. Toulouse, France's fourth largest city, is the cultural and economic center of southern France. Toulouse is the capital of the French air and space industry. In the late afternoon you will reach the most visited Catholic pilgrimage site of Lourdes. The Sanctuary owes its origin to the Marian apparitions that the shepherd girl Bernadette Soubirous (1844 - 1879) had in close to the Gave du Pau located Massabielle Grotto, as well as true of her excavated in the grotto fountain whose waters have healing powers. Bernadette was blissfully 1925, canonized in 1993.

3rd Day: Lourdes - Jaca - Pamplona

In the area of Jaca the monastery of San Juan de la Pena is. Here is the grave lay the kings of Aragon. Also worth seeing is the built into the rock cloister. Jaca was in the Middle Ages as an important pilgrimage station on the Santiago Way of importance, which, inter alia, nor the Puente San Miguel testifies on the outskirts. The historic city of Pamplona was founded allegedly already 75 BC by the Roman general Magnus, but especially the pilgrims crowded the city. Also worth seeing is the mighty cathedral, mostly from the 15th Century dates.

Pamplona is also world famous for its annual of 6 to 14 July takes place Fiesta de San Fermin, which with strange processions of Gigantes (Giants) and Cabezudos (Great heads) a procession in honor of St.. Firmian on 7 July is celebrated.

4th Day: Pamplona - Puente la Reina - St. Domingo - Burgos

After crossing the Pyrenees, the four pilgrimage routes from France meet in Puente la Reina. About a fünfbogige bridge over the Rio Arga, pilgrims went on their way to Santiago continued. In Santo Domingo de la Calzada Domingo de Viloria built a church, a hospice and a paved road for the pilgrims. To this day, the old stone bridge with 24 arches at this time. Continue to Burgos. The famous for its Cathedral Burgos was in the 10th and 11 Century capital of Old Castile, and is today the capital of the homonymous province. The Flanierpromenaden on both sides of the river and the cafes are peaceful places for the visitors to the rich art treasures city under which the masterful Cathedral is the climax.

5th Day: Burgos - Fromista - Leon

The town Fromista is another station on the pilgrimage. From the former Benedictine monastery from the 11th Century is today only the church of San Martin, a masterpiece of early Gothic architecture with beautiful stained glass windows. In Leon rises in the 13-14. Century, built by several builders Cathedral of Santa Maria de la Regla. The impressive church is 91 m long and is one of the most outstanding works of the early gothic on Spanish soil, closely related to the cathedrals of Reims and Amiens in France. Particularly impressive is the main facade with its two stately bell towers, the 65-meter-high Torre de las Campanas and the 68-meter-high Torre del Reloj, flanking the nave with the mighty rose window and the three richly decorated with sculptures portals.

6th Day: Leon - Astorga - Ponferrada - Santiago de Compostela

A museum in the old episcopal town of Astorga shows history and stations of the Way of St. James. A bridge (11th century) for the pilgrims was built in Ponferrada. Worth seeing in Ponferrada are the ruins of the Castillo de los Templarios, former seat of the Knights Templar. The fortress was founded in 1178 is one of the most important castles in Spain. Santiago de Compostela is the most famous Spanish pilgrimage and because of its magnificent cathedral one of the most worth visiting cities in the country. Legend has worked here the Apostle James the Greater, brother of John the Evangelist and patron saint of the Spaniards, whose bones after his martyrdom (AD 44) from Palestine returned to Spain and found in the year 813 on the site of the present cathedral again to have been. Since then pour the pilgrims on the Camino de Santiago from all over Europe, to Jerusalem and Rome, standing in third place of pilgrimage in Christendom.

7th Day: city tour of Santiago de Compostela

This day is at leisure. Optional we recommend a guided tour. The goal of all visitors of Santiago de Compostela is the of stately buildings, surrounded Plaza del Obradoiro, at the east side stands the Cathedral. The Plaza is one of the most impressive and best preserved places of Spain.

8th Day: Santiago de Compostela - Oviedo / Gijon

Oviedo is the capital of Asturias and a bishopric. In the Camara Santa, part of the lovely cathedral, the holy chest is kept in a precious reliquary treasure is located. The pilgrimage to Santiago therefore often combined their pilgrimage with a visit to the Cathedral of Oviedo. Gijon is the biggest city of Asturias, one of the best ports of the northern coast of Spain. The old core of Gijon is the steep and winding Cimadevilla fishing district. About the houses rises the Monte Santa Catalina, from which you can enjoy magnificent views to the Picos de Europa.

9th Day: Oviedo / Gijon - San Sebastian / surroundings

The founder temporal seaside resort Santander is today because of its mild climate, a popular summer destination of wealthy Spaniards. Thanks to its Summer University and the International Theatre and Music Festival of Santander is one of the cultural capitals of Spain. Situated at the Bay of Biscay near the French border is the great seaside resort of San Sebastian in Spain. The city is located in the shell shaped bay of La Concha. The rise of San Sebastian to the seaside resort of world renown began in the 19th Century, when Queen Maria Christina chose it for their summer residence. Since then, the city has developed into an international resort, which even today with its boulevards, restaurants, cafes and the casino some of the sophisticated atmosphere of the 19th Has preserved century.

10th Day: San Sebastian / area - surroundings Orleans / Tours

In the city of Poitiers is France's oldest building, the Baptistery. You can reach the historic landscape Tourraine, the much-lauded garden of France. This of course includes the world famous castles and their French gardens. Overnight at famous by Joan of Arc, the old city of Orleans.

11th Day: home

journey home.

More than just a way:

As St. James, the route is referred to the grave of the Apostle James in Santiago de Compostela in Spain. This is understood in the first place, the Camino Frances, those medieval main traffic artery of northern Spain, which extends from the Pyrenees to Jacob's grave, while the royal cities Jaca, Pamplona, Estella, Burgos and Leon together. A Pilgrim's Guide of the 12 Century calls for the French space four other ways that unite to form one strand in the vicinity of the Pyrenees. After the revival of the pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela in the 70s and 80s, the Spanish main path was included in the UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1993. On the question of where the St. James begin to get the answer in Spain "El camino Comienza en su casa" (The trail starts in your house). Go sprang up everywhere facilities for the care and support of the pilgrims: monasteries, pens, hostels, hospitals, pubs and churches. For the places along the route meant the flow of pilgrims and economic boon.

Important:

Holiday dates on request.

Hiking suggestions:

Between Pamplona and Burgos: migration of age after Atapuerca (4 km) walk starting age (well), where you will find an asphalt road, which you follow down the valley. A stream is crossed, left of the road there is a bridge over the creek also, it is, this is the original bridge, which was still under the San Juan de Ortega. The next place Atapuerca (2 hours), has a big name. For one, a battle took place here in the year 1053, in which two brothers were fighting for power in northern Spain. Fernando of Castile and Leon defeated Garcia of Navarre, which should turn out for the further history of Spain as determining: While Navarre lost its importance, and then began the triumphant Castile. Secondly, a human type were found in the large quarries at the southern foot of the Sierra de Atapuerca remains, which is called Homo antecessor. The road through the village, where a standing stone commemorates the Battle of Atapuerca, and further over the Sierra de Atapuerca is thus a way with history. Between Burgos and Leon: you wander through lonely farmland, remote paved roads. The path with a few minor digressions up the hill and reached by a three-quarter hour, the plateau of the Meseta. Fifteen minutes later, you will cross a straight road running and walking a few minutes later down into a shallow valley. You will see a small green grove, a special feature in this treeless landscape, and a building with a dome - where you want to go. In an intersecting road, turn left to the hostel by Sambol on the same source. Here you should at least look at for a coffee break and take a seat in the dome space. Back to the road, go exactly on the ancient pilgrimage route, here is no road, no highway came before, who has covered the road and destroyed. Here's where you go, attracted a thousand years pilgrims exactly the same way. Suddenly the Meseta aborts. Under them a valley in which the village is nestled Hontanas appears. Between Leon and Santiago de Compostela: Palas de Rei to hike from Coto (8 km): The Town Hall Square in Palas de Rei of St. James leads through an alley to the N 547 down, past a contemporary pilgrim monument. You reach the village of San Xulian. The small Romanesque village church remains left, several beautiful Horreos, the typical Galician granary on stilts and an old cruceiro want to be admired and photographed from an old cruceiro to mention. Only just after the village you pass Pallota with washing area and remains of a mill on the outskirts. You will pass the abandoned village of Ponte Campana. Follow a beautiful passage through an oak forest, which ends at a paved road before the village Casanova. The trail continues through meadows and woods. You are in the hamlet of Coto. Just opposite the bar Casa de la Somoza, with its spacious dining area, a popular meeting place for pilgrims.