• 5 Dinner (D)
• 17 Breakfast (B)

• London: You’ll need Essential Electronic Travel Authorization (ETA)From?January 8, 2025, UK law means that if you’re entering/transiting through border control in the United Kingdom (UK) and Northern Ireland you’ll need an?Electronic Travel Authorization (ETA)?before you travel. Confused? Don’t be – just read on here.
• London: A modular trip means fellow travellers will join and leave at various locations. There’ll be some goodbyes, sure, but there’ll also be plenty of hellos with new like-minded travellers.
• London: Your Trip Manager will advise you on who you’ll share your room with. On this trip, you’ll stay in a multi-share room with other travellers of the same sex.

• French Riviera: Glide through the winding coastal roads of the French Riviera with your Contiki crew.
• Monaco City: Walk in the footsteps of Grace Kelly at the Royal Palace and see the Monte Carlo Casino (where the car park looks like a Fast & Furious set).
• Nice: Your chance to learn the art of fragrance at a French perfume house. You know it makes scents! (soz).
• Cinque Terre National Park: We’ll take care of your rail pass, so you can just zip around the iconic clifftop villages and focus on the Insta stories. Wanna hike around too? You’re welcome to explore on foot along the way.
• Pisa: Your ultimate chance to ‘hold the tower up’ as you pose for that classic Insta snap. 
• Amalfi Coast: Definitely one for the bucket list. Your chance to view one of Europe’s active volcanoes from a distance. 
• Rome: Stroll around the Italian capital, ticking off some sights on your bucket list! 
• Verona: This is the address behind the legendary love story. Visit Juliet’s House and see the spot that turned Verona into a global icon.
• Venice: Speed across the lagoon to the aqueous island of Venice.
• Munich: We’ll make a stop at a traditional Bavarian ‘Bier Halle’. Grab your Contiki crew and a beer. Prost!
• Berlin: Get your culture on. It’s time to see Tiergarten, Alexanderplatz, the Russian War Memorial, Brandenburg Gate and the historic Reichstag building. 
• Berlin: Heads up culture vultures. Here’s your chance to check out the longest open-air gallery in the world.

Pay respects at the Dachau Concentration Camp Memorial, a sober site preserving barracks, watchtowers, and the museum’s historical exhibits. Guided information boards trace the camp’s establishment and liberation.

Walk through sites of remembrance that honor victims and survivors, fostering reflection and learning. This is a meaningful moment to understand Europe’s 20th-century history, approached with sensitivity and time for quiet contemplation.

Pedal the seafront on a guided coastal bike ride, tracing the Promenade des Anglais and quiet waterfront lanes with constant Mediterranean views. Coastal breezes and palm-lined paths make for effortless cruising.

Pause for photos over capes and bays as your guide points out beaches, piers, and street-art corners. This experience is at additional cost and bookable on tour.

Knead, roll, and shape dough during a hands-on pasta-making class, then sit down to a convivial dinner with local flavors. Expect Roman classics like cacio e pepe or amatriciana, paired with wine.

Chefs share tips on sauces, flour blends, and that elusive al dente bite—skills you’ll take home along with great memories. This experience is at additional cost and bookable on tour.

Drift through Venice on a classic gondola ride, gliding beneath arched bridges and along quiet back-canals where palazzi brush the water. The city’s acoustics carry church bells and soft conversation.

See stone doorways at water level and wrought-iron balconies, a timeless perspective unchanged for centuries. This experience is at additional cost and bookable on tour.

Speed across the Venetian lagoon by private motoscafo, skimming past island silhouettes toward the domes and campanili of St Mark’s Basin. The water-level arrival reveals facades meant to be seen from the sea.

Step into a world of marble and mosaics as you take in the lace-like Gothic of the Doge’s Palace and the bustle of waterside quays. Bridges, briccole, and boat traffic set Venice’s singular rhythm.

Arrive to alpine warmth and meet your Trip Manager and crew for a relaxed welcome at the Contiki chalet. Clink glasses over regional fare and toast the mountain setting.

Learn a touch of Tyrolean custom—hearty dishes, local schnapps, and chalet camaraderie—before settling into the rhythm of village life. It’s an easy-going evening that pairs Tyrolean hospitality with crisp mountain air and chalet comfort.

Gather your crew for a stop at a traditional Bavarian beer hall, where vaulted ceilings and long wooden tables frame a lively scene. Order a pretzel, share plates, and raise a stein to Bavarian conviviality.

Brassy tunes and oompah atmosphere set the soundtrack as locals and travelers mingle. It’s hearty, social, and quintessentially Munich—the perfect taste of Bavarian Gemutlichkeit.

Survey Berlin’s icons on a guided overview, from the Brandenburg Gate and glass-topped Reichstag to leafy Tiergarten and bustling Alexanderplatz. Hear how reunited Berlin reshaped itself after 1989.

Trace boulevards where Prussian pomp, Cold War borders, and creative reinvention coexist. Your Trip Manager highlights neighborhoods, green spaces, and vantage points so you can delve deeper during your free time.

Walk the longest surviving stretch of the Berlin Wall, now an open-air canvas known as the East Side Gallery. Murals—including the famous “Fraternal Kiss”—speak to division, hope, and unity.

As you follow the painted concrete, discover how artists transformed a barrier into open-air murals that draw visitors worldwide. It’s street-level history where political memory meets creative expression.

Venture to the countryside to visit a local cheese farm, learning how Gouda-style wheels are made from grass-rich Dutch milk. Taste young and aged varieties while hearing about aging, brining, and rind care.

Watch artisans learn the art of the clog in a carving demo, then gather for a traditional Dutch dinner on the farm. It’s rustic flavors, hands-on heritage, and a warm final-night atmosphere.

Savor a multi-course Tuscan dinner featuring rustic antipasti, handmade pasta, and regional mains, paired with sample regional wines from nearby hills. Laughter and candlelight set the trattoria mood.

Between courses, hear how simple ingredients—olive oil, pecorino, seasonal vegetables—define Florentine cooking. This experience is at additional cost and bookable on tour.

Visit La Sorgente, a family-run farm near Sorrento, to watch curds stretch into silky bocconcini and taste fresh mozzarella drizzled with estate olive oil. Orchard paths and lemon groves frame the table.

Finish with homemade limoncello as you learn about Campanian dairy traditions passed down through generations. This experience is at additional cost and bookable on tour.

Slip aboard a boat for a coastal cruise beneath Capri’s cliffs, threading sea arches and grotto mouths while circling the Faraglioni. When conditions allow, swim in crystalline coves straight off the boat.

Hear stories of emperors and sailors as limestone, sunlight, and blue water play tricks with color. This experience is at additional cost and bookable on tour.

Walk the cobbles on a guided tour of Pompeii, a Roman city frozen in time by the AD 79 eruption. Peek into villas with frescoes, bakeries with mills, and the forum’s civic heart.

See how daily life unfolded in the shadow of Mt Vesuvius as your guide decodes temples, baths, and street inscriptions. This experience is at additional cost and bookable on tour.

Hop between bacari on a cicchetti food tour, sampling small plates—salt-cod mousse, marinated anchovies, meatballs—paired with ombra wine or a Venetian spritz. Rialto’s market lanes set the culinary scene.

Learn how lagoon seasons shape daily menus while you savor neighborhood flavors in convivial bars. This experience is at additional cost and bookable on tour.

Choose your rush: tackle white-water rafting on alpine rivers or join a guided mountain bike ride through valley trails flanked by peaks. Pine scent, glacier-fed streams, and barn-dotted meadows set the alpine scene.

Guides handle safety and local intel while you focus on flow and fun amid dramatic mountain backdrops. This experience is at additional cost and bookable on tour.

Ascend by cable car to ride a mountain gondola into cool, high-alpine air. Follow mellow paths across alpine meadows where cowbells echo and panorama decks frame saw-toothed ridgelines.

It’s an easygoing taste of Tyrol’s summit scenery, perfect for photos and fresh mountain breaths between village explorations. This experience is at additional cost and bookable on tour.

Launch with a pilot for tandem paragliding, soaring above forests, farms, and jagged peaks. Thermals lift you into bird’s-eye alpine views as valleys and church spires spread below.

Smooth turns and soft landings make this a thrilling yet serene flight over postcard Tyrol. This experience is at additional cost and bookable on tour.

Cover more ground on a guided bike tour through Munich’s lanes and parks, from the Residenz to the Englischer Garten. Stop to watch the Eisbach surfers ride a permanent river wave.

Local guides add stories of Bavarian rulers, beer gardens, and WWII rebuilding as you pedal leafy paths and grand squares. This experience is at additional cost and bookable on tour.

Trace Cold War front lines on a historical walking tour including Checkpoint Charlie, memorials, and the site of Hitler’s bunker. Guides connect street corners to pivotal 20th-century events.

Learn how divided Berlin functioned day-to-day and how memory is marked in today’s cityscape. This experience is at additional cost and bookable on tour.

Explore Kreuzberg and alternative enclaves on a street art tour that decodes paste-ups, murals, and tags while tracing Berlin’s famed counter-culture. Learn about crews, techniques, and the politics of public space.

From canalside warehouses to back-alley courtyards, discover a creative scene that reinvents itself daily. This experience is at additional cost and bookable on tour.

Drift along UNESCO-listed waterways on a canal cruise as bridges glow and Golden-Age gabled houses reflect in the water. Glass roofs frame church spires and the soft shimmer of houseboat lights.

Glide past merchant warehouses and hidden courtyards while your audio guide shares canal lore and quirky city facts. This experience is at additional cost and bookable on tour.

Cross to NDSM wharf to explore the vast STRAAT Museum, a cathedral-like hangar filled with urban art on an epic scale. Works by global artists tower across concrete floors and steel beams.

Curators unpack techniques, from wheat-paste to spray and brush, linking gallery pieces to the city’s outdoor scene. This experience is at additional cost and bookable on tour.

Settle in for an English-language comedy show where quick wit meets Dutch humor. Basement clubs and intimate theaters create a lively, laugh-forward vibe in the canal district.

It’s a fun way to cap the evening among locals and travelers, with sets that riff on culture, language, and city life. This experience is at additional cost and bookable on tour.

Explore the Rock of Monaco at twilight, taking in the square outside the Royal Palace and sweeping views over Port Hercules. Wander elegant lanes where princely history and Riviera elegance meet.

Pause by the Belle Époque facade of the Monte Carlo Casino, a beacon of high society since the 19th century. From Grace Kelly lore to Bond-era mystique, this micro-state distills jet-set theater, marble colonnades, and polished supercars into one compact, dazzling stage.

Discover the craft of fragrance at a traditional French perfume house in Nice, where you’ll learn how perfumers—the celebrated “noses”—compose scents from jasmine and lavender of Provence, citrus, and rare resins.

Trace the region’s olfactory heritage while sampling accords and understanding extraction methods. This elegant encounter connects Riviera chic with centuries of artisanal technique, leaving you with a deeper appreciation for composition, sillage, and the timeless ritual of choosing a signature scent.

Explore Cinque Terre National Park with a rail pass linking its color-splashed fishing villages—Riomaggiore, Manarola, Corniglia, Vernazza, and Monterosso. Trains whisk you between harbors, beaches, and cliffside terraces blanketed in vines.

Pause for Ligurian focaccia and pesto, then follow coastal trails past stone walls and lemon groves. Around every bend: church spires above cobalt seas, bobbing boats, and laundry flapping against sun-washed facades—an irresistible collage of sea, stone, and village life.

Visit the UNESCO-listed Piazza dei Miracoli, where the white-marble cathedral complex rises from emerald lawns. Strike the classic pose with the Leaning Tower of Pisa, a medieval campanile whose tilt began during 12th-century construction.

Admire Romanesque carvings and the acoustics of the Baptistery as you learn how soft ground and centuries of engineering stabilized the tower’s famous lean. It’s architectural drama, Italian artistry, and postcard-perfect fun in one stop.

Join a guided orientation walk to see the Florence Duomo, Piazza della Signoria’s statues, and the gold-smith arcades of the Ponte Vecchio. Renaissance facades and street life reveal the city’s layered beauty.

Continue to a leather workshop demonstration to watch artisans cut, emboss, and stitch—an age-old craft rooted in the Santa Croce district. Learn how tannins, tooling, and finishing transform hides into heirloom pieces, connecting fashion to Florentine tradition.

Cruise across the Bay of Naples to the island of Capri, where cafés spill onto sunlit piazzette and sheer cliffs plunge into turquoise coves. Stroll lanes scented with citrus and bougainvillea as chic boutiques line the walkways.

Head to viewpoints for sweeping vistas of the Faraglioni sea-stacks and the Tyrrhenian’s glitter. Capri blends Roman imperial lore and dolce vita ambience—an intoxicating mix of cliff gardens, designer windows, and sea-sparkle horizons.

Stroll Rome’s historic heart past splashing baroque fountains and cobbled lanes. Toss a coin at the Trevi Fountain, admire the Pantheon’s vast dome, and people-watch on lively Piazza Navona.

Along the way, your Trip Manager shares stories from emperors to artists—how ancient engineering shaped modern boulevards, and how Renaissance patrons left a city of dramatic facades, marble saints, and café-lined corners perfect for late-day espresso.

Visit the courtyard of Juliet’s House, where love letters and a storied balcony have turned a medieval palazzo into a literary shrine. Wind through lanes lined with trattorie and delicatessens.

Pause by the Roman Arena, a 1st-century amphitheater still hosting grand performances. Verona’s blend of Roman stone and Renaissance charm sets a romantic mood—Shakespeare’s myth interlaced with living Italian city life.

Glide the shoreline as you follow the Corniche coastal roads, tracing palm-lined boulevards and cliff-hugging curves between Nice and neighboring seaside towns. Azure horizons open over the sapphire Baie des Anges, with super-yachts and sandy crescents setting the scene.

Soak in Riviera glamour where Belle Époque villas meet contemporary beach clubs and film-festival polish. Your Trip Manager offers local tips on bays, viewpoints, and photo stops—perfect for capturing pastel facades, bougainvillea, and the sea glittering below.

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