• 4 Dinner (D)
• 7 Breakfast (B)

• Experience a Musical Demonstration at Mozart’s Birthplace in Salzburg
• Salzburg: Visit the house where Mozart was born in 1756. Enjoy a pianoforte demonstration and examine letters, memorabilia, and musical instruments of the great composer, plus a fascinating collection of portraits.

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• Business class coach with extended leg room
• Top-rated dining, from farm-to-table to local restaurants
• 4 & 5-star stays

Meet your Travel Director and fellow travellers over dinner and wine at a local restaurant in Vienna. This hosted evening offers a welcoming introduction to the group and a chance to settle into the city together.

Vienna’s restaurant culture brings conversation and food to the same table. Enjoy the convivial atmosphere while getting to know the people who will share your journey through Austria and Bavaria.

Explore Schonbrunn Palace with a Local Expert, stepping into gilded ceremonial rooms and the private apartments of Emperor Franz Joseph and Empress Elisabeth. See the Hall of Mirrors, where Mozart performed as a child, and the lavish Great Gallery.

The palace was a centre of Habsburg court life for generations. Its rooms reveal how imperial ceremony, political power and personal tastes shaped one of Europe’s most influential dynasties.

Join a Local Expert for a panoramic tour of Vienna’s Ringstrasse, the grand boulevard laid out where the city walls once stood. See the Vienna State Opera and Hofburg Imperial Residence, along with the Parliament Building and City Hall.

The boulevard’s monumental buildings reflect Vienna’s ambitions in the final decades of the Habsburg Empire. In Advent, festive lights bring warmth to its imposing architecture and surrounding parkland.

Browse a Viennese Christmas market amid illuminated stalls offering seasonal gifts and warming treats. Take in the scent of spices, the glow of decorations and the bustle that makes Advent a distinctive time to visit Austria’s capital.

Vienna’s festive markets draw on a long tradition of gathering outdoors during the winter season. This market visit offers a chance to experience that tradition at your own pace, surrounded by the city’s seasonal displays.

Visit Mozart’s birthplace on Salzburg’s Getreidegasse, the house where the composer was born in 1756. Examine letters, portraits, memorabilia and musical instruments that illuminate his family life and remarkable early talent.

Hear a demonstration on Mozart’s original pianoforte and connect the instrument’s sound to the music composed in his lifetime. The historic house offers a close view of the person behind Salzburg’s most celebrated musical legacy.

Walk Salzburg’s Old Town with a Local Expert, seeing Mozart’s family home on the Getreidegasse, the Residenz Fountain and views of Hohensalzburg Fortress. Browse the Christmas market in front of Salzburg Cathedral, where decorated stalls fill the historic square.

Meet a market stallholder with your Travel Director and taste a winter dessert with fragrant Gluhwein. Spiced with warming flavours such as cinnamon, clove and citrus, the mulled wine is part of the atmosphere of Salzburg’s centuries-old Advent market.

Ride in a traditional horse-drawn carriage through the Alpine surroundings of Seefeld, a Tyrolean village set among mountains and valleys. Meet your coachman and take in the winter landscape at the measured pace of the horses.

The carriage offers a quieter perspective on this high-altitude region, known for its mountain scenery and winter-sport heritage. Settle in for views of the Tyrolean countryside rather than seeing it only through a coach window.

Stroll Innsbruck’s Old Town with your Travel Director, learning about the Tyrolean capital as you admire its Gothic and Baroque architecture. Explore the Christmas markets in the historic centre, where seasonal stalls bring colour and conversation to the streets.

Innsbruck’s setting gives its festivities a character of their own: historic facades stand beneath the steep mountains of the Inn Valley. Take time to absorb the contrast between the lively market squares and the Alpine skyline.

Enjoy a hosted dinner of Austrian favourites at a local restaurant in Innsbruck. This regional meal offers a chance to sample the hearty flavours associated with Tyrol while sharing the table with your travelling companions.

Mountain life has long shaped the region’s cooking, with satisfying dishes suited to Alpine winters. The local restaurant setting makes this more than a routine dinner: it is an opportunity to experience Tyrolean hospitality through its food.

Visit Neuschwanstein Castle in the Bavarian Alps, where towers and steep roofs rise above a dramatic mountain setting. Discover the extravagant vision behind the castle, commissioned by King Ludwig II of Bavaria in the 19th century.

Neuschwanstein evokes a medieval fortress, yet it was conceived as a romantic royal retreat rather than a defensive stronghold. Its theatrical design and Alpine backdrop made it an enduring fairy-tale icon, often linked to the castles of Walt Disney.

Explore Oberammergau, a Bavarian Alpine village known for its painted chalets and centuries-old Passion Play tradition. See the Passion Play theatre and admire the colourful facades that give the village streets their distinctive character.

First performed in 1634, the Passion Play has become central to Oberammergau’s identity. The village visit reveals how this community tradition sits alongside the painted buildings and craftsmanship for which the town is also known.

Explore Munich with a Travel Director and Local Expert, taking in city landmarks including Marienplatz, the Hofbräuhaus and Feldherrnhalle. See the Town Hall Glockenspiel and Munich’s traditional Christmas market beneath its towering festive tree.

On a guided walk through quieter streets near the markets, uncover well-known and nearly forgotten Advent traditions and taste seasonal treats. This MAKE TRAVEL MATTER® experience highlights local efforts to keep regional customs alive.

Share a festive dinner with wine at a local Munich restaurant, gathering with your travelling companions in the city’s celebratory Advent atmosphere. The hosted meal offers time for conversation over food and a toast together.

Munich’s Christmas season brings light and music to its historic squares. A restaurant dinner provides a warm setting in which to savour that seasonal spirit and reflect on the markets and traditions encountered across Austria and Bavaria.

Visit the Christmas market by St. Stephen’s Cathedral, with Vienna’s Gothic landmark rising above the festive stalls. Enjoy a warming cup of Gluhwein in the cathedral’s shadow while taking in the lights and seasonal atmosphere of the surrounding square.

St. Stephen’s has stood at the heart of Vienna for centuries, making it a striking setting for an Advent outing. This Optional Experience is at additional cost and bookable on tour.