• 4 Dinner (D)
• 7 Breakfast (B)

• Hand sanitizer is freely available on board for you to use throughout the day.

Insight Vacations

• 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 a light welcome dinner in Berlin. Share food and wine in a relaxed setting as you get acquainted with the group.

Berlin’s dining culture draws on traditions from across Germany and beyond, reflecting a city shaped by migration and reinvention. This hosted evening offers a convivial introduction to the people travelling with you.

Explore Berlin with a Local Expert, passing the Brandenburg Gate and restored Reichstag, the State Opera House and remnants of the Berlin Wall. See Unter den Linden and Museum Island while discovering how imperial landmarks sit alongside traces of the divided city.

The ruined spire of the Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church recalls the destruction of the Second World War, while the Reichstag’s restoration reflects Germany’s reunification. This guided overview connects Berlin’s architecture with the events that reshaped it.

Explore Leipzig’s Christmas Market on an orientation with your Travel Director. Around 250 stalls fill the historic market square with festive decorations, seasonal aromas and traditions dating back to the 15th century. Visit St Thomas Church (Thomaskirche), where Johann Sebastian Bach worked and is buried.

Leipzig’s musical heritage gives the market a distinctive setting: the city’s long association with Bach lives on at the church, while its central square remains a gathering place for Christmas celebrations.

Discover Dresden with a Local Expert, taking in the Frauenkirche, the vast Procession of the Dukes mosaic, Dresden Cathedral, Semper Opera House and Zwinger Palace. These landmarks reveal the elaborate architecture of the former Saxon royal capital.

Learn how the Frauenkirche was reconstructed after its destruction in the Second World War. The mosaic, made from porcelain tiles, portrays centuries of Saxon rulers and adds another chapter to Dresden’s artistic and dynastic history.

Explore Dresden’s Christmas markets with a Local Expert and taste local Christstollen, the fruit-filled Christmas bread closely associated with the city. Browse festive stalls while learning about the Christmas pyramids that form part of German seasonal tradition.

Dresden’s Striezelmarkt traces its origins to the 15th century and takes its name from an early form of stollen. The tasting links the market’s present-day bustle to a baking tradition rooted in centuries of local celebration.

Explore Nuremberg’s Christkindlesmarkt on an orientation with your Travel Director. Traditional red-and-white-roofed stalls fill the market setting, while the city’s medieval ramparts and watchtowers lend a sense of its long history. Look out for the handcrafted Nuremberg Plum People among the decorations.

Browse at your own pace for regional favourites such as Rostbratwurste, Lebkuchen and Gluhwein. These foods and crafts make the market a lively introduction to Franconian Christmas customs; any personal purchases are at your own expense.

Explore Rothenburg ob der Tauber, a walled medieval town of cobbled lanes, towers and half-timbered houses. During the Christmas season, the Reiterlesmarkt adds festive stalls to its historic streets. You can also choose to browse the town’s year-round Christmas shop.

Rothenburg’s preserved streetscape offers a close-up view of Franconian town life and architecture. The Reiterlesmarkt draws on a market tradition spanning roughly 500 years; shopping and refreshments are personal purchases.

Discover central Munich with your Travel Director, seeing the Feldherrnhalle at Odeonsplatz, landmarks associated with the Wittelsbach dynasty, the Hofbräuhaus and St Peter’s Church. In Marienplatz, look up at the New Town Hall and its Glockenspiel.

Experience the square’s traditional Christmas market beneath its towering tree, where lights and music animate the historic centre. The orientation brings together Munich’s royal heritage, civic landmarks and Bavarian festive customs; market purchases are at your own expense.

Join a Local Expert for a guided exploration of Munich’s Advent traditions, with stops to taste seasonal treats. This Insight Choice experience focuses on customs that have been lost, forgotten or revived, showing how local food and festivities help keep regional culture alive.

Rather than simply browsing market stalls, hear the stories behind Bavarian seasonal practices. This included choice is an alternative to the Munich Residenz and Treasury visit, allowing you to select the experience that interests you most.

Visit the Munich Residenz and its Treasury, the former city palace of Bavaria’s Wittelsbach rulers. Explore the museum’s richly decorated rooms and view objects that reflect the dynasty’s wealth, artistic patronage and ceremonial life.

Expanded over several centuries, the Residenz brings together different architectural styles within one palace complex. This included Insight Choice experience offers a closer look at Munich’s royal history and is an alternative to the guided Advent traditions experience.

Share a festive dinner with wine at a local Munich gasthof. Gather with your fellow travellers over a hosted meal in a convivial setting that reflects Bavaria’s tradition of welcoming inns.

Munich’s Christmas celebrations extend beyond its market squares into places where people meet to eat, drink and talk. This dinner offers time to enjoy that sociable atmosphere together, with the warmth of a local dining room set against the city’s winter festivities.