• 3 Dinner (D)
• 7 Breakfast (B)

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

• Kraków: Dine in a local restaurant with your Travel Director and fellow travellers, enjoying regional dishes and relaxed conversation that marks the beginning of your travels together.
• Prague: Begin your Dine-Around evening in Prague with a steaming soup and a taste of pear brandy or Becherovka – the herbal liqueur traditionally made in Karlovy Vary. Then, at a local tavern, enjoy classic beef goulash with bread dumplings and wine. Afterwards, walk on the Charles Bridge and explore the Christmas market in Kampa, where mulled wine and a Czech festive treat await. 
• Prague: At the Christmas Market, meet a local stallholder and savour a steaming mug of Svarák, traditional mulled wine, along with the local Trdelník pastry.
• Berlin: Enjoy dinner of delightful German cuisine and wine at a local restaurant.

• Prague: Stroll through the Jewish Quarter with your Local Specialist to hear how the Jewish community has shaped the history of Prague, and visit the Old-New Synagogue and the Jewish cemetery.
• Prague: Explore Prague with your Local Specialist, walk the courtyards of the Castle, and visit the imposing St. Vitus Cathedral. The city is then yours to explore. Maybe take a river cruise through the heart of the city, or walk in the footsteps of kings along the Royal Route?

Ascend Wawel Hill to step inside Wawel Cathedral, Poland’s national sanctuary and burial place of Poland’s monarchs. Admire chapels added by successive dynasties, gilded altars and sculpted tombs that reflect centuries of statecraft and faith.

Hear how Karol Wojtyla, later Pope John Paul II, served here as Archbishop of Kraków. The cathedral’s bells, chapels and crypts reveal the country’s spiritual heartbeat, from coronations to uprisings, set above the Vistula’s slow sweep.

Visit the Auschwitz-Birkenau Memorial and Museum for a sober encounter with history. Walk through preserved barracks and along rail tracks that once delivered victims to the camp, approaching exhibits that document lives interrupted by the Holocaust.

Your Local Specialist provides context to this space of remembrance, where silence and testimony honor those lost. The experience encourages pause for photos and reflection only where permitted, reinforcing the importance of memory and vigilance against intolerance.

Cross the Vltava into Malá Strana to taste your way through Prague on a progressive dinner. Slip between intimate taverns and candlelit rooms where you’ll savor a steaming Czech soup, slow-cooked goulash and regional wines or liqueurs like Becherovka.

Baroque palaces, lamplit alleys and the castle’s silhouette frame your evening wander. This culinary ramble pairs hearty flavors with tales of Habsburg courts, artisan guilds and winter traditions carried through generations.

Choose this included experience to explore Josefov with a Local Specialist. Enter the Old-New Synagogue, among Europe’s oldest, and continue to the evocative Jewish Cemetery, where layered headstones speak to centuries of community life in constrained space.

Hear stories of merchants, scholars and resilience under shifting empires. From Renaissance prayer halls to 19th-century reforms, this walk illuminates Prague’s cultural tapestry. Note: This activity is one of two included choices in Prague.

Choose this included experience to walk the courtyards of Prague Castle and enter St. Vitus Cathedral. Stand beneath stained-glass light and soaring vaults as your Local Specialist reveals royal ceremonies and Bohemian saints tied to this hilltop citadel.

Views sweep over red roofs to the Vltava while tales span Premyslid strongholds to Habsburg grandeur. Architectural layers—from Romanesque chapels to neo-Gothic revival—trace Prague’s evolving identity. Note: This activity is one of two included choices in Prague.

Join a guided panoramic tour through baroque Dresden. Gaze at the reborn Frauenkirche, its pale dome crowning Neumarkt, then follow the tiled procession of rulers along the Furstenzug before entering the courtyards of the Zwinger Palace.

Hear how the Wettin electors shaped a court of arts and science, culminating at the sculpted Semper Opera House. Seasonal stalls nearby showcase handmade pyramids and nutcrackers that carry Erzgebirge craftsmanship into Advent traditions.

Explore Berlin with your Local Specialist, passing along Unter den Linden from the State Opera to Museum Island. Stand beneath the columns of the Brandenburg Gate and view the Reichstag’s glass dome reflecting winter light over the Tiergarten.

Pause at preserved sections of the Berlin Wall to consider the city’s Cold War fault line. This orientation blends imperial grandeur with stories of division and renewal that define modern Berlin.

Conclude your journey with a convivial evening of German cuisine and wine at a welcoming local restaurant. Share highlights with fellow travelers over regional specialties—perhaps schnitzel, seasonal vegetables and a crisp Riesling or hearty Spätburgunder.

The mood is warm and celebratory, a final opportunity to raise a glass to new friendships and winter moments gathered from Kraków to Berlin.

Descend into the UNESCO-listed Wieliczka Salt Mine to explore rock-salt halls, timber-braced galleries and chapels carved by generations of miners. Marvel at the salt chandeliers and bas-reliefs of St. Kinga’s Chapel, where artistry transforms geology into a glittering subterranean sanctuary.

Learn about medieval extraction, healing salt air and the mine’s place in Polish heritage. This is an Optional Experience at additional cost, bookable on tour.

Cruise the Vltava River for postcard views of Charles Bridge, the Prague Castle ridge and baroque facades mirrored in winter-dark waters. Glide past embankments where domes and spires rise above the Old Town and Lesser Quarter.

An onboard commentary connects you to the city’s royal processions, guild merchants and composers who drew inspiration from these storied banks. This is an Optional Experience at additional cost, bookable on tour.

Insight Vacations

Begin your journey in Kraków as you meet your Travel Director and share a convivial dinner in the Old Town. Taste regional specialties and toast the start of your festive adventure in a cozy local restaurant where vaulted ceilings and warm wood interiors set the scene.

Afterwards, wander into Rynek Glówny to see the Cloth Hall (Sukiennice) lit against Gothic spires. Browse wooden stalls, inhale aromas of spiced mulled wine and roasted nuts, and pause for photos and reflection beneath twinkling garlands draped across the square.

Join your Local Specialist for a walking exploration through Kraków’s medieval heart. Cross Rynek Glówny where the Cloth Hall (Sukiennice) anchors a square edged by gabled townhouses and Mariacki’s twin Gothic towers. Hear how mercantile guilds, royal patronage and university life shaped the city’s cobbled lanes.

Trace centuries of architecture from Renaissance courtyards to baroque chapels, learning how Kraków’s golden age endured through partitions and war. This orientation reveals lively cafés, artisan workshops and vistas perfect for photos amid festive market lights.

Explore Wroclaw’s fairy-tale Rynek Christmas Market, framed by pastel baroque facades and the Gothic Town Hall. Stroll past carved wooden huts as light glints off festive ornaments and the scent of spruce mingles with cinnamon and clove.

Sample regional gingerbread inspired by forgotten Lower Silesian recipes, made with local ingredients that revive a cherished tradition. Enjoy hand-crafted toys, ceramics and warm hospitality as music drifts across the square’s cobbles.

Join your Travel Director at a festive stall to meet a local stallholder and taste seasonal favorites. Warm your hands around a mug of Svarák—Czech mulled wine steeped with citrus and spice—then try Trdelník, a spiral pastry baked over coals and rolled in cinnamon sugar.

With Gothic spires and a towering tree in Old Town Square as your backdrop, this tasting connects you to Prague’s winter rituals through simple, time-honored flavors.