• 6 Dinner (D)
• 23 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: For this trip, you’ll need just three currencies – the British Pound, Czech Koruna and Euro.
• London: You’ll stay in a Twin share room (meaning you’ll be paired with a fellow traveller of the same gender, and will have two separate beds). If you’re booking your trip with a friend/travel companion – just let us know, so we can join your bookings and ensure you share a room. Need a lil’ more privacy? You’re welcome to opt for a single supplement if you like.
• 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.

• Paris: Take a dreamy jaunt around the city of romance. Fall in love with landmarks like the Eiffel Tower, Arc de Triomphe, Louvre, Champs-Élysées and Notre-Dame Cathedral.
• Bordeaux: Stroll around this chic metropolis to see the Palais de la Bourse and downtown Bordeaux. Then make time for a nice glass of red by the river. 
• Barcelona: Combat boots at the ready, folks! Barcelona’s Gothic Quarter and Las Ramblas are so cool, you won’t know what to photograph first!
• 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.

Visit the Dachau Concentration Camp Memorial for a sobering encounter with history. Exhibitions, reconstructed barracks and sites of remembrance share testimonies of those imprisoned under the Nazi regime.

Guidance from your Trip Manager helps contextualize what you see, offering time to pause for reflection at chapels and memorials. This important visit honors memory and reinforces a commitment to human dignity.

Settle into a handcrafted boat for a classic gondola ride along quiet back canals, gliding under arched bridges as palazzi reflect in the water.

This optional experience is at additional cost and bookable on tour. Gentle oar strokes, lapping water and pastel facades deliver Venice at its most intimate—ideal for photos and serene memories.

Spend an evening at a legendary venue for a cabaret show paired with dinner, sequins and show-stopping choreography. Spotlit stages, Champagne and lights channel Belle Époque glamour in true Parisian style.

This optional experience is at additional cost and bookable on tour. Expect live music, cancan bravura and spirited crowd energy—an exuberant celebration of the city’s nightlife heritage.

Join a sommelier-led walk to sample regional wines in cozy bars and wine shops. Compare Left Bank structure with Right Bank plushness while learning about terroirs that shape Médoc and Saint-Émilion styles.

This optional experience is at additional cost and bookable on tour. Swirl, sniff and sip as you decode labels, grape blends and vintages—perfect knowledge to carry into future tastings.

Follow a local host through Old Town’s bars to graze on artful pintxos bars displays—anchovy gildas, seared prawns, wild mushrooms—paired with crisp txakoli. Learn ordering rituals and plate-hopping etiquette.

This optional experience is at additional cost and bookable on tour. Between bites, hear how Basque traditions fuel a world-renowned food scene rooted in markets, seasonality and convivial bar culture.

Settle into an intimate tablao for a flamenco performance where dancers, Spanish guitar and voice ignite the room. Rapid footwork and clapping compás rhythms tell stories of passion and pride.

This optional experience is at additional cost and bookable on tour. A drink or tapas plate completes an art form born in Andalusia and cherished across Spain.

Circle Capri’s cliffs on a coastal boat cruise, drifting beneath limestone arches and grotto mouths with time for refreshing swim stops. Skippers point out villas and sea caves.

This optional experience is at additional cost and bookable on tour. Expect sparkling water, sun-warmed decks and close-up views of grottos and cliffs that have captivated travelers for centuries.

Tie on an apron for a pasta-making class shaping fresh tagliatelle or ravioli before sitting down to dine on your creations with wine. Chefs share tips on sauces and seasonal pairings.

This optional experience is at additional cost and bookable on tour. Expect laughter, flour-dusted hands and the easy Italian conviviality that turns a kitchen into a celebration.

Snack like a local on a guided hop through bacari wine bars, sampling cicchetti—from baccalà to polpette—paired with a classic Venetian spritz or ombra wine.

This optional experience is at additional cost and bookable on tour. Between tastings, your host shares lagoon lore and shopping tips in tucked-away campos and alleys.

Settle into a canal-district venue for a comedy night featuring international acts and sharp local humor. Drinks in hand, enjoy fast-paced sets in an intimate room.

This optional experience is at additional cost and bookable on tour. Post-show, step out to fairy-lit bridges and bars that keep the evening rolling.

Gather in a traditional Bavarian beer hall to clink steins beneath timber beams and murals. Bratwurst, pretzels and brass bands create that unmistakable oompah atmosphere Munich is famed for.

Learn the lore of Reinheitsgebot purity laws and seasonal brews as locals and travelers mingle at communal tables. Raise a toast—raise a stein—to Bavarian hospitality in the city that perfected it.

Spin through parks and plazas on a guided bike tour, reaching the English Garden, royal avenues and the banks of the Isar River with ease.

This optional experience is at additional cost and bookable on tour. Learn about Wittelsbach palaces, surfers on the Eisbach wave and beloved beer gardens as Munich’s relaxed lifestyle rolls by.

Pause during the journey through northern France to pause for photos and reflection amid the quiet fields and memorials of the Valley of the Somme. Your Trip Manager shares context on the 1916 offensive that reshaped Europe.

See cemeteries, scarred landscapes and interpretive panels recalling trench warfare and sacrifice. This contemplative stop connects modern travelers to First World War memorials and the enduring lessons remembered across France’s Picardy region.

Explore elegant riverfront streets on an orientation walk to Place de la Bourse, where the celebrated Miroir d’eau mirrors honey-toned facades. Stroll broad avenues and 18th-century squares, feeling the easy rhythm of this wine capital.

Hear how Roman Burdigala evolved into a thriving port and wine-trading center. Neoclassical architecture, tram-lined quays and café terraces set the scene for sipping a local vintage by the Garonne at golden hour.

Walk the curve of Playa de la Concha and the stately promenade to the Belle Époque balustrades framing this famed bay. Continue into Parte Vieja, where narrow lanes lead to lively plazas and elegant churches.

Hear tales of Basque traditions, surf culture, and seasonal festivals. Baroque facades and Atlantic breezes shape the mood as you browse pintxo counters, admire Belle Époque hotels, and soak in the seaside atmosphere between green hills and glittering water.

Explore the labyrinthine lanes of the Gothic Quarter and the leafy expanse of Las Ramblas. Stone arcades, hidden courtyards and medieval spires reveal Barcelona’s layers from Roman walls to modern street life.

Hear how Catalan identity shaped guild halls, markets and plazas. Street performers and produce stalls add color as you pass by the Cathedral and artisan shops, feeling the pulse of a city balancing history with creative energy.

Glide the coastal roads of the French Riviera with glimpses of coves, palms and belle époque villas set against the azure Mediterranean. Camera-ready viewpoints reveal yacht-studded bays and terracotta rooftops.

Hear how artists, film stars and royalty shaped the Côte d’Azur’s mystique. The contrast of pine-scented hills and glittering sea makes every bend a postcard, inviting quick stops for breezy photos and Riviera daydreams.

Step into a traditional French perfume house to learn the art of fragrance. Discover how master ‘noses’ balance top, heart and base notes, and sample blends inspired by Riviera sunlight.

From notes of lavender and citrus to Provencal herbs, uncover centuries of craft that made Grasse and the Côte d’Azur the heartland of perfumery. A boutique visit invites you to find a signature scent as a fragrant keepsake.

Walk the polished streets of the principality to the Royal Palace of Monaco on Le Rocher and the dazzling Monte Carlo Casino. Marble colonnades, palms and harbor of superyachts set the scene for Riviera glamour.

Hear tales of the Grimaldi dynasty and Grace Kelly as you take twilight photos of palace ramparts and Belle Époque facades. Savour the contrast of cliff-top old town and high-rolling casino quarter below.

Use your rail pass to hop between the clifftop villages of Cinque Terre National Park, where vineyards terrace down to the sea. Wander lanes of pastel-hued villages and reach viewpoints over the Ligurian coast.

Optional clifftop footpaths connect hamlets, offering sea-salt air and the sound of waves against rocky coves. Pause for focaccia and local white wine as church bells and fishing boats animate this UNESCO-listed coastline.

Visit the lawned expanse of Piazza dei Miracoli to photograph the iconic Leaning Tower of Pisa, a marvel of medieval engineering. Capture playful perspective shots with gleaming white marble as your backdrop.

Admire the Romanesque Cathedral and Baptistery’s sculpted arcades while learning how soft ground shaped the tower’s tilt. Souvenir stalls, green lawns and ringing bells complete the scene in Tuscany’s most famous square.

Stroll Renaissance streets on a Florence walking tour, taking in the Duomo and Baptistery, Piazza della Signoria and Ponte Vecchio’s goldsmith shops. Marble facades and statues reveal the city of Dante and the Medici.

At a traditional leather workshop, artisans explain tanning and stitching techniques that made Florentine goods sought worldwide. The rich scent of hide and burnished tooling showcase a craft passed through generations.

Sail from the Sorrentine Peninsula on a ferry to Capri, arriving at Marina Grande to explore lanes and café terraces. Ride up to the Piazzetta or amble cliff paths with vistas of the Faraglioni sea stacks.

Hear of emperors who summered here and Hollywood icons who made the island a byword for dolce vita. Time for espresso, artisan boutiques and lemon-scented treats rounds out a sparkling island escape.

Walk cobblestoned lanes to the Trevi Fountain, the Pantheon’s portico and Piazza Navona with its Baroque fountains. Street musicians and glowing palazzi set a timeless Roman mood.

Hear how emperors, popes and sculptors shaped this open-air museum. Gelaterie, trattorie and cobblestoned streets provide delicious detours as you orient among Rome’s headline icons and hidden corners alike.

Wander medieval lanes to Juliet’s House (Casa di Giulietta) and its ivy-clad courtyard before viewing the mighty Roman Arena. Frescoed facades and café piazzas reveal a city of merchants and music.

Hear how Shakespeare’s tale put Verona on the map and how opera still fills the Arena’s ancient stone. Browse boutiques and wine bars as romance and history weave through every archway.

Skim across the lagoon by private motoscafo to the heart of Venice, stepping out onto St Mark’s Square beside campanile and basilica domes. Palaces line canals where gondolas drift beneath the Bridge of Sighs.

Hear how merchants and Doges built a maritime empire on timber piles and trade. Marble lions, mosaic glints and echoing arcades set the scene for your own explorations of this aqueous masterpiece.

See modern and historic icons on an evening drive past the Brandenburg Gate, Reichstag and boulevard Unter den Linden to Alexanderplatz. Illuminated monuments trace a city reinventing itself.

Hear how Prussian pomp, wartime scars and Cold War division gave way to reunification and creative resurgence. Your orientation frames neighborhoods you’ll dive into later—from museum-lined avenues to gritty-cool quarters.

Head into the countryside to a working cheese-making farm for tastings and a hearty Dutch dinner. Craftspeople share a lively clog-making demonstration, spotlighting woodcraft rooted in rural life.

Learn how milk becomes Gouda and Edam rounds, and try your hand at a local game between courses. Rustic beams, farm aromas and warm hospitality deliver a flavorful finale to your Netherlands stay.

Roll up your sleeves for a hands-on cooking class preparing market-fresh paella and tapas with a local chef. Discover sustainable sourcing and zero-waste tips as you cook and feast together.

This optional MAKE TRAVEL MATTER Experience is at additional cost and bookable on tour. Celebrate community over Catalan flavors and local ingredients that support small producers.

Pedal the seafront on a coastal bike ride, tracing palm-lined boulevards like the Promenade des Anglais. Sea air, beach vistas and pastel architecture make for easy, scenic cruising.

This optional experience is at additional cost and bookable on tour. Stop for photos of bays and belle époque hotels, then roll into cafés for a refreshing pause with Riviera views.

Visit a family-run farm to watch curds stretch into fresh mozzarella, then sit down to a rustic feast of garden produce, house olive oil and sunny limoncello.

This optional experience is at additional cost and bookable on tour. Warm hosts, orchard scents and Neapolitan flavors deliver a delicious window into rural Campania life.

Walk ancient streets with a specialist guide to Pompeii, exploring villas, baths and bakeries frozen by the eruption of AD 79. Frescoes and mosaics bring Roman daily life into sharp focus.

This optional experience is at additional cost and bookable on tour. Forum views and plaster casts offer powerful context, while Mount Vesuvius rises beyond as a reminder of nature’s force.

Tackle white-water rafting on glacier-fed rivers, paddling through alpine gorges with expert guides. Cold spray, pine scents and mountain backdrops dial up the adrenaline.

This optional experience is at additional cost and bookable on tour. Safety briefings and provided gear make it accessible; exhilarating rapids and calmer stretches keep the smiles wide.

Follow a local on a guided bike tour through alpine meadows and villages, tracing rivers and lanes framed by chalet balconies and bell towers.

This optional experience is at additional cost and bookable on tour. Frequent stops for photos and viewpoints highlight Tyrolean scenery—from dairy pastures to snow-dusted peaks.

Launch from a grassy slope with an expert pilot for tandem paragliding, soaring above valleys, chalets and misty mountain passes in smooth alpine thermals.

This optional experience is at additional cost and bookable on tour. Silent flight and sweeping bird’s-eye views make an indelible highlight for thrill-seekers and photographers alike.

Trace history on foot to Checkpoint Charlie, preserved stretches of the Berlin Wall and the discreet site of Hitler’s bunker. Guides unpack wartime devastation and decades of division.

This optional experience is at additional cost and bookable on tour. Memorials, murals and archival photos reveal Berlin’s resilience and the city’s path to reunification.

Explore street art and creative hubs across Kreuzberg and Friedrichshain, decoding giant murals, hidden courtyards and artist collectives with a local insider.

This optional experience is at additional cost and bookable on tour. Learn how squats, clubs and galleries fueled a counter-culture that makes Berlin a magnet for makers and musicians.

Drift beneath low arches on a classic canal cruise, passing merchant houses with Golden Age gables. Skippers share stories of trade, tilt hooks and island engineering.

This optional experience is at additional cost and bookable on tour. Sunset brings magical reflections on the water as bicycles and bell towers slide by your window.

Venture to NDSM Wharf to explore STRAAT Museum, a vast industrial space filled with warehouse-scale murals and installations by global street artists.

This optional experience is at additional cost and bookable on tour. Curated exhibits unpack techniques and movements, while the shipyard’s gritty-chic setting embodies Amsterdam’s creative spirit.

Discover the City of Light on a coach as you join a guided panoramic tour, gliding past the Eiffel Tower, Arc de Triomphe, and the grand sweep of the Champs-Élysées. Bridges and facades glow along the Seine embankments, revealing Paris at its most cinematic.

Hear stories of kings, revolutions, and roaring cafés while the skyline sparkles. Photo stops capture ironwork and Belle Époque elegance, setting the tone for time in the world’s capital of art and style.

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