• 4 Dinner (D)
• 10 Breakfast (B)

• See Amsterdam • Alte Mainbruckem and Marienburg Fortress in Wurzburg • Rothenburg-ob-der-Tauber • Old Town Square, St Vitus Cathedral and Prague Castle • Váci Utca and Gellért Hill in Budapest • Hofburg Imperial Residence, Opera House, Parliament Building and Karlskirche in Vienna • St. Mark’s Square and Doge’s Palace in Venice.

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

• Amsterdam: Toast to the travels ahead during your dinner of modern European cuisine at a local restaurant. 
• Budapest: Enjoy a scenic dinner cruise and take in the city’s night time beauty as you float along the Danube.
• Venice: Savour a Venetian dinner with wine in a restaurant in the heart of this historic city.

• 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?

• Budapest: Enjoy a tour of the Liszt Music Academy with a student, followed by an enchanting recital. Producing incredible musical talent, the university was founded by piano virtuoso and composer Franz Liszt in 1875.
• Vienna: Be pampered with traditional coffee and cake. An experience like no other, this cosy cafe provides companionship, and promotes well-being and support for the community, in addition to crafting delicious treats.

Toast the journey ahead during a dinner with wine featuring modern European cuisine at a locally loved restaurant. Settle in and meet your fellow travellers as Amsterdam’s easy conviviality takes hold.

Savour seasonal flavours and coastal influences while soaking up the warm Dutch sense of gezelligheid. The lively atmosphere and modern European cuisine provide a sociable start that sets the tone for days of discovery.

Glide the storied Middle Rhine with a glass of local wine in hand as vineyards and turreted castles scroll by. Keep your camera ready for the fabled Lorelei Rock and the silhouettes of Burg Rheinfels, Burg Katz and Burg Maus along the steep banks.

This UNESCO-listed gorge unfolds a classic river panorama: slate cliffs, half-timbered villages and busy barges revealing centuries of trade and legend. Informal commentary enriches the scene as you relax on deck.

Stroll Wurzburg’s baroque lanes to the statue-lined Alte Mainbrucke, a beloved vantage over the River Main. From here, gaze across to the hilltop Marienberg Fortress and the vine-clad slopes of Franconian wine country.

Hear how prince-bishops shaped this city’s squares and churches as you admire pastel facades and lively riverside life. It’s an easy, photogenic introduction to northern Bavaria’s cultural heart.

Walk the medieval ramparts of Rothenburg ob der Tauber, tracing cobbled lanes past half-timbered houses, watchtowers and city gates. Pause at the fairy-tale bend of the Plonlein for classic photos of Franconia’s most cherished townscape.

Discover how merchants and craftsmen shaped this free imperial city, its intimate scale preserved by shifting trade routes. The atmosphere invites lingering exploration among gabled rooftops and market squares.

Explore the courtyards of Prague Castle with a Local Specialist and step inside St. Vitus Cathedral, where stained glass ignites the soaring Gothic vaults. From this hilltop stronghold, the city’s red roofs and the Vltava spread out in grand perspective.

Hear of Bohemian kings and modern presidents who ruled from here, tracing architectural layers from Romanesque to Baroque as you move between palaces and lanes.

Walk Prague’s Jewish Quarter (Josefov) with a Local Specialist to visit the storied Old-New Synagogue and the moss-softened Old Jewish Cemetery. Legends of Rabbi Loew and the Golem mingle with moving records of community life.

Discover rites, resilience and scholarship that shaped this district beside the Old Town. Intricate Hebrew inscriptions and timeworn stone bear witness to centuries of continuity.

Board an elegant vessel for a dinner cruise as the facades of the Parliament Building, Buda Castle and the Chain Bridge shimmer to life. Courses of Hungarian cuisine pair with local wines while the skyline drifts by in reflection.

Between Buda and Pest, appreciate why this UNESCO-listed riverfront is called the Pearl of the Danube. The gentle hum of the boat and city lights create a celebratory mood.

Take in the grand Andrássy Avenue to Heroes’ Square and explore Buda Old Town with a Local Specialist, pausing at Fisherman’s Bastion for cinematic views across the Danube.

Learn how bridges knit Buda and Pest into one city and how imperial boulevards framed a modern capital. From cobbles to cafés, Budapest’s layered character reveals itself in sweeping perspectives.

Step inside the Liszt Music Academy on a student-led tour that opens rehearsal rooms and the ornate main hall, and enjoy a short live recital. The atmosphere hums with Budapest’s virtuoso tradition.

Founded in 1875 by Franz Liszt, the conservatory’s Art Nouveau details and warm acoustics embody the city’s devotion to music. Hearing it within these walls adds rare immediacy.

Admire the imperial sweep of the Ringstrasse on a guided city tour, passing the Vienna State Opera, Hofburg Imperial Residence, Parliament and Karlskirche, and explore on foot through the elegant lanes of the Innere Stadt.

Settle into a historic café to linger over coffee and cake, a ritual at the heart of Viennese life. Stories of emperors, composers and café society animate the grand facades you’ve just admired.

Travel by boat along the Giudecca Canal for a waterside introduction to Venice as palazzi, campanili and shipyards slide past. Your Travel Director points out landmarks including the Doge’s Palace and St Mark’s Square.

The vantage from the lagoon reveals how this maritime republic rose on pilings and trade. It’s a graceful introduction that attunes you to the cadence of city and tide.

Sip a cocktail in St Mark’s Square while being serenaded by musicians as evening light washes the arcades and basilica. The timeless setting beneath the Campanile feels pure Venetian theatre.

Settle into a characterful restaurant nearby for regional dishes paired with Veneto wines and warm hospitality. It’s an atmospheric night that celebrates la dolce vita on the lagoon.

Explore St Mark’s Square, dominated by its basilica and the soaring Campanile, and admire the Gothic grandeur of the Doge’s Palace linked to the old prisons.

Witness a traditional Murano glassblowing demonstration, where masters shape molten glass using techniques honed since the Renaissance. The heat, rhythm and precision reveal Venice’s ingenuity in miniature.

Drift past riverfront facades on a Vltava River Cruise, gliding beneath the statues of Charles Bridge with the Prague Castle skyline rising beyond. It’s a serene, camera-ready perspective on the city.

This optional experience is at additional cost and bookable on tour. A narrated route points out key landmarks while you enjoy the gentle rhythm of the river.

Join an exclusive private tour of Schonbrunn Palace, exploring chandeliered state rooms associated with Empress Maria Theresa, and stroll the formal gardens laid out in Baroque symmetry.

This optional experience is at additional cost and bookable on tour. Hear of imperial life and musical premieres as you admire frescoes, parquet floors and the long vista to the Gloriette.

Board a boat to cruise the Venetian lagoon to the island of Burano, a fishing community famous for pastel-painted houses mirrored in quiet canals.

This optional experience is at additional cost and bookable on tour. Linger over a seafood lunch with local wine and learn about the island’s lace-making heritage before returning across open water with views back to Venice.

Insight Vacations

Settle in and cruise the canals on a glass-topped boat, slipping past Golden Age gabled mansions, merchant houses and stone-arched bridges within the UNESCO 17th-century canal ring. Hear stories of trade, artists and everyday life that shaped the Dutch capital.

From the waterline, watch bicycles flash by, houseboats bob and spires rise over the Jordaan and Old Centre. This relaxed orientation reveals the city’s human scale and photogenic perspectives from a uniquely Dutch vantage.