• 5 Dinner (D)
• 22 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, we recommend that you carry the British Pound, Euro, Czech Koruna, Polish Zloty, Hungarian Forint, and the Swiss Franc. (It’s a coin collector’s dream!)
• London: This trip includes plenty of interesting Free Time Add-Ons in Amsterdam. So if you’re planning to do any other activity, and looking to book in advance – it’s best to book your tickets between 12-3PM. Of course, you can always book any other time (we’re all about freedom to explore!). But make sure you don’t miss the other activities, or a coach transfer to the accommodation!
• 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.
• Auschwitz-Birkenau Memorial and Museum: Due to new regulations, we cannot guarantee Auschwitz entry tickets for bookings made less than 60 days before your visit. We’ll make every effort to secure your ticket, but if we’re unable to do so, we’ll provide an alternative included experience of equal value.
• 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.

• Berlin: Heads up culture vultures. Here’s your chance to check out the longest open-air gallery in the world.
• Berlin: Get your culture on. It’s time to see Tiergarten, Alexanderplatz, the Russian War Memorial, Brandenburg Gate and the historic Reichstag building. 
• Dresden: See the Baroque architecture that was rebuilt after the WWII bombings. Royal Residence, Zwinger Palace, Opera House and Frauenkirche.
• Prague: Walk through the winding cobbled streets and head up into the fairytale-like Castle District for panoramic city views.
• Prague: Charles Bridge. Wenceslas Square. Old Town Square. The Astronomical Clock. See them all IRL in this whimsical city. 
• Kutna Hora: We’ll have some free time to explore the quaint town of Kutná Hora. Looking for an experience you’ll feel in your bones? Don’t miss your chance to check out the local Sedlec Ossuary Chapel – decorated on the inside with 40,000 human skeletons (additional cost applies).
• Vienna: Buckle up for a scenic drive along the historic Ring Road of Vienna. See St Stephen’s Cathedral and the State Opera House as you go. 
• Kraków: Get your bearings in this medieval Polish city. Our orientation will get you familiar with the cathedral, Royal Castle and all the best places to grab a beer.  
• Auschwitz-Birkenau Memorial and Museum: Reflect on the tragedies of the past with a solemn visit to the largest concentration camp in World War II. Please note: Due to new regulations we cannot guarantee tickets for Auschwitz for bookings made less than 60 days prior to your visit. We will make every effort to secure your ticket however if we are unable to do so we will provide an alternative inclusion of equal value. 
• Banská Bystrica: This historic Slovakian city is filled with ornate buildings and framed by snow-capped mountains. It’s the perfect Insta backdrop! 
• Ljubljana: Join your new gang for an orientation of Slovenia’s fairytale-like capital. Get your fix of rainbow architecture, Insta-friendly bridges and epic mountain backdrops.
• Venice: Speed across the lagoon to the aqueous island of Venice.
• Rome: Stroll around the Italian capital, ticking off some sights on your bucket list! 
• Pisa: Your ultimate chance to ‘hold the tower up’ as you pose for that classic Insta snap. 
• 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.
• Paris: Your chance to learn the art of fragrance at a Parisian perfume house. You know it makes scents! (soz).

Tie on an apron to hand-roll fresh pasta with local chefs, from silky tagliatelle to stuffed shapes. Stir sauces, master a fold or two, and toast la dolce vita with a glass of wine.

Dine on your creations while hearing how Roman cucina povera inspired timeless dishes. This optional class and meal are at additional cost and bookable on tour.

Visit the Auschwitz-Birkenau Memorial and Museum to reflect on the tragedies of the past. Exhibitions, barracks and guard towers confront the machinery of persecution and the human stories preserved here.

Guided commentary provides context and space for remembrance at Europe’s largest former Nazi concentration and extermination camp. Entry is subject to local regulations; in rare cases, an alternative included experience of equal historical value may be arranged.

Visit Pisa’s Campo dei Miracoli to see the Leaning Tower of Pisa, Cathedral and Baptistery gleaming in white marble. The gentle tilt—caused by soft subsoil—has fascinated visitors for centuries.

Capture the classic perspective trick or study the Romanesque carvings up close. This is a concise, iconic stop that blends playful photography with a look at medieval engineering and Tuscan artistry.

Walk through 20th-century Berlin with a local specialist, tracing sites linked to the Nazi era, the location of Hitler’s underground bunker and the stark Holocaust Memorial.

Powerful storytelling connects everyday streets to world-shaping decisions, ending with context on division and reunification. This optional experience is at additional cost and bookable on tour.

Explore Kreuzberg and Friedrichshain to decode street art and creative spaces. From sprawling murals to hidden courtyards, see how artists reclaimed post-industrial Berlin with color, clubs and collectives.

Learn how squats, galleries and cafés powered the city’s global reputation for experimentation. This optional tour is at additional cost and bookable on tour.

Hop between bàcari wine bars to sample regional wines and cicchetti—bite-size Venetian plates like baccalà mantecato and sarde in saor. Learn how lagoon life shaped the menu.

Standing counters, lively chatter and carafes set a neighborhood rhythm older than the Republic itself. This optional tasting walk is at additional cost and bookable on tour.

Experience imperial Vienna on a circuit of the Ringstrasse, taking in the State Opera House, Hofburg Palace and grand museums. In the old town, admire the patterned roof and soaring nave of St. Stephen’s Cathedral.

Hear stories of Habsburg pageantry, waltzing ballrooms and coffeehouse rituals. When time allows, stroll the gardens framing Schonbrunn’s palace facade, a glimpse of royal leisure and baroque landscaping finesse.

Get your bearings in Kraków’s medieval core around Rynek Glówny, the vast Market Square crowned by the Cloth Hall and the twin towers of St. Mary’s Basilica. Spot the Royal Route leading toward Wawel Castle.

Absorb tales of merchants, scholars and kings as you pass Gothic lanes and Renaissance courtyards. Tips for pierogi, craft beer and local haunts ensure you’ll soak in the old-town atmosphere later at your own pace.

Stretch your legs in colorful Banská Bystrica, framed by the Low Tatras. Stroll past pastel facades on Slovak National Uprising Square and the leaning clock tower, with mountain silhouettes beyond.

Hear how medieval mining wealth and 20th-century resistance shaped this central Slovak town. It’s a scenic pause for photos, snacks and a quick taste of everyday life away from the main tourist routes.

Speed across the lagoon by private motoscafo, skimming past fishermen’s islets and campanili rising from the water. As the skyline sharpens, St. Mark’s Basin unfolds with palazzi mirrored in the canals.

Glide into the world’s most singular city, where stone squares meet tides and sunset over the lagoon stains marble facades with rose and gold. Your landing sets the tone for Venice’s watery magic.

Stroll Rome’s storied streets to the Trevi Fountain, the columned Pantheon and lively Piazza Navona. Expect exterior views of the Colosseum and the Forum’s fragments of empire.

Hear how emperors, popes and artists layered the city from marble antiquity to Baroque spectacle. Fountains burble, espresso aromas drift and piazzas buzz—perfect cues to pause for photos and reflection amid the Eternal City’s drama.

Discover Slovenia’s capital along the Ljubljanica River, crossing the Triple Bridge and Dragon Bridge into Prešeren Square. Gentle Art Nouveau curves and architect Jože Plecnik’s touches give the old town its airy grace.

Hear about local legends and café culture as you pass riverside markets and pastel facades, with Alpine peaks on the horizon. It’s a compact, creative city that rewards slow wandering and people-watching.

Cruise the canals as bridges glow and gables reflect in inky water. From the Jordaan to the Golden Bend, Amsterdam’s UNESCO-listed waterways reveal the city’s merchant-age grandeur and modern buzz.

Glide under low arches while hearing stories of spice traders, houseboats and quirky narrow homes. This optional experience is at additional cost and bookable on tour, typically with a drink to toast the city lights.

Leave the canals for the polder to taste farmhouse flavors—think local cheeses, hearty dishes and cosy barn-table hospitality. Meet your hosts and learn why water management and dairying shaped the Dutch landscape.

Expect stories of clogs, cows and centuries-old windmills as you dine family-style. This optional countryside experience is at additional cost and bookable on tour, offering a warm window into rural life beyond the city.

Ascend to a city viewpoint to survey Amsterdam’s rooftops and rings of canals. Spot church spires, modern docklands and the snaking IJ waterway as day fades to neon.

It’s a striking way to map the city’s concentric design and maritime DNA before exploring at street level. This optional ticket is at additional cost and bookable on tour.

Sample regional dishes while folk musicians and dancers bring Moravian and Bohemian traditions to life. Expect hearty plates, clinking steins and lively rhythms in a warm, wood-beamed setting.

Your hosts share customs and costumes that thread countryside heritage into city nights. This optional dinner is at additional cost and bookable on tour.

Enter the famed bone chapel to see chandeliers and coats of arms crafted from human remains—an arresting memento mori born of medieval burial practices. It’s a rare blend of devotion and design.

Context from your team helps unpack how a sacred site became a macabre Baroque curiosity. This optional entrance is at additional cost and bookable on tour.

Hear Mozart and Strauss performed in an elegant Viennese venue, where crystal chandeliers and gilded halls echo with waltzes and arias. Music is the city’s mother tongue.

Brief introductions set each piece in context—from imperial salons to fin-de-siècle salons—so you can sink into the Velvet Age atmosphere. This optional concert is at additional cost and bookable on tour.

Cruise the Danube past the floodlit Parliament, Buda Castle and the Chain Bridge while enjoying a Hungarian dinner. The city’s twin banks glow like a riverside stage.

Learn how unification joined Buda, Pest and Óbuda as landmarks drift by to gentle music. This optional evening is at additional cost and bookable on tour.

Slip into steaming pools to soak in Budapest’s bath culture, a legacy of Ottoman and Habsburg eras. Dome-lit halls and neo-baroque colonnades create a calming, time-out ritual.

Between saunas and plunge pools, locals chat chess moves and weekend plans—your window into daily life. This optional entrance is at additional cost and bookable on tour.

Drift through quiet rii with a gondolier to glide beneath stone bridges and along timeworn palazzi. Hear the soft splash of the oar and the city’s watery heartbeat.

Backstreet canals reveal washing lines, courtyard wells and hidden campi—Venice at eye-level. This optional ride is at additional cost and bookable on tour.

Gather in a cosy chalet setting to dip crusty bread into molten cheese, paired with alpine sides and stories of mountain life. It’s warmth, comfort and conviviality in a pot.

Hear how dairying traditions shaped Swiss identity from valley pastures to winter tables. This optional dinner is at additional cost and bookable on tour.

Ascend by train or cable car to misty mountain passes and panoramic platforms above the Jungfrau or nearby peaks. Glaciers, serrated ridgelines and toy-town chalets unfurl below.

Learn how Swiss engineering conquers altitude as you step into crisp, high-alpine air. This optional excursion is at additional cost and bookable on tour, weather dependent.

Launch with your pilot to float above turquoise lakes Thun and Brienz, tracing valleys framed by snow-capped summits. Gentle thermals carry you over meadows and chalet rooftops.

It’s a serene, camera-ready flight with big-sky views and soft hillside landings. This optional activity is at additional cost and bookable on tour, weather and weight limits permitting.

Sit down to a sparkling evening where sequins, live music and high-kicks revive the Belle Époque spirit. A classic French menu pairs with champagne as theatre lights and feathers take center stage.

From cancan history to contemporary choreography, it’s Parisian nightlife distilled. This optional experience is at additional cost and bookable on tour.

Visit a historic Parisian perfume house to learn the art of fragrance. Discover how perfumers blend top, heart and base notes, and test your nose on classic accords that have perfumed Parisian salons for centuries.

Trace the city’s olfactory heritage from royal courts to modern ateliers, while hearing stories of iconic bottles and muses. Leave with insider tips on choosing a signature scent that lingers with memories of the City of Light.

Join a guided panoramic tour to see the Brandenburg Gate, the glass-domed Reichstag, Tiergarten and Alexanderplatz. Hear how reunification reshaped the skyline and daily life in Germany’s capital.

Walk a preserved stretch of the Berlin Wall at the East Side Gallery, the world’s longest open-air mural. Powerful artworks and site stories trace the Cold War’s fault lines and the city’s rebirth as a creative, progressive metropolis.

Explore the revamped Baroque heart of Dresden, pausing at the Zwinger Palace, the elegant Frauenkirche and the Semperoper. Stately facades and riverfront vistas reveal why this Elbe city was once called the “Florence on the Elbe.”

Learn how wartime devastation in 1945 was followed by decades of meticulous restoration. Today’s cobbles, cupolas and galleries speak to a resilient spirit and a cultural scene flourishing once more.

Walk the cobbles from the Charles Bridge into the Castle District for sweeping views over red-tiled roofs and the spires of St. Vitus Cathedral. Your orientation reveals lanes once trodden by Bohemian kings.

Descend to Old Town to see the Astronomical Clock, Old Town Square and Wenceslas Square. Hear how Gothic, Baroque and Art Nouveau layers shaped this enchanting capital’s skyline and café culture.

Join a guided panoramic tour to admire the Eiffel Tower, the Arc de Triomphe and the grand sweep of the Champs-Élysées. Glide past the Louvre’s glass pyramid and the bridges of the Seine toward Île de la Cité for views of Notre-Dame’s resilient facade.

Hear how Baron Haussmann’s 19th-century boulevards reshaped Paris and forged the city’s elegant rhythm. Expect time to pause for photos and reflection as you absorb the contrast from medieval lanes to Belle Époque grandeur.

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