• 21 Breakfast (B)
• 3 Dinner (D)

• 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: Yep. If you’re booking a twin room as a couple, you’ll be roomed together.

• Amsterdam: Best way to break the ice? By breaking bread of course. You and your new besties can bond over dinner before heading out to explore. 
• 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.
• 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.
• 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! 
• Florence: See the Duomo, Basilica Santa Croce, Giotto’s Bell Tower, the Baptistery & Piazza della Signoria on a locally guided walking tour of Florence.
• 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).

Visit the Auschwitz I and Birkenau sites for a sober encounter with the Holocaust. Walk the memorial grounds in reflection, guided by exhibits, preserved barracks and testimonies that illuminate lives lost and lessons carried forward.

Contextual commentary helps frame this difficult chapter in European history with dignity and respect. Entry is subject to museum regulations; on day 9 an alternative inclusion may be provided if tickets cannot be secured due to local rules.

Cruise Amsterdam’s UNESCO-listed rings after dusk as arched bridges twinkle and canal houses glow behind tall windows. Glide past gabled mansions and warehouses that recall the trading fortunes of the Dutch Golden Age.

This optional experience is at additional cost and bookable on tour. Sip a drink while guides share tales of merchants, artists and free-thinkers who shaped the city’s watery maze.

Travel to Volendam’s wooden houses on the Markermeer shore for a cozy Dutch dinner. Taste fresh North Sea flavors — think crispy kibbeling or smoked eel — paired with local sides in a postcard-pretty harbor.

This optional experience is at additional cost and bookable on tour. Learn about traditional dress, lake fishing heritage and life in one of the Netherlands’ most storied villages.

Trace the city’s turbulent 20th century on foot. Visit Checkpoint Charlie, walk Unter den Linden to Gendarmenmarkt, and contemplate the Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe with thoughtful commentary.

This optional experience is at additional cost and bookable on tour. Guides connect landmarks to lived stories of division, courage and reunification that continue to define Berlin.

Taste Prague beyond the postcards on a guided stroll featuring Czech classics and modern bites. Sample savory dumplings, artisan sausages and local craft beers, with stories of tavern culture and market traditions.

This optional experience is at additional cost and bookable on tour. Routes vary with the seasons, showcasing neighborhoods where old-world cellars meet new-wave kitchens.

Drift along the Danube as Buda Castle, the Hungarian Parliament and Chain Bridge glow on the riverbanks. Savor Hungarian dishes while a gentle commentary or music frames the city’s luminous skyline.

This optional experience is at additional cost and bookable on tour. The illuminated perspective reveals Budapest’s twin personalities — historic Buda and vibrant Pest — in one seamless panorama.

Roll, cut and shape fresh dough under a chef’s guidance before cooking your own Roman pasta. Learn the secrets of silky sauces — from cacio e pepe to amatriciana — then sit down to savor your handiwork with wine.

This optional experience is at additional cost and bookable on tour. It’s hands-on cucina that turns recipes into memories.

Settle into a legendary Parisian venue for an evening of high-kicking cabaret, shimmering costumes and live orchestra. Savor a French dinner as dancers and acrobats bring Belle Époque glamour into the present.

This optional experience is at additional cost and bookable on tour. It’s a sparkling finale that pairs stagecraft with the city’s taste for spectacle.

Explore Dresden’s restored Baroque heart, where treasures once lost to WWII have risen again. Admire the Frauenkirche with its distinctive dome, the elegant Zwinger Palace, the stately Royal Residence and the Semperoper.

Hear how meticulous reconstruction returned “Florence on the Elbe” to splendour, from porcelain pavilions to courtyards and galleries. The city’s resilience is written into every sandstone facade and river view.

Explore the hilltop precinct of Prague Castle and its lanes of Hradcany with panoramic city views over spires and bridges. Wander past St. Vitus Cathedral’s Gothic pinnacles and descend toward the cobbles of Old Town.

Along the way, your guide weaves tales of Bohemian kings, astronomers, and artisans, setting the scene for time by the Charles Bridge and lively squares framed by medieval guild houses.

Stroll Kraków’s UNESCO-listed core to get your bearings around Rynek Glówny, Europe’s grand medieval square. Pass St. Mary’s Basilica, Cloth Hall arcades and cafés tucked beneath Renaissance facades.

Continue to Wawel Castle and Cathedral to hear how Polish monarchs shaped national identity from this limestone hill above the Vistula. Your orientation ends with pointers to cellar bars, pierogi spots and riverside walks.

Pause in central Slovakia to explore Banská Bystrica’s colourful square framed by Renaissance and Baroque townhouses. Survey the Leaning Clock Tower, admire facades touched by the old mining guilds, and capture mountain-framed views.

Once enriched by copper and silver, the city’s prosperity shows in ornate portals, arcades and a compact medieval layout. It’s a charming window onto the heart of the Carpathians.

Wander riverside promenades and pastel facades on an orientation walk through Slovenia’s capital. Cross the Triple Bridge, spot whimsical dragons on the Dragon Bridge, and explore the markets beneath Ljubljana Castle’s hill.

Hear how architect Jože Plecnik shaped the city’s human-scaled beauty with colonnades, squares and leafy embankments. Cafés spill onto cobbles, setting an inviting rhythm for your evening in town.

Speed across the lagoon by private boat, gliding past island silhouettes toward the heart of Venice. Step ashore near St Mark’s Square, where the basilica’s mosaics shimmer and the Campanile towers above arcaded cafés.

From the Grand Canal to tight backwater rii, this aquatic arrival sets the tone for a city without cars, where marble palazzi and quiet bridges unfold at walking pace.

Explore Rome’s historic core on foot, from tossing a coin at the Trevi Fountain to standing beneath the Pantheon’s soaring dome. Continue to Piazza Navona, where fountains play against Baroque facades.

Your orientation highlights storied lanes, espresso bars and gelaterie while threading centuries of history — emperors, popes and artists — into a compact, walkable circuit you can revisit by day or after sunset.

Join a locally guided walking tour through the cradle of the Renaissance. See the Duomo crowned by Brunelleschi’s dome, the Baptistery’s gilded doors, Giotto’s Bell Tower and the statues of Piazza della Signoria.

Visit the exterior of Basilica di Santa Croce, final resting place of Michelangelo and Galileo, while hearing how Medici patronage powered art and science that still shape Florence’s streetscape and soul.

See the City of Light at its most radiant on a night-time panoramic tour. Watch the Eiffel Tower sparkle, glide past the Arc de Triomphe and sweep along the Champs-Élysées and Seine embankments where bridges glow over the water.

Hear stories of Haussmann boulevards, royal squares and revolutions as Paris’s monuments illuminate the city’s enduring romance and rhythm.

Step inside a Parisian perfume institution to learn the art of fragrance. Discover how perfumers balance top, heart and base notes, and sample accords that define French olfactory style.

Guides reveal heritage methods, rare ingredients and the evolution of scent from royal courts to modern ateliers. Leave with a deeper appreciation of characterful perfumes that capture Paris in a bottle.

Head to the NDSM wharf to explore STRAAT Museum’s monumental murals inside a converted shipyard. Survey global street art — towering portraits, graphic abstractions and political pieces — curated with artist stories.

This optional experience is at additional cost and bookable on tour. Guides decode techniques from spray to stencil, showing how urban art moved from alleys to one of Europe’s boldest creative spaces.

Dive into creative Kreuzberg to explore street art alleys, community spaces and waterside hangouts along the Landwehr Canal. Spot ever-changing murals and learn how counterculture shaped the neighborhood.

This optional experience is at additional cost and bookable on tour. From market squares to micro-galleries, discover the social fabric behind Berlin’s edgy aesthetics.

Dress for an evening of melody in a gilded Viennese salon where Mozart and Strauss sparkle under crystal chandeliers. Enjoy chamber orchestra performances that bring imperial-era elegance to life.

This optional experience is at additional cost and bookable on tour. Hear waltzes, arias and polkas in a setting that celebrates Vienna’s golden age of music.

Soak in steaming pools at a grand spa such as Széchenyi or Gellért, mastering the ritual of hot-and-cold bathing in ornate halls and courtyards. Ease travel-weary muscles beneath neo-baroque vaults and tiled domes.

This optional experience is at additional cost and bookable on tour. Learn how mineral-rich waters became a cherished part of Budapest life from Ottoman times to today.

Float through quiet rii as your gondolier steers beneath low stone bridges and past peeling palazzi. Hear the gentle slap of oar on water while the city slips by at canal pace.

This optional experience is at additional cost and bookable on tour. A timeless Venetian ritual, it offers intimate perspectives unreachable by foot.

Snack like a local on a moveable feast through bacari wine bars. Sample cicchetti — crostini, fritti and seafood bites — paired with a glass of ombra as your guide decodes Venetian food lore.

This optional experience is at additional cost and bookable on tour. Routes wander through backstreets and campi, where artisans and daily markets shape Venice’s flavors.

Cross the Arno to artisan-filled streets around Santo Spirito. Taste Tuscan staples — pecorino, finocchiona and seasonal crostini — with a glass of Chianti, while your guide reveals neighborhood workshops and trattoria traditions.

This optional experience is at additional cost and bookable on tour. The Oltrarno’s local rhythm and flavors offer a delicious counterpoint to Florence’s grand piazzas.

Ride a cable car to alpine heights for far-reaching views of snowy peaks, glaciers and emerald lakes. On the summit, stroll viewpoint terraces and capture crisp mountain air as the panorama unfolds.

This optional experience is at additional cost and bookable on tour. Weather and operating routes determine the chosen peak on the day.

Launch with your pilot from a grassy take-off to soar over alpine meadows, rivers and rooftops. Feel the serenity of silent mountain air as you trace thermals and descend for a gentle landing.

This optional experience is at additional cost and bookable on tour. Weather-dependent, with professional gear and instruction provided for a spectacular bird’s-eye view of the Alps.

Join a guided panoramic tour through Germany’s capital to encounter layers of history and reinvention. See the Brandenburg Gate, the glass-domed Reichstag, sweeping Tiergarten and bustling Alexanderplatz, plus the solemn Russian War Memorial.

Hear how Berlin transformed from Prussian power to Cold War frontier and today’s creative metropolis. Your guide brings landmarks into focus with stories of division and reunification that still shape the city’s energy.

Walk along the longest surviving stretch of the Berlin Wall at the East Side Gallery, now a kilometer-long open-air canvas. Trace murals that fuse memory and protest, painted by artists from around the world in 1990.

Learn how these images — from the famous Trabant “breakthrough” to expressions of hope — marked a city’s rebirth. It’s a vivid encounter with Berlin’s recent past and its resilient, expressive present.

Contiki

Gaze across the English Channel at the luminous chalk escarpments of the White Cliffs of Dover. From the clifftops and shoreline, the sheer white walls rise above the sea, a natural landmark that has welcomed and farewelled travellers for centuries.

Learn how the cliffs’ striking hue comes from compressed marine organisms and soft chalk, and pause for photos and reflection as ferries trace the horizon. This iconic coastal scene sets an evocative tone for your European journey.

Break the ice with your travel crew over an included dinner in lively Amsterdam. Share stories and toast the journey ahead as you sample Dutch comfort plates and local brews in a city famed for convivial canalside cafés and creative spirit.

Get insider tips for exploring the Jordaan’s narrow lanes, canal rings and gabled houses dating from the Dutch Golden Age. This relaxed welcome sets the mood for nights of discovery under the city’s twinkling bridges.