Explore Vaduz, a petite capital nestled between Rhine valley meadows and alpine ridges. View cliff-perched Vaduz Castle and civic landmarks that anchor daily life in this sovereign microstate.

Uncover how the Principality of Liechtenstein evolved under the House of Liechtenstein and modern finance, while preserving rural traditions. Enjoy time to admire tidy squares and mountain backdrops unique to this pocket-sized nation.

Connect With Locals over a convivial Be My Guest dinner at the Pauw family’s farm in the Dutch countryside. Share farmhouse recipes and artisan cheeses as you learn how the family tends their herd and land.

Set among flat polders and wind-ruffled canals, the setting reveals how Dutch ingenuity mastered water. Stories of everyday life bring the Netherlands’ agrarian traditions to life while you meet your hosts and toast with a glass of local tipple.

• 8 Dinner (D)
• 20 Breakfast (B)

• Amsterdam: Cruise along the old waterways with your Travel Director and fellow travellers. Discover the architectural gems of the old city, including mansions dating from the Golden Age of the 17th Century.
• Rhineland: Cruise beneath semi-ruined castles and terraced vineyards. Sleepy villages slip by as you saunter upstream to the Lorelei Rock where the enchantress lured sailors to their doom.
• Heidelberg: See the magnificent red sandstone castle ruins, overlooking the Old Town and Neckar River.
• Rhine Falls: See Europe’s largest waterfall as the Rhine River surges over the cliffs in a powerful natural display.
• Lucerne: During an orientation with your Travel Director, see the Lion Monument, Old Town Hall and Chapel Bridge, the oldest wooden covered bridge in Europe.
• Vaduz: Explore Vaduz, the capital city of the Principality of Liechtenstein.
• Innsbruck: Nestled amidst majestic mountains, Innsbruck is a beautiful city offering a unique combination of nature, history, and culture. Stroll the streets of the picturesque Old Town and learn about its history with your Travel Director. 
• Salzburg: Join your Local Specialist to visit the formal gardens of Mirabell Palace and Residence Square – both locations used in ‘The Sound of Music.’ See the imposing fortress, the immense cathedral and Mozart’s birthplace on the lively Getreidegasse.
• Vienna: Walk through the first district, Inner Stadt, as your Local Specialist reveals the historic core of the city. Tour the Ring Road to see the Hofburg Imperial Residence, Opera House, Parliament Building and Karlskirche.
• Venice: Discover the ancient skill of Venetian glassblowing and play a part in preserving this traditional craft.
• Assisi: With a Local Specialist, find out why the Basilica of St. Francis is considered to be one of the crowning artistic achievements of 13th-century Europe.
• Pompeii: Walk with a Local Specialist through the cobbled streets of this ill-fated town, frozen in time since the 1st century.
• Capri: Join a Local Specialist for a guided walk through Capri’s elegant lanes and vibrant squares. Hear how this island has long attracted artists, writers and Hollywood icons. Visit historic landmarks and local boutiques, and discover how generations of islanders have lived alongside the glamour, from Roman emperors to the jet-set names of the 1950s and beyond.
• Rome: Experience Rome through the eyes of a local, as a passionate Roman guides you past the city’s most iconic sites.
• Rome: Be inspired by the magnificence of Michelangelo and Botticelli at the Vatican Museums.
• Florence: Join a Local Specialist to view the multicoloured marble cathedral, bell tower and baptistery, adorned by Ghiberti’s Gates of Paradise. Visit the political heart of the city, Signoria Square.
• Florence: See the area around Santa Croce Basilica, famous for the quality of its luxury goods, and witness a gold and leatherwork demonstration.
• Pisa: In the Piazza dei Miracoli, see the baptistery, cathedral and the famous Leaning Tower of Pisa.
• Monaco City: See the cathedral where Prince Rainier and Princess Grace were married.
• Saint-Paul-de-Vence: Discover the beauty of this hilltop town and gain insight into why it became a refuge for artists.
• Avignon: View the Pont d’Avignon and walk the medieval narrow streets of the Old Town to the Palais des Papes.
• Beaune: Join your Travel Director for an orientation walk through Beaune’s medieval centre. Pass wine shops, timber-framed buildings and lively market squares as you get a feel for this historic Burgundy town. Along the way, hear how wine, trade and tradition have shaped daily life in one of France’s best-loved wine capitals.
• Paris: Join a Local Specialist to discover the hidden squares and secret lanes of Paris.

• Deluxe coach travel
• Selected hotel dinners plus a locally hosted meal
• 4-star stays

Explore Pompeii with a Local Specialist, tracing basalt streets past villas, bathhouses and bakeries frozen by Vesuvius in 79 CE. Faded frescoes and stepping stones chart daily life stopped in its tracks.

Hear how ash preserved everything from wine amphorae to political graffiti. Views towards the brooding volcano add context to this poignant open-air museum of Roman urban life.

Visit the Piazza dei Miracoli to view the Leaning Tower, Romanesque Cathedral and Baptistery aligned on emerald lawns. Marble arcades and striped facades showcase Pisan artistry.

Hear how soil subsidence tilted the campanile and how engineers stabilized it for future generations. Legends of Galileo and maritime Pisa enrich this snapshot of Tuscany’s medieval power.

Wander the ramparts and cobbles of Saint-Paul-de-Vence, a medieval aerie where galleries spill into sun-washed lanes and stone archways frame Provence’s silvery olive groves.

Hear why artists and actors sought refuge here, from Chagall to the post-war avant-garde. The village’s bastions and fountains set a quietly lyrical mood perfect for pause for photos and reflection.

Cruise the Venetian Lagoon to colorful Burano, where fishermen’s houses glow in pastel hues and lace-making traditions endure. Stroll quiet canals before a relaxed dinner in a family-run trattoria.

This experience is offered at additional cost, bookable on tour, and often timed for golden-hour light over the lagoon, adding a gentle, romantic coda to your day in Venice.

Savour a Roman dinner featuring seasonal antipasti, a classic pasta and regional specialties paired with local wine in an atmospheric trattoria. Lively conversation and clinking glasses set a warm Italian rhythm.

As domes and fountains glow after dark, your Travel Director can arrange this at additional cost, bookable on tour. It’s a relaxed way to steep in Rome’s culinary soul.

Experience a Parisian cabaret where feathered costumes, live music and high-energy choreography deliver a sparkling revue. Champagne on ice and red-velvet ambience amplify the city’s nighttime glamour.

Tracing its lineage to the Belle Époque, the cabaret remains a signature Paris ritual. Your Travel Director can arrange tickets at additional cost, bookable on tour, for an unforgettable evening in the City of Light.

Cruise the 17th-century waterways on a scenic cruise through Amsterdam’s canals, drifting past gabled mansions, skinny bridges and flower-decked houseboats. Glide below stone arches as golden light skims brick facades from the Dutch Golden Age.

Gain perspective on the UNESCO-listed canal ring and how commerce, shipbuilding and the spice and tulip trades shaped the city. Your Travel Director’s commentary highlights hidden courtyards and warehouses reborn as chic lofts, inviting you to soak in the waterside atmosphere.

Board a riverboat to cruise the River Rhine between Boppard and St. Goar, where turreted castles crown vine-striped slopes. Drift past half-timbered villages to the fabled Lorelei Rock, a dramatic slate cliff that looms over a sinuous bend.

Hear tales of river pilots, toll castles and the siren who, legend says, lured sailors to their doom. This UNESCO Upper Middle Rhine Valley reveals Germany’s storied wine heartland, perfect for photos of misty mountain passes and sunlit terraces.

Walk Heidelberg’s romantic lanes to a vantage point overlooking the Heidelberg Castle, a red-sandstone ruin watching over the Neckar River. Meander among baroque facades and university courtyards alive with student life.

Learn how wars and lightning left the castle in evocative ruin, inspiring poets of the Romantic era. Your stroll reveals wine taverns, the Old Bridge and squares where you can pause for photos and reflection on Germany’s oldest university town.

Stand before Europe’s largest waterfall to view the Rhine Falls as sheets of water thunder over the limestone ledge. Mist rises from the churning pool while emerald currents race towards the Swiss lowlands.

Hear how Ice Age geology carved this spectacle near Schaffhausen and spot the castle-topped promontories framing the cascade. It’s a powerful natural interlude where you can pause for photos and reflection at one of Switzerland’s signature sights.

Join your Travel Director to walk Lucerne’s historic heart, visiting the mournful Lion Monument, hewn into sandstone in memory of Swiss Guards lost in 1792. Cross the flower-lined Chapel Bridge with its landmark Water Tower.

Hear how medieval guilds, lake trade and alpine passes shaped this compact city. Glimpses of frescoed facades and mountain-rimmed vistas set the tone for Lucerne’s blend of lakeside calm and living history.

Stroll arcaded lanes to see the Golden Roof, where Habsburg rulers once watched Tyrolean festivities. Past pastel facades and onion-domed spires, the Alps rise like a painted backdrop above the Inn River.

Hear stories of imperial weddings, winter sports legends and mountain folklore that shape this “Capital of the Alps.” It’s a compact orientation that captures Innsbruck’s blend of courtly heritage and alpine charm.

Join a guided walking tour through Salzburg’s Baroque core: the formal gardens of Mirabell Palace, lively Getreidegasse and cathedral squares set to a soundtrack of Mozart and “The Sound of Music.”

Trace the city’s prince-archbishop past and its role as a cultural beacon of Central Europe. Views of Hohensalzburg Fortress crown lanes where café aromas mingle with church bells for a timeless Salzburg mood.

Join a guided panoramic tour along the Ringstrasse to see the State Opera House, Parliament, City Hall and Karlskirche before stepping into the courtyards of the Hofburg, seat of Habsburg power.

Discover how imperial pageantry and coffeehouse culture forged Vienna’s identity, from waltz salons to Secessionist art. Monumental boulevards and intimate squares reveal a city tuned to music and elegance.

Skim across the lagoon by private boat to arrive in St. Mark’s Square, welcomed by the arcades of the Doge’s Palace and the sigh-laden span of the Bridge of Sighs. Feel the city unfold through its waterways.

Witness a glassblowing demonstration where masters shape molten glass using centuries-old Murano techniques. The hiss of the furnace and deft choreography of tools reveal a craft that helped make Venice a maritime and artistic powerhouse.

Walk Assisi’s rose-hued streets to the Basilica of St. Francis, where frescoes glow with Giotto’s narrative of humility and faith. Stone lanes and olive-draped slopes frame soulful Umbrian views.

Learn how Franciscan ideals shaped European spirituality and why pilgrims still climb to this hilltown. Quiet piazzas, Roman remnants and medieval walls complete a contemplative encounter with Assisi’s layered past.

Sail the Bay of Naples to the Isle of Capri, then ascend by funicular to the Piazzetta where café tables spill into sunlit lanes. Join a guided walk through elegant boutiques and whitewashed alleys perfumed by citrus.

Hear of Roman emperors and Hollywood icons who made Capri a byword for la dolce vita. Mediterranean vistas and sea-cliff gardens provide scene-stealing photo stops throughout.

Fast-track admission to the Vatican Museums leads into galleries of ancient sculpture and Renaissance art, culminating beneath the Sistine Chapel where Michelangelo’s ceiling and Last Judgment command hushed awe.

Your Local Specialist reveals papal patronage, Raphael’s frescoes and the symbolism woven into these masterpieces. On rare occasions of restricted access, a curated visit to the Capitoline Museums provides an equally rich encounter with iconic Roman art.

Cross the Tiber to survey the Roman Forum and the mighty walls of the Colosseum, where emperors staged spectacles for the masses. Look across the Circus Maximus, once thunderous with chariot races.

Stories of Caesars, gladiators and Republican intrigue animate these ruins. Your Local Specialist helps decode triumphal arches, temples and arenas that still set the stage for Rome’s grand narrative.

Walk Florence with a Local Specialist to the Piazza della Signoria, Duomo and Baptistery with Ghiberti’s Gates of Paradise, then cross the jewelry-strewn Ponte Vecchio.

Witness a demonstration of Florentine leathercraft, a tradition refined since Medici times. Renaissance tales of artists and patrons bring facades and courtyards to life as you admire the city that defined Western art and architecture.

Visit Monaco-Ville on the Rock to see the Cathedral of Our Lady Immaculate, final resting place of Prince Rainier III and Princess Grace. Lanes open to panoramic views of yachts and cliff-wrapped harbours.

Discover how the Grimaldi dynasty and glittering motorsport transformed this tiny principality. Regal squares and Mediterranean light add Riviera theatre to the scene.

See the Palais des Papes rising over Avignon’s rooftops and the storied Pont d’Avignon stretching into the Rhône. Fortified walls, bell towers and café terraces evoke the city’s medieval might.

Learn how Avignon became the seat of the papacy in the 14th century, reshaping European power and culture. It’s a concise encounter with Provencal history and pageantry.

Join an orientation walk through Beaune’s medieval core, passing wine shops, timbered lanes and the polychrome roofs of the famed Hôtel-Dieu (exterior). Market squares hint at centuries of trade and tasting.

Hear how monastic vineyards and the Dukes of Burgundy forged a global wine reputation. It’s a compact portrait of a town where cellars, commerce and craftsmanship intertwine.

Join a Local Specialist to see the Champs-Élysées and the iron lacework of the Eiffel Tower, then view Notre-Dame before strolling the bookstalls and bistros of the Latin Quarter.

Trace Haussmann’s boulevards and discover hidden squares and secret lanes that reveal Left Bank bohemian spirit. Paris’ grand vistas and intimate passages combine for a balanced city portrait.

Ride a cable car or cogwheel railway to a panoramic alpine summit, then cruise Lake Lucerne past forested coves and chalet-dotted hills. Cool mountain air and rippling reflections set a serene Swiss scene.

Your Travel Director can arrange this at additional cost, bookable on tour. It’s an exhilarating blend of peaks and placid waters that elevates your time in central Switzerland.

Follow the corniche roads above the Mediterranean for sweeping Riviera views, then tour the Fragonard Perfumery to learn how essences become elegant fragrances. Continue with a guided stroll through Vieux Nice’s market lanes.

Stories of artists, aristocrats and sailors animate this coastline. The experience is at additional cost, bookable on tour, and pairs sea-air panoramas with the sensory world of French perfume.

Explore Bruges with a Local Specialist on a guided walk through cobbled lanes and beside mirror-still waterways. Pass stepped-gable merchants’ houses on the Markt and hear the carillon of the Belfry of Bruges while quiet quays frame photogenic views.

Unpack the city’s rise as a medieval cloth and lace hub within its UNESCO-listed historic centre. Pause at tree-shaded squares and along serene canals to pause for photos and reflection in one of Europe’s best-preserved Gothic towns.

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