• 3 Dinner (D)
• 7 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: 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.

• 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. 

Discover the city’s creative edge on an Alternative Berlin walking tour through Kreuzberg and Friedrichshain. Read urban stories in large-scale street art murals, tucked-away courtyards and repurposed industrial spaces alive with cafés and studios.

Guides unpack subcultures, music scenes and activism that mainstream sightseeing misses, offering rich photography moments along the way. This optional experience is at additional cost and bookable on tour.

Step inside the Sedlec Ossuary chapel near Kutná Hora, where a bone chandelier, chalices and garlands are crafted from the remains of roughly 40,000 human skeletons. The macabre artistry creates a contemplative space unlike any other.

Learn how centuries of burials and exhumations led to this stark memorial, then pause for photos and reflection. This optional visit is at additional cost and bookable on tour.

Spend an evening at a classical concert in Vienna, hearing Strauss waltzes and Mozart arias performed by talented musicians in an elegant historic venue. Velvet seats, gilded décor and warm acoustics set a refined mood.

This optional experience is at additional cost and bookable on tour. The program celebrates the city’s musical heritage, inviting you to imagine imperial salons and debut performances that once defined Europe’s soundtrack.

Buckle up for a scenic drive along the Ring Road, Vienna’s showpiece boulevard circling the historic center. Cruise past the Vienna State Opera, grand museums and imperial facades that hint at Habsburg grandeur.

Pause in the medieval core by St Stephen’s Cathedral to orient yourself among narrow lanes, coffeehouses and boutique arcades. This preview balances elegant architecture with practical bearings, ideal for planning what to explore in depth later.

Cruise the famous canals after dusk as gabled houses glow and arches of twinkling bridges reflect on the water. Glide beneath low stone spans while a local host shares stories of the Dutch Golden Age and today’s creative city.

This optional experience is at additional cost and bookable on tour. It’s a relaxed, picture-perfect way to map the UNESCO-listed canal belt, spot houseboats and warehouses, and appreciate Amsterdam’s intimate scale from the water.

Taste rural Holland with a dinner at a local Dutch farm, surrounded by flat polder fields and windmill country. Sample regional cheeses and hearty seasonal dishes while chatting with your hosts about everyday life beyond the canals.

This optional experience is at additional cost and bookable on tour. The evening blends simple flavors with warm, countryside hospitality, offering a grounded counterpoint to Amsterdam’s city buzz.

Explore Berlin’s fault lines on a historical walking tour led by a local expert. Visit the sobering Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe and stand at Hitler’s former bunker site, where decisive days of 1945 unfolded.

Hear how dictatorship, war and division shaped streets you walk today, linking landmarks to lived experience. This optional experience is at additional cost and bookable on tour.

Explore Dresden’s reborn Baroque architecture, where the Zwinger Palace, Semperoper Opera House and the Royal Residence rise in stately symmetry. Stroll broad squares framed by ornate facades and riverfront terraces along the Elbe.

Pause at the luminous Frauenkirche—meticulously reconstructed after wartime destruction—to appreciate how craftsmanship restored a skyline. This short stop captures resilient beauty and offers rich photo opportunities before the journey continues into Bohemia.

Walk the Castle District panoramic views, then thread through lanes to Charles Bridge with its weathered saints and river vistas. Continue into Old Town Square and Astronomical Clock to watch the hour marked amid a theatre of facades and street life.

Along Wenceslas Square, hear tales of Bohemian kings, Velvet Revolution rallies and café culture. Gothic and baroque buildings set the scene for musicians and markets, revealing Prague’s layered past and lively present.

Join a guided panoramic tour through Berlin’s grand avenues and memorial-laced squares to see Tiergarten, Alexanderplatz, the Russian War Memorial, the Brandenburg Gate and the historic Reichstag building. Trace the city’s changing skyline as stories of division and renewal unfold.

Walk a preserved stretch of the Berlin Wall at the East Side Gallery, its vivid murals turning concrete into open-air art. This introduction bridges eras—from Cold War borders to a creative capital—equipping you to decide what to explore in depth.

Contiki

Gaze across the White Cliffs of Dover as chalk-white ramparts drop to the Channel, a natural gateway between Britain and continental Europe. Step out to pause for photos and reflection, breathing sea air while ferries trace silver lines below.

Learn how these gleaming chalk cliffs formed from ancient marine deposits and became a wartime lookout and symbol of homecoming. The moment frames your upcoming English Channel crossing with texture—geology, history, and coastscape all in one vista.