15 days - Chauffeur driven Tour
1st Day / Arrival Berlin
Arrival at the airport Berlin.
The driver of your private limousine service will welcome you with a sign at the
Terminal.
Transfer to your hotel. Check in.
Welcome to Berlin the capital of Germany
Berlin is capital and seat of the government of the Federal Republic of Germany. As
city state Berlin is its own Land of the Federal Republic and forms the center of
the Metropolregion Berlin/Brandenburg. It is the most densely populated and
surface-largest city of Germany and after inhabitants the second largest city of
the European Union.
Reminder of the day and dinner under your own arrangement.
2nd Day / Berlin
Breakfast.
In the morning you will meet your local guide for a private guided walking city
tour. Highlight of this tour are Unter den Linden, the Humboldt University, the
Opera, a visit to the outstanding Museum Island - an excellent collection of fine
art or the Brandenburg Gate.
Lunch on your own.
In the afternoon you will have time for shopping or explore the beautiful German
capital on your own.
Reminder of the day under your own arrangement.
3rd Day / Berlin - Leipzig
Breakfast and check out.
Meet the driver of your private limousine service at the hotel reception. Travel
south to Leipzig.
Welcome to Leipzig
Leipzig: the Leipzig fair, a defining element of the city for centuries, has
clearly left its mark on the architecture of the town center. Around the turn of
the 19th to 20th century there was a hugh wave of construction which swept away
many of the open courtyards typical of the area and replaced them with breathtaking
exhibition palaces - the current arcades for which Leipzig is so well known.
Leipzig, the city of music, conjures up names like Johann Sebastian Bach, Felix
Mendelssohn, Robert Schumann…….
Enjoy a guided walking tour of Leipzig with a licensed English speaking guide
includes St. Thomas Church, where J.S. Bach is buried, and St. Nicholas Church,
which played an important role in the peaceful revolution of 1989.
Lunch on your own.
Transfer to your hotel and check in.
Enjoy a free afternoon in Leipzig.
Reminder of the evening and dinner under your own arrangement.
4th Day / Leipzig - Dresden
Breakfast and check out.
Meet the driver of your private limousine service at the hotel reception.
Continue from Leipzig to Meissen.
Welcome to Meissen
Meissen is on both banks of the Elbe river in the Free State of Saxony, in eastern
Germany. Meissen is the home of the Albrechtsburg castle, the Gothic Meissen
Cathedral and the Meissen Frauenkirche. Meissen is also famous for the manufacture
of porcelain, based on extensive local deposits of china clay (kaolin) and potter's
clay (potter's earth). Meissen porcelain was the first high quality porcelain to be
produced outside of China.
Enjoy a audio guided tour through the world famous porcelain manufacture and
museum. The porcelain museum is one of a kind and known throughout the world for
its Meissen collection. In the museum you will discover Meissen® from a new
perspective. You can also enjoy a meal or light snack served on Meissen porcelain®
in the Meissen® Restaurant or Café.
Lunch on your own.
After enjoying the world famous and beautiful pieces of porcelain meet your
chauffeur and continue your trip to Dresden, one of the loveliest cities of central
Germany.
Welcome to the so-called "German Florence at the River Elbe".
Dresden has a long history as the capital and royal residence for the Electors and
Kings of Saxony, who for centuries furnished the city with cultural and artistic
splendour. After being destroyed in the 2nd world war, the baroque city centre is
now fully reconstructed. Richard Wagner had a number of his works performed for the
first time in Dresden. During that period, other famous artists such as Ernst
Ludwig Kirchner, Otto Dix, Oskar Kokoschka, Richard Strauss, Gottfried Semper and
Gret Palucca were active in the city. Dresden is also home to several important art
collections, world-famous musical ensembles, and significant buildings from various
architectural periods.
Enjoy a guided walking tour of Dresden. You will see the city centre, the VW
factory, the three castles next to the Elbe river, the exclusive residential area
Blasewitz, and the newer part of the baroque bourgeois and Wilhelmina style
quarter, then take a walking tour through the historical old town and the late
baroque Zwingerhof.
Transfer to your hotel and check in.
Reminder of the day and dinner under your own arrangement.
5th Day / Dresden - Eisenach
Breakfast and check out.
Meet the driver of your private limousine service at the hotel reception.
Head towards Weimar, one of Germany's greatest cultural treasures.
Welcome to Weimar
Weimar is located in the province of Thuringia, north of the Thüringer Wald, east
of Erfurt, and southwest of Halle and Leipzig. The oldest record of the city dates
from the year 899. Weimar was the capital of the Duchy of Saxe-Weimar. The city
also gives its name to the Weimar Republic. Weimar is one of the great cultural
sites of Europe, having been home to such luminaries as Bach, Goethe, Schiller, and
Herder. It has been a site of pilgrimage for the German intelligentsia since Goethe
first moved to Weimar in the late 18th century. The tombs of Goethe and Schiller as
well as their archives, may be found in the city. It is around the city of Weimar
that Goethe's famous 1809 Elective Affinities is based.
Lunch on your own.
Have some free time in Weimar.
Continue your trip to Eisenach, dominated by the Wartburg Castle.
Welcome to Eisenach
Eisenach is surrounded by the scenic landscape of the Thuringia Forest. Located
right in the heart of Germany. The city of Martin Luther, the birthplace of Johann
Sebastian Bach.
Visit the Wartburg castle, one of the most important edifices of German history and
see the room where Martin Luther spent the last years of his life in
seclusion.
Your driver will pick you up at the Wartburg Castle.
Transfer to your hotel and check in.
Dinner under your own arrangement
6th Day / Eisenach - Ruedesheim
Breakfast and check out.
Meet the driver of your private limousine service at the hotel reception.
Travel from Eisenach to Ruedesheim, famous for its wines and vineyards. The
romantic town at the river Rhine is located in the wine-growing region of
Rheingau.
Lunch on your own.
Visit "Siegfried's Mechanical Music Cabinet" in Rüdesheim, a museum for self -
playing instruments!
Transfer to your hotel. Check in.
Stroll through charming downtown with its famous Drosselgasse. Visit the Niederwald
monument, the castle Niederwald, the Asbach-Uralt distillery or the Hildegard's
Abbey in the vineyards above Rüdesheim.
Dinner under your own arrangement.
7th Day / Ruedesheim - Heidelberg
Breakfast and check out.
Meet the driver of your private limousine service at the hotel reception.
Continue to Heidelberg.
Heidelberg - the name stands for the world-famous Castle and a picturesque Old Town in breathtakingly beautiful surroundings.
Heidelberg is located approximately 80 km to the south of Frankfurt and is
sometimes described as being at the heart of Europe. It is known for Germany's
oldest university, modern research facilities, historic streets, lively university
atmosphere, total relaxation and beautiful walks. Heidelberg is also well known for
the longest and one of the most attractive pedestrian zones in Europe.
With its mysterious castle ruins, idyllic Old Town, and ideal situation praised by
Goethe, Heidelberg became a magnet for the 19th century German Romantics. They
created the myth that is Heidelberg, immortalizing the city in poetry, music and
painting, and turning it into the most celebrated of European cities.
Lunch on your own.
Enjoy a guided walking city tour of Heidelberg with a licensed English speaking
guide. Walk through the Old Town via the "Philosophenweg" up to the castle.
Free afternoon. Stroll around this impressive town.
Transfer to your hotel and check in.
Dinner under your own arrangement.
