Grand Europe 2024

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About this tour

INCLUSIONS:
Accommodation on a bed and breakfast basis in 3 and 4-star hotels
All transfers in luxury coach
All meals are in an Indian restaurant. (The itinerary starts with Dinner and ends with Breakfast)
All sightseeing as mentioned in the itinerary
Paid Entrances part of the itinerary:
– Venice from the mainland to city boat
– Swarovski Crystal Museum
– Mount Titlis
– Lucerne Boat tour
– Chocolate factory visit
– Disney Land Paris (1-day pass, 1 park)
– Seine River Cruise
– Eiffel Tower 3rd level (top)
– Canal Cruise Amsterdam
– Madurodam entrance / Keukenhof Garden
GST Charges
Services of a tour manager if there are more than 8 people in the group
Mandatory Tips to Tour Manager and Driver

EXCLUSIONS:
Any Airfare
Visa and insurance charges (Rs. 13,500 per person adult)
TCS charges
Anything not mentioned in the tour cost includes
NOTE –
Euro 250 per person extra if the number of passengers is below 24 full-paying adults.
Minimum 20 passengers are required to operate the tour.
Itinerary starts with dinner on Day 1 and ends with breakfast on Day 16.

TOUR COST: On Request

Highlights

❖ Travel with GEM TOURS serving since 1983.
❖ Countries Covered: Italy, Austria, Switzerland, Germany, France and Netherland
❖ Experience your stay with 3* and 4* Categories of Hotels.
❖ Meals: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
❖ Amsterdam: 2 nights stay : Madurodam (OR Keukenhoff), canal cruise, cheese and clog factory
and City tour of the city and photo stop at dam square
❖ Paris: 3 nights stay: Eiffel Tower, Disneyland, Paris city tour covering Arc Du trompe, Champ
Elyse’s, concord, rue de Rivoli and many other heritage sites.
❖ Switzerland: 5 nights stay; Mount Titlis, Chocolate Factory, Interlaken, Lucerne, Chapel Bridge,
Lion Monument, Bern, Rhine Falls and Zurich
❖ Austria: 1 night stay; Golden roof and Swarovski crystal museum
❖ Italy: 4 Nights; Venice walking tour, leaning tower of Pisa, Statue of David in Florence, Trevi
fountain, Colosseum from outside, Roman forum and St. Peters Basilica in Rome.
❖ FREE MALDIVES PACKAGE

Included/Excluded

Itinerary

Home to many of the world’s greatest works of art, architecture and gastronomy, Italy elates, inspires and moves like no other and our first stop, Rome, is a city that embodies all that and more. A heady mix of haunting ruins, awe-inspiring art and vibrant street life, Italy’s hot- blooded capital is one of the world’s most romantic and charismatic cities. Arrive and proceed to check into your hotel. The evening is free for you to rest after all those hours of flying. Later, you will head to an Indian restaurant for dinner and end the night early. AIRPORT PICK UP – 4:30PM (FCO Rome)

After breakfast, proceed for a city tour of Rome. Few cities can rival Rome’s astonishing artistic heritage. See the Colosseum where gory
gladiatorial battles once took place, and have your camera ready for Piazza Venezia, home to the Vittorio Emanuele II Monument. Vatican City is an independent country, the temporal seat of the Pope, head of the worldwide Catholic Church, entirely surrounded by the city of Rome, in Italy, the Vatican is also the world’s smallest country. Here you will visit the centre of the Catholic world, the St. Peter’s Basilica with its magnificent dome (designed by Michelangelo) which has an awe-inspiring interior. Later, visit Rome’s most famous fountain, the iconic Fontana di Trevi, or Trevi Fountain, a flamboyant baroque ensemble of mythical figures and wild horses taking up the entire side of the 17th-century Palazzo Poli. Proceed for dinner before you return to your hotel.

Once a maritime power to rival Genoa and Venice, modern Pisa is mostly known for the architectural project gone terribly wrong. But the world famous leaning tower is just one of the many noteworthy sights in this compelling city. Later, have lunch and proceed to drive to Florence. Like
the rest of Italy, Florence too houses some of the most iconic art and architecture. One of its most renowned sights is the Duomo, a cathedral with a terracotta-tiled dome engineered by Brunelleschi and a bell tower by Giotto. Visit the famous sights of Ponte Vecchio, Florence Cathedral and David of Michelangelo. Later proceed for dinner before you check in to the hotel.

After breakfast proceed for Venice. We join the superfast auto-strada for Venice. We drive north through the Chianti wine country & the amazing Apennines through the provinces of Umbria & Tuscany. Arrive in time for early lunch in Padua. After lunch we will visit one of the world’s most romantic cities – Venice. Your tour starts with a boat ride on a Vaperreto to St Mark’s Square. Later our escort will take us around this marvelous city with its arched bridges, palaces, & quite piazzas. In the evening return to Padova and check in at the hotel after dinner in the restaurant.

After breakfast at the hotel proceed to Innsbruck, Austria. No country waltzes so effortlessly between urban and outdoors as Austria. One day you’re cresting alpine summits, the next you’re swanning around imperial beauty. Tyrol’s capital, Innsbruck is a sight to behold. Arrive and proceed to Swarovski AG, an Austrian producer of luxury lead glass. The Swarovski Crystal business unit primarily works with luxury items and fashion design crystal. Then proceed for an orientation tour of Innsbruck where we will see the Basilica &the Golden Roof. Lunch will be packed lunch and can be had on the way to Swarovski. Dinner will be Indian restaurant.

After breakfast, proceed to drive from Austria to Switzerland. Look beyond the chocolate, cuckoo clocks and yodelling – contemporary Switzerland, land of four languages, is all about once-in-a-lifetime journeys, heart-racing Alpine pursuits and urban culture. On the way to Switzerland we will stop at a picture perfect place called Vadus. The city’s distinctive architecture is also displayed in landmarks such as the Cathedral of St. Florin, Government House, City Hall, the National Art Gallery, as well as the National Museum. We will have lunch in Vadus and then proceed to Zurich. Here you will proceed for a city tour where you will get a chance to visit notable landmarks like Bahnhofstrasse, one of the world’s most sophisticated shopping streets, and Zurich Opera House. See, too, the National Museum before stopping at the picturesque shores of Lake Zurich. See the world’s largest clock face on the side of St Peter’s Church; and marvel at the prismatic stained glass windows of Fraumünster Church. Later, check into your hotel.

After breakfast our first stop here is the majestic Rhine falls. Here you will get a chance to stand high above Europe’s largest waterfall, feeling the roar and vibration of the water over your entire body. Later, proceed to Lake Titisee in Germany. Situated in the Black Forest area of Germany, the place is famous not only for the cakes but also for the world renowned Cuckoo wall clocks. The cuckoo clocks from the Black Forest have also given the name for our Kuckucks Nest Hofgut Sternen. Here you will find some of the most beautiful hand-carved cuckoo clocks for sale in the Black Forest and here you can also take an in-depth look into the making of cuckoo clocks in the Black Forest.Later we will proceed to take a stroll on Seestraße. This pedestrianized area begins just a few metres from the train station and follows the north shore of the lake until you reach the forest. Cafés, bars, and small souvenir shops line the street. Later we drive back to Switzerland.

After breakfast you will embark on a journey to the wonderful capital city, Bern. Bern is Switzerland’s capital and renowned for its UNESCO-listed Old Town. See the Swiss Parliament Building, the Zytglogge clock tower, Bern Cathedral, and more. Later, some free time is given to explore the town. You will also get a chance to visit areal Swiss Chocolate factory. Learn about chocolate through a multi-sensory experience and meet the chocolatiers.

Today your journey will take you to Central Switzerland’s tallest mountain, Mt Titlis, which is known for the world’s first revolving cable car. First, you board the TITLIS Xpress from Engelberg and then the Rotair for the passage over the dazzling Titlis Glacier. The Titlis station itself has all the usual array of restaurants and tourist attractions, such as an adventure park, scooter bike and alpine flower trails. Top of the list would have to be the TITLIS Cliff Walk, a teeth gritting adventure activity one cannot miss when here. Home to medieval architecture and spectacular lake side scenery, next stop is Lucerne, a town widely considered the jewel in Switzerland’s crown. Walk along the Chapel Bridge, learn about the iconic Lion monument, walk along the river and admire the beauty of Lucerne old town and enjoy a boat ride around the beautiful Lake Lucerne.

After breakfast, proceed to the majestic Trümmel Bach Falls. Located in Lauterbrunnen, these are a series of ten glacier-fed waterfalls inside a mountain made accessible by a tunnel-funicular, built 1913, stairs, and illumination. These glacier falls are a bang-crash spectacle! Later proceed to the Interlaken. This is a The town is located on flat alluvial land called Bödeli between two lakes, Brienz to the east and Thun to the west, and alongside the river Aare, which flows between them. Interlaken is known as an adventure sports hot spot, and most visitors have more activity options than time. Paragliding, bungee jumping, canyoning, and river rafting make up some of the summertime fun. Free time here till evening 5,30Pm when we head back to Zurich for Dinner and overnight stay. OPTONAL ACTIVITY IN INTERLAKEN. At 3454m above sea level, Jungfraujoch (OPTIONAL ADD ON) is Europe’s highest train station: this once-in-a-lifetime trip, with views of the deeply crevassed Aletsch Glacier and a never-ending ripple of sky-high Alpine peaks, will leave you amazed. Pass some magnificent mountain scenery, before you disembark to explore some of the best snowy surrounds. From Interlaken we reach the Grindelwald terminal in a short 30 min train ride. A cable car takes to Eigar station and the next we Ride on the Jungfrau Railway through the north face of the Eiger to Europe’s highest railway station on the Jungfraujoch.
**NOTE – The Jungfrau activity takes approximate 5 hours in total, if you opt for this activity then you will have to leave from Interlaken immediately and will not have time to see Interlaken. Tour manager will assist you for pack Lunch as well to save time. Bus departure from Interlaken will be at 5;30pm to be in time for Dinner and drop at the hotel.

Have an early breakfast and make your way to the bustling French capital of Paris! Paris’ monument-lined boulevards, museums, classical bistros and boutiques are enhanced by a new wave of multimedia galleries, creative wine bars, design shops and tech start-ups. The cloud-piercing, wrought-iron Eiffel Tower, broad Arc de Triomphe guarding the glamorous avenue des Champs- Élysées, flying buttressed Notre Dame cathedral, lamplit bridges spanning the Seine and art nouveau cafes’ wicker-chair-lined terraces are enduring Parisian emblems that you simply must experience when here. This will be a long drive and we will reach in time for Dinner, later will check in at the hotel.

After breakfast depart for a full day excursion of Disney Land. You have an option to choose between Disney Land and Disney Studio. Depart from Disney Land in the evening, Dinner in Indian restaurant and Overnight in Paris. (NOTE – NO LUNCH for Disney day)

After breakfast we proceed to go up the Eiffel tower. This tower was built for the World Expo and is one of the most visited tourist attraction in Europe today. Please note that it will take us 2 to 3 hours to visit Eiffel tower. After the visit on the tour we will proceed for a city orientation tour. We will pass through all the important places of the city including; Arc Du Trompe, Champ Elyse’s, Concord, Napoleons tomb, Opera house and many more. We end our city tour with a boat ride on the Seine river. This 1 hour boat ride takes us through the city through the waters of Seine. After dinner we will proceed back to the hotel.

Say goodbye to Paris and make your way to the treasure-packed Amsterdam! En-route you will stop in Brussels to enjoy the historic yet hip, bureaucratic yet bizarre, self-confident yet unshowy, Brussels. Visit the Atomium from outside, a landmark building originally constructed for the 1958 Brussels World’s Fair that represents iron atoms in their crystal lattice. After a short city tour of Brussels, move on toward Amsterdam. We will arrive in evening in time for Dinner, followed by the check in at the hotel.

After breakfast proceed for the canal cruise from main city center. Golden Age canals lined by tilting gabled buildings are the backdrop for Amsterdam’s museums, vintage-filled shops and hyper-creative drinking, dining and design scenes. After canal cruise we will proceed for the city orientation tour from our bus. Visit the famous museums and squares of the city. The city orientation tour followed by lunch. After lunch visit one of the most globally acclaimed attractions, the Madurodam which is a miniature park and tourist attraction in the Scheveningen district of The Hague in the Netherlands. It is home to a range of 1:25 scale model replicas of famous Dutch landmarks, historical cities and large developments.Later if time permits we will have some free time in DAM Square. Dinner and overnight in Amsterdam.