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Globus - European Tapestry
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Experience the best of Europe on this 14 day tour with Globus. See Rome, Paris, Tuscany, Amsterdam and more!
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LONDON-BRUSSELS, BELGIUM-AMSTERDAM, HOLLAND.
Meet your Tour Director and travelling companions and transfer to the railway station to board the EUROSTAR TRAIN to Brussels, Belgium. From here, a comfortable drive will bring you to Amsterdam, Holland. Tonight, enjoy a welcome dinner at your hotel. (D)
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AMSTERDAM.
A Local Guide shows you the 700-year-old capital, including Dam Square with the Royal Palace, and the Rijksmuseum. The highlight is a CANAL CRUISE to see the patrician mansions, gabled facades, and humpback bridges. Next, visit a major DIAMOND CENTRE and appreciate how a rough mineral is transformed into a sparkling jewel. Balance of the day is at leisure. Later, you may wish to join an optional excursion to Volendam. (B)
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AMSTERDAM-RHINELAND, GERMANY.
A passing glance at the Dutch region best known as the locale of A Bridge Too Far on the way to Germany. Highlight of the day is a romantic RHINE CRUISE past castle-crested cliffs, terraced vineyards, and trim, half-timbered towns. (B,D)
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RHINELAND-LUCERNE, SWITZERLAND.
A scenic day! This morning, stop in the lush valleys and pine-clad hills of the BLACK FOREST, renowned for its cuckoo clocks. On the Swiss border, take your pictures of the thundering RHINE FALLS, then, continue to picture-book Lucerne. Tonight, maybe join a Swiss Folklore Party? (B)
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LUCERNE-LIECHTENSTEIN-INNSBRUCK, AUSTRIA.
Admire Thorwaldsen's LION MONUMENT, walk through the Old Town, and cross the famous covered CHAPEL BRIDGE to the Jesuit Church. Time to shop for Swiss watches or climb lofty Mount Pilatus. Then, leave Switzerland and stop in the Principality of Liechtenstein before continuing to Innsbruck in the Austrian Tyrol. Take pictures of Emperor Maximilian's GOLDEN ROOF. (B,D)
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INNSBRUCK-VENICE, ITALY.
Across spectacular Brenner Pass to Italy. Enter Venice in style by PRIVATE BOAT to ST. MARK'S SQUARE. Admire the byzantine basilica, lavish Doges' Palace and the Bridge of Sighs. Watch skilled GLASSBLOWERS fashion their delicate objects, then, time to explore or to join an optional gondola ride. Enjoy dinner at a local restaurant. (B,D)
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VENICE-ROME.
A scenic drive across the Apennine Hills and through the vine- and olive-clad Tuscany, home of the popular Chianti wines, brings you to the "Eternal City." (B)
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ROME.
Sightseeing with your Local Guide starts with a visit to the VATICAN MUSEUMS and SISTINE CHAPEL, world famous for Michelangelo's ceiling paintings. Continue to monumental ST. PETER'S SQUARE and BASILICA. Cross the Tiber and visit the COLOSSEUM and the ROMAN FORUM, where Roman legions marched in triumph. Time for independent activities and optional excursion possibilities. (B)
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ROME-FLORENCE-TUSCANY.
An easy morning drive back north to Florence. Enjoy a walking tour with a Local Guide and visit the ACADEMY OF FINE ARTS with Michelangelo's celebrated David, admire the magnificent cathedral, Giotto's Bell Tower, the Baptistry's heavy bronze "Gate of Paradise." Also visit sculture-studded SIGNORIA SQUARE. (B,D)
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TUSCANY-PISA-NICE, FRANCE.
In Pisa, take pictures of the Leaning Tower. Continue along the Mediterranean coast past a string of Italian and French Riviera resorts to Nice. Later, an optional outing is available to Monte Carlo. (B)
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NICE-LYON.
In the late morning, leave the Cote d'Azur and drive through the Provence region and along the Rhone Valley to Lyon. (B,D)
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LYON-PARIS.
Board the high-speed TGV TRAIN to Paris. An optional excursion to the Louvre Museum is available. (B)
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PARIS.
Discover the world capital of chic and style with a Local Guide and admire its most famous sights: the Opera, Louvre, Notre Dame Cathedral, Arc de Triomphe, and Champs-Elysees. For a bird's-eye view, take the elevator to the second floor of Paris' most famous landmark: the EIFFEL TOWER. An optional excursion to the baroque Palace of Versailles is available, and tonight, a lively cabaret show might just be the ticket. (B)
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PARIS-LONDON, ENGLAND.
Board the EUROSTAR TRAIN to London, arriving in the afternoon, where the holiday ends. (B)
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