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European Highlights
Duration: 10 nights
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European Hightlights
 
Your tour package includes:
- Round trip airfare to London Gatwick.
- Transfers to and from the airport to your London hotel.
- Accommodation for 9 nights in twin-bedded rooms with private facilities.
- All hotel service charges, tips, baggage handling fees, and local taxes.
- A welcome dinner and drink with your Tour Director in Amsterdam.
- A welcome dinner & drink with your Tour Director in Amsterdam.
- 1 buffet breakfast and 1 continental breakfast in London.
- 6 Buffet breakfasts on tour.
- 2 three-course dinners in hotels.
- Services of a top professional multi-lingual Tour Director in Amsterdam.
- Services of a Trafalgar Tours Representative at your London hotel.
- A qualified local city guide in Paris.
- Luxury air-conditioned motorcoaches with reclining seats and washroom.
- Cross channel ferry.
- Complimentary pick-up and drop-off at your London hotel on the day of departure & on return of the coach tour.
- A stylish travel bag and wallet containing tour documents and helpful information.

Note:- All packages begin and end in London and the first night is the overnight flight on Air Transat.
Sightseeing Highlights: Dover, Amsterdam, Cologne, Rhine Valley, Heidelberg Castle, Black Forest, Schaffhausen, Lucerne, Beaune, Paris

Day 1 - Depart Canada
Overnight flight to London.
Day 2 - Arrive London (2 nights)
After checking into your Trafalgar hotel, the rest of your day is at leisure to perhaps head out and explore this exciting city.

Hotel: Riverbank Park Plaza (2 nights)
Meal: 1 buffet breakfast & 1 continental breakfast
Day 3 - London sightseeing & at leisure
Many major sights are included on our morning sightseeing tour, then time is your own.
Day 4 - London, Amsterdam
Greetings from our Tour Director before a scenic drive to the White Cliffs of Dover. Here we board our ferry for the short sea crossing to Calais in France. On our arrival we'll continue by coach through Belgian countryside to Holland and Amsterdam, one of Europe's friendliest cities. This evening, we join our Tour Director and fellow passengers for a Welcome Indonesian dinner and Drinks whilst we admire the 'Venice of the North' from a glass-covered boat on our included canal cruise.

Hotel
: NH City Centre (1 night)
Meal: Buffet breakfast & highlight dinner
Day 5 - Amsterdam, Rhine Cruise, Heidelberg
After an orientation tour of this city featuring the Mint Tower and Royal Palace we will visit a diamond-cutting and polishing factory, (opening times permitting). Later, we travel past Arnhem, en route to Cologne to see its magnificent Cathedral. Then via Bonn to the Rhine Valley where we embark on a Rhine cruise gliding past terraced vineyards and medieval castles. We disembark at St. Goar with views of the impressive Lorelei Rock before reaching beautiful Heidelberg where on a walking tour with our Tour Director we visit the cellars of the castle to see the giant wine-barrel and the magnificent Renaissance courtyards. We will enjoy magnificent views over the University city before dinner in our hotel this evening.

Hotel: Best Western Rega (1 night)
Meal: Buffet breakfast & dinner
Day 6 - Heidelberg, Black Forest, Rhine Falls, Lucerne (2 nights)
This evening, stroll through the old streets of Heidelberg and maybe visit a Student Inn. Today we drive through the fairytale Black Forest where cuckoo-clocks were first invented, to Lake Titisee pausing to view the Rhine Falls at Schaffhausen. Next into Switzerland past geranium-covered wooden chalets to lakeside Lucerne for two nights.

Hotel: Grand Hotel Europe (2 nights)
Meal: 2 buffet breakfasts & 1 dinner
Day 7 - Lucerne orientation & at leisure
Today's morning orientation tour features the highlights of this medieval town and also visits the Lion Monument. Afterwards enjoy time at leisure to maybe take a trip up a nearby mountain peak for spectacular Alpine views or shop for Swiss watches and other specialities in the Old Town. Later, why not join in the fun of a Swiss Folklore show?
Day 8 - Lucerne, Beaunne, Paris (2 nights)
This morning we head into France, passing Belfort and the remains of the Maginot Line. Then past the onion-domed churches of Montbeliard and through the Burgundy vineyards to visit charming Beaune. Finally, we arrive in romantic Paris.

Hotel: Holiday Inn la Villette (2 nights)
Meal: 2 buffet breakfasts
Day 9 - Paris sightseeing & at leisure
Morning sightseeing with a local guide includes a drive up the Champs Elysées to the Arc de Triomphe and then to the Eiffel Tower, which we ascend to the second level, for spectacular views over the city. Then we enjoy views of Notre Dame Cathedral and other great monuments. We also see the Place de la Concorde and Madeleine church and enjoy a walking tour through the Luxembourg gardens enhanced by the use of our audio system, before free time to sip aperitifs in a café, or to shop in the boutiques. Tonight don't miss the chance of going to one of Europe's best cabaret shows!
Day 10 - Paris - London
‘Au revoir’ as we take our coach back to London. You will disembark at the Trafalgar Tours Departure Centre and from there, you may walk or hire a cab to the hotel for the final night’s stay.

Hotel: The Victoria Park Hotel or the Riverbank Plaza
Day 11 - London - Canada
Transfer to London Gatwick for your return flight to Canada.

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