Tour Programme |
4 days / 3 nights |
Valid from |
1st Jan to 31st Oct 2007 |
Day 01:On arrival at the airport/train
station transfer to the hotel on your own. In the evening you can enjoy on
your own.
Overnight in Vienna.Day
02:Today after breakfast proceed around 0700 hrs for full
"Day trip to Salzburg" On the way to the town
where Mozart was born drive through the beautiful Salzkammergut countryside
with its mountains and numerous lakes where Emperor Franz Joseph and his
family used to spend their holidays. Skirting Lakes Traun, Fuschl and
Wolfgang the tour arrives in Salzburg where you will have time for lunch.
The afternoon will be dedicated to a stroll through the old city, showing
the most important sights of this old Bishop's seat - the cathedral, the
Festival Hall, St Peter's abbey church and its graveyard (tomb of Mozart's
sister Nannerl), not forgetting Mozart's birthplace in the Getreidegasse.
The Edelweiss song from the much-loved film "The Sound of Music"
will come to mind when you pass the horse pond and from the gardens of
Mirabell Palace you will have a marvellous view of the Hohensalzburg
fortress.
Overnight in Vienna.Day
03:Today after breakfast proceed around 0945 hrs for 8hrs tour
to
"Wachau", Romantic Danube Valley full day
excursion which will show you the beauty of the Wachau, one of the most
picturesque stretches of the Danube Valley. Through this romantic scenery,
full of history and legends, the Danube winds its way past charming old
villages and steep vineyards. The old castles are a sign of the former
importance of this trade and traffic route and one of them, Dürnstein,
is especially famous because King Richard the Lion heart was imprisoned here
while waiting for his ransom to come from England, raised by his true
minstrel Blondel. During a romantic boat trip history comes alive. The heart
of the Wachau is the old wine-merchants town of Krems. To complete the day
of highlights a visit will be made to the magnificent Benedictine Abbey of
Melk, the "Cradle of Austria" and a pearl of Austrian Baroque.
The boat ride takes place in summer only (no lunch). In winter
lunch is included in Luberegg castle (no boat ride). Overnight
in Vienna.Day 04:Transfer to
airport/train station on your own to board the return or onward
flight/train.
Price Per Person In EUROOur
Price Includes
3 nights accommodation in Vienna |
Daily Continental breakfast |
Day trip to Salzburg |
Day trip to Wachau Romantic Danube Valley |
Pick-up from hotel for sightseeing |