- 5 nights at first class and tourist superior hotels
- Breakfast daily
- Welcome luncheon and drink in Heidelberg
- All excursions and city tours not marked as optional
- Transportation by train and by air-conditioned motorcoach
- Professional bilingual guide
- Goethe house Frankfurt
- Heidelberg Castle inner courtyard and wine cellar
- Rhine River Cruise from Rüdesheim to St. Goarshausen
- Chocolate Museum Cologne and Gutenberg Museum Mainz
Day 1: Saturday Frankfurt
Arrive at Frankfurt Main Airport; your driver will take you to your Hotel in your private Limousine. Rest of day at leisure. Overnight at Arabella Sheraton Buesingpalais.
Day 2: Sunday Frankfurt - Heidelberg - Frankfurt
After breakfast, depart for a city tour of Frankfurt including Goethe’s House, the city-square named Roemer where German emperors were crowned in medieval times. Continue your tour along the skyscrapers and banking towers that gave Frankfurt the nick-name “Mainhattan”. Continue to Heidelberg, home of the student-prince. Visit the famous castle, stroll through the picturesque old town and enjoy lunch in the famous Ritter, a restaurant built in the 15th century. In the afternoon head back to your hotel in Frankfurt/Offenbach. (B/L)
Day 3: Monday Frankfurt – Rüdesheim – Rhine-valley – Koblenz – Cologne
In the morning your coach will take you to the famous Rüdesheim, where – after a stroll through the world - famous Drosselgasse you board a steamer to take you along vineyards and castles, some of them more than 1000 years old to St. Goarshausen, just beyond Loreley – Rock. Maybe you see the blond maid combing her hair from the deck of your steamer. Continue by coach to Koblenz, the city, where Moselle river meets the Rhine, and from there you drive on to Cologne. Evening at leisure to explore some local breweries, where the “Kölsch” (light beer served in small glasses) can be sampled. Overnight at Hotel Mado. (B)
Day 4: Tuesday Cologne
Starting at the cathedral of Cologne, which is one of the largest gothic churches in Europe, your city-tour will lead you through small old-town alleys and splendid avenues to the Rhine-River with its bridges and parks. For the sweet-lovers we have planned a visit in the Chocolate Museum, where you can learn all about chocolate and then sample from the large chocolate fountain as much as you can. Take your time in the afternoon to explore Cologne on your own. (B)
Day 5: Wednesday Cologne – Mainz - Frankfurt (D)
After breakfast you will drive to another famous city along the Rhine: Mainz, Old Town, Cathedral and the Museum of Gutenberg (inventor of the printing press) will be visited before you reach Frankfurt again. Late afternoon arrival in Frankfurt to overnight at Intercontinental Hotel. (B)
Day 6: Thursday Frankfurt
After breakfast, a final farewell to beautiful Frankfurt. (B)
Estimated prices per person: $905 (double) and $1210 (single)
Departure Dates: May 24, Jun 14, Jul 5, Aug 2, 30, Sept 27