ALPINE COUNTRIES & OBERAMMERGAU - 2010

16 days incl. travel, or 15 days from Frankfurt to Frankfurt (ZFO)

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Vacation Overview

Be prepared for breathtaking views! Your journey begins in Frankfurt and travels via medieval Rothenburg to Munich, where you will visit the Marienplatz. On to Austria for guided sightseeing in Salzburg and Vienna. From Vienna, an optional excursion to Bratislava, capital of Slovakia, is available. Drive over Semmering Pass into Carinthia and enjoy an overnight stay in pretty Villach. The Dolomites, Cortina d’Ampezzo, and Brenner Pass deliver you to Innsbruck in the Austrian Tyrol. St. Moritz, Lake Como, and Lake Lugano are next. Proceed to Lake Maggiore, Stresa, and travel over Simplon Pass back to Switzerland, where you board a mountain train to Zermatt at the foot of the Matterhorn. Via the Rhône Valley, Lake Geneva, Berne, Interlaken, and Brünig Pass, head to picture-perfect Lucerne for a relaxing 2-night stay. Your vacation is topped off with visits to the Rhine Falls, the Black Forest, and Heidelberg, Germany. Extend your tour with the Oberammergau Passion Play. After Rothenburg attend an orientation of Munich (no overnights in Munich), then continue for two nights in Oberammergau and see the Passion Play.

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A Vacation Story Lake Geneva

Stretching along Switzerland’s southern border with France, Lake Geneva (also called Lac Leman by the Swiss) is the largest lake in Europe. It’s pristine shores support a strong fresh water fishing industry. Some would argue that it offers the most beautiful views of any waterway. They are jaw-droppingly amazing; especially the snow capped Jura Alps across the lake from Montreux and Vevey. The temperatures are moderate along the lake in winter; most of the weather takes place in the mountains. In summer numerous music festivals and artistic events are held in towns along the lake, especially Lausanne, the third most popular city for travelers in Switzerland, next to Zurich and Geneva. It is a sophisticated artist’s haven and the city where T.S. Eliot lived when he wrote “The Wasteland.”