European Escapade

Tags:

France; Sightseeing; Italy; Germany; Spain; Austria; Monaco; Sightseeing tour; Switzerland; Europe Tour; Belgium; Vatican City; Liechtenstein; Excrusions; explorations; Netherlands;

Detailed Trip Description

Enjoy 27 Days European Escapade tour featuring sightseeing and many activities in France, Spain, Monaco, Italy, Vatican City, Austria, Germany, Liechtenstein, Switzerland, Netherlands and Belgium. this tour starts with an Evening Tour of Illuminations in Paris. See the Eiffel Tower, Arc de Triomphe, the Louvre, the Champs Élysées, and Notre Dame Cathedral, Château Fontainebleau before heading for wine tasting and a French picnic lunch in Beaujolais. Then you will head to Provence to see the Roman Aqueduct at Pont du Gard and to visit the historic city of Arles. From there you will make your way to Barcelona to see Gaudi's Art Nouveau Cathedral & the 1992 Olympic Games complex and to walk through the Gothic Quarter. Enjoy a scenic Drive along the Riviera coast, a visit a French Perfumery, Monaco & see the Royal Palace and a Monte Carlo casino in the French Riviera. See the Leaning Tower in Pisa before heading to Florence where you will take a walking tour with a local guide, see the Duomo, Basilica Santa Croce, Giotto's Bell Tower, the Baptistry & Piazza della Signoria, and observe a Florentine leather craft demonstration. You will then head to Rome to see Piazza Venezia, Trevi Fountain, Pantheon, Piazza Navona, Colosseum & Roman Forum, and then to Vatican City to see St. Peter's Basilica. Take a private motorboat to Venice. See Piazza San Marco, Bridge of Sighs and the Doges' Palace and a Murano glass-blowing & Burano lace-making demonstrations before going to Vienna to see Schönbrunn Palace, St. Stephen's Cathedral & the State Opera House. Then take a scenic drive along the historic Ring Road. At the next stop, Mauthausen you will visit the concentration camp, and in Munich you will see the Glockenspiel & Marienplatz. Head to Austrian Tyrol to see this picturesque area, famous for adventure sports. After visiting Vaduz, the capital of Liechtenstein, you will make your way to Lucerne where you will see the Wooden Chapel Bridge and take a scenic drive through the Alps. In Heidelberg you will see the Medieval Castle. Take a scenic drive along the Rhine River, and visit the riverside town St. Goar while in the Rhine Valley. Finally, you will arrive in Amsterdam where you will see the canals, gable houses and city by night, visit a cheese farm & clog maker's house, as well as a fishing and cheese village, and take a bicycle tour of the Dutch countryside.