| Austria - The Country of Mozart & Sound of Music |
| BEST OF AUSTRIA- 6 NIGHTS/ 7 DAYS PACKAGE |
Day 1: ARRIVE VIENNA
Arrive Vienna and transfer to the hotel. Rest of the day at leisure. Overnight at the hotel.
Day 2: CITY TOUR OF VIENNA
Breakfast at the hotel. Half day city tour including Schonbrunn: This tour will give you an overall impression of the city of Vienna, including the Ringstrasse with its magnificent buildings, such as the State Opera House, the Museums of Fine Arts and Natural History, the Hofburg (Imperial Palace), the Parliament, the City Hall, the Burgtheater and the Votive Church. The highlight of the tour is then a guided tour through the magnificent stately rooms of Schönbrunn Palace, the former summer residence of the Hapsburg family, before returning back to the hotel. On the way there will be a stop in the gardens of Belvedere Palace from where there is a splendid view over the Vienna skyline. Overnight at the hotel.
Day 3: TOUR OF VIENNA WOODS
Breakfast at the hotel. Half day tour of Vienna Woods: This half day excursion will show you the most beautiful sights to the south of Vienna in the area known as the Vienna Woods. Passing through the Roman thermal spa resort of Baden, with its attractive Biedermeier architecture, the tour will take you through the romantic Helenental to the former hunting lodge at Mayerling, today a commemoratve chapel, where Crown Prince Rudolph, the only son of Emperor Franz Joseph, is said to have committed suicide with his lover in 1889. In the impressive Cistercian abbey of Heiligenkreuz (1133) a visit will be made to the medieval cloister, which houses the remains of the last Babenberger. Driving by theHöldrichsmühle, where Franz Schubert composed his soge The Linden Tree, you will arrive at the Seegrotte. Following a boat ride on Europe's largest subterranenan lake you will then leave the Vienna Woods and return to the State Opera House in Vienna. Overnight at the hotel.
Day 4: VIENNA - SALZBURG
Breakfast at the hotel. Transfer to the station for Train to Salzburg. Arrive Salzburg and transfer to the hotel. In the Afternoon City tour: The tour leads you from Schloß Mirabell through the new part of the City: Mozarteum, Mozart's Residence - over the Staatsbrücke into the baroque Old Town with the Dome and the festival quarter. Passing the Nonnberg Abbey we see Castle leopoldskron and return to Mirabell Square. Overnight at the hotel.
Day 5: SALZBURG - INNSBRUCK
Breakfast at the hotel. Transfer to the station for train to Innsbruck. Arrive Innsbruck and transfer to the hotel. Overnight at the hotel.
Day 6: SWAROVSKI CRYSTAL
Breakfast at the hotel. The Swarovski Crystal Worlds are a collection of subterranean "Chambers of Wonder", a water spouting giant watches over the entrance. In the entrance hall there are the world´s biggest and smallest crystals on display and you see the beginning of a wall filled with 12 tons of cut crystal stones. Walking through the "Chambers of Wonder" is a voyage of discovery, offering new perspectives with every step. The realm of crystal, with its unique light effects, sounds and scents, is a source of inspiration and enchantment. Overnight at the hotel.
Day 7: DEPARTURE FROM INNSBRUCK
Breakfast at the hotel. Transfer to the station for train to Vienna. Arrive Vienna and transfer to the airport for departure flight. |
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