A Week in Switzerland, Germany & Austria

Board your overnight flight to Switzerland today.

Welcome to Switzerland! After arriving in Zurich,transfer to the Lucerne region to meet your fellow travelers at tonight’s welcome dinner.

Get an up-close look at Switzerland’s idyllic Alpine city on the northern shores of Lake Lucerne during a guided tour.

• View the Lion Monument, a tribute to the Swiss Guards who sacrificed their lives in Paris during the French Revolution
• Pass the hand-painted facades that line the cobbled streets of the Old Town
• See the Jesuit Church, the first large Baroque building of its kind to be built north of the Alps in Switzerland
• Cross the medieval Kapellbrücke, a covered wooden footbridge spanning the Reuss River, and view the Water Tower

Enjoy a free afternoon in the Lucerne region or add an excursion.

Travel through the mountains of Bavaria en route to Munich, Germany. Along the way, stop for a guided tour of Neuschwanstein, the fairy-tale retreat of “Mad” King Ludwig II.

• Step inside Neuschwanstein Castle
• Take time to explore its stalactite grotto, artifacts, and murals

Get to know the Bavarian capital on a guided tour.

• Travel past the Englischer Garten and fashionable Schwabing district
• Enter the Nymphenburg Palace, the Baroque home to past Bavarian royalty
• Walk from Odeonsplatz through the Hofgarten to view the Residenz, once home to the Wittelsbach dukes of Bavaria
• Explore Marienplatz, Munich’s medieval heart, and see the famed Glockenspiel

Spend a free afternoon in Munich or add an excursion

Say goodbye to Germany and head to Salzburg, Austria, a city famed for its churches and musical history. There, a local guide leads you on a walking tour of the Old Town.

• View the University of Salzburg and the churchyard of St. Peter
• See the Kapitelplatz, Residenzplatz, and Alter Markt, in the city’s Old Town
• Enter the 17th-century Salzburg Cathedral, built in the Baroque style
• Pass through scenery from the beloved film The Sound of Music
• Take the funicular to the hilltop Hohensalzburg Fortress, one of Europe’s largest medieval castles

Enjoy a free evening in Salzburg or add an excursion.

Stop in Melk for a guided tour of the town’s Baroque abbey, then continue your drive through the Austrian countryside to Vienna.

Spend a free evening in Vienna or add an excursion.

Get transported back to the Age of Empires on a guided tour of Vienna.

• Step inside Belvedere Palace, home to the world’s largest collection of paintings by artist Gustav Klimt, and admire the palace’s impressive gardens
• Travel down the Ringstrasse, passing the Parliament building, Vienna State Opera, and Kunsthistorisches Museum
• See the grand Hofburg Palace, the Hapsburg’s preferred winter residence

Say goodbye to your group at a farewell dinner this evening.

Transfer to the airport for your flight home or continue on the tour extension to Prague.