Oberammergau 2020: Austria, Germany & Switzerland

Board your overnight flight to Budapest today.

Welcome to Hungary! Transfer to your hotel and get settled in. Later, gather with your Tour Director and fellow travelers at tonight’s welcome dinner.

Discover the major landmarks of both Buda and Pest in the city that straddles east and west.

• Trace this nation’s stormy history at Heroes’ Square
• Tour the lavishly decorated Hungarian Parliament building
• Cross the Danube and ascend Castle Hill
• Take in the breathtaking views from Fisherman’s Bastion
• Visit the medieval Matthias Church, once the site of Hapsburg coronations

Spend a free afternoon in Budapest or add an excursion.

Travel west through the Danube basin en route to Vienna.

• Make a stop in the small, charming town of Szentendre, home of chocolates, cafes, parks, and pastries.
• Stop to view Visegrad Castle and Esztergom Basilica, before crossing the Austrian border (stops are weather dependent)

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

• Enter Schönbrunn Palace, the Rococo Hapsburg home with impressive gardens
• Travel down the Ringstrasse, Vienna’s tree-lined thoroughfare
• See the Parliament building, the Vienna State Opera, and the grand Hofburg Palace, the Hapsburg’s winter residence

Spend a free afternoon in Vienna or add an excursion.

Enjoy a free day in Vienna or add an excursion.

Make your way through the Austrian countryside to stop in Melk for a guided tour of the town’s Baroque abbey. Then, continue your drive on to Salzburg.

Spend a free day in Salzburg or add an excursion.

Discover Salzburg, a city famed for its churches and musical history, where 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 Salzburg Cathedral and the home where Mozart was born
• Pass through scenery from The Sound of Music
• Take a funicular ride up to the Hohensalzburg Fortress

After, travel to Munich, Germany.

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.

Head to Oberammergau and attend the 42nd performance of the world-famous Passion Play.

• Experience the storytelling and portrayal of the Old and New Testament that has taken place once a decade since 1634
• Enjoy the unforgettable open-air performance put on by the residents of the Bavarian town

On your way to Lucerne, stop to visit Neuschwanstein Castle and tour the fairy-tale retreat of “Mad” King Ludwig II with a local guide.

• Walk or take a ride in a shuttle bus up the hill
• Take time to explore its stalactite grotto, artifacts, and murals

After, travel into Liechtenstein, a tiny Alpine principality dating back to the Holy Roman Empire.

• Visit the capital, Vaduz, and pass the royal family’s hilltop castle, still in use as a royal residence
• Enjoy free time in the town and be sure to get your passport stamped

Then, continue on to Lucerne, Switzerland.

Get an up-close look at Lucerne, Switzerland’s idyllic Alpine town, on a guided sightseeing tour.

• Pass hand-painted facades along the cobbled streets of the Old Town
• View the Lion Monument, a tribute to the Swiss Guards who sacrificed their lives in Paris during the French Revolution
• See the Jesuit Church, the first large Baroque building of its kind to be built in Switzerland north of the Alps

Spend a free afternoon in Lucerne or add an excursion.

Transfer to the Zurich airport to board your flight home or extend your tour in the Rhine Valley.