Inside visits and special features are shown in UPPERCASE in the tour description.

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DAY 1: ARRIVE AMSTERDAM, HOLLAND
Check into your hotel, and start exploring this exciting city with your CosmosGo app. Tonight, meet your Tour Director and travel companions.

Meal: Dinner

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DAY 2: AMSTERDAM
Enjoy sightseeing in Amsterdam with a Local Guide pointing out the city highlights, as you discover the city from water level on an included canal cruise. Then, watch the cutting and polishing of precious stones at a diamond center. Time in the afternoon to explore on your own or join an optional excursion.

Meal: Breakfast

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DAY 3: AMSTERDAM–RHINELAND, GERMANY
Traveling through Germany, choose an included scenic drive along the shores of the Rhine or, even more thrilling, the optional Rhine cruise with vistas of the Lorelei rock, hilltop castles, half-timbered wine villages, and terraced vineyards.

Today’s Distance: 336 mi/ 540 km
Meal: Breakfast

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DAY 4: RHINELAND–INNSBRUCK AREA, AUSTRIA
Drive through Baden-Wüttenberg to the foot of the Alps to see King Ludwig’s magnificent Neuschwanstein castle, Germany’s fairytale castle. Carry on into the verdant Austrian Tyrol, where you will spend one night.

Today’s Distance: 249 mi/ 400 km
Meals: Breakfast & Dinner

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DAY 5: INNSBRUCK AREA–VENICE AREA, ITALY
Cross the border into Italy to the unique floating city of Venice. This afternoon’s orientation includes a boat ride to St. Mark’s Square, followed by a visit to a traditional glassblowing workshop. Don’t miss out on the romantic optional gondola trip, gliding along the picturesque canals with a local troubadour to serenade you.

Today’s Distance: 242 mi/ 390 km
Meals: Breakfast & Dinner

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DAY 6: VENICE AREA–ASSISI–ROME
An interesting drive southward, cutting across the Po Delta, then through the gentle Umbrian hills to medieval Assisi, where St. Francis was born in 1182. Visit the world-famous St. Francis Basilicas with its beautiful frescoes by Giotto, then head for Rome.

Today’s Distance: 345 mi/ 555 km
Meal: Breakfast
 

DAY 7: ROME
The “Eternal City” is steeped in history, vibrantly alive and exciting, and absolutely unique! Start the included introduction to Rome’s landmarks from St. Peter’s Square with a Local Guide. Enjoy a drive along the iconic landmarks of the city: the Tiber River, the Caius Cestius Pyramid, the Aurelian Walls, and the Caracalla Baths. Complete the experience with a walk back in time from the Circus Maximus to the Arch of Constantine and to the fascinating Colosseum, symbol of the Roman Empire.

Meals:  Breakfast

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DAY 8: ROME–PISA–MONTECATINI
This morning, you’ll have the opportunity to visit Vatican City and to join our optional excursion visiting the Vatican Museum and with the spectacular Sistine Chapel. Say goodbye to Rome and drive on the Highway of the Sun to Pisa. Hop on a mini train to the Square of Miracles and admire the curious Leaning Tower, a world-renowned photographic subject. Overnight in the spa town of Montecatini, recently added to the list of UNESCO World Heritage Sites.

Today’s Distance: 249 mi/ 400 km
Meals: Breakfast & Dinner
 

DAY 9: MONTECATINI–FLORENCE–LAKE COMO
Arrive in Florence. This Renaissance gem and city of the Medicis will keep you enthralled for a whole day. Don’t miss out on the included walking tour with a Local Guide that features most of the city highlights. You will see Piazza Santa Croce; beautiful Piazza Signoria; Palazzo Vecchio and Loggia dei Lanzi. To top it all, see Piazza del Duomo and its cathedral with the Giotto Campanile (belltower), and the magnificently carved East Door of the Baptistry, known as the “Gate of Paradise.” Journey northward through the Tuscan hills and across the Apennines to the shores of romantic Lake Como.

Today’s Distance: 252 mi/ 405 km
Meals: Breakfast
 

DAY 10: LAKE COMO–LUGANO, SWITZERLAND–LUCERNE AREA
Leave beautiful Lake Como and cross the border into Switzerland for a stop in the Italian-speaking town of Lugano. Continue north and, once through Gotthard Tunnel, see more magnificent alpine scenery as you descend to the shores of Lake Lucerne.

Today’s Distance: 137 mi/ 220 km
Meals: Breakfast
 

DAY 11: LUCERNE AREA–INTERLAKEN–LAUSANNE
Spend some time in beautiful Lucerne. Stroll through the old town and see the distinctive covered wooden bridge (Kapellbrücke) crossing the river Reuss. Later, stop in idyllic Interlaken in the Bernese Oberland and then follow the shoreline of deep blue Lake Thun, continuing for a few more miles to Lausanne, overlooking Lake Geneva.

Today’s Distance: 168 mi/ 270 km
Meals: Breakfast
 

DAY 12: LAUSANNE–BEAUNE, FRANCE–PARIS
Enjoy vistas of the celebrated Burgundy vineyards on the way to Beaune. Visit the medieval town, known all over the world for its wine production. Take the autoroute to Paris.

Today’s Distance: 385 mi/ 620 km
Meals: Breakfast
 

DAY 13: PARIS
Get to know the city of romance with a local expert and see many of the Parisian sites, such as the Eiffel Tower and Champs Elysées. An optional excursion is available to the palace and gardens of Versailles.

Meals: Breakfast
 

DAY 14: PARIS
Your vacation ends with breakfast this morning.

Meals: Breakfast