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Eastern Europe Highlights

Experience Eastern Europe Highlights with your students! Visit the Berlin Wall and Brandenburg Gate. See Prague’s famous astronomical clock and Tyn Church. Then on to Krakow for a guided visit to Auschwitz and walking tour of the city. Finish in beautiful Budapest with its ornate architecture and dazzling bridges.
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Germany, Poland, and Hungary

TRIP HIGHLIGHTS
  • Brandenburg Gate
  • Tyn Church
  • Auschwitz
  • Castle Hill

Your adventure, day by day

Day 1 : Start Tour
Day 2 : Guten Tag Berlin
Day 3 : Berlin
Reichstag Dome visit

Take an elevator up into the stunning Glass Dome to witness dramatic views both internally of the building and externally of Berlin.

Berlin guided sightseeing tour

Berlin Wall, Brandenburg Gate, Reichstag, Unter den Linden

Add On: Potsdam half day excursion

Head to Potsdam to visit Sanssouci, the summer palace of Frederick the Great, an ornate Rococo style palace surrounded by lush gardens and a terraced vineyard.

Wiener Schnitzel Wien

LEAP Activity | Guten Appetit!

Bring your appetite along with you and cook up a traditional German meal.

Day 4 : Berlin - Prague
Travel to Prague via Dresden

Stop in Dresden for a visit to the Baroque-style Zwinger Museum where Bavarian Princes once lived and collected master art works.

Frauenkirche

Dresden Schloss visit

LEAP ich bin ein berliner - Germany

LEAP Activity | Ich bin ein Berliner

Step into the shoes of the people whose lives were impacted by the Berlin Wall. Participate in a group activity that involves reciting personal accounts of the event and discussing its repercussions. Live through their experiences and gain a personal insight into Germany’s history.

Day 5 : Prague
Prague guided sightseeing tour

Astronomical clock, Charles Bridge, Golden Lane, Visit Hradcany (Prague Castle), Tyn Church visit

Day 6 : Prague - Krakow
Travel to Krakow by train

Krakow evening walking tour

Day 7 : Krakow
Auschwitz & Birkenau guided visit

Travel to Auschwitz and Birkenau, Nazi Germany’s largest internment and extermination camps, to pay your respects and remember the millions of innocent men, women and children who were killed there during Hitler’s reign.

Krakow guided sightseeing tour

St. Mary's Basilica, Rynek Glowny, Old Town, Wawel Hill

Day 8 : Krakow - Budapest
Travel to Budapest

Day 9 : Budapest landmarks
Budapest guided sightseeing tour

Fisherman's Bastion visit, Castle Hill, Danube bridges

Matthias Church visit

Royal Palace visit

Day 10 : End Tour

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