- Fly to Germany Enjoy your overnight flight to Frankfurt.
9 Days
Day 1
Depart from North America
Depart from North Ameri...
Day 2
Arrive In Germany
Arrive In Germany
Day 3
Heidelberg
Heidelberg
Day 4
Rhine Cruise & Cologne
Rhine Cruise & Cologne
Day 5
Cologne
Cologne
Day 6
Travel to Lubeck
LEAP Debate the Great
Travel to Lubeck
LEAP Debate the Great
Day 7
Lubeck
Lubeck
Day 8
Explore Berlin
LEAP Ich bin ein Berliner
Explore Berlin
LEAP Ich bin ein Berlin...
Day 9
Return Home OR Extend your Stay
Return Home OR Extend y...
Destinations Visited
HeidelbergCologneLubeckBerlinHamelin
Highlights
Cologne Cathedral, Cologne, GermanyTown of the Pied Piper of Hamelin, Hamelin, GermanyHolstentor (Holsten Gate), Lubeck, Germany
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Your Adventure, Day by Day
- Rothenburg Arrive in Frankfurt, and transfer to the city of Heidelberg.
- Explore the Town See the altstadt, the country's oldest university, the marktplatz, and Heidelberg Castle.
- Rhine Cruise Cruise along the fortress-studded Rhine, its banks crowned by magnificent castles and breathtaking, vine-terraced hills.
- Marksburg Castle Visit the 12th century castle.
- Cologne Travel this evening to Cologne.
- See the City Discover Cologne’s long history with a local guide. See the Cathedral, a Gothic masterpiece that took seven centuries to build, the spooky St. Ursulakirche, which is decorated with human bones, and the city’s Roman ruins.
- Hamelin Pause en route to Lubeck to visit fairytale Hamelin, the setting for the tale of the Pied Piper.
- Lubeck Travel north to the Hanseatic port of Lubeck.
- LEAP Debate the Great
- Tour the Town A local guide introduces the former capital of the Hanseatic league of trading cities. Lubeck's medieval wealth is apparent in the buildings of the altstadt, which include the Rathaus, Marienkirche, and the Holstentor.
- Travel to Berlin This afternoon, journey to Berlin, the capital of Germany.
- Reichstag Views In the evening, climb the glass dome of the Reichstag for views of the city.
- Berlin Wall A local guide shows you the remnants of the Berlin Wall, torn down in 1989, as well as the Brandenburg Gate.
- LEAP Ich bin ein Berliner
- Add on: Potsdam Enjoy an afternoon visit to Potsdam and Sans Souci, with its Roman-style baths and lush gardens, where Frederick the Great was entertained by Voltaire and Bach.
- LEAP Guten Appetit!
- Depart from Switzerland Board your flight home or extend your European travels with an extra day in Berlin.
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