Countries: Netherlands, Belgium, France, and Switzerland
Duration: April 11 – 23, 2025 (13 days)
Status: OPEN – Book Now!
Deadline to receive deposits: October 15, 2024
A sensational stay capturing the very essence of Europe in a short period of time. Travel from the canals of Amsterdam to the Swiss Alps and to the elegant boulevards of Paris.
A visit to Keukenhof will guarantee the most beautiful pictures and wonderful memories. It provides visitors with a feast for the senses as more than 7 million flower tulips, daffodils, and hyacinths fill over 32 hectares with color and fragrance. Excellent flower shows, surprising events, and activities for all ages are featured every day.
Take a wonderful 45-minute boat trip through the bulb fields surrounding Keukenhof in “whisper boats.”
HIGHLIGHTS
Amsterdam
- See major sights of the city on an orientation sightseeing past the Mint Tower, floating Flower Market, and Royal Palace in Dam Square.
- Take a canal ride around Giethoorn, a mostly car-free village in the northeastern Dutch province of Overijssel. It’s known for its boat-filled waterways, footpaths, bicycle trails, and centuries-old thatched-roof houses.
- Excursion to Zaanse Schans, Volendam, Marken
- Visit the picturesque Dutch village park at Zaanse Schans and step foot into a picturesque UNESCO-listed village that is full of wonder at nearly every turn.
- Visit Marken and Volendam: The old wooden houses here are built on stilts, and locals still wear their colorful traditional dresses.
Brussels
- View major sights of the city, such as the Grand Place, the Mannekin Pis, the Royal Palace, and Atomium.
- Visit Mini Europe, the only park where you can have a whistle-stop tour of Europe in a few short hours. A truly unique journey! Enjoy a stroll, taking in the typical atmosphere of the most beautiful towns of the old Continent.
- See the most visited attractions in Brussels and the most beautiful miniature park in Europe, where you can visit all the countries of the European Union.
Brugge
- See Belgium’s most perfectly preserved medieval town, and its jaw-dropping, beautiful architecture attracts more than two million visitors every year.
- Visit the UNESCO-listed Basilica of the Holy Blood, which houses a venerated relic of Christ: his very blood, collected by Joseph of Arimathea.
- Visit the Market Square and the famous belfry of the Market Hall. See the Gothic town hall in Burg Square and the frescoes on the walls of the Holy Blood Chapel.
- Experience a most relaxing 30-minute Canal cruise in the Old Town.
Paris
- Explore the city of Paris. Take in Place de la Concorde, Eiffel Tower, Champ Elysees, Arc du Triomphe, Les Invalides, Louvre Museum, and the Seine River Banks.
- Take the Funicular in Montmartre, visit Sacre Coeur Basilica, and see the most beautiful view of Paris from the top.
- Take a one-hour sunset river cruise aboard Bateaux Mouches and watch as the colors on the Eiffel Tower and the entire cityscape light up.
- Browse the high-end shops in the world-famous Galleries Lafayette, then get a chance to shop at the outlet stores at La Vallee Village.
Strasbourg
- Visit the Old town and roam in its twisting alleys lined with half-timbered medieval houses straight out of the Brothers Grimm, coexisting with elegant French-style mansions and townhouses.
- Visit the Strasbourg Gothic Cathedral, the second most visited French cathedral after Notre Dame de Paris;
- See Le Petit France and its picture-book historic quarter, with its half-timbered medieval houses and its quays overlooking branches of the river Ill.
Lucerne – Piz Gloria
- Excursion to Shilthorn
- Take the longest aerial cableway in the Alps to reach Schilthorn.
- Follow in James Bond’s footsteps by visiting the interactive adventure exhibition “Bond World 007” or on the new “007 Walk of Fame”.
- Dine in the world’s first revolving mountaintop restaurant. Enjoy the breathtaking views of the UNESCO World Heritage landscape with the Eiger, Mönch, Jungfrau, and more than 200 other mountain peaks from here.
- Ride to the top of Mount Pilatus (Pilatus Kulm) by aerial cable car, a mountain massif overlooking Lucerne in Central Switzerland.
Interlaken
The town is famous for its delightful location and the sites of natural beauty that surround it. It’s not unusual for a town to be on a river, lake, or ocean. But for it to sit between two lakes may well be unique. Interlaken – between Lake Thun and Lake Brienz – can boast such a privileged position. Straddling the glittering Lakes Thun and Brienz and dazzled by the pearly whites of Eiger, Mönch, and Jungfrau, the scenery here is mind-blowing.
Zurich
See Bahnhofstrasse, an attractive and well-sought-after area for reputable international retail chains, the Limmatquai promenade, which leads you to the Old Town, Rathaus (city hall), Zurich Lake, and the old guildhalls.
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