Day 1 - Travel via short sea crossing to your overnight stay in the Bonn / Cologne area.
Day 2 - Dresden
Continue through Northern Germany,
arriving in Dresden late afternoon.
Day 3 - Dresden
This morning a guide will
meet you and accompany the coach for a tour around Dresden. Your guide will
explain about the city’s past and
present; a perfect introduction to your holiday. The tour will finish in the
historical centre so that you may discover the city on foot independently in
the afternoon.
Day 4 - Saxony Switzerland (Mountains & Castles)
First stop
is the riverside Pillnitz Palace, visiting the residence and its gardens, where
you will admire the incredible view from the Bastei cliffs across the Elbe valley.
Continue to Königstein, a little town within Germany’s largest fortress
complex; the fortress itself is accessible via a lift, but there is still a fair
amount of walking today, so bring some comfortable shoes!
Day 5 - Meissen and Moritzburg Palace
This morning travel to Saxony’s oldest town and home to the famous porcelain
factory, Meissen. A guided walk will familiarise you with this lovely medieval
town, followed by a visit to the porcelain factory itself. After lunch, drive
to the Moritzburg Palace, a former hunting lodge rebuilt as a Baroque masterpiece.
From the town, take a trip back in time on a steam train passing en-route vineyards
to the town of Radebeul, where the coach will return everyone back to the hotel.
Day
6 - Leipzig and Colditz Castle
This morning you will meet a guide in Leipzig
who will show you the city and tell you about its colourful past and lively
present, stopping at many of its famous monuments. After lunch continue to
Colditz for your guided visit of the castle, when you will learn about its
notorious reputation as a World War II prisoner of war camp.
Day 7 - Depart Dresden and drive to Cologne / Bonn area this evening.
Day 8 - Continue home via your short sea crossing at Calais.