Oberammergau & the Splendour of Lake Garda

Oberammergau, & the Splendour of Lake Garda

Experience the world-famous Passion Play, first performed in 1634.

12 days from £1325

Your holiday at a glance
Day 1 Depart from one of our local joining points or take advantage of our Door-to-Door service and connect to your transfer service to Dover. Here you meet your Silver Service luxury coach and fellow travellers then sail to Calais. Onwards to our 4-star overnight stop hotel in Belgium.
Day 2 Cologne & the Rhine Valley (included). We leave Belgium and head to the city of Cologne with its splendid Gothic cathedral with twin spires that dominate the skyline view from the River Rhine. After some free time we continue along the Rhine Valley with the opportunity for a relaxing cruise along the river to enjoy the sedate scenery of the vineyards and castles that adorn the valley. We continue to the Mannheim area for our overnight stay. B,D
Day 3 Heidelberg (included). A morning visit to the picturesque town of Heidelberg, which lies on the River Neckar and is famed for its university, which dates back to 1386, castle and Old Town – the ‘Altstadt’. After lunch we head south to our accommodation in the Oberammergau area with time to relax ahead of tomorrow’s spectacle. B,D
Day 4 Oberammergau (included). Enjoy a relaxing morning in the environs of Oberammergau. Lunch is taken at noon before the start of the Passion Play at 2.30pm. After a break for dinner between 5pm and 8pm, the play ends at 10.30pm. Transfer back to your accommodation. B,L,D
Day 5 Innsbruck (included). We leave after breakfast and head for the splendours of Lake Garda. En route to Lake Garda we call into Austria’s Tyrolean capital of Innsbruck. Surrounded by steep mountains, the city’s location is most impressive. Perhaps the most notable landmark is the Golden Roof, from where the Emperor Maximilian 1 used to watch the events in the square below. Leaving Innsbruck we travel over the spectacular Brenner Pass into Italy to our hotel in Lake Garda for a five-night stay. B,D
Day 6 Lake Garda (included); Lake Cruise (optional). A leisurely morning followed by an included excursion to a local wine cantina to taste the local Veneto produce. This evening you can enjoy an optional cruise across the lake to the pretty shore-side village of Limone. B,D
Day 7 Verona (included); Walking Tour (optional). Today we include a visit to the charming city of Verona. Famed as the home of Romeo and Juliet, it also boasts the impressive amphitheatre where the opera festival takes place each year. The many charms of Verona will be brought to life on our optional walking tour with a local guide who will reveal many fascinating stories behind the buildings and personalities of this fine historic town. B,D
Day 8 Venice (optional); Lagoon Cruise (optional). No time in this part of Italy is complete without a visit to Venice. Join our optional excursion to this city of canals, gondolas and palaces. Enjoy the famous sights including the Bridge of Sighs, St. Mark’s Square and the Doge’s Palace. For a different view over St. Mark’s Square, enjoy our optional Lagoon Cruise as we sail past Guidecca Island and Venice’s Lido resort made famous by the International Film Festival. B,D
Day 9 Villages of Lake Garda (optional). It’s our final day in Lake Garda and there’s so much to see and do around the lake. Our optional sightseeing tour will stop at some of the most picturesque villages including Sirmione from where we take a boat across the lake passing the private island of Garda. B,D
Day 10 We leave after breakfast and enjoy a leisurely drive through the Alps to the Lucerne area in Switzerland for an
overnight stay. B,D
Day 11 We head north crossing the French border arriving at our overnight hotel in northern France this evening. B
Day 12 We travel on to Calais for our return crossing to the U.K. and then continue on our transfer service to your
chosen local drop off point or if you selected our Door-to-Door service to your front door. B
Included Meals: B=Breakfast, L=Lunch, D=Dinner

Your hotels
You’ll stay for five nights at the 3-star Hotel Royal in Riva del Garda, or similar. The hotel is only 250 metres
from the lake, and a 10-15 minute walk along the lakeside from Riva. The hotel has a restaurant, bar, lift, outdoor
swimming pool and sun terrace and all meals are buffet style. All bedrooms have T.V. and telephone.

En route overnight stays will be with buffet breakfast in a 4-star hotel in Belgium, city style hotel in northern France and
central Germany and tourist style hotel in Switzerland.

Please note: on some occasions hotels of a similar standard in resorts such as Riva, Torbole and Malcesine may be used.

Oberammergau accommodation
HC3 Hotel - Comfortable rooms with shower or bath/WC in superior middle class hotels; all rooms are equipped with mini-bar or a range of drinks, colour television, radio, telephone, hairdryer, cosmetic articles. In combination with admission ticket category 1.
HC4 Hotel - Well-kept rooms in middle class hotels with shower or bath/WC; all rooms are equipped with colour television. In combination with admission ticket category 2.
PC3/PC4 Private Landlords & Holiday Apartments - Simple, adequate, well-kept rooms or holiday apartments with shower or bath/WC (private shower may be on the landing). In combination with admission ticket category 3.

Passion Play tickets
Tickets are allocated together with the accommodation so we have no control over the exact location of seats, but suffice to say the higher the grade of hotel, the better the seats.

What's included?
• FREE local joining points
• Travel by Silver Service luxury coach
• EXTRA legroom for your added comfort
• 11 nights’ accommodation including 2 nights in the Oberammergau area with continental breakfast, 1 lunch and 9 evening meals
• Excursions: Cologne; The Rhine Valley; Heidelberg; Innsbruck; Verona; Lake Garda with wine tasting in a local cantina
• Ticket for the Oberammergau Passion Play
• Porterage at your hotels

Prices are person, based on two sharing - no single rooms are available.
Extras: optional excursions

Silver Service - 12OBGV
Date	Price PC3	Price PC4	Price HC4	Price HC3
Mon 17 May	-	-	-	1585
Mon 24 May	1325	-	-	-
Mon 31 May	1325	-	1500	-
Mon 21 Jun	1325	1325	-	-
Mon 6 Sept	-	-	-	1585