Day 1 - Depart from your local area and travel to Dover for our crossing to the Continent. Continue to our overnight stopover hotel in France or Belgium on a bed and Continental breakfast basis
Day 2 - Continue through Germany and into the mountains for a 2 night dinner, bed and breakfast stay in the Salzburgerland area
Day 3 – Today we have a full day excursion taking in Austria’s Lake District – known as the Salzkammergut. We visit Mondsee to see the church used as the wedding scene in the film ‘The Sound of Music’. Continue to St Gilgen with its onion topped church before we include a short boat cruise to the village of St Wolfgang. Don’t miss the frescoed houses and the famous White Horse Inn.
Day 4 – Today we head to Vienna. On the way we visit the Wachau region – home of some of Austria’s finest wines. We stop in the town of Krems and include entrance and a guided tour to the magnificent Melk Abbey, before continuing to our hotel in Vienna for 2 nights on a dinner, bed and breakfast basis.
Day 5 – Today – a slightly later start - we have included a full day in Vienna. We have an included guided sightseeing tour so you can make the best of this beautiful city. Don’t miss the Hofburg Palace, the Parliament building, the Opera House, national theatre and ‘Rathaus’ or City Hall. Tonight we include a traditional meal in the Heuriger, (wine tavern).
Day 6 – Depart from Vienna and visit the picturesque city of Graz, before continuing to the southern county of Carintha where we spend 2 nights on a dinner, bed and breakfast basis.
Day 7 – Today we have included a scenic tour to Klagenfurt and the beautiful Worthersee Lake where you can take a cruise, (not included).
Day 8 – Depart from Carintha and head north to Salzburg. There are Mediaeval lanes, Gothic churches and quaint cafes waiting for you to explore.
Day 9 – Today we have included a further excursion to Innsbruck. Don’t miss the many fine buildings – a testament to the city’s regal past, including the famous ‘Golden Roof’ and the Hofburg Palace. We have included a sightseeing tour and also a visit to the modern Berg Isel Olympic ski jump with wonderful views overlooking the city.
Day 10 – Join our trip through some great scenery as we climb over the Gerlos Pass to Krimml Falls. These magnificent Falls – regarded as some of the best in Europe – descend over 3 mighty stages. Continue to Kitzbuhel. Enjoy a stroll round the old town or you may like to take a cable car, (extra cost payable locally), up the Hahenkamm Mountain.
Day 11 – We bid a fond farewell to Austria and travel to our hotel in France for our final overnight stopover on a bed and Continental breakfast basis.
Day 12 – Continue our journey home, arriving back later on
We stay for 2 nights at a 3* hotel in the Salzburgerland region. In Vienna we stay for 2 nights at a 3 or 4* hotel on the outskirts of the city. We then stay for 2 nights at a 3* hotel in Carinthia. Finally we stay for 3 nights at a 3 or 4* hotel in the Kitzbuhel Alps area. Overnight stays will be in France or Belgium on a bed and Continental breakfast basis in city style or family run hotels.