European Panorama

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Length: 12 days. Group educational tours for 12 or more students or adults. Self-designed custom tours typically led by teachers of high school juniors and seniors.

Highlights: Windsor Castle, London City Tour, Westminster Abbey, Paris City Tour, Notre Dame, Bateaux Mouches, Lake Geneva Walking Tour, Lake Como Boat Ride, Verona, Venice City Tour, Doges' Palace, Murano Glass-Blowing Demonstration, Salzburg City Tour, Salt Mines Tour, Munich City Tour, BMW Museum

Itinerary: London (2), Paris (2), Lausanne (1), Lake Como (2), Venice (2), Salzburg (1), Munich (2)

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Day 1 – Depart

Fly through the night to London.

Day 2 – London

Welcome to England! Your TSA Tours guide waits to escort you to Windsor, on the southern bank of the Thames. Tour the world’s largest inhabited castle, Windsor Castle, a country retreat of Queen Elizabeth and the royal family. See the Round Tower built by Henry II, St. George’s Chapel, the State Apartments and Queen Mary’s Dolls’ House.

Day 3 – London

From Piccadilly Circus to Tower Bridge, Buckingham Palace, Trafalgar Square, Fleet Street, the Houses of Parliament, St. Paul’s Cathedral and Big Ben – you'll see it all with a comprehensive London City Tour. Continue to Westminster Abbey, site of royal weddings and coronations. Pause on the aged stones that pay tribute to the Unknown Warrior, and see the tombs of famous poets and writers. OPTION: Attend a West End theatre performance this evening.

Day 4 – Paris

Travel to France via the Chunnel under the English Channel, arriving in Paris in the afternoon.

Day 5 – Paris

Bonjour! Today begins with a Paris City Tour, accompanied by an expert local guide. See the Champs Elysées, the Eiffel Tower, the Arc de Triomphe and other highlights of the City of Lights. Also visit the Gothic glory of Notre Dame Cathedral. This evening, see the monuments of Paris from a unique perspective aboard a Bateaux Mouches cruise along the Seine.

Day 6 – Lausanne

Journey through the vineyards of Burgundy and the mustard fields of Dijon on your way to the resort of Lausanne, Switzerland. This evening your guide will lead you on a walking tour of Lake Geneva, the lovely Lac Léman.

Day 7 – Lake Como

Wind through the countryside of Lugano, the crystal lake shared by Italy and Switzerland, and arrive in the beautiful Lake Como resort area.

Day 8 – Lake Como

Start your day with a peaceful Lake Como Boat Ride, sailing past soaring summits, colorful terraces, verdant pastures and an abundance of wild flowers, then discover other pleasures in this "Balcony of the Alps."

Day 9 – Venice

Journey through Verona, the romantic hometown of Romeo and Juliet, on your way to Venice.

Day 10 – Venice

Your Venice City Tour, accompanied by a licensed guide, begins with a walk along the Grand Canal to see St. Mark's Basilica, the Rialto Bridge, the Bridge of Sighs, and the Clock Tower, where animated statues of Moors use hammers to strike the hours. Visit the Doges’ Palace with its impressive paintings by Titian, Veronese and Tintoretto. Also view a Murano Glass Blowing demonstration. Option: Take a trip along the Grand Canal in a gondola, perhaps with a song from your gondolier.

Day 11 – Salzburg

Travel via the Brenner Pass, an important Roman route through which many invasions of Italy were made, to the "Sound of Music" city of Salzburg, Austria.

Day 12 – Munich

A guided Salzburg City Tour includes a trip to the home of Mozart, where you'll see his music and childhood violin. Travel to Munich via a Salt Mines Tour. Dress in miners’ clothing and dive into a time when salt was once more valuable than gold. Arrive in the capital of Bavaria, a city known for its art and Oktoberfest.

Day 13 – Munich

Gutten tag! Your Munich City Tour includes the Marienplatz, the Flower Market, the Glockenspiel, and Frauenkirche Cathedral, built in 1468. You'll also see Olympic Park, visit the BMW Museum and see St. Peters church, founded in 1050 AD.

Day 14 – Depart

Transfer to the airport and jet home, exhilarated by the magnificence of your European Panorama.

London

London city tour
Westminster Abbey
St. Paul’s Cathedral
Buckingham Palace
Changing of the Guard
Hop-on, Hop-off bus tour
West End play
Shakespeare’s Globe tour
Globe theatre performance
Behind the Stage tour
Thames River cruise
Tower of London
Covent Garden
Greenwich
London Eye
Madame Tussauds
Afternoon tea at Harrods
London Dungeon
Jack the Ripper tour
British Museum
The National Gallery
Victoria & Albert Museum
Imperial War Museum
Churchill War Rooms
Charles Dickens Museum

Edinburgh

Edinburgh city tour
Edinburgh Castle
Holyrood Palace
The National Museum
The National Gallery
Scottish folk dinner show
Witchery tour
The Writers’ Museum
The Royal Yacht Britannia
Our Dynamic Earth science museum

Dublin

Dublin city tour
Dublin Castle
Trinity College – Book of Kells
St. Patrick’s Cathedral
Dublin Writers Museum
Guinness Storehouse

Limerick

Rock of Cashel
Bunratty Castle and Folk Park
Adare Village
Glenstall Abbey

Killarney

Ring of Kerry
Blarney Castle
Muckross Abbey
Ross Castle
Torc Waterfall

Paris

Paris city tour
Paris by Night tour
Notre Dame Cathedral
Sainte-Chapelle
Eiffel Tower (2nd or 3rd Level)
Bateaux Mouches river cruise
Seine River dinner cruise
Louvre Museum
Musee d’Orsay
Rodin Museum
Opera Garnier
Pere Lachaise Cemetery
Montmartre dinner
Moulin Rouge show
Sacre-Coeur Basilica
Paris Catacombs
Paris Sewers Tour
Latin Quarter tour
Le Marais tour
Centre Pompidou

Saint-Malo

Saint-Malo city tour
Musée du Château
Jacques Cartier Manor House
Le Grand Aquarium
Fort National
St. Vincent Cathedral

Lyon

Lyon city tour
Basilica Notre Dame de Fourvière
Gallo-Roman Museum and Ruins
St-Jean Cathedral

Aix-en-Provence

Aix city tour
Cézanne’s Studio
Cathedral of the Holy Saviour

Nice

Nice city tour
Monaco city tour
Eze perfume factory
Language homestay
Matisse Museum
Le Chateau
Theatre de la Photographie et de l’Image
Russian Cathedral
Nice Archaeology Museum

Caen

Caen city tour
Abbaye aux Dames
Abbaye aux Hommes
Musée de Normandie
Musée des Beaux-Arts

Tours

Tours city tour
Tours Cathedral
Musée des Beaux-Arts
Château d’Amboise
Château de Chambord
Château de Chenonceau
Château de Chantilly

Normandy

D-Day tour
Mont Saint-Michel
Bayeux Tapestry

Marseille

Marseille city tour
Notre Dame de la Garde
Mediterranean Archaeology Museum
Longchamp Castle
Château d’If

Geneva

Geneva city tour
Natural History Museum
Cathédrale de St-Pierre
Russian Church
Maison Tavel
Palais des Nations
Patek Philippe Museum
Fondation Martin Bodmer
Voltaire Institute & Museum
International Red Cross & Red Crescent Museum
Museum of the History of Science
Lake Geneva cruise
Le Salève cable car
CERN
Montreux & Château de Chillon
Chamonix & Mont Blanc
Gruyère

Bern

Bern city tour
Einstein Museum
Paul Klee Center
Münster-Cathedral
Swiss Alpine Museum

Lucerne

Lucerne city tour
Alpineum Museum
Swiss Transport Museum
Glacier Garden

Zermatt

Zermatt bike tour
Klein Matterhorn & Glacier Grotto
Gornergrat mountain train
Glacier Express train to St. Moritz

Zurich

Zürich city tour
Grossmünster tower
Swiss National Museum
Kunsthaus Zürich
Rhine Falls by train
Zürich Zoo
Uetliberg Planet Walk

Interlaken

Interlaken village tour
Alpin Raft white water rafting
Jungfraujoch Railway
Lake cruise
Niederhorn bike tour
Trümmelbach Waterfalls
Gimmelwald
Grindelwald
Wengen
Lauterbrunnen

Montreux

Montreux city tour
Château de Chillon
Steamboat cruise
Musée du Vieux-Montreux
Vevey

Lausanne

Lausanne city tour
Olympic Museum
Art Brut Collection
Musée de l’Elysée
Gruyère

Rome

Rome city tour
Ancient Rome tour with Colosseum
Vatican City tour with Sistine Chapel
St. Peter’s Basilica
Basilica of St. John Lateran
Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore
Evening walking tour – Spanish Steps, Piazza Navona
Borghese Gallery
Pantheon
Appian Way and the Catacombs
Castel Sant’Angelo
Nero’s Palace
Baths of Caracalla
Capitoline Museums
National Roman Museum
National Gallery of Roman Art

Florence

Florence city tour
Santa Maria del Fiore (Duomo)
Campanile
Baptistery of San Giovanni
Basilica di Santa Croce
Basilica di San Lorenzo
Pitti Palace
Uffizi Gallery
Galleria Dell’Accademia
San Miniato al Monte
Bargello
Medici Riccardi Palace

Bologna

Bologna city tour
Torre degli Asinelli
Archaeological Museum
Jewish Museum
National Picture Gallery
University Museums
Lamborghini Museum
Sanctuary of the Madonna di San Luca

Naples

Naples city tour
Duomo
Santa Chiara Monastery
San Lorenzo Maggiore
Castel Nuovo
Capodimonte Museum
Teatro San Carlo

Cinque Terre

Cinque Terre tour

Venice

Venice city tour
Doges’ Palace
St. Mark’s Bascilica
Galleria Dell’Accademia
Ca’ d’Oro
Museo Correr
Ca’Rezzonico
Peggy Guggenheim Collection
Murano glass-making demonstration
Burano
Torcello

Genoa

Genoa city tour
Aquarium of Genoa
Palazzo Bianco Gallery
Palazzo Rosso Gallery
Galata Seafaring Museum
National Gallery
Palazzo Ducale
Museum of Sant’Agostino

Sorrento

Sorrento city tour
Teatro Tasso tarantella show
Correale di Terranova Museum
Isle of Capri
Pompeii archaeological site
Herculaneum archaeological site
Amalfi
Positano

Milan

Milan city tour
Duomo
Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II
Castello Sforzesco
Teatro alla Scala
Santa Maria della Grazie (The Last Supper)

Pisa

Pisa city tour
Leaning Tower
Duomo and Baptistery
Museo dell’Opera del Duomo

Siena

Siena city tour
Duomo
Pinacoteca Nazionale
Torre del Mangia
Museo dell’Opera Metropolitana

Vienna

Vienna city tour
Vienna Opera House
Belvedere Palace
Schönbrunn Palace
Spanish Riding School
Prater
Art History Museum
Albertina
Leopold Museum
Museum of Modern Art
Kunsthalle Wien
Museum of Natural History

Graz

Graz city tour
Schlossberg
Opera House
Kunsthaus modern art museum
Riegersburg castle
Landeszeughaus armory
Eggenberg Palace

Innsbruck

Innsbruck city tour
Bergisel Ski Jump Stadium
Imperial Palace
Ambras Castle
Swarovski Crystal Worlds
Alpine Zoo

Salzburg

Salzburg city tour
Sound of Music tour
Salt Mines tour
Hellbrunn Palace and trick fountains
Mozart’s Birthplace/Museum
Schloss Mirabell
Salzburg Fortress

Linz

Linz city tour
Alter Dom
Linz Castle
St. Martin’s Church
Pöstlingberg

Berlin

Berlin city tour
Checkpoint Charlie
Holocaust Memorial
Jewish Museum
Reichstag Building
Berlin Zoo
Charlottenburg Palace
Olympia Stadium
Pergamon Museum
Old National Gallery
Museum of Pre-History and Early History
Botanical Museum
Bauhaus Archive

Dresden

Dresden city tour
Zwinger Palace
Semper Opera House
Royal Palace
Frauenkirche
Brühl Terrace
Military History Museum

Frankfurt

Frankfurt city tour
Goethe House
Paulskirche
Senckenberg Museum of Natural History
Museum of Modern Art
Botanical Gardens

Nuremberg

Nuremberg city tour
Nuremberg Trials/Nazi rally grounds tour
National Germanic Museum
Imperial Castle
Nicolai Copernicus Planetarium
Albrecht Dürer House

Cologne

Cologne city tour
Cologne Cathedral
Wallraf-Richartz-Museum
Romano-Germanic Museum
Jewish Museum

Düsseldorf

Düsseldorf city tour
Schloss Benrath
Löbbecke Museum and Aquarium
Heinrich-Heine-Institut

Regensburg

Regensburg city tour
Bavarian Natural History Museum
Kunstforum Museum
Danube Shipping Museum

Munich

Munich city tour
Nymphenburg Palace
Munich Residenz
Alte Pinakothek
Neue Pinakothek
German Museum
BMW Museum
Hofbräuhaus
Isar River rafting
Mike’s Bike tour

Weimar

Weimar city tour
National Goethe Museum
Schiller House
Bauhaus Museum
Town Castle (Palace Museum)
Duchess Anna Amalia Library
Buchenwald Memorial

Heidelberg

Heidelberg city tour
Bergbahn scenic train ride
Neckar River cruise
Heidelberg Castle
Alte Universität
Schwetzingen

Leipzig

Leipzig city tour
Stasi Museum
St. Nicholas Church
Botanical Garden
Bach Museum
St. Thomas Church

Stuttgart

Stuttgart city tour
Wilhelma Zoo
Mercedes-Benz Museum
Porsche Museum
Altes Schloss (Württemberg Regional Museum)
State Gallery of Stuttgart

Hamburg

Hamburg city tour
Emigration Museum
Hamburger Kunsthalle
Church of St. Michaelis
Planten un Blomen

London

Windsor Castle
Leeds Castle
Hampton Court Palace
Kew Palace
Kensington Palace
Stratford-upon-Avon
Shakespeare’s Birthplace
Anne Hathaway’s Cottage
Warwick Castle
Stonehenge
Bath
Canterbury
Salisbury
Oxford
Cambridge
White Cliffs of Dover

Edinburgh

Stirling Castle
National Wallace Monument
St. Andrews
Glasgow
Loch Ness
Loch Lomond
Trossachs National Park
Lake District National Park

Dublin

Malahide Castle & Dublin Bay
Blarney Castle
Cliffs of Moher
Aran Islands
Galway Bay
Connemara
Powerscourt Estate
Waterford Crystal Tour

Paris

Normandy WWII sites
Arromanche 360 cinema
Monet’s Gardens at Giverny
Chartres Cathedral
Palace of Fontainebleau
Palace and Gardens of Versailles
Disneyland Paris
Loire Valley chateaux
Intensive Language Classes
Provins

Rome

Tivoli – Hadrian’s Villa and Villa d’Este
Pompeii archaeological site
Hurculaneum archaeological site
Ostia Antica
Montepulciano
Siena
Orvieto
Tarquinia

Vienna

Wachau Danube Valley tour
Danube River cruise
Vienna Woods and Mayerling
Budapest by hydrofoil
Salzburg
Prague
Bratislava

Salzburg

Berchtesgaden & Eagle’s Nest
Salzkammergut (Lake District)
Hallstatt
Eisriesenwelt ice cave
Lake Königssee
Hallein
Linz
Munich
Bad Tölz
Innsbruck

Berlin

Potsdam
Dresden
Leipzig
Peacock Island
Sachsenhausen concentration camp memorial
Spreewald
VW Factory Wolfsburg

Munich

Neuschwanstein Castle
Linderhof Castle
Neues Schloss Schleißheim
Dachau concentration camp memorial
Lake Königssee
Rothenburg
Oberammergau
Salzburg
Linderhof Castle
Bad Tölz
Berchtesgaden salt mines
Eagle’s Nest
Königsee

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United Kingdom

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Country Calling Code: 44

Capital: London

Official Language(s): English

France

Currency: Euro (EUR)

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Country Calling Code: 33

Capital: Paris

Official Language(s): French

Switzerland

Currency: Swiss franc (CHF)

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Capital: Bern

Official Language(s): German (63.7%), French (20.4%), Italian (6.5%), Romansh (0.5%)

Italy

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Country Calling Code: 39

Capital: Rome

Official Language(s): Italian

Austria

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Country Calling Code: 43

Capital: Vienna

Official Language(s): German

Germany

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Country Calling Code: 49

Capital: Berlin

Official Language(s): German