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European Summer Tours 2012
Select from 8 unique leisurely paced, European tours of the United Kingdom, Italy, France, Belgium, Germany, Austria, Switzerland and the Netherlands.
You will love our tours because...
- Our tours are designed specifically to suit the travel needs of Australians and New Zealanders.
- You can relax and enjoy a more sensible touring pace staying 2, 3, 4 and even 5 nights in most places.
- Our tours are genuinely inclusive - all of your sightseeing, special dinners and entrances are already included in our tour price. There are no later charged extras or expensive optional excursions lists. Even your end of tour tips for the tour manager, driver and local guides are included.
- Our small group size (maximum of 30 passengers) on our European Summer tours allow us to give you a more personal and authentic experience.
- This also means that we can feature hotels for their style, character and location – often including hotels that larger groups just cannot utilize.
- We also travel less kilometres every day than many other tour operators, which means that you get so much more genuine sightseeing time.
- Once you have booked and deposited, you can rest easy as we guarantee that if the value of the Australian dollar drops, your tour price will not go up.
- Book our tours with confidence as all of our tours are guaranteed to depart with as few as only 7 passengers (your travel agent can explain the importance of guaranteed group departures).
European Summer Tours 2012
All Quiet on the Western Front Tour - 8 Days
Staying three nights in Ypres (Flanders) and three in Amiens (the Somme) this tour has been specially designed to retrace the steps of the 'Diggers' throughout the Allied battles of the Western Front. From the staggering devastation of the trench warfare of the Somme battlefields, to the moving 'Last Post' under the Menin Gate in Ypres.
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Dutch Floriade Tour 2012 - 8 Days
Once every 10 years the World Horticultural Expo is held in the Netherlands. In 2012 this will be staged over 7 months in the Dutch town of Venlo. Following three nights in Amsterdam, we spend three more nights near Venlo and a final night in Brussels, Belgium. In addition to numerous visits and sightseeing we have also included the wonderful palace and gardens of Het Loo, the Mondo Verde Gardens, and of course the magnificent Floriade.
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Black Forest, Bavaria and the Tyrol - 14 Days
A beautifully paced tour with three night stays in the heart of the Black Forest and the Bavarian Alps amongst King Ludwig’s ‘fairytale’ castles. To cap it all off, relax over five nights in the glorious Austrian Tyrol and see Salzburg, Innsbruck, Hitler’s infamous Eagles Nest, and enjoy a scenic steam train ride.
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Rhineland, Alsace & the Swiss Alps Tour - 16 Days
Following two nights amongst the Moselle and Rhine valleys, stay four nights in the French Alsace, three nights near Lake Geneva, and four more in the heart of the mighty Swiss Alps. Relax in the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, follow the Alsace wine route, ride on the chocolate train and stay amongst Europe’s highest mountains.
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Great British Heritage Tour - 19 Days
A magical tour with two, three and even four night stays in Bath, Yorkshire, Stratford-upon-Avon, the Lakes District and Scotland. Enjoy numerous visits to castles, country mansions and beautifully landscaped gardens plus unique excursions such as a ‘Braveheart’ tour, exploring the honey coloured villages of the Cotswolds and a ride on the London Eye.
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The Italian Grande Tour 2012 - 18 Days
Imagine… a more leisurely paced Italian tour with four nights in the magnificent Italian Lakes District, two nights in a dreamy Italian castle, five nights touring Tuscany visiting Florence, the Cinque Terre, Lucca, Pisa, Siena, and San Gimignano, two nights in the Umbrian Hills, and as a finale, three nights on the stunning Amalfi Coast visiting Capri, Amalfi and Positano, and a last night in Rome.
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Provence and Tuscany to Umbria Tour 2012 - 17 Days
A totally unique tour with three and four night stays capturing the essence and vibrancy of four very evocative regions - each one littered with wonderfully preserved cities, hill top villages, culture, food and wine. Cruise the glorious Calanques of the Cote d’Azur, visit chic St Tropez, explore the fairytale ‘town of towers’ San Gimignano and medieval Spoleto.
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La Francaise Tour 2012 - 17 Days
Come with us to regional France and immerse yourself amongst those wonderfully preserved medieval villages, sleepy chateaux, manicured vineyards and local fresh produce markets bursting with ripe cheeses, pate and crusty French baguettes. Enjoy three night stays in Normandy, the Loire Valley, Bordeaux and Burgundy plus two more in the stunning Dordogne.
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