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Lovers of European wine, cheese and chocolate will adore the new Albatross ‘Rhineland, Alsace and Swiss Alps’ tour and can save $300 per person off the tour price if they book before 22 December 2011.

The leisurely paced 16 day tour includes two nights amongst the Moselle and Rhine valleys, four nights in the French Alsace, three nights near Lake Geneva, and four more in the heart of the mighty Swiss Alps.

Highlights include the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, the Alsace wine route, a ride on the Swiss Chocolate train and a stay amongst Europe’s highest mountains in the Swiss Alps.

Fully escorted by an experienced tour manager the tour includes transport in a first class touring coach, 15 nights accommodation, hotel porterage, breakfast daily and most dinners, Alsace wine tasting, three cruises including a Rhine cruise, visits to a Swiss cheese factory and Switzerland’s first chocolate factory, entrances and excursions as per the itinerary, plus more!

Normally priced at $6,189 per person twin share, if travellers take advantage of this earlybird special they will pay only $5,889 per person twin share.

The ‘Rhinelands, Alsace & Swiss Alps’ tour commences in Frankfurt departing 29 May, 25 June and 18 September 2012.

Contact us for more information on this tour.

Would you like to travel around Europe but want to see more than the inside of a coach? Then Albatross European tours are just for you.

Albatross tours are distinctively different as they have been designed specifically for Australian and New Zealander travellers offering a genuinely leisurely pace with 2, 3, 4 and even 5 nights at each stopover.

Each day is packed with included local excursions and sightseeing visits to places that are usually ignored or missed on conventional ‘off the rack’ touring programmes. For instance when in Bavaria they visit Hitler’s Eagle’s Nest and the Nazi Bunkers, and in Marseilles the infamous island castle prison made famous in Alexandre Dumas’ The Count of Monte Cristo. The ‘difference’ is certainly there!

Group sizes are limited to only 30 passengers and tours are genuinely inclusive. There are no hidden optional excursion lists or later charged extras (so common elsewhere) as all those special meals, excursions and even end of tour tips are included.

Early morning starts and long intercity drives are avoided with significantly less time spent sitting on the coach. To reinforce this fact, in their new brochure Albatross openly show the average number of kilometres travelled per day on each tour and urge you to compare this with other tours on the market!

Hotels are also a highlight. In addition to centrally located city hotels, Albatross have selected a variety of charming regional hotels with character. Imagine how much your enjoyment will be enhanced by staying in a delightful family run Gasthof hotel with balconies that have window boxes bursting with geraniums, or a medieval half timbered hotel oozing charm, or a superb ancient castle dating back centuries.

On offer are 8 distinctively different, leisurely paced escorted tours exploring Britain, France, Italy, Germany, Austria, Switzerland and Belgium.

Albatross Tours have just released their 2012 European Summer Tours, offering a $300 early bird discount on all 9 plus day tours featured in the brochure if booked by 22^nd December, 2011. 

Contact us for your copy of the 48 page European Summer 2012 Tours brochure.