Alpine Christmas Markets – 9 days land only

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- Return airport/hotel transfers
- 8 nights hotel accommodation
- Breakfast daily
-Welcome dinner, Celebration dinner & 2 three-course table d'hote dinners with tea or coffee
- A Freestyle evening
- A Signature evening
- Touring by luxury coach
- Assistance of a Tour Director
- Sightseeing in all towns & cities visited

Signature Experiences:

Munich: At the Christmas Market, meet a market stallholder to taste the fragrant and utterly delicious Lebkuchen with a glass of Glühwein.

Innsbruck: Enjoy a delightful horse-drawn carriage ride.

Additional included highlights:

Munich: See the Town Hall in the Marienplatz, and spend time at the Christkindlmarkt.

Salzburg: View the Hohensalzburg fortress. See Mozart's birthplace. Spend some time in the Old Town with its Cathedral and Residenz Fountain and Christmas Markets.

Innsbruck: See the Golden Roof and Imperial Palace in the Old Town. Enjoy free time in the Christmas Markets.

Lindau: Free time to walk through the medieval streets of this island-town.

Black Forest: See Freiburg's medieval Münster and spend time in the festive markets of the historic old quarter.

Strasbourg: Visit France's oldest Christmas market in front of the Cathedral and spend time in the atmospheric neighbourhood of La Petite France.

Zürich: See the Grossmünster, Fraumünster and elegant Bahnhofstrasse. Attend Europe's biggest indoor Christmas market with it's Swarovski crystal Christmas tree.

Scenic drives: Austrian Alps, Lake Constance.

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Arrive Munich

Welcome to Munich! Transfers leave Munich Airport for your hotel at 10:00 & 13:00. Later, an orientation tour will show you all the city's major sights, culminating in the Marienplatz, with its soaring Town Hall and Glockenspiel. Here, the Christkindlmarkt is in full swing, an entrancing festival of light and music. Your Tour Director will introduce you to one of the market stallholders for a taste of traditional Bavarian Lebkuchen and a fragrant cup of Glühwein. In the evening, join your Tour Director for a Welcome Reception with dinner and wine.
Hotel: Hilton Munich Park, Munich
Welcome Reception and Dinner

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Free time in the Bavarian capital

Munich embraces the holiday season with a particular zeal, so today is all yours to enjoy the vibrant festive markets that abound in this city. On crisp winter days organ music and carols ring out from the ancient churches. If snow has fallen, the vast English Garden provides lovely winter vistas. Another option is to experience the romantic royal castles of the Bavarian Alps.
Hotel: Hilton Munich Park, Munich
Buffet Breakfast

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By Lake Chiemsee to Salzburg and on to Innsbruck
Drive beside the tranquil waters of Lake Chiemsee on your way to Salzburg in Austria, where the spires and domes of the old town are often draped in snow come December. A walk with a Local Expert shows you Mozart's family home and the rosy hues of the 500-year-old market in front of the cathedral. Head through the mountains to your Innsbruck hotel. In the evening, drive to the charming town of Hall in Tirol boasting one of Austria's best-preserved historic centres. Soak up the unique atmosphere in a 700-year-old building and delight your palate with a Medieval Banquet and wine.
Hotel: Hilton, Innsbruck
Buffet Breakfast

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Innsbruck at Leisure & Carriage Ride

Spend the morning at leisure. Immerse yourself in the festive atmosphere of the old town and Christmas markets, set in front of the Golden Roof and graced by beautifully preserved medieval façades. Do your Christmas shopping here or perhaps join an optional ascent of the famous Olympic ski jump for spectacular views of the Inn Valley and town of Innsbruck below. In the afternoon, enjoy delightful scenery and healthy fresh air on a horse-drawn carriage ride.
Hotel: Hilton, Innsbruck
Buffet Breakfast

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Head for the Black Forest via Lindau
Take Austria's longest road tunnel back into Germany and pause in the tiny island-town of Lindau. Walk through the maze of ancient streets down to the harbour. Across the lake, often shrouded in mist, rises a silhouette of snow-capped peaks. After time to explore, continue along the shores of the Bodensee to your hotel in the Black Forest for three fabulous nights.
Hotel: Maritim Titisee Hotel, Titisee
Buffet Breakfast, Dinner

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Freiburg Sightseeing
Visit Freiburg in the morning, a lively university city with a charming Christmas atmosphere. Walk from the medieval Münster through the heart of the historic old quarter, past colourful stalls offering a range of festive goodies from the Black Forest.
Hotel: Maritim Titisee Hotel, Titisee
Buffet Breakfast

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Strasbourg & Alsace experience

Cross the Rhine to the region of Alsace today, wedged between the Black Forest and the Vosges Mountains, which has changed nationality four times since 1870! Visit Strasbourg, the ‘city at the crossroads' where the Christmas Market is the oldest and one of the largest in France. Spend time in a cosy neighbourhood of timbered fairytale buildings, with Christmas shops and a gingerbread bakery, warm with fragrant promise. Return to Germany and your Black Forest hotel in time for dinner tonight.
Hotel: Maritim Titisee Hotel, Titisee
Buffet Breakfast, Dinner

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Depart for the Swiss City of Zürich

Cross the Swiss border and head for Zürich where sightseeing includes the imposing Grossmünster, elegant Fraumünster, and winding alleys of the old town alongside the River Limmat. A highlight is Europe's biggest indoor Christmas extravaganza in the main railway station, with over 160 wooden chalets and a three-storey Christmas tree, dripping with Swarovski crystals. In the evening, toast to the culmination of your Yuletide tour with a festive Celebration Dinner and wine.
Hotel: Mövenpick Zürich Airport, Zürich
Buffet Breakfast, Celebration Dinner

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Depart Zürich

Enjoy a relaxed breakfast before checking out. Complimentary hotel shuttle transfers to the airport depart every 15 minutes.
Buffet Breakfast

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