Heidelberg & Royal Castles
5 Days Independent Tour from
Frankfurt, Heidelberg, Rothenburg, Augsburg & Munich

Features and Inclusions

  • 4 nights accommodation

  • 4 breakfasts

  • Regular half day city tour to Heidelberg including Heidelberg Castle inner courtyard

  • Taxi transfers: bus stop to hotel to bus stop in Rothenburg

  • City walk in Rothenburg

  • Neuschwanstein Castle in Hohenschwangau

  • City tour in Augsburg

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Preferred Hotels

Frankfurt:

Intercity Hotel or similar

Rothenburg:

Spitzweg or similar

Augsburg:

InterCity or similar

Hohenschwangau:

Muller or similar

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Departures and Prices 2008

starting Daily from

April 1 - October 28, 2008

Per Person In Twin

$ 1372.00

Single Room Supplement

$ 448.00

Supplement for reverse itinerary

$ 54.00

 

ITINERARY

Day 1: - Frankfurt - Heidelberg - Frankfurt
Start your tour with a regular diversified half-day trip to Heidelberg, the old university town at the banks of Neckar-River, including a visit of the inner courtyard of Heidelberg Castle and a lunchbox. After returning to Frankfurt, the rest of the day is free to explore the city. (O)

Day 2: - Frankfurt - Rothenburg 
Depart from Frankfurt for a picturesque drive through the Spessart mountains to Wurzburg, on the banks of the river Main. Continue on the Romantic Road to Rothenburg o.d. Tauber, Germany’s well-preserved "Jewel of the Middle Ages" with its ramparts, city gates, town hall and Jakobskirche (church) with an altar by the famous woodcarver Tilmann Riemenschneider. Upon arrival in Rothenburg, a taxi will take you to your hotel. In the afternoon or evening please join the city walk with local guide or the historic Night Watchman in Rothenburg. (B/O)

Day 3: - Rothenburg - Augsburg 
After breakfast, a taxi will meet you at your hotel & take you to the bus stop. Your coach drives along the Romantic Road passing such picturesque places as Dinkelsbuhl and Nordlingen with high-gabled houses and cobbled streets. Arrival at Augsburg in the afternoon. (B/O)

Day 4: - Augsburg - Hohenschwangau 
After breakfast, you are invited to go on a city tour, starting at the City Hall. You will get to know all the important sights of Augsburg, which is famous for old trading dynasties (the Fuggers). In the late afternoon board the coach to Hohenschwangau. (B/O)

Day 5: - Hohenschwangau - Munich 
In the morning receive your tickets for the Neuschwanstein Castle at the front desk of your hotel & visit the famous "Cinderella Castle", built by King Ludwig II. In the late afternoon proceed to Munich, where tour ends at approx. 7p.m. (B)

Reverse itinerary: 
Includes additionally a visit to Linderhof Castle. Tour ends in Frankfurt in the afternoon.




B=Breakfast; D=Dinner; O=Overnight    ditst605