Western Europe Ruins & Archaeology Tours & Packages Tours & Trips

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• Explore Athens, Such a fascinating city
• See the Acropolis Museum, the Temple of Zeus, Hadrian's Arch
• Enjoy full-day cruise to the 3 beautiful islands of Hydra - Poros and Aegina
• Visits to Ancient Mycenae as well as the Epidaurus Theatre
• Visit the archaeological site and the Museum of Delphi

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• Join John Weretka to explore the art, architecture and music of Belgium and The Netherlands from the economic powerhouse of medieval Flanders through Holland’s golden age to masterly Art Nouveau and contemporary architecture in Brussels and Antwerp.
• Explore the great Gothic Town Halls, churches and merchant palaces of Brussels, Bruges, Ghent and Antwerp.
• View masterpieces by Northern Renaissance painters such as Jan van Eyck, Rogier van der Weyden, Hans Memling, Hieronymus Bosch, Lucas Cranach, and Pieter Bruegel the Elder in some of Europe’s greatest museums.
• Feast your eyes on hundreds of masterpieces like van Eyck’s Adoration of the Lamb, a host of Brueghels, Rembrandt’s The Nightwatch, and Vermeer’s Girl with a Pearl Earring, View of Delft and The Milkmaid.
• Visit the ‘Golden Cabinet. The Royal Museum at The Rockox House’ combined collection of Nicolaas Rockox, burgomaster of Antwerp and patron, and Antwerp Museum of Fine Arts including works by Jan Brueghel I, Peter Brueghel II, Peter Paul Rubens, Anthony Van Dyck, Jacques Jordaens, Jan Van Eyck and Hans Memling.

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• Explore Innsbruck
• Enjoy Austrian Christmas cookies and mulled wine followed by a traditional Austrian Christmas dinner
• Visit Rattenberg and experience horse-drawn sleigh ride
• Explore Optional excursion to Salzburg
• Experience Scenic tour around Lake Garda

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• Visit City Ulm, situated on the River Danube
• Experience scenic tour of the Romantic Road, one of Germany’s oldest tourist routes Rothenburg and Dinkelsbühl
• Explore Munich, the city is famous for its beautiful architecture
• Visit Heidelberg and Nuremberg
• Explore the historic buildings, lively squares and picturesque alleyways

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• Christopher Wood, with the assistance of Dr Christopher Gribbin shows how Greek, Roman, Byzantine, Croat, Venetian, Austro-Hungarian and Turkish culture and trade travelled the sparkling Adriatic as you journey along Croatia’s magnificent panoramic coastline.
• Chart the Roman Empire’s Balkan history through grand monuments like Pula’s huge amphitheatre and Diocletian’s monumental palace at Split, later transformed into a medieval fortified town.
• Visit a masterpiece of the Byzantine world in the Euphrasian Basilica in Porec, with mosaics to rival Ravenna.
• Journey through the Plitvice Lakes National Park, one of Europe’s scenic wonders.
• View some of Europe’s greatest Romanesque monuments in Zadar and the tiny island city of Trogir, with its superb cathedral portal sculptures.

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• Tour of Scottish Castles
• Loch Ness Exhibition Center and Canoeing
• Callanish Standing Stones
• Horseback Riding and Archery at Rothiemurchus Estate*

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• A cultural tour of Paris with lectures and site visits by art and architectural historian Christopher Wood
• Live in ‘studio’ rooms in the heart of Quartier Latin, near the Pont-Neuf, so you can experience Paris’ street-life, boulevards, markets, gardens and cafés: Citadines Apart’Hotel Paris Saint-Germain-des-Prés
• Learn to read the urban structure of this great city, and explore the ways in which its urbanism, its great monuments and its vibrant political, social and cultural life made it the quintessential world city
• Enjoy a series of walks designed to illustrate the story of Paris and take a private interior tour of the Opéra Garnier
• Visit magnificent religious architecture including Paris’ Notre-Dame, Sacré-Coeur and Sainte-Chapelle

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• Opportunity to see cultural sites, train ride will take you to the 2,000 year old city of Sion, with its 11th century church of Notre Dame, late Gothic cathedral and 13th century castle ruins.
• Experience hike that offers a variety of landscapes and expansive views of the Lauenen Valley
• Opportunity to rest sore hiking muscles or explore a little of Switzerland beyond Kandersteg
• Hike from Obersteinberg to Wengen is comparatively easy and so allows for a more leisurely day.