Essence of the Elbe: Berlin to Prague

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Overview
Highlights
- Enjoy twelve days River Cruise vacation
- Insightful and informative port tour
- Land tours and shipboard programs
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Destinations
Activities
Trip includes
- 29 meals, including Captain’s Welcome and Farewell Receptions and Dinners: 12 breakfasts, 8 lunches, and 9 dinners (and beverages—including beer, wine, and soft drinks—during all onboard lunches and dinners)
- 9 exclusive, included tours with personal headsets: Berlin • Potsdam & Cecilienhof Palace • Woerlitz Park • Wittenberg • Torgau • Meissen • Dresden • Litomerice • Prague
- Exclusive Discovery Series events: German lesson • Home-Hosted Kaffeeklatsch • Meissen Porcelain Factory visit • Bastei visit
- Airport transfers upon arrival and departure with the purchase of Grand Circle's airfare
- All port charges—a value of $125 per person
- Gratuities for local guides and motorcoach drivers on your main trip
- Baggage handling for 1 piece of luggage per person, including tips
- 5% Frequent Traveler Credit toward your next Grand Circle trip—an average of $258
Itinerary

Meals: Dinner
Accommodations: Maritim Hotel Berlin or similar
View the Brandenburg Gate while touring Berlin
Depending on your departure city, you will arrive either this morning or afternoon. A Grand Circle representative will meet you at the air...
Meals: Breakfast
Accommodations: Maritim Hotel Berlin or similar
See Checkpoint Charlie while exploring Berlin
This morning, after an included breakfast at your hotel, it's time to set out on your first full day of discovery with an included city ...
Meals: Breakfast
Accommodations: Maritim Hotel Berlin or similar
After breakfast this morning, you'll be presented with an included city pass for public transportation around Berlin. With an entire day of independent exploration ahead of you, Germany's i...
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
After breakfast this morning, you'll transfer to Potsdam, where you'll enjoy a guided tour of Cecilienhof Palace—which is part of the Palaces and Parks of Potsdam and Berlin UNESCO World Heritage Site. Originally the last pala...
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
While you sail this morning, enjoy an exclusive Discovery Series event—a German language lesson. The words and phrases you'll learn will help you to better connect with the local people you'll encounter.
After lunch, yo...
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Discover the twelfth century city of Wittenberg
This morning, enjoy an included tour of the twelfth-century city of Wittenberg. Officially known as Lutherstadt Wittenberg, the cradle of the Protestant Reformation is bes...
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Explore the town center of Torgaue
After a morning of sailing and lunch aboard your ship, you'll disembark in Torgau, where you'll discover this port on an included tour. You'll visit the town center—restored since the ...
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
View the famous porcelain produced in Meissen
Today, you'll step ashore at Meissen for a walking tour—encompassing its historic market square, Renaissance architecture, and Church of Our Lady (Frauenkirche)—of this anci...
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Discover the remarkable city of Dresden
Today, immerse yourself in the remarkable city of Dresden. A flourishing artistic center until the rise of the Nazis, it was completely destroyed during World War II. Writer Kurt ...
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Discover the scenic view from atop the Bastei sandstone bridge
This morning, you'll disembark in the spa town of Bad Schandau and transfer by motorcoach to the highlight of this region: the Bastei. Millions of years ago...
Meals: Breakfast and Lunch
Accommodations: Park Inn Prague
You'll dismbark this morning in Dresden and then drive to Litomerice, set at the confluence of the Elbe and Ohre rivers in the Czech Republic. Here, you'll enjoy an informative stroll and an auth...
Meals: Breakfast and Dinner
Accommodations: Park Inn Prague
View the Charles Bridge while exploring Prague
Prague's regal beauty spreads on both sides of the winding Vltava River, connected by 16 picturesque bridges. Like Rome and San Francisco, t...
Meals: Breakfast
After breakfast, you will be assisted to the airport for your flight home. Or, begin your post-trip extension to either Munich, Germany, or the Highlights of Poland: Warsaw & Krakow.
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Dates & Availability
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The total tour cost includes the tour price (regular or promotional) and the compulsory local payment. The promotional price is subject to change. Check directly with the operator for the latest price offer. The tour operator requires you to pay only the tour price to purchase your travel. The compulsory local payment will be paid when you join the trip. All prices are based on double, twin or triple share occupancy. Solo passengers will be accommodated in a double, twin or triple room according to availability with a passenger(s) of the same gender. Single supplement only needs to be paid if the passenger does not want to share and requests their own room. Discounts can only be applied at the time of booking and cannot be added at a later date, regardless of any changes made to the original booking.
Prices may vary due to local taxes and trip seasonality. Click "Request Info" to inquire directly with the tour operator for the final trip price.

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Accommodation
Maritim Hotel Berlin
Berlin, Germany | Rating: Superior First Class
Built in 2005, the Superior First-Class Hotel Maritim Berlin is located just steps from the famed Tiergarten in the heart of the city. Hotel amenities include two restaurants and a bar, as well as a pool, sauna, spa, fitness center, and dry cleaning and laundry service. Your air-conditioned room features satellite T.V., wireless Internet, a minibar, safe, telephone, and private bath with hair dryer.
Park Inn Prague
Prague, Czech Republic | Rating: Superior First Class
Nestled between medieval buildings, the Superior First-Class Park Inn Prague is located just a short walk from the Vltava River and local, historic sites. The updated Art Deco hotel is also convenient to public transportation and features an on-site bar, restaurant, and gym. Your air-conditioned room includes a flat-screen TV with satellite cable, minibar, Internet access, safe, and private bath with hair dryer.
Ship:M/S River Allegro
M/S River Allegro The M/S River Allegro was ranked #3 in Condé Nast Traveler’s “Top 40 River Cruise Ships in the World” 2014 Readers’ Poll. While aboard, you’ll enjoy leisure time in the bar and lounge, library, and Sun Deck. Complimentary wireless Internet access is available in select common areas. Wireless Internet access is not available in cabins and connectivity is limited in certain locations on River Cruise itineraries. Your cabin features a flat-screen TV, radio, direct-dial telephone, individual heating and air-conditioning controls, twin beds that convert to sofas, and private bath with shower and hair dryer.
Cancellation charges will be calculated as of the date we receive your cancellation. Cancellation charges and refunds shall be calculated in accordance with the terms of this Passenger Agreement. If you are due a refund, you first must return your air tickets and, if applicable, cruise tickets to Operator. Any applicable refunds will be returned to you in the manner in which payment was made, and processed within 30 days of receipt of your cancellation.
b) Processing Fee: All cancellations made later than twenty-one days after booking are subject to a non-refundable fee of $300 and additional cancellation charges per the schedule below. Cancellations made within 21 days after booking will be subject to the same fee, unless the reason for canceling given at the time of cancellation is your rejection of these Terms and Conditions prior to acceptance. This $300 fee reflects only Operator's costs of administering a reservation.
c) Cancellation Charges Generally: Unless otherwise stated next to the program’s rate chart, you will receive a refund equal to your Trip Price less the following per-person charges. Charges shown include the $300 administrative fee.
i. Cancellation Charges for Land Tours:
If Prior to departure is 90 days or more, then charge is $300
If Prior to departure 89-60 days, then charge is 10% of selling price or $300—whichever is greater
If Prior to departure is 59-30 days, then charge is 65% of selling price
If Prior to departure is 29 days–departure, then charge is 100% of selling price
ii. Cancellation Charges for River Cruises and Small Ships:
If Prior to departure is 121 days or more, then charge is $300
If Prior to departure is 120-90 days, then charge is 10% of selling price or $300—whichever is greater
If Prior to departure is 89-60 days, then charge is 40% of selling price
If Prior to departure is 59-30 days, then charge is 65% of selling price
If Prior to departure is 29 days–departure, then charge is 100% of selling price
iii. Cancellation Charges for Last Minute Bookings: Last Minute Bookings are defined as any booking at or inside 45 days prior to departure. Space is limited and all arrangements—cabin selection, hotel rooms, air carriers and routing, etc.—are subject to availability. Flights are contingent on confirmation by the airline(s); additional fees from the airline(s) may apply. If flights can be confirmed without additional fees from the airline(s), you are subject to the standard cancellation charges for your trip. If flights incur additional fees from the airline(s), you will be offered the choice of either paying the additional fees or cancelling your reservation for a full refund of your Trip Price plus any cost you paid for the Travel Protection Plan. If flights cannot be confirmed, you will be offered an alternative departure date or trip. If we are not able to agree upon a suitable alternative, you will be entitled to cancel your reservation and receive a full refund of your Trip Price plus any cost you paid for the Travel Protection Plan.
d) If you are a no-show, if you cancel your trip after the departure date, or if you leave a trip already in progress, you will not receive any refund for any unused portion of your trip.
e) If you reserved a double room and are sharing with a friend or family member, and that person cancels prior to departure, you may be subject to additional single supplement and travel protection fees.
12 Breakfasts, 8 Lunches and 9 Dinners
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