Best of Berlin, Prague & Vienna in 12 Days Tour
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- A walking tour through the historic heart of Berlin.
- Enjoy a full morning of sightseeing with our local guide, beginning with a walking tour of the Old Town Square
- Baroque wonders of Melk Abbey and cruise Austria’s prettiest stretch of the Danube: the Wachau Valley.
- Visit the Mucha museum, or make your own discoveries in Prague
- Visit with a walking tour of the reborn-from-the-ashes city, including the city's greatest symbol of pride
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- A small, friendly group of 24–28 people — half the size of most tour groups
- Full-time services of a professional Rick Steves guide and local experts who will make the fascinating history, art, and culture of Berlin, Prague, and Vienna come alive for you
- All tours and admissions — at no extra cost — covering at least 25 group sightseeing events, Historic Berlin walking tour, East Berlin walking tour, Otto Weidt's Workshop (when available), National Memorial to the Berlin Wall, Berlin Cultural Q&A, Dresden walking tour, Frauenkirche (when available), Nelahozeves Castle visit, Terezín Memorial tour, Historic Prague walking tour, Municipal House tour, Mucha Museum, Prague Castle tour, St. Vitus Cathedral, St. George's Basilica, Jewish Museum in Prague pass, Český Krumlov Castle and Baroque Theater tour, Melk Abbey tour, Danube River cruise, Historic Vienna walking tour, Belvedere Palace tour, Habsburg Vienna walking tour, Vienna Opera tour (when available), Hofburg Imperial Apartments, Hofburg Treasury…and more
- All group transportation from Berlin to Vienna
- 11 nights' accommodations (all but two are 3-night stays) in memorable, centrally located hotels
- All breakfasts and half your dinners
- All tips for guides and driver
- Rick Steves Travel Store credit to use toward guidebooks for your trip
- Guaranteed tour price, locked in the moment you make your deposit
- Optional single supplements — this tour has a limited number of private rooms for solo travelers for an additional fee
- Tour alum discount of $50 for each tour you've taken prior to 2017
- 50% discount on a consulting appointment with our in-house experts to assist with your pre- or post-tour travel plans
- Flexibility should you need to transfer, or cancel/interrupt your tour.
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We'll have a "Welcome to Berlin" meeting at 5 p.m. at our hotel. On our way to dinner together, we'll get oriented to Berlin and learn to use the city's public transportation system. Sleep in Berlin (3 nights). No bus. Walking: light.
We'll begin our day with a walking tour through the historic heart of Berlin. At the Brandenburg Gate, we'll hear how locals felt on the day in 1989 when the Berlin Wall suddenly became irrelevant. We'll continue our walk past thought-provoking memorials tracing this ...
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We'll continue south to the Czech Republic today, stopping in the fortified town of Terezín, which was converted into a concentration camp in 1941. Today it's the Terezín Memorial, and we'll go inside to learn its story. Just down the road, we'll find a completely con...
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Breakfast is provided, but there are no group activities today. It's a breeze to reach Vienna's airport by shuttle, bus or taxi. You'll have easy connections to home, back to Prague, or on to Budapest and other points in Europe. Auf Wiedersehen!
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