Division of Continual Learning
Passport Berlin, Prague and the Alps 2008 Itinerary
Day 1: Fly overnight to Germany
Day 2: Berlin
Arrive in Berlin
Day 3: Berlin
Guided sightseeing of Berlin
Visit to the Checkpoint Charlie Museum
Day 4: Berlin & Prague
Sightseeing of Dresden and the Zwinger Museum
Day 5: Prague
Guided sightseeing of Prague
Day 6: Prague & Munich
Guided sightseeing of Prague
Day 7: Guided sightseeing of Munich
Excursion to Dachau
Day 8: Munich & Lucerne
Transfer via Innsbruck
Transfer via Liechtenstein
Overnight in the Lucerne
Day 9: Lucerne
Guided sightseeing of Munich
Day 10: Return Home
Day 1 Flight
Overnight flight to Germany
Spend the night flying across the Atlantic.
Day 2 Berlin
Arrival in Berlin
Touch down in the capital of reunified Germany. It took nearly a decade, from 1989 to 1999, to move the former capital of Bonn to the slowly reconstructed Berlin. Since the Berlin Wall came down in late 1989, the city has continued to evolve into a thriving metropolis. After clearing customs, you are greeted by your bilingual EF Tour Director, who will remain with you throughout your stay. A private motorcoach takes you to your comfortable hotel for check-in.
Day 3 Berlin
Guided sightseeing of Berlin
Ride past the Kaiser Wilhelm Gedachtniskirche (left unrestored as a reminder of the ravages of war) and down the glittery Kurfiirstendamm, Berlin’s liveliest street. Pass the Rathaus Schoneberg, where 1.5 million West Berliners flocked to hear President Kennedy’s famous ‘1ch bin ein Berliner” speech in 1963. On your way to the Eastern sector, pass the Reichstag, former seat of the parliaments of the German Empire and the Weimar Republic. Arrive at the Brandenburg Gate, once the symbol of the Cold War and now the symbol of a reunited Berlin. Journey down Unter den Linden, once considered one of the world’s most elegant boulevards.
Visit to the Checkpoint Charlie Museum
On the site where Checkpoint Charlie once guarded the border between East and West Germany, you’ll visit a museum devoted to the era of the Berlin Wall. Inspect the “escape Cats” once used to cross the border. See if you can find the secret compartment where escapees hid. Then view a photo exhibit that evocatively portrays the 3D-year separation of East and West Germany, reunified in 1989.
Day 4 Berlin & Prague
Transfer via tour director-led sightseeing of Dresden and the Zwinger Museum
Travel by way of Dresden, once considered by many to be the most beautiful city in the world. Pass the renovated Semper Opera House and a statue of Martin Luther. You’ll also visit the magnificent Zwinger Palace. Destroyed by the Allies’ infamous Dresden firebombing in 1945, it was later rebuilt and remains one of the most impressive examples of Baroque architecture in Eastern Europe. Inside the palace, view work by such luminaries as Raphael, Durer and Titian as you stroll through the Old Masters’Gallery.
Arrival in Prague
Encounter the legendary beauty of Prague, former capital of the Holy Roman Empire.
Day 5 Prague
Guided sightseeing of Prague
Your tour begins at the celebrated Prague Castle (Hradcany). In the castle’s courtyard, you’ll visit the magnificent St. Vitus Cathedral, which took more than 600 years to complete. You’ll also stroll through the quaint, cobbled streets of the Mala Strada, the backdrop for Milos Forman’s Amadeus. Cross the Charles Bridge, adorned with 30 beautiful Baroque statues, to the 13th-centuty Old Town (Stare Mesro). Here, you’ll see Market Square, famous for its 15th-centuty astronomical clock. You’ll also wander through Josefov, the traditional Jewish Quarter, home to the oldest synagogue in Europe, which was built in 1270.
EF walking tour
Follow the coronation route on our EF walking tour. Stroll through the City of One Hundred Spires, pass the concert hall in which Mozart himself conducted the premiere of Don Giovanni.
Day 6 Prague & Munich
Tour director-led sightseeing of Nuremberg
Your EF Tour Director shows you the second-largest city in Bayern, the site of the Nazi war-crime tribunals. See architecture built up from the stone foundations bombed by the Allies during WWII.
Transfer to Munich
Continue on to Munich, the Bavarian capital. “Munich” is derived from the city’s German name, Munchen (little monk), so named because the original settlement bordered a monastery.
Day 7 Munich
Guided sightseeing of Munich
Your guided tour takes you past the Olympic Stadium, BMW’s headquarters and the fashionable Schwabing district. You’ll also pass the Residenz (once home to the Wittelsbach dukes of Bavaria), the Deutsches Museum, the university and the A1te Pinakothek. Your tour concludes at Marienplarz, Munich’s medieval heart, home of the city’s famed Glockenspiel.
Excursion to Dachau
Visit Dachau, a WWII Nazi concentration camp built in 1935 and liberated by the Allies in April 1945. It now serves as a memorial museum.
EF walking tour of Munich
Stroll through the very heart of Munich as you pass the twin copper domes of the Frauenkirche, a longstanding symbol of the city. Arrive at Marienplatz, once the intersection of medieval trade routes. Here you can see the neo-Gothic Rathaus and the golden Mariensaule, a monument commemorating Munich’s divine salvation from rampaging Swedish hordes. Then continue past the Hofbrauhaus, Munich’s most famous beer hall. On a good day, almost 30,000 liters of beer are sold here.
Day 8 Munich • Lucerne
Transfer via Innsbruck
Located at the intersection of several Alpine passes, Innsbruck is the capital of the beautiful Austrian province of Tyrol and the site of two Winter Olympics (1964 and 1976).
Transfer via Liechtenstein
Journey through Liechtenstein, an Alpine principality dating from the Holy Roman Empire. Pass the royal family’s hilltop castle as you continue through the mountains to Switzerland.
Overnight in the Lucerne region
Visit the land of legendary folk hero William Tell as you spend the night in the Vierwaldstattersee (Lake Lucerne) region.
Day 9 Lucerne
Tour director-led sightseeing of Lucerne
The majestic Alps provide a stunning backdrop to your tour of Lucerne, where composer Richard Wagner wrote several of his major works. You’ll view the captivating Lowendenkmal (Lion Monument), a sandstone statue commemorating the Swiss Guards slain in
Day 10 Home
Return home
Your tour director assists with the transfer to Zurich, where you’ll check in for your return flight home.