IMPERIAL SPLENDORS & OBERAMMERGAU - 2010

13 days incl. travel, or 12 days from Munich to Munich (RSO)

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Vacation Overview

This is a magnificent journey through the former Habsburg Empire. It visits five of Europe’s most intriguing cities—from Munich with its Marienplatz to the “Golden City” of Prague’s 1,000-year-old Hradcany Castle grounds. Travel via Bratislava in the Slovak Republic to Budapest in Hungary and Vienna in Austria. In both Budapest and Vienna, a Local Guide takes you into the main cathedrals; in Vienna, an entire day at leisure gives you the possibility to visit Schönbrunn Palace. Enjoy a romantic Danube River cruise before entering Sound of Music country on your way to Salzburg, where a guided walking tour includes Mozart’s birthplace. Extend your tour with the Oberammergau Passion Play (after Salzburg, Continue for two nights to Oberammergau and attend the Passion Play. Next, return for one night to Munich.

Special Departure:
Tour departing Dec 18th - Christmas Eve in Budapest.

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A Vacation Story Oberammergau

"Promises to God are notoriously hard to keep. The townspeople of Oberammergau in the Bavarian Alps have not only kept their renaissance promise, they’ve turned it into euros and cents. Flashback to 1633. Oberammergau was a stop on the market road between Augsburg and Venice. When the plague hit, the town elders swore to heaven: Protect us and we’ll do a play about Jesus’ crucifixion every ten years. The first began in 1634. Today the village of Oberammergau lives because of theater. Half of the 5,400 residents break a leg in the Passionsspiel, performed in years ending in zero from May to October."