Romantic Villages of Alpine Europe
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Highlights
- Enjoy a walking tour of scenic Stresa
- Visit Lake Brienz
- Enjoy an exclusive Discovery Series visit to a local distillery in Triesen
- Enjoy Interlaken tour
- Experience walking tour in Seefeld
- Opportunity to visit Innsbruck and see most of its medieval buildings, including its Baroque Cathedral
- Explore the Borromean Islands
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- Choose to purchase Grand Circle's airfare, and your airport transfers, government taxes, fees, and airline fuel surcharges are included. Or, make your own air arrangements
- Accommodations for 14 nights in comfortable rooms with private baths
- 24 meals: 14 breakfasts, 3 lunches, and 7 dinners (including 1 Home-Hosted Dinner)
- 16 included features: 9 guided tours and 7 exclusive Discovery Series events: Fresh Produce & Regional Fare discussion and tasting • Switzerland Today discussion • Woodcarving museum • Swiss farm visit • Home-Hosted Dinner • Liechtenstein distillery visit • Women of World War II discussion
- Exclusive services of a local Grand Circle Program Director (assigned to no more than 42 travelers)
- Gratuities on your main trip for local guides and motorcoach drivers
- Personal headset for all included and optional tours on your main trip
- Private motorcoach land travel
- Baggage handling for 1 piece of luggage per person, including tips
- 5% Frequent Traveler Credit toward your next Grand Circle trip—an average of $272
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Itinerary
Depart today on your flight to Italy.
Meals: Dinner
Accommodations: La Palma Hotel or similar
Arrival times vary throughout the day, depending on your city of departure. You'll be met at the Milan airport and driven to your hotel in Stresa to begin your Alpine vacation. Take an orientation w...
Meals: Breakfast and Dinner
Accommodations: La Palma Hotel or similar
After breakfast and an orientation briefing at your hotel, you'll have the opportunity to sign up for optional tours that interest you.
Then, set off on a walking tour of scenic...
Meals: Breakfast and Lunch
Accommodations: La Palma Hotel or similar
After breakfast, depart for a private boat ride to explore the Borromean Islands. Your first destination is Isola Bella, where you'll spend the morning discovering the Palazzo Borromeo....
Meals: Breakfast
Accommodations: La Palma Hotel or similar
Spend today at leisure, or join an optional tour to discover the Treasures of Lake Orta.
Take in this picturesque sub-Alpine lake during a panoramic drive. In Orta, the lake's namesake vil...
Meals included: B D Accommodations: Hotel Krebs or similar
This morning, you'll say goodbye to Stresa—and Italy—as you depart for Interlaken, Switzerland. You'll stop at the Simplon Mountain Pass for a chance to take photographs, weather permitting. One of the ...
Meals included: B D Accommodations: Hotel Krebs or similar
After breakfast, learn about modern life in Switzerland Today during an exclusive Discovery Series discussion.
You'll then embark on a walking tour of Interlaken, an idyllic Swiss Alpine town, wi...
Meals: Breakfast
Accommodations: Hotel Krebs or similar
This morning you will discover Swiss bucolic life during an exclusive Discovery Series event. A local family will welcome you to their farm in the Brienzerland countryside, one of the most tradition...
Meals: Breakfast
Accommodations: Hotel Krebs or similar
Take today at your leisure to explore more of Interlaken, or join our optional Bernese Oberland tour.
The Bernese Oberland encompasses the German-speaking highlands of the region of Bern. Tou...
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Accommodations: Hotel Alte Schmiede or similar
Today, transfer to Seefeld, Austria—stopping on the way in the tiny landlocked nation of Liechtenstein.
At a mere 62 square miles, Liechtenstein is sixth-smallest mi...
Meals: Breakfast
Accommodations: Hotel Alte Schmiede or similar
Set off on a walking tour of Seefeld after breakfast. A Tyrolean town founded as a farming settlement in 1022, Seefeld offers Old World Germanic charm and a landscape of snowy mountains, woo...
Meals: Breakfast and Lunch
Accommodations: Hotel Alte Schmiede or similar
This morning, take a train to Innsbruck, the capital of Tyrol. This city offers a truly spectacular look into European history, having been continuously inhabited since the Stone A...
Meals included: B Accommodations: Hotel Alte Schmiede or similar
Today is yours to enjoy as you wish.
Or, join an optional tour to learn more about Bavaria, the largest State of the German federation. This fascinating region has a proud cultural identity...
Meals: Breakfast and Dinner
Accommodations: Hotel Alte Schmiede or similar
Enjoy a leisurely morning with breakfast at your hotel. Perhaps you'll take this time to explore one of the many scenic pathways that have made this town a popular destination fo...
Meals: Breakfast and Dinner
Accommodations: Holiday Inn Munich or similar
After breakfast, depart for Munich Germany. Upon arrival, enjoy a discovery walk of the city with your Program Director. Then enjoy lunch on your own.
This evening, reminisce about your Alpine memories with your fellow travelers during dinner at your hotel.
Meals: Breakfast
This morning, transfer to the airport for your flight home. Early departures will be given a box breakfast to take along. Or, extend your European vacation with our optional post-trip extension to Munich, Germany & Salzburg, Austria.
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Accommodation
La Palma Hotel
Stresa, Italy Rating: First Class
Overlooking Lake Maggiore, this First-Class hotel faces the waterfront and provides a comfortable place to relax during your time here. Enjoy amenities such as a balcony or terrace, air-conditioning, a telephone, safe, and satellite TV in your room, and on-site laundry and room service should you require it.
Hotel Krebs
Interlaken, Switzerland Rating: Moderate First Class
Centrally located, Hotel Krebs provides access to all the shops and restaurants of charming Interlaken. Enjoy relaxing in your non-smoking room, which comes equipped with high-speed Internet access, satellite TV, a safe, telephone, and coffee- and tea-making facilities.
Please note: This hotel does not offer air-conditioning. Select departures feature similar accommodations.
Hotel Alte Schmiede
Seefeld, Austria
Relax in the cozy atmosphere of this Tyrolean-style hotel. With an on-site restaurant, indoor pool, Jacuzzi, and more, there are plenty of ways to unwind during your leisure time. Your room comes equipped with cable TV, a hair dryer, telephone, safe, and wireless Internet.
Please note: This hotel does not offer air-conditioning. Select departures feature similar accommodations.
Holiday Inn Munich
Munich, Germany Rating: First Class
Located in the heart of the city, this First-Class hotel is your gateway to Munich's many highlights, most of which are within easy walking distance. The hotel offers a bar and lounge, health spa, indoor pool, and hot tub. Your air-conditioned room features a telephone, cable/satellite television, mini-bar, coffee- and tea-making facilities, and private bath with shower and hair dryer.
Please note: Select departures feature similar accommodations, which may not offer air-conditioning.
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14 Breakfasts, 3 Lunches and 7 Dinners
While we specialize in vacations for travellers over 50, you can bring children aged 13 and older on Grand Circle trips. Please note, however, that our land-based programs often include lengthy motor coach sightseeing tours that may not be enjoyable for younger travellers.
Romantic Villages of Alpine Europe trip provides and amazing Post-Trip Extension: Munich, Germany & Salzburg, Austria
5 nights from only $1395
Immerse yourself in Bavaria’s most famous and festive city, and enjoy the Alpine charms of Mozart’s birthplace on this 5-night extension. Discover Munich’s many palaces, churches, and museums, not to mention sampling some of the city’s best brews. And experience Salzburg—famed home to Mozart and the Von Trapp family—from the charming lanes of Old Town to the exalted might of Hohensalzburg Fortress.
It's Included:
- Accommodations for 5 nights
- 7 meals: 5 breakfasts, 1 lunch, and 1 dinner
- 3 included tours: Munich, Lake Chiemsee, Salzburg
- Gratuities for local guides and motorcoach drivers on your extension and all optional tours
- Personal headset for all included and optional tours on this extension
- Exclusive services of a Grand Circle Program Director
- All transfers
Physical Requirements
- Walk 3 miles unassisted and participate in 3-5 hours of physical activities daily, including stairs
- Not accessible for travelers using wheelchairs or scooters
- Travelers using walkers, crutches, or other mobility aids must travel with a companion to assist them
- Program Directors reserve the right to modify participation or send travelers home if their limitations impact the group’s experience
Terrain & Transportation
- Several days at altitudes between 3,000-6,000 feet
- Uneven walking surfaces, including unpaved paths, hills, stairs, and cobblestones
- Travel by 51-seat motorcoach, public trains, and 50- to 200-seat boats
Climate
- Daytime temperatures range from 43-82°F during touring season
- June-August are the warmest months, with high humidity in Lake Maggiore
- April and October weather can be unpredictable and change quickly
- Alpine temperatures can drop suddenly with cold wind, rain, or snow year-round
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