• Day 1: Fly overnight to England

• Day 2: London

  Meet your Field Director at the airport

  Take a walking tour of London

  With your Field Director you will see:

  • The Strand, London's major thoroughfare
  • Trafalgar Square, a bustling central square
  • Leicester Square, a square lined with theaters and other events
  • Covent Garden, a vibrant and charming shopping area

  Enjoy dinner in London

• Day 3: London

  Take a guided tour of London

  With your expert local guide you will see: 

  • Big Ben, an iconic London bell at the Palace of Westminster
  • Houses of Parliament, home to England's governing body
  • Piccadilly Circus, a five-way intersection 
  • St. Paul’s Cathedral, a domed church which has hosted many royal events
  • Changing of the Guard at Buckingham Palace (if scheduled)

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  Windsor Castle

  Sometimes you just need 13 acres of castles, towers, and gardens to really unwind—or at least you do if you're a British royal. Wander onto this tremendous retreat favored by the Royal Family for the afternoon, and explore what is essentially a small town. Behind the walls of its exquisite architecture you’ll find treasures that date back to its origins in 1070—from original Da Vinci sketches to the royal remains of monarchs past.  

• Day 4: London

  Spend a full day exploring London on your own 

• Day 5: London • Paris

  Travel by Eurostar train to Paris 

  Enjoy dinner in Paris

• Day 6: Paris

  🔹 Guided learning: Take a guided tour of Paris

  With your expert local guide you will see:

  • Place de la Concorde, a major public square
  • Champs-Élysées, an elegant boulevard packed with high-fashion boutiques 
  • Arc de Triomphe, a monument honoring those who fought for France in the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars 
  • Eiffel Tower, built for the 1889 World's Fair and an iconic symbol of Paris
  • Hôtel des Invalides, a grand hospital commissioned by Louis XIV 

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  Versailles

  Welcome to the world headquarters of decadence—the grand palace of Versailles. The enormous estate was built to keep commoners far from its gilded doors and expansive gardens—but fortunately, you won’t have to win Louie or Marie’s notoriously fickle favor to get in. After spending the day in a maze of manicured shrubbery and the staggering Hall of Mirrors, continue the theme of indulgence by treating yourself at a local patisserie nearby.

• Day 7: Paris

  Explore art from around the world at the Louvre, home to over 35,000 objects including Leonardo da Vinci’s masterpiece, the Mona Lisa

  🔹 Cultural engagement: Take a walking tour of the Latin Quarter, so named because the language was once commonly spoken by the Sorbonne students that populated the area

  See Notre-Dame Cathedral, known for its sculptured facade, stained-glass rose windows, and seemingly weightless vaulted ceilings, and see the progress of its restoration following the 2019 fire which damaged much of the building

• Day 8: Paris • Brussels • Amsterdam

  Travel via Brussels to Amsterdam

  Take a self-guided walking tour of Amsterdam 

  With your Field Director you will see:

  • The 13th-century dam built to prevent the Zuiderzee Sea from flooding the city
  • The Begijnhof, a lovely 14th-century sanctuary for the Catholic sisterhood of Begijnhofites
  • Waterlooplein Square, known for its market

  Enjoy dinner in Amsterdam

• Day 9: Amsterdam

  Take a guided tour of Amsterdam

  With your expert local guide you will see:

  • Koninklijk Paleis (Royal Palace), once the home of the Dutch Royal Family
  • Westerkerk (West Church), where Rembrandt is buried
  • Dam Square, bustling central meeting point

  🔹 Guided learning: Visit the Anne Frank House and reflect on themes that range from conflicting fundamental and human rights, to discrimination, and more

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  Volendam and Zaanse Schans

  Today, enjoy an excursion to the heart of the Dutch countryside. Visit the picturesque fishing village of Volendam and the living and working neighborhood of Zaanse Schans, re-created to look like an old Dutch village. Make your way down the winding, cobblestone streets, past charming shops and crooked houses. Enjoy cheese and clog-making demonstrations as well as a visit to a windmill. 

  Enjoy dinner in Amsterdam

• Day 10: Amsterdam • Heidelberg

  Travel to Heidelberg

  Ride a funicular up to Heidelberg Castle, and stand beside the enormous wine barrel—it’s so large that a dance floor was once built on top of it for visitors’ amusement

  Take a tour of Heidelberg, a renowned university city lined with medieval streets and peaked red roofs

  Enjoy dinner in Heidelberg

• Day 11: Heidelberg • Lucerne region

  Travel via the Black Forest and the Rhine Falls to the Lucerne region

  See the Rhine Falls

  Enjoy dinner at your hotel in the Lucerne region

• Day 12: Lucerne region

  🔹 Cultural engagement: Take a walking tour of Lucerne 

  With your Field Director you will see:

  • Lion Monument, a sandstone statue commemorating the Swiss Guards slain in the 1792 Paris storming of the Tuileries 
  • Kapellbrücke, a covered bridge dating back to medieval days adorned with colorful murals overhead

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  Swiss Alps experience

  This exciting half-day adventure takes you to the top of one of the Swiss Alps, the majestic mountainous backdrop of Lucerne. Journey to the base of the mountain by boat and ride a cog railway to the top. You’ll reach the summit and be rewarded with a splendid panorama of Lucerne, its lake, and the glorious snow-capped Alps. On a clear day, you can see for more than 200 miles! You’ll get back to the foot of the mountain by way of a gondola ride. (Please note: Mountains can be cold, even in summer; warm clothes and appropriate shoes are recommended.) 

  Enjoy dinner at your hotel in the Lucerne region

• Day 13: Lucerne region • Neuschwanstein Castle • Munich

  Travel via Neuschwanstein to Munich

  Visit a Bavarian Castle

  Stop to take a photo at Neuschwanstein Castle

  Enjoy dinner in Munich

• Day 14: Munich

  Take a guided tour of Munich

  With your expert local guide you will see:

  • Olympic Stadium, built for the 1972 Olympic Games
  • Residenz, the former royal palace of the Wittelsbach monarchs 
  • Marienplatz, Munich's main city square

  🔹 Guided learning: With an expert local guide, visit and reflect at the Dachau Concentration Camp Memorial Site, which today serves as a memorial museum and a stark reminder of the darkest chapter in this country’s long story

  Take a walking tour of Munich

  With your Field Director you will see:

  • Munich Cathedral, the representative landmark of Munich
  • New Town Hall, a towering building home to the city government
  • Hofbräuhaus, a famous beer hall dating back to the 16th century and a symbol of Bavarian hospitality

• Day 15: Munich • Salzburg

  Take an excursion to Salzburg

  Visit the Berchtesgaden Salt Mines 

  Take a guided tour of Salzburg

• Day 16: Munich • Innsbruck • Venice region

  Travel via Innsbruck to Venice

  Enjoy dinner in Venice

• Day 17: Venice region

  Learn about glass-blowing in a local craftsman's shop and watch expert craftsmen spin molten-hot wares

  Visit the colorful Venetian island of Burano 

  Take a guided tour of Venice

  With your local expert guide you will see:

  • St. Mark's Square, Venice's primary square and center of cultural importance
  • St. Mark's Campanile, a 323-foot bell tower
  • Grand Canal, Venice's major waterway filled with gondolas

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  🔹 Cultural engagement: Gondola ride

  Enjoy the ultimate Venetian experience—a gondola ride through the city's famed canals, passing by enchanting waterfront homes and under historic pedestrian bridges.  

• Day 18: Venice region • Florence

  Travel to Florence, the birthplace of the Italian language, opera, and the Renaissance

  Enjoy dinner in Florence

• Day 19: Florence

  🔹 Guided learning: Take a guided tour of Florence

  With your expert local guide you will see:

  • Piazza della Signoria, which is lined with classic statues
  • Ponte Vecchio, a medieval bridge where many of Florence’s famed leather and gold artisans still keep shop 
  • Basilica of Santa Croce, where Michelangelo, Machiavelli, Galileo and others are buried 
  • Gates of Paradise, bronzed doors that depict scenes from the Old Testament and are considered an icon of the Renaissance 

• Day 20: Florence • Assisi

  Travel to Assisi, nestled between Mount Subasio and fields of olive groves on a hill overlooking Umbria

  Visit the Basilica of St. Francis, where the remains of St. Francis are entombed in a stone crypt 

  Tour Assisi with an expert local guide, whose religious significance and outstanding Renaissance art draws visitors from every corner of the globe, in part because of Giotto’s painted frescoes

  🔹 Cultural engagement: Enjoy lunch at a local farm, where you can savor local specialties made right on site

• Day 21: Assisi • Pompeii • Sorrento region

  Travel via Pompeii to the Sorrento Region, where mild weather, fragrant lemon groves, and the stunning Bay of Naples welcome you

  Tour the Roman ruins of Pompeii with an expert local guide and see artifacts from the wealthiest ancient Romans, preserved in time

  Snap a photo of seaside Sorrento

  Enjoy dinner in Sorrento

• Day 22: Sorrento region • Rome

  Travel to Rome

  Take a self-guided walking tour of Rome

  You will see:

  • Trevi Fountain, Rome's iconic landmark
  • Pantheon, built to honor all the gods of Rome
  • Piazza Navona, a lively square lined with restaurants and shops
  • Spanish Steps, Europe's widest staircase

  Enjoy dinner in Rome

• Day 23: Rome

  Take a guided tour of Vatican City, the headquarter of the Roman Catholic Church and the Pope

  With your expert local guide you will visit:

  • Sistine Chapel and Michelangelo’s breathtaking frescoes
  • St. Peter’s Basilica, a site of religious and historical significance over which the Pope presides

  Take a guided tour of Rome

  With your expert local guide you will visit:

  • Roman Forum, marking the former heart of the Roman Empire where Julius Caesar gave many of his political speeches
  • The Colosseum, the world’s most famous arena used for gladiatorial combat

• Day 24: Rome • Delphi

  Fly to Athens, the capital city of Greece known for being the birthplace of democracy, the Olympic Games, and the achievements of the Greek Empire

  Travel to Delphi

  Enjoy dinner in Delphi

• Day 25: Delphi • Athens

  Visit the Delphi Archaeological Museum, dedicated to the Oracle of Delphi and housing a variety of artifacts dating back to 550 B.C.

  🔹 Guided learning: Take a walking tour of the sites of Delphi

  With your expert local guide you will visit:

  • Temple of Apollo where, according to legend, gods chose to communicate with mortals
  • Ruins of Delphi, where ancient military leaders were known to leave offerings here in the hopes of earning luck in battle

  Travel to Athens, the capital city of Greece known for being the birthplace of democracy, the Olympic Games, and the achievements of the Greek Empire

  Enjoy dinner in Athens

• Day 26: Athens

  Take a guided tour of the Acropolis

  With your expert local guide you will see:

  • Parthenon, an enduring symbol of Athenian democracy an iconic Greek landmark
  • Temple of Athena Nike, which once housed a gold statue of the goddess, her wings clipped to prevent her from deserting the city

  Take a guided tour of Athens

  With your expert local guide you will see:

  • Olympic Stadium, where the first Olympic athletes displayed physical strength as a way to honor and entertain the gods of Mount Olympus
  • Syntagma Square, the central square of Athens

  Visit the Acropolis Museum to explore the artifacts of the Acropolis site further

  Take a walking tour of Athens, named for Athena, goddess of war and wisdom

  With your Field Director you will see:

  • Plaka District, a hillside area of the city with cobblestone streets, whitewashed homes, and a Greek Island feel
  • Temple of Olympian Zeus, built in 515 B.C. to honor the most powerful of all Greek gods

• Day 27: Athens

  Add this in-depth excursion:

  Cape Sounion

  Opt to visit Cape Sounion and the Temple of Poseidon, overlooking the Aegean Sea. Legend says that King Aegeus stood atop Cape Sounion, waiting for his son Theseus’ return from battle with the Minotaur. King Aegeus had instructed his son’s crew to hoist white sails if Theseus had successfully slain the Minotaur and black sails if he had been defeated. Forgetting his father’s instructions, Theseus returned with black sails, and his heartbroken father dove into the sea. Thus, the waters became known as the Aegean Sea. You’ll visit the impressive Temple of Poseidon; 15 of the temple’s original columns are still standing. As you walk through the temple, look for the column where Lord Byron carved his name. Then take some time to relax and grab a snack at one of the charming cafés overlooking the water. Don’t forget to snap some photos of the breathtaking view from atop the cape.

  Enjoy a special farewell dinner in Athens

• Day 28: Depart for home

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• Day 28: Greek island cruise

  Set sail on your cruise ship for a three-day adventure filled with on-board activities and a three-island shore excursion package. Experience how Turkish, Roman, and Greek influences helped shape the unique blend of cultures you’ll encounter as you explore each coastal town.   

• Day 29: Greek island cruise: Santorini • Mykonos

• Day 30: Greek island cruise: Cesme

• Day 31: Return to Athens & depart for home