Ireland

Ireland

Highlights: The Burren, Dublin, Kilmainhaim Gaol, Galway, Giant's Causeway, Aran Islands.
Hot topics: History, Religion and Monasticism, Literature (W B Yeats, James Joyce, Jonathan Swift).

England

England

Highlights: Westminster Abbey, Tower of London, Bath, Oxford, Stonehenge, Stratford upon Avon.
Hot topics: Literature, History, Theatre, Finance, Art and Architecture.

Scotland

Scotland

Highlights: Glencoe, Edinburgh, Skye, Iona, Stirling Castle, Clava Cairns, The Hermitage.
Hot topics: Geography/Geology, History, Literature, Politics and Government.

Poland

Poland

Highlights: Krakow, Auschwitz, Kazimierz, Warsaw, Museum of 1944 Uprising, Westerplatte.
Hot topics: World War II, The Holocaust, Jewish Culture, 20th Century History.

France

France

Highlights: Louvre, Musee D'Orsay, Versailles, Foutainebleu, Reims, Chartres, Normandy.
Hot topics: Art (Impressionists, Monet, Rodin), Literature, European History.

Spain

Spain

Highlights: Granada, L'Alhambra, Cordoba, Mesquita, Barcelona, Museo de Picasso, La Sagrada Famila, La Pedrera, Madrid, Museo Del Prado, Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, Toledo.
Hot topics: Art, Modern Art (Picasso, Miro), Architecture (Gaudi).

Portugal

Portugal

Highlights: Lisbon, Faro, Fatima, Coimbra, Porto.
Hot topics: Navigation and Exploration, Monarchy and Empire, European History, Religious Studies.

Switzerland

Switzerland

Highlights: Zurich, View from Felsenegg, Zermatt, Mount Rigi, Aare Gorge, Rhone Glacier, Lake Lucerne, Appenzell, Grundewald, Rhine Falls (Europe's largest waterfall).
Hot topics: Geology, Environmental Studies, Travel and Tourism, Finance.

Belgium & Netherlands

Belgium &Netherlands

Highlights: Amsterdam, Anne Frank's House, Rijkmuseum, Van Gogh Museum, Canals, The Hague, Bruges, Brussells, Antwerp.
Hot topics: European Politics and Government, the European Community, International Law, Art, European History.

Germany

Germany

Highlights: Berlin, Reichstag, Checkpoint Charlie Museum, Pergamon Museum, Potsdam, Bavaria, Neuschwanstein Castle.
Hot topics: World War II, Modern History, Jewish Culture, Politics and the European Union.

Czech Republic

Czech Republic

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Austria

Austria

Highlights: Salzburg, Mozart Residence, Halstatt, the Alps, Estherhazy Palace, Eisenstadt, Castle Herberstein, The Imperial Hotel, Vienna, Graz.
Hot topics: Music, Geology, European HIstory.

Hungary

Hungary

Highlights: Budapest, Hungarian Parliament, Godolla Palace, Szechenyi Baths, Esterhazy Palace in Fertod, Szentendre, Visegrad.
Hot topics: The Hapsburgs, Austro-Hungarian Empire, European History.

Croatia

Croatia

Highlights: Dubrovnik, "The Pearl of the Adriatic", Hvar, Split, Trogir, Zadar.
Hot topics: Empire (Byzantine, Ottoman, Venetian, Hungarian), Ancient History, Archeology, Architecture, Modern European History.

Greece

Greece

Highlights: The Parthenon, Epidaurus, Delphi, Mycenae, Olympia, Meteora Pinnacle Monasteries.
Hot topics: Archeology, Classicism, Philosophy, Art, Ancient History.

Italy

Italy

Highlights: Roman Forum and Colisseum, Uffizi Gallery, San Marco, Venice, Pompeii.
Hot topics: Archeology, Art, Architecture, Ancient History.

BERLIN: BRANDENBURG GATE and REICHSTAG

On your first day we work our way west, from Museum island, to see a ghost metro station before arriving at the iconic Brandenburg Gate, a place where citizens literally pulled down the Berlin Wall in 1989. The tour finishes at the Reichstag, home to the German parliament.

BERLIN: CHECKPOINT CHARLIE and MUSEUM ISLAND

See Hitler’s bunker, where you’ll learn about his last moments. See the controversial Holocaust Memorial, its monumental size awing all who walk into its labyrinth. End the morning at Checkpoint Charlie and hear stories of miraculous escapes from East Berlin when the city was still divided. In the afternoon, visit Museum Island. See Nefertiti, the stunning beauty from 3400 years ago, at the Altes Museum, and be transported to Ancient Greece at the Pergamon Museum. See a temple from the 2nd Century with friezes of colossal giants locked in combat.

POTSDAM: Sanssouci Palace

Famous site of the Potsdam Conference in 1945 and Frederick the Great’s Schloss Sanssouci. You will tour the gorgeous gardens before visiting and the New Palace of Sanssouci (built in 1763), where you can slip and slide on its gorgeous marble floors and see a room wallpapered with seashells

BAVARIA: NEUSCHWANSTEIN CASTLE

Travel along the Romantiches Strasse with stops at medieval picturesque towns, fairy tale castles and views of the awe inspiring alps. You will be snap happy in what is easily the most scenic parts of all of Germany. One of the highlights is Neuschwanstein, built by “mad” King Ludwig II, this castle is everyone’s fairy tale fantasy. Perched on a precarious promontory, the views of the Bavarian lakes and mountains are stunning!

MUNICH

MUNICH is Germany’s most prosperous city, the Paris of Germany, and Bavaria’s heart and soul. Toy museums, the world famous GLOCKENSPIEL at the New Town Hall, home to BMW and the OLYMPIC PARK, Munich is as modern as it is traditional.