DATES: Nov 20 – Dec 12, 2023
ITINERARY: ZURICH / LUCERNE / INTERLAKEN / GRINDELWALD / LAUTERBRUNNEN / ISELTWALD / ENGELBERG / MT. TITLIS / NUREMBERG / WURZBURG / ROTHENBURG OB DER TAUBER / AUGSBURG / MUNICH / OBERNDORF BEI SALZBURURG / REGENSBURG / BAMBERG / OLBERNHAU / SIFFEN / PRAGUE / VIENNA / BRATISLAVA / BUDAPEST / NAGYKANIZSA / ZAGREB
Europe with FR. JERRY PEROCHO
DATES: Nov 20 – Dec 12, 2023
ITINERARY: ZURICH / LUCERNE / INTERLAKEN / GRINDELWALD / LAUTERBRUNNEN / ISELTWALD / ENGELBERG / MT. TITLIS / NUREMBERG / WURZBURG / ROTHENBURG OB DER TAUBER / AUGSBURG / MUNICH / OBERNDORF BEI SALZBURURG / REGENSBURG / BAMBERG / OLBERNHAU / SIFFEN / PRAGUE / VIENNA / BRATISLAVA / BUDAPEST / NAGYKANIZSA / ZAGREB
Itinerary
Arrive in Zurich in the afternoon. Proceed to hotel for check-in and take some rest after the long flight. Have dinner and overnight at the hotel.
Breakfast at the hotel. We will have a full-day guided tour to visit the famous sites where the Korean drama “Crash Landing on You” took place. We will drive to Interlaken for a photo stop at Victoria Jungfrau Grand Hotel. Then proceed to Grindelwald to view the three peaks. Continue to Lauerbrunnen. We will see the Lauterbrunnen Valley, the Church, and Staubach waterfalls. Drive to Iseltwald. Have photo stops at the Iseltwald Village on Lake Brienz, including the pier. Drive back to Lucerne. Have dinner at an international restaurant before going back to your hotel for overnight.
Breakfast at the hotel. Drive to Engelberg. Experience the round-trip cable car to Mt. Titlis. In the afternoon, we will drive back to Lucerne. Have dinner at an international restaurant before returning to the hotel for overnight.
After breakfast and check-out, have a long-distance transfer to Nuremberg. Transfer to the hotel for check-in, dinner and overnight.
After breakfast, we will have a half-day guided sightseeing tour which includes view of St. Lorenz Cathedral, Albrecht Durer’s House, Nuremberg Castle, Schoner Brunnen fountain, and St. Sebaldus Church. Rest of the time is free at your own leisure. Dinner at an international restaurant. Overnight at the hotel.
Breakfast and check-out. Have a long-distance drive to Wurzburg. Have a guided tour to visit the Residence Palace. Continue to Rothenburg ob der Tauber. Transfer to the hotel for check-in, dinner and overnight.
Breakfast at the hotel. Have a full-day guided sightseeing tour which includes view of the Town Hall, St. Jacob’s Church, The Little Square: Plonlein; watch the clockwork figures Nusch and Tilly on Rothenburg Market Square. Half day free time for your souvenir shopping. Dinner at an international restaurant. Overnight at the hotel.
After breakfast and check-out, we will have a long-distance drive to Augsburg. Have a guided tour to visit St. Peter am Periach; view of Augsburg Puppenkiste, Fuggerei, City Hall, and Augsburg Cathedral. Check-in, dinner and overnight at the hotel.
After breakfast and check-out, we will drive to Munich. Have a guided tour to view the New Town Hall (Neus Rathaus), Olympic Tower, Old Town Hall (Altes Rathaus), and Bavarian National Museum. Then have a long-distance drive to Oberndorf bei Salzburg. Have a guided tour to visit the Silent Night Chapel. Continue our long-distance drive going to Regensburg. Check-in, dinner and overnight at the hotel.
Breakfast at the hotel. Have a guided tour of the city. Visit to Cathedral St. Peter (UNESCO listed). Half day is free time. You may visit the Christmas Market before our dinner at an international restaurant. Overnight at the hotel.
Breakfast and check-out. Have a long-distance drive to Bamberg. Upon arrival, we will have a guided tour to visit the Bamberg Cathedral (UNESCO listed). Visit the Christmas Market. Continue our long-distance drive to Olbernhau. Check-in, dinner and overnight at the hotel.
After breakfast and check-out, we will have a short-distance drive to Seiffen. Have a guided tour to visit a woodcarving workshop. Have some free time to visit the Christmas Market in the spa resort of Seiffen. Then we will proceed with our long-distance drive to Prague. Transfer to the hotel for check-in, dinner and overnight.
After breakfast, we will visit the Church of Our Lady of the Victory, which houses the image of “Sto. Nino del Praga”. Then have a guided tour which includes a visit to the enormous St. Vitus Cathedral (UNESCO listed) with its gilded grand chapels studded with semi-precious stones; Old Royal Palace, the Basilica of St. George, Daliborka Tower and Golden Lane. You will also view the Old Town Square, Astronomical Clock, The Dancing House, Charles Bridge and National Theater. Visit to Christmas Market at Old Town Square. Have dinner at an international restaurant before getting back to hotel for overnight.
Breakfast and check-out. Have a long-distance drive to Vienna. Upon arrival, you will have free time on your own. Check-in, dinner and overnight at the hotel.
After breakfast, we will have a half-day guided tour which includes entrance to Schoenbrunn Palace. View of Holfburg Palace, Parliament, City Hall. Visit the St. Stephens Cathedral. Half day is free time to visit the Christmas Market (Stephansplatz). Dinner at an international restaurant. Overnight at the hotel.
Breakfast and check-out. Have a long-distance drive to Bratislava. Have a guided sightseeing tour which includes view of St. Martin’s Cathedral, Bridge of the Slovak National Uprising, Franciscan Church, the Jesuit Church and Bratislava Castle. Continue our long-distance drive to Budapest. Check-in, dinner and overnight at the hotel.
Breakfast at the hotel. Have half-day guided tour which includes entrance to Fisherman’s Bastion; photo stop at Matthias Church; visit to Buda Castle Hill area (UNESCO listed); photo stops at St. Stephen Cathedral; view of Hero Square. Half day is free time to visit the Christmas Market. Dinner at an international restaurant. Overnight at the hotel.
Breakfast and check-out. Have a long-distance drive to Zagreb passing by Nagykanizsa. Check-in, dinner and overnight at the hotel.
After breakfast, we will have a guided sightseeing tour of the city. Enjoy the funicular journey to upper town Gornji Grad. Half day is free time. Dinner at an international restaurant. Overnight at the hotel.
DEC 11 ZAGREB / MANILA
Breakfast and check-out at the hotel. Transfer to Zagreb airport to catch your flight back to Manila.
“Home Sweet Home”!!!