Day Trips
- Potsdam: Prussia’s Glory
1 August 2010 – 70.00 EUR per person (incl. 19% VAT) - Leipzig: Short walking tour of Leipzig
1 August 2010 – 25.00 EUR per person (incl. 19% VAT) - Leipzig: Extended sightseeing tour of Leipzig
2 August 2010 – 50.00 EUR per person (incl. 19% VAT) - Dresden: “The Pearls of Baroque − Historical Dresden” tour
3 August 2010 – 65.00 EUR per person (incl. 19% VAT) - Leipzig: Visit to the Leipzig Zoo
4 August 2010 – 40.00 EUR per person (incl. 19% VAT) - Meissen: “Meissen − The City of White Gold” tour
5 August 2010 – 65.00 EUR per person (incl. 19% VAT) - Weimar: “Weimar − The City of Poets and Philosophers” tour
6 August 2010 – 55.00 EUR per person (incl. 19% VAT)
Potsdam: Prussia’s Glory
Sunday, 1 August 2010
Come experience Potsdam! The tour begins at 9:00 a.m. with a bus ride to Potsdam. During the ride, your travel guide will get you in the mood for Brandenburg’s charming capital. A bus tour around Potsdam past sights like the Russian Colony, the Dutch Quarter, Babelsberg and Cecilienhof Palace will help you get a first impression of the city. Then you’ll take a sightseeing trip on the Havel River. Lunch will be served on board.
The highlight of the day is a guided walking tour through the breathtaking palace grounds of Sanssouci and the New Palace. You’ll be back in Leipzig around 6:00 p.m.
Price per person: 70.00 EUR (incl. 19% VAT)
Includes: transfers, tour guide, lunch, admission and tour fees (excluding beverages)
Minimum number of participants: 30
Leipzig: Short walking tour of Leipzig
Sunday, 1 August 2010
At 1 p.m. you’ll be picked up by a tour guide at a hotel in the city center for a walking tour of the trade-fair town. See the sights of Leipzig, such as St. Thomas Church (where Johann Sebastian Bach worked and is buried), the Mädlerpassage arcade and the Old Town Hall, or enjoy the view from atop the “Cityhochhaus” highrise. Then stop for a short coffee break at the Arabischer Coffebaum, the oldest café and restaurant in town, before continuing on your walk through the historic city center. The tour ends downtown.
Price per person: 25.00 EUR (incl. 19% VAT)
Includes: professional tour guide, admission fees, coffee break at Arabischer Coffebaum
Minimum number of participants: 20
Leipzig: Extended sightseeing tour of Leipzig
Monday, 2 August 2010
Discover Leipzig in all of its variety on an extensive sightseeing tour. The tour commences at 9:30 a.m. at a hotel in the city center, where a tour guide will pick you up. Start out with a visit to the New Trade Fair, the “Völkerschlachtdenkmal” monument, as well as to architectural gems such as the “Waldstrassenviertel,” the largest surviving Wilhelminian residential district in Europe. Lunch will be at Cospuden Lake, a beautifully recultivated brown-coal strip mine. The tour is rounded off with a walk through Leipzig’s city center, with stops at a variety of historic shopping arcades and a visit to St. Nicholas Church, where the Peaceful Revolution began that culminated in the fall of the Berlin Wall.
Price per person: 50.00 EUR (incl. 19% VAT)
Includes: professional tour guide, admission fees, lunch at Cospuden Lake (excluding beverages)
Minimum number of participants: 25
Dresden: “The Pearls of Baroque − Historical Dresden” tour
Tuesday, 3 August 2010
Welcome to Florence on the Elbe! Your trip to the capital of Saxony starts at 9:00 a.m in a professionally operated, modern travel bus at a hotel in the city center. Once in Dresden, you’ll begin by visiting the world famous Semper Opera House, the Zwinger Palace, Brühl’s Terrace, the Procession of Princes, and more. Lunch is provided at the historic “Sophienkeller” restaurant. In the afternoon you’ll visit what is probably the city’s most famous sight: the reconstructed Frauenkirche church. The tour will arrive back in Leipzig at about 6 p.m.
Price per person: 65.00 EUR (incl. 19% VAT)
Includes: bus transfers, tour guide, lunch, admission and tour fees (excluding beverages)
Minimum number of participants: 40
Leipzig: Visit to the Leipzig Zoo
Wednesday, 4 August 2010
At 9:00 a.m. you’ll walk from the center of town to Leipzig Zoo, one of the most beautiful zoological gardens in Germany. On the way there you’ll learn interesting facts about the history of this more than 130-year-old park as well as plans to make it a zoo of the future. An expert-guided tour awaits you upon arrival. The visit lasts about 2.5 hours.
Price per person: 40.00 EUR (incl. 19% VAT)
Includes: tour guide, lunch, admission and tour fees (excluding beverages)
Minimum number of participants: 10
Meissen: “Meissen − The City of White Gold” tour
Thursday, 5 August 2010
Who hasn’t heard of Meissen china? Take a trip with us to the City of White Gold and learn about its history. The trip begins at 9:00 a.m. at a hotel in the city center, where a tour guide and modern buses await you. Upon arrival, you’ll visit the Meissen china factory, where you can peer over the shoulder of porcelain artists. Lunch will be at a wine restaurant − Meissen, it so happens, is located in Saxony’s wine-growing region. In the afternoon you’ll tour Albrechtsburg castle and Meissen Cathedral, where you’ll learn about the Reformation in Germany and the history of the Royal House of Saxony. You’ll arrive back in Leipzig at about 6:00 p.m.
Price per person: 65.00 EUR (incl. 19% VAT)
Includes: bus transfers, tour guide, lunch, admission and tour fees (excluding beverages)
Minimum number of participants: 40
Weimar: “Weimar − The City of Poets and Philosophers” tour
Friday, 6 August 2010
Join us in Weimar, the capital of German Classicism, where Goethe and Schiller lived and worked. At 9:00 a.m. we set out from a hotel in the city center, in a modern travel bus with a professional tour guide. The morning will begin with a walking tour of the city, including a visit to Goethe’s house. After lunch you’ll tour the German National Theater. The eventful day will come to a close at about 6:00 p.m. in Leipzig.
Price per person: 55.00 EUR (incl. 19% VAT)
Includes: bus transfers, tour guide, lunch, admission and tour fees (excluding beverages)
Minimum number of participants: 40
All prices are subject to change.
