European Essentials

D1: MANILA/ROME
Depart Manila onboard a prestigious airline for an overnight flight to Rome. Enjoy in-flight meals and entertainment.

D2: ROME
Welcome to Zurich! Transfer to your hotel for check-in. Rest of the day is free at leisure.

D3: ROME

Drive to the city for a full-day city sightseeing tour which includes a visit to the Vatican Museum, Sistine Chapel and St. Peter’s Basilica. Then, continue the tour to see the Colosseum, Roman Forum, the Spanish Steps and the Fountain of Trevi.

D4: ROME-ASSISI-PISA

Go to Assisi and visit the Upper and Lower Basilica. See the Tomb of St. Francis where you can offer a prayer. Drive to Pisa for a photostop at the Leaning Tower and Pisa Cathedral. Transfer to your hotel in Pisa for dinner and check-in.

D5: PISA-VENICE

Continue the tour to Venice. Upon arrival, take a boat ride to Venice Island. See San Marco Square and admire the Byzantine St. Mark’s Cathedral, the Clock Tower, the Bridge of Sighs and a panoramic view of the lavish Doge’s Palace. Afterwards watch a Murano Glass blowing demonstration. Then reboard your coach for dinner and check in to your hotel for overnight.

D6: VENICE-SALZBURG
After breakfast, cross the Austrian border to Salzburg. Upon arrival, visit the Mirabelle Gardens and the Old Town to see the house of Mozart. The rest of the day is at leisure.

D7: SALZBURG-INNSBRUCK-VADUZ-ZURICH
Hotel check-out then transfer to Innsbruck. See the Golden Roof followed by a visit to Swarovski Crystal Gallery for a chance to buy some crystal ornaments. Later, cross the border to Vaduz, the capital of Liechtenstein, dominated by its castle perched on a hilltop. Continue to Switzerland on your way to Zurich for dinner and overnight.

D8: ZURICH-MT. TITLIS-LUCERNE-ZURICH
Excursion tour to Engelberg. Board a Rotair cable car on your way to Mt. Titlis. Marvel on the magnificent view of the other surrounding peaks before spending the rest of the day at the Old Town shopping for famous Swiss products.

D9: ZURICH-SCHAFFHAUSEN-TITISEE-RHINELAND AREA

After seeing the Rhine Falls in Schaffhausen, leave Switzerland, then cross the German border to Titisee, a renowned Cuckoo Clock industry. Afterwards, drive through the Black Forest region on your way to your hotel for overnight.

D10: RHINELAND AREA-COLOGNE-AMSTERDAM

After breakfast, see more of the German countryside sceneries as you make your way to Cologne. Upon arrival, visit the 13th – century Gothic Cathedral, a renowned monument of the German Catholicism and Gothic architecture, also the seat of the archbishop and the administration of the Archdiocese of Cologne. Then cross over the Dutch border to Amsterdam.

D11: AMSTERDAM

Visit a Cheese and Clog Farm and learn how the Dutch people mastered the art of making cheese and clogs. Afterwards, take photos of a picturesque Windmill then to a Diamond Polishing House for a visit. Later, drive to Volendam, a fishing village outside Amsterdam then return to the city and go on a Canal cruise aboard a glass – roofed launch and admire the gabled houses and humpback drawbridges.

D12: AMSTERDAM-BRUSSELS-PARIS

Drive through the Belgian border to Brussels. Stop in Heysel district for photos of the famous Atomium before heading to the beautiful Grand Place, the city’s Town Hall, and also see the Mannekin Pis, best known symbol of the people of Brussels. Later, cross the French border on your way to Paris for overnight.

D13: PARIS

After breakfast, drive to the city for a half day city tour of Paris as you see the sights of both banks of the River Seine: The Arc de Triomphe, Champs Elysees, Concorde Square, the Place Vendome, Opera House, the Eiffel Tower plus a River Seine Bateaux Mouche Cruise. After a short free time for shopping, return to your hotel.

D14: PARIS/MANILA

Your memorable tour concludes with a transfer to the airport for your flight back to Manila.

D15: MANILA

Arrival in Manila.