The following are some of the specific sights included in this year's"Best of Europe" tour. All events highlighted in bold face type denote an event where admission is paid for you and has been included as part of your tour.   Those (in parenthesis) are free time activities that may require a small admission fee.   Many other free sights are included along the way but are to numerous to list here.  

Note: Most package tours will typically include only the items for which there is no admission charge, if even that, such as those that are listed here in normal faced type.

ITALY

Rome:
Guided city tour to include:
    The Forum
    Capitolina Hill
    Colosseum
    Vittorio Emmanuel Monument
    Trevi Fountain
    Piazza Venezia
Vatican Museum entrance and guided tour:
    Pio-Clementine Museum
    Sistine Chapel
    Pope's Apartments - by Raphael
    Guided tour of St. Peter's Basilica and Square
    Michelangelo's "Pieta"
    Walking tour to include:
    Piazza Navona
    Pantheon
    Spanish Steps
    Capucian Monks "Bone Church"
    Via Condotti fashion district
    S. Maria Vincoli Church - The Ecstasy of St, Theresa
Evening visit to Piazza Navona
Afternoon visit to Tivoli / (Gardens of Villa d'Este)

Lazio/Umbria:
     Medieval hill town of Bagnaia
     (Renaissance gardens of Villa Lante)
Siena:
      Campo
      Cathedral and Baptistery
      World's best pizza
Chianti Region:
      Famous wine region
      Impruenta pottery village       
Florence:
      Piazzalle Michelangelo
      Florence guided city tour:
          Academia Museum / the "David"
          Duomo Cathedral, Campanile, and Baptistery
          San Lorenzo and Santa Croce Churches
          Medici Tombs
              Michelangelo's "discovered" sketches
      (Pitti Palace)
      (Uffizzi Gallery)
      (Bargello Museum)
      Evening walk to include:
          Ponte Vecchio
          Ultrarno district
          Piazza Della Signoria
          (Vivoli's Gelaterria)
      Santa Maria Novella Church
      (Climb to the top of the Duomo for view of the city and pictures)

Venice:
      Guided city tour:
          Dogge's Palace
          St. Marks Cathedral
      Evening vaparretto excursion:
          Musicians in St. Mark's Square
          Walking tour of city
          Grand Canal-Rialto Bridge
      Lido
      (Island excursion:)
          Glass blowing on Island of Murano
          Burano Island-hand tied lace and colorful houses
      (Academia Museum)
      (Evening Gondola ride with musicians)

AUSTRIA

Gemund:
      (Porsche Museum)
      Austrian Alps and Tyrol
Salzburg:
      Walking tour to include:
          Mirabelle Gardens
          Getreidegasse
          (Carl Schatz Conditerei)
          (Mozart's Birthplace Museum)
      Hellbrunn Palace and waterworks garden
      Day trip into Salzkammergut Region :
          Hallstadt
          (Tram ride to top of Mt. Dachstein)
          St. Wolfgang and Lake

GERMANY / BAVARIA

Bertchtesgaden:
      Salt Mine Tour
      Alpenstrasse
      Lake Chiemsee
Oberammergau:
      Linderhof Castle
      Ettal Monastery
      Wies Kirche
Fussen:
      Neuschwanstein Castle
      Bavarian Alp

LEICHTENSTEINS

Vaduz:
      Collector's Stamps
      (Crown Prince's Reuben's collection)
      Passport stamp

SWITZERLAND:

Engelburg:
          (Tram ride to top of Swiss Alps)
          Hiking in the Alps
          Excursion to Lucerne - afternoon walking tour
          Lowendenkmal
      Baroque Jesuit Church
      Interlaken:
          (Day cruise on Thunersee)
          Alpine hike and (tram ride) into alpine region
          (Trummelbach Falls)

FRANCE:

Paris:
          Afternoon free to explore city before dinner
          Trip to top of Eiffel Tower

" Kings and Queens "

5-Day Paris and London tour extension

SPECIFIC TOUR ITINERARY INCLUSIONS

WHAT YOU GET

FRANCE:

Paris:
      Professional guide intro to city
          Guided city tour to include:
              Notre Dame Cathedral
              Champs-Elysees
               Isle de la Cite
               Les Invalides-Napoleon's Tomb
          Sacre Cour
          Louvre Museum
          Muse de Orsay
          Rodin Museum
          Paris Opera district
      Evening activities in Paris include:
          Trip to top of Eiffel Tower
          Bateau Mouche evening cruise on River Seine
          Evening visit to Monmarte -artist's quarter
      Countryside excursions/guided tours outside Paris:
          Village towns of Normandy
          Giverny-Monet's home and gardens
          Guided walking tour of Versailles grounds:
              Marie Antoinnette's Hamlet
              Petite and Grand Trianon Palaces
               Main Palace of Versailles Palace
                   Visit to formal gardens of Versailles

ENGLAND      
Channel crossing through "Chunnel" on the Eurostar "bullet" train

      London:
          Professional intro to city and Guided tour:
              Parliament
              Buckingham Palace-Changing of the Guard
              Leicester Square
               St. Paul's Cathedral
              Trafalgar Square
              Picadilly Circus
               St. Martin-in-the-Fields Church
              T ower of London-Crown Jewels/Armory collections
              Westminster Cathedral
               Hyde Park
          British Museum
          (Victoria and Albert Museum)
          National Gallery
          (Madam Tussaud's Wax Museum)
          Countryside excursion into the Cotswolds
          The London Theater production - group tickets