Overview
Features
Itinerary
Overview (Return to top)
This is a unique 9-day journey through the heart of Central Europe providing a perfectly balanced introduction to the region’s rich historical and cultural legacies. Explore the grand palaces of Prague, Berlin, and Dresden; walk in the footsteps of Martin Luther through medieval Wittenberg; and discuss life in rural Saxony with local residents.
This tour has an extremely attractive price and is the best value on the market with travel aboard the exclusively chartered deluxe m.v. Frederic Chopin, the finest ship cruising the waterways of Saxony. Participate in a full program of cultural and education enrichment, including meeting with local residents, specially-arranged tours, and exclusive lectures. Journey to remote towns and traditional villages that were inaccessible to western travelers for decades during the Cold War and remain rarely visited by foreigners to this day.
Priced from $2,595 plus air
Gohagan & Co.
For reservations or additional information, contact:
Jan Breitman [jbreitman@alumni.iastate.edu]
Iowa State University Alumni Association
Phone: (515) 294-6526 direct or (877) ISU-ALUM toll-free
Fax: (515) 294-9402
Features (Return to top)
• Seven-night cruise from Potsdam, Germany, to Prague, Czech Republic, with calls at Magdeburg, Wittenberg, Meissen, Dresden, and Kleinzschachwitz (Pillnitz and Königstein), Germany, and Leitmeritz, Czech Republic.
• Deluxe air-conditioned outside stateroom with private facilities
• Captian’s welcome and farewell receptions
• Six meals each day—breakfast, morning bouillon, lunch, afternoon tea, dinner and late-night snack—served at single, unassigned seating
All tours and excursions below are led by expert local guides:
• Orientation tour of Berlin, the capital of reunited Germany, including the Bradenburger Tor
• Walking tour of Magdeburg, featuring the Gothic Cathedral of Sts. Catherine and Maurice
• Guided visit to Martin Luther’s house and St. Mary’s Church, featuring the 16th-Century altar by Lucas Cranach in Wittneberg
• Walking tour of Meissen
• City tour of Dresden, the “Florence of the North,” including a guided visit of Zwinger Palace and the Green Vault at the Albertinum
• Excursion to Pillnitz Park
• Tour of Königstein castle
• Walking tour of Leitmeritz, including the historic Cathedral Hill
• Afternoon walking tour of Prague through the Staré Mesto (Old Town) to Josefov (old Jewish quarter) and to the historic Charles Bridge
A full program of educational and cultural enrichment including:
• Specially arranged tour of the porcelain Museum in Meissen
• Unique Village Forum featuring local citizens who will discuss life in Saxony
• Exclusive tasting of world-renowned German and Czech beers on the ship
Itinerary (Return to top)
Day 1
Depart the U.S.
Day 2
Berlin, Germany/Potsdam/Embark m.v. Frederic Chopin
Day 3
Magdegerg
Day 4
Wittenberg
Day 5
Meissen/Dresden
Day 6
Pillnitz/Königstein
Day 7
Leitmeritz, Czech Republic
Day 8
Prague
Day 9
Prague/Disembark m.v. Frederic Chopin/Return to the U.S. or Canada
Saxony Along the Elbe River
