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HIGHLIGHTS
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COPENHAGEN * GDANSK
* RIGA * STOCKHOLM * ST.PETERSBURG
* TALLINN WITH DANISH
CRUISES
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THE
TOUR FEATURES
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Day
01 : Copenhagen
Welcome to Denmark! Transfers
to your tour hotel. This
evening meet your Tour
Director over a Welcome
Drink. Then enjoy our
visit to Copenhagen's
incomparable Tivoli gardens.
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Day
02: Copenhagen Overnight
Cruise (BF,D)
This morning we greet
the Little Mermaid, then
visit Christiansborg Palace,
see Town Hall Square,
Grundtvig's church, Amalienborg
Palace and the Stock Exchange.
Time now to shop on the
Stroget, before boarding
our Danish Seaways ship.
Enjoy a superb Danish
smorgasbord dinner then
a good night's sleep in
our well appointed two
berth cabins. |
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Day
03: Gdansk Sightseeing
(B)
A hearty breakfast on
board before our tour
of Gdansk. We visit the
Westerplatte memorial,
where World War II began.
We tour the old town,
following the royal processional
route from the golden
gateway to the Town Hall.
Next we see the seven
story 'great mill' enduring
symbol of Gdansk, and
visit the Madonna of Gdansk
in the Church of our Lady
largest Gothic church
in Poland. This afternoon
is at leisure in the nearby
Baltic beach resort of
Sopot, then we return
to Gdansk. |
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Day
04: Gdansk Svetlogorsk
(BF,D)
Eastward along the 'Amber
Coast' to Frombork where
we see the Copernicus
Tower Observatory and
visit the museum. Now
to the Russian enclave
of Kaliningrad. Our sightseeing
tour shows us Dohna Tower,
old Stock Exchange and
German Cathedral. Now
we visit the fascinating
Amber Museum and hear
the mystery of the fabulous
'Amber Room'. We stay
tonight in the resort
of Svetlogorsk, a near
perfect German time capsule
from the 1930's. |
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Day
05: Svetlogorsk Riga (BF,L,D)
We enter the Kurskaya
Kasa Nature Reserve to
drive north along the
narrow sand spit, separating
the Baltic Sea from the
Kurskaya Zaliv fresh water
bay. We reach the Lithuanian
border and continue to
Klaipeda, before turning
inland to visit Siauliai.
We see the astonishing
Votive Hill of Crosses
and then cross the Latvian
border to the capital
Riga. |
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Day
06: Riga Overnight Train
(BF,D)
Our tour of the historic
old town shows us the
city walls, and we visit
the Domkirk. The quaint
House of the Three Brothers
is the oldest in Latvia
and nearby stands the
Swedish Gate and Castle
of the Livonian Knights.
This evening, we transfer
to Riga Railway Station
to board our comfortable
first class sleeper train
bound for St. Petersburg. |
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Day
07: St. Petersburg (BF)
Our sightseeing tour visits
the fortress of St. Peter
and Paul, St. Isaac's
Cathedral, the cruiser,
'Awrora', and the memorial
to the siege of Leningrad
during World War II. We
also see the splendid
cathedral of Kazan, then
tour the spectacular Hermitage,
one of the world's greatest
museums. The rest of the
day is at leisure to explore
at our own pace. |
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Day
08: St. Petersburg (BF,D)
Today we visit the fabulous
gardens and fountains
of Peter the Great's summer
residence at Petrodvorets.
Tonight, we enjoy a canal
cruise including a highlight
dinner of Russian specialties
accompanied by traditional
musicians. |
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Day
09: St. Petersburg (BF,D)
St. Petersburg today is
a city of incomparable
architectural, historic
and artistic interest!
Today is completely at
leisure to indulge! May
be visit Cathedral the
Great's Palace in Puskin.
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Day
10: St. Petersburg Tallinn
(BF,L,D)
A reluctant farewell to
St. Petersburg as we turn
west this morning to reach
the town of Narva dominated
by mighty Hermannsburg
fortress. The river Narva
at this point forms the
border with Estonia and
we are soon on our way
to our hotel in Tallinn
the elegant capital.
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Day
11: Tallinn Overnight
Cruise (BF)
We tour the quaint old
town including the market
square with its old German
Weighing House, Pharmacy
and Gothic Town Hall.
The energetic will wish
to walk up Toompea Hill
to the castle and Alexander
Nevsky Russian Orthodox
Cathedral but don't miss
the shops for fine amber
and silver Jewellry! Later
we transfer to the port
of Paldiski for the overnight
cruise to Sweden.
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Day
12: Stockholm (BF,D)
With our local guide we
visit the City Hall to
view the legendary Gold
Chamber, venue for the
Nobel Prize banquets.
Next we see the amazingly
preserved 17th century
warship 'Wasa' resurrected
from the seabed, then
broad Gustave Adolph Square
and the National Opera
House. Next we visit the
'City between the bridges',
the old centre of Stockholm,
where stands the imposing
baroque Royal Palace and
Parliament House. Now
time at leisure. Don't
miss the chance to visit
to Skansen Open Air Museum
- the oldest in the world!
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Day
13: Stockholm (BF)
Today is at leisure to
explore the 'City of Island'
at our own pace. Perhaps
stroll from Stortorget
marketplace to the Old
Town. There is excellent
shopping on the Kungsgatan
Swedish quality and design
is world famous, and you
will fun the shops packed
with highly original glass,
tableware, jewelry and
art. |
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Day
14: Stockholm Copenhagen
(BF)
South today along the
shores of Lake Vattern
and on to Halsingborg
for a short ferry crossing
to Elsinore in Denmark,
where stands Prince Hamlet's
Kromborg castle. Now back
to Copenhagen. |
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Day
15: Copenhagen (BF)
After breakfast we transfer
to Copenhagen airport.
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