Connoisseurs Experience
The 2018 Connoisseurs Experience includes 17 unique itineraries centred around exotic destinations, authentic events, local festivals, wilderness and wildlife, and unique cultural encounters. As always, our Connoisseurs Experience features boutique, superior or deluxe accommodations, comprehensive sightseeing and special visits. Many of these departures are accompanied and escorted by our own or affiliated experts, bringing in profound depth of knowledge and unique insights to enhance your travel experience. This is not just a tour, it is an intimate and personal experience
The 2018 Connoisseurs Experience includes 17 unique itineraries centred around exotic destinations, authentic events, local festivals, wilderness and wildlife, and unique cultural encounters.
As always, our Connoisseurs Experience features boutique, superior or deluxe accommodations, comprehensive sightseeing and special visits.
Many of these departures are accompanied and escorted by our own or affiliated experts,
bringing in profound depth of knowledge and unique insights to enhance your travel experience.
This is not just a tour, it is an intimate and personal experience
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Rhapsody of East Europe<br />
Discover a beautiful and poignant part of the world - a generous overview of five distinctly<br />
different and fascinating nations of Czech Republic, Austria, Slovakia, Hungary and Poland.<br />
This journey spans five countries and weaves together the<br />
area’s deep history with the monumental events of the 20th<br />
century. This remarkable region offers ample opportunity<br />
for enrichment, enlightenment, and enjoyment.<br />
Begin in romantic Prague, the “Golden City of a Hundred<br />
Spires”. We visit the bustling, modern urban zone centered<br />
on Wenceslas Square, oozing with recent history; explore<br />
Old Town Square; and see Josefov, Prague’s historic Jewish<br />
ghetto. Walk on the Charles Bridge, a famous medieval<br />
thoroughfare crossing the Vltava River lined with saintly<br />
statues. A day trip to Ceský Krumlov, a charming medieval<br />
town with colourful castle, mellow Old Town, twisty river.<br />
Tour the Habsburg legacy of Vienna. Visit Vienna’s majestic Schönbrunn Palace and have access to one of<br />
the greatest and most condensed cultural offerings in the world, the Museum Quartier. In a day you can<br />
gaze on masterpieces by Rubens, Klimt, and Schiele before listening to a Mozart symphony.<br />
Pass through Slovakia en route to Budapest, the capital of Hungary. Discover the beauty of Budapest,. The<br />
mighty Magyar capital straddling the Danube is divided in two parts: hilly, historic Buda and flat, urban<br />
Pest. Upon the Castle Hill, see the Royal Palace, Matthias Church and enjoy a great view of the iconic<br />
bridge over the Danube.<br />
Explore Poland’s historic capital, still its cultural and intellectual capital, Kracow. Take a walk in the Main<br />
Market Square, one of Europe’s best squares and St. Mary’s Church with Viet Stoss altarpiece. Giant yellow<br />
Cloth Hall houses souvenir stands, 19th-century Polish art upstairs, and excavations underground. Pay our<br />
respects at the Auschwitz and Birkenau concentration camp memorial sites.<br />
Conclude our journey in Warsaw,<br />
Poland’s capital city bombed flat in<br />
WWII, now rebuilt and becoming a<br />
super-modern metropolis.<br />
View Stalin’s monstrous Palace of<br />
Culture and Science. Tour the reconstructed<br />
Old Town with Royal<br />
Palace, mermaid statue, great Synagogue,<br />
the second-biggest on earth,<br />
with museum and Tree of Life monument.<br />
Enjoy a piano concert in Chopin’s<br />
hometown.<br />
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