Composers Tour of Europe - the Golden Age of Music
Join Geoffrey & John Mackay on this trip of a lifetime. We visit the homes and important sights of the composers from the Golden Era of Music. Packed full of sights & music.
4th September - 28th September 2012
Trip includes:
- Return Singapore Airlines airfares with overnight stopovers in Singapore.
- Visit & tour Bonn, Cologne, Weimar, Leipzig, Berlin, Dresden, Meissen, Prague, Salzburg, Halle & Vienna.
- Attend 7 concerts including 2 in the Beethoven Festival in Bonn.
- Visit houses, museums and special sights pertaining to Bach, Beethoven, Liszt, Goethe, Schiller, Haydn, Mozart & Handel.
- Visit Cologne Cathedral, Wartburg Castle, St Thomas Church, Brandenburg Gate, Zwiger Palace, Prague Castle, St Vitus Cathedral, St Stephens Cathedral & Belvedere Palaces.
- Visit the Pergamon Museum 3 museums in one - the Collection of Classical Antiquities, the Museum of the Ancient Near East, and the Museum of Islamic Art.
- Visit Meissen Porcelain Factory & Museum.
- Visit the Old Masters Gallery in Dresden featuring great works of Raphael, Titan, Rubens & many more.
- Tour Salzburg and the Sound of Music sights.
- Dine on the Rhine as we cruise past some of the best sights Europe has to offer.
- Visit the biggest musical instrument museum in the world housing some of the most famous, important and valuable instruments anywhere.
- John Mackay will provide background to these sights, composers & instruments as well as provide some musical interludes and illustrations of these composers' works.
- Local guides to join us in their own cities to guide us through the cities they love.
- All breakfasts, 6 dinners and 6 lunches. All transfers, porterage, tips and taxes included.
$17,575 per person twin share
Single Supplement $3,200 extra
Initial deposit $1500 on booking (non refundable)
2nd instalment $3000 1st March 2012
Final balance due on 1st June 2012
Please note: itinerary details are subject to change however any changes will be replaced with a comparable or better option.
For further information and bookings please contact our travel staff on 0508 886 489 or email travel@operatunity.co.nz
