• Return direct economy Emirates flights Auckland - Vienna via Dubai /Amsterdam - Auckland via Dubai including taxes.
• 23 day extraordinary music extravaganza: André Rieu Live in Maastricht premium tickets plus opera and concerts as follows: Vienna State Opera, Schönbrunn Strauss concert, Kursalon or Volksoper performance, Estates Theatre, Prague or other opera houses, Semper Opera House, Dresden, Bonn Beethoven concert, shows, church concerts and performances in great composers’ houses and museums, plus private concerts with dinner from our hosts. (NOTE: All performances yet to be confirmed).
• We stay in historic hotels and castles, many in small cities and small towns: Vienna (5 nights), Prague (3 nights), Dresden (3 nights), Leipzig (2 nights), Bayreuth (1 night), Rhine Valley (4 nights), Bonn (2 nights), Maastricht (2 nights).
• Numerous musical flavours and tours learning about great composers of Europe including visits to the houses and museums of Beethoven, Mendelssohn, Bach, Schumann, Wagner, Dvorak, as well as Strauss concerts and Estates Theatre, where the first opera by Mozart was premiered plus tours and concerts in churches and theatres where many famous composers’ works premiered.
• Visits and tours of fabulous towns and cities including Vienna, Cesky Krumlov, Prague, Dresden, Leipzig, Bayreuth, Rudesheim, Heidelberg, Rhine Valley towns, Wiesbaden, Bonn, Cologne, Maastricht and Amsterdam.
• Art and architecture tours to many famous museums, houses and gardens including the Zwinger Palace, the Green Vault, Gemaldergalerie Alte Meister Art Gallery, boat ride from Dresden to Meissen, Vienna State Opera House, Town Hall and Saint Stephen’s Cathedral, Prague Charles Bridge, Wenceslaus Square, Rudesheim music museum and Colditz Castle.
• Numerous special interest tours including Spanish Riding School, day tour to Cesky Krumlov, Heidelberg Student Prince tour including castle and university, Rhine Valley river cruise, funicular ride, Schönbrunn after hours private tour and concert, Meissen porcelain factory, Bayreuth Opera House, wine tasting at a vineyard in the Rhine Valley and canal boat ride, Amsterdam.
• All tours listed in brochure, all tips, porterage and taxes included.
• All breakfasts, gourmet food experiences, 9 lunches and 11 dinners included.
• Escorted by Cameron Barclay, Russell Dixon and Alex Foster.