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NORTH GERMANY / NGER

(Düsseldorf - Cologne - Leipzig - Hannover - Bremen - Hamburg)

DAY 1 DÜSSELDORF DAY 3 COLOGNE – EISENACH Bauhaus cultural movement. We visit the
Arrival at the Airport of Düsseldorf and – ERFURT – WEIMAR – LEIPZIG house of the greatest German language
transfer to the hotel. Accommodation. We depart today to the east of the writer Goethe. Free time to enjoy the city
country following in the footsteps of before continuing the tour to Leipzig.
DAY 2 DÜSSELDORF – COLOGNE Martin Luther, the driving force behind the Arrival and accommodation.
We start our tour departing to Cologne, Catholic Reformation, which gave way to
city of Roman origin and located on the the Protestant Reformation. DAY 4 LEIPZIG
banks of the Rhine River. Upon arrival The first stop will be in Eisenach, where As a traditional European center of
we will do a city tour around its old we will visit the house where he spent commerce and trade, Leipzig hosts also
town, including a guided tour inside the part of his life and continue to Erfurt to a musical legacy of great composers
cathedral, which houses the relics of the see the Augustinian monastery where he such as Johann Sebastian Bach, Richard
Three Wise Men. During a boat ride on was ordained a monk. Wagner and Felix Mendelssohn, who
the river you will admire the panoramic We continue to Weimar, cradle of the lived and practiced their trades here. The
views of the city. Rest of the day at German constitution and cultural center children’s choirs of St. Thomas and the
leisure. of the country, from Goethe to the Gewandhauschor Leipzig round off the
musical offer and the renown of the city.
In its historic center, the highlights are St.
Thomas Church, St. Nicholas Church,
the Great Synagogue, Augustus Square,
the Opera House and the old town hall, in
Renaissance style.
lubeck Free afternoon.
Bremen Hamburg Schwerin DAY 5 LEIPZIG – WITTENBERG
– EISLEBEN – HANNOVER
Hannover Wittenberg We leave Leipzig and continue to
Eisleben Wittenberg and Eisleben, the most
important cities in the life of Martin Luther.
Eisenach Weimar Leipzig In Wittenberg we will visit the house
Erfurt where he lived and in Eisleben we will see
the houses where he was born and died.
Düsseldorf Arrival in Hannover and accommodation.

Cologne DAY 6 HANNOVER – BREMEN
After breakfast we departure to visit
Hannover, founded in the Middle Ages
GERMANY and commercial center related to the
Hanseatic League, union of the main
cities of northern Europe and Scandinavia
for the exchange of products and
services.
Highlights include the Kramergasse, in
its historic center, with buildings from

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