Itinerary - EF College Study Tours
Itinerary - EF College Study Tours
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9 or 11 days<br />
GERMANY & THE ALPS
FACULTY-LED INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMS<br />
ABOUT THIS TOUR<br />
Voyage from Rothenburg to Munich along Germany’s Romantic Road. Take in the Bavarian majesty of<br />
Neuschwanstein Castle and wind around the Alps to admire the peaks of Liechtenstein and Switzerland. Continue through the Black Forest<br />
to the city of Heidelberg, where the Neckar River flows into the Rhine.<br />
Today, advancements in every sector take place on a global scale. Students who understand and contribute to the international dialogue<br />
broaden their minds and gain a competitive edge in their fields. Traveling on an <strong>EF</strong> <strong>College</strong> <strong>Study</strong> Tour—an alternative to typical semester<br />
abroad programs—helps you truly make the most of your college education in just one to four weeks. Lectures and visits provide<br />
crucial historical and cultural insight, rounding out academics with a fuller context and creating incredible memories along the way.<br />
DAY 2: Rothenberg<br />
DAY 3: Music in Munich<br />
DAY 4: Marienplatz<br />
DAY 5: Salzburg<br />
DAY 6: Neuschwanstein Castle
GERMANY & THE ALPS<br />
9 or 11 days<br />
Cologne<br />
ogne<br />
Rhineland (2)<br />
Heidelberg erg (1)<br />
Rhine Falls<br />
Bonn<br />
Lucerne<br />
Region (2)<br />
Frankfurt<br />
Rothenburg (1)<br />
Dacha<br />
hau<br />
Munich (3)<br />
Salzburg<br />
Neuschwanstein<br />
Vaduz<br />
INCLUDED ON TOUR:<br />
Round-trip airfare<br />
Local transportation<br />
Hotel accommodations<br />
Breakfast daily and select meals<br />
Full-time CST Tour Director<br />
Sightseeing tours and visits to special attractions<br />
Free time to study and explore<br />
FOR MORE INFORMATION:<br />
efcollegestudytours.com/GAAA<br />
OPTIONAL EXCURSIONS: Salzburg and the<br />
salt mines • Mount Pilatus<br />
Optional excursions let you incorporate additional<br />
sites and attractions into your itinerary and make the<br />
most of your time abroad.<br />
EXTENSION: Rhineland (2 days)<br />
Extend your tour and enjoy extra time exploring your<br />
destination or seeing a new place at a great value.<br />
DAY 6: Liechtenstein<br />
DAY 7: Löwendenkmal<br />
DAY 8: Black Forest<br />
DAY 8: Heidelberg<br />
DAY 1 FLY TO GERMANY<br />
Meet your group and travel on an overnight<br />
fl ight to Frankfurt.<br />
DAY 2 FRANKFURT • ROTHENBURG<br />
Arrive in Frankfurt • Welcome to Frankfurt!<br />
Depending on your arrival time, you may have<br />
free time to settle in and explore on your<br />
own. Your professor may also use this time to<br />
focus on coursework.<br />
Travel to Rothenburg ob der Tauber • This<br />
evening travel to Rothenburg, where you will<br />
spend the night.<br />
DAY 3 ROTHENBURG • MUNICH<br />
Sightseeing tour of Rothenburg • This<br />
morning, a local guide will show you<br />
Rothenburg’s best, including the Market<br />
Square and the medieval Plonlein, or<br />
“Little Square,” whose charm makes it one<br />
Germany’s most photographed sites. You’ll<br />
also see the Town Wall that outlines the city.<br />
From an aerial perspective, the Town Wall<br />
draws the shape of a head, with the Castle<br />
Garden as the nose.<br />
Travel to Munich • Make your way along the<br />
Romantic Road to Munich, where medieval<br />
and modern meet, this evening.<br />
Bavarian dinner • This evening, get an<br />
authentic taste of Germany when you enjoy a<br />
traditional dinner at a Bavarian bräuhaus.<br />
Dig in to local favorites, which may include<br />
German bratwurst or Bavarian pretzels,<br />
known as laugenbrezel.<br />
DAY 4 MUNICH<br />
Sightseeing tour of Munich • Your<br />
sightseeing tour will take you past the<br />
Olympic Stadium, Marienplatz, the<br />
fashionable Schwabing district and the<br />
Residenz, former home of the Wittelsbach<br />
dukes of Bavaria.<br />
Dachau • Take time to refl ect at Dachau, a<br />
WWII Nazi concentration camp built in 1935.<br />
In 1945, the Allies liberated the camp. Today,<br />
Dachau serves as a memorial museum.<br />
Explore Munich • Stroll through the heart<br />
of Munich, where medieval trade routes once<br />
intersected. In Marienplatz, see the neo-<br />
Gothic Neues Rathaus (literally, “New Town<br />
Hall”) with its famous Glockenspiel. Continue<br />
past the cathedral known as Frauenkirche<br />
and the famous Hofbräuhaus, once the royal<br />
brewery of the Kingdom of Bavaria.<br />
DAY 5 MUNICH<br />
Free time in Munich • In Munich, enjoy<br />
free time to catch up on coursework, explore<br />
on your own or simply relax. Ask your tour<br />
director for recommendations.<br />
Optional: Salzburg and the salt mines<br />
• This full-day excursion takes you to the<br />
village of Berchtesgaden where you’ll travel<br />
by underground train, boat and wooden slides<br />
through the 450-year-old salt mines. Next,<br />
tour musical Salzburg, city of Mozart and<br />
backdrop for The Sound of Music. Those who<br />
do not join the excursion will enjoy additional<br />
free time in Munich.<br />
DAY 6 NEUSCHWANSTEIN •<br />
LIECHTENSTEIN • LUCERNE<br />
Visit Neuschwanstein Castle • This<br />
Bavarian wonder may look familiar—it’s the<br />
inspiration for Disneyland’s iconic Sleeping<br />
Beauty Castle. Commissioned by “Mad”<br />
King Ludwig, Neuschwanstein Castle’s<br />
original plans were drawn up by a theater set<br />
designer, not an architect.<br />
Liechtenstein • Stop in the small country of<br />
Liechtenstein, an important center for banking<br />
and commerce, and take in the spectacular<br />
alpine scenery. Then, travel to the Lucerne<br />
region, where you will spend the night.<br />
DAY 7 LUCERNE<br />
Sightseeing tour of Lucerne • The majestic<br />
Swiss Alps rise behind the shores of Lake<br />
Lucerne and provide the stunning backdrop to<br />
one of Switzerland’s most picturesque cities.<br />
You’ll see the moving Lion Monument known<br />
as Löwendenkmal and Kapellbrücke, a<br />
sandstone statue commemorating the Swiss<br />
Guards slain in the 1792 Paris storming<br />
of the Tuileries. Follow Lucerne’s winding<br />
cobbled streets past fairy-tale houses to the<br />
Chapel Bridge. Stroll along this covered<br />
bridge, which dates back to medieval days,<br />
and admire the colorful murals overhead.<br />
Optional: Mount Pilatus • Opt to join an<br />
excursion that takes you up Mount Pilatus.<br />
There, you’ll be rewarded with spectacular<br />
panoramic views of Lucerne. Those who do<br />
not join the excursion will have free time in<br />
Lucerne.<br />
DAY 8 HEIDELBERG<br />
Travel to Heidelberg • Travel by way of the<br />
legendary Black Forest, once the province<br />
of wolves, hermits, and mad monks. On your<br />
way, behold the thundering Rhine Falls.<br />
Sightseeing tour of Heidelberg • The<br />
majestic Old Bridge crosses into the heart<br />
of Heidelberg, a city set in the lush green<br />
foothills of the Neckar Valley. Travel along<br />
medieval streets lined with peaked red roofs<br />
on your sightseeing tour. Numerous Nobel<br />
Prize winners and philosophers studied here<br />
and established Heidelberg as Germany’s<br />
premier university city.<br />
Heidelberg Castle wine barrel • Then, ride<br />
a funicular up to Heidelberg Castle, and see<br />
the stunning views that inspired Goethe (in<br />
the gardens you’ll fi nd a statue dedicated to<br />
the poet). Stand beside the enormous wine<br />
barrel—it’s so large that a dance fl oor was<br />
once built on top of it for visitors’ amusement!<br />
DAY 9 DEPART FOR HOME<br />
2-DAY TOUR EXTENSION<br />
DAYS 9-10 RHINELAND • COLOGNE<br />
• BONN<br />
Cruise the Rhine River • Today, travel to<br />
the Rhineland for your cruise. Set sail from<br />
Rüdesheim and continue past the terraced<br />
vineyards and age-old castles of the Rhine<br />
Gorge. (Please note: This cruise is available<br />
April-October.)<br />
Sightseeing tour of Koblenz • In Koblenz,<br />
admire the majestic statue of Emperor Kaiser<br />
Wilhelm I and pass through the Deutsches<br />
Eck, or “German Corner.” Continue by<br />
Mutter-Beethoven-Haus, birthplace of<br />
the composer’s mother and a cultural site.<br />
Wind through Old Town, fi lled with street<br />
performers and inviting sidewalk cafés.<br />
Cologne Cathedral • Make your way to<br />
Cologne and visit one of Germany’s most<br />
powerful symbols: the Cologne Cathedral.<br />
This sublime, war-scarred Gothic cathedral<br />
took more than 600 years to complete. Its<br />
impressive twin spires are among the tallest<br />
in the world. Then, travel to Bonn, a city with a<br />
quiet yet cosmopolitan atmosphere.<br />
Beethoven House • Your fi rst stop in Bonn is<br />
the Beethoven-Haus, birthplace and modernday<br />
museum honoring the life of Ludwig van<br />
Beethoven. Check out musical instruments,<br />
manuscripts, artwork and mementos, such as<br />
the composer’s ear trumpets.<br />
German National Museum of<br />
Contemporary History • Modern and full of<br />
light, this museum focuses on the changing<br />
face of modern Germany. The rooms guide<br />
visitors along a conceptual timeline of<br />
German history, marked most notably by the<br />
revolutionary collapse of the Berlin Wall.<br />
DAY 11 DEPART FOR HOME<br />
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WHAT OUR TRAVELERS SAY<br />
BARBARA L.<br />
Concordia University<br />
Portland, OR<br />
ERIN H.<br />
Itasca Community <strong>College</strong><br />
Grand Rapids, MN<br />
CHELSEA S.<br />
Northern Oklahoma <strong>College</strong><br />
Stillwater, OK<br />
VIRGINA M.<br />
Palo Alto <strong>College</strong><br />
San Antonio, TX<br />
“The overall experience of the trip was<br />
amazing, unforgettable. I went on the<br />
tour not knowing many of the students<br />
in my group, and came back with really<br />
good friends and amazing memories.<br />
With the guidance of the tour director,<br />
I got to experience new culture without<br />
feeling completely lost. I now know that<br />
I can succeed and survive in a foreign<br />
country.”<br />
“I had such an amazing time, and I<br />
learned so much. We saw so many<br />
different sights. My experiences<br />
enriched my understanding of another<br />
culture, and created a realistic concept<br />
of an entirely foreign culture I would<br />
never have been exposed to<br />
otherwise.”<br />
“I can’t believe we had the opportunity<br />
to see and do so many things for what<br />
we paid. I traveled on my own soon<br />
after my trip, and the flight alone cost<br />
more than the entire tour—which<br />
included meals, shows, tourist sites.<br />
I will never ever forget this experience.<br />
You’d be crazy not to take a tour with<br />
<strong>EF</strong>—they take great care of you.”<br />
“Every student should go. I enjoyed<br />
flying to a foreign country, getting<br />
completely out of my comfort zone and<br />
truly seeing what this world has to offer.<br />
We tried new food, spoke different<br />
languages, and saw so many of the<br />
best sights on our walking tours. I love<br />
history, and being able to experience<br />
what I’ve studied for years was so moving<br />
it left me speechless. If there is ever<br />
an opportunity to go, take it!“<br />
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