Grand Tour of the Heart of Europe 2026-27

Departure from your own departure point - lunch at leisure at a motorway service area - in the evening, check-in at the hotel in Baveno or Stresa on Lake Maggiore – dinner at the hotel - after dinner, a walk with your tour leader - overnight stay.

Breakfast at the hotel - departure for Colmar – short visit to this typical Alsatian town – lunch at leisure – continue to Luxembourg, the small Grand Duchy and UNESCO World Heritage Site – dinner at the hotel/restaurant -overnight stay.

Breakfast at the hotel - departure for the beautiful region of Flanders - in the morning, tour of Ghent with a local guide (the Limburg – the short, wide street that forms the lively heart of the city –, St Bavo’s Cathedral with the civic belfry, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, the Graslei with its old guild houses, St Nicholas’ Church, the Castle of the Counts of Flanders –exterior–) - lunch at leisure – in the afternoon, tour of Bruges with a local guide (a beautiful medieval town and capital of Flanders – its characteristic historic centre, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, stretches along the banks of numerous canals, with its old houses, noble mansions and churches) – arrival in Brussels in the evening - dinner in a typical restaurant - after dinner, Brussels by night: a walk with your tour leader to the Grand Place – overnight stay.

Breakfast at the hotel - in the morning, tour of Brussels with a local guide (panoramic tour and Art Nouveau tour with the houses by the architect Horta, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, the Atomium, the Triumphal Arch, the seat of the European Parliament –exterior–, a walk through the historic centre via the Grand Place, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, the Manneken-Pis and the Royal Saint-Hubert Galleries)– lunch at leisure - departure for Antwerp – tour with a local guide of Antwerp (a great city of art on the banks of the Scheldt: the Grote Markt -the city’s main square with its old guild houses topped by gilded statues-, the Town Hall and the Cathedral of Our Lady, UNESCO World Heritage Sites –exterior–, the historic centre with its old guild houses, Rubens’ House –exterior–) - arrival in Amsterdam – dinner at the hotel – after dinner, Amsterdam by night: orientation tour of the city by private coach with your tour leader – overnight stay.

Breakfast at the hotel - full day devoted to a tour of the city with a local guide (Dam Square, the Rijksmuseum, Anne Frank’s House –exterior–, the Begijnhof quarter, a tour of the canals, UNESCO World Heritage Sites, the most famous of which are the Prinsengracht, the Leidsegracht and the Herengracht with the houses of the wealthy merchants of the Golden Age -the 17th century- who gave rise to the colonial adventure and the city’s wealth) – lunch at leisure - dinner at the hotel – after dinner, Amsterdam by night, with private coach and your tour leader at your disposal –overnight stay.

Breakfast at the hotel - full-day excursion – visit to the typical villages of Zaandijk (the village is an old corner of Holland with numerous windmills still in working order and traditional 17th-century houses, and a clog factory), Marken (a small island linked to the mainland by a dyke, with typical wooden fishermen’s houses, all painted green with sloping roofs and white trim) and Volendam (a picturesque fishing village characterised by the wooden houses overlooking the harbour, where you can admire the most beautiful traditional costumes in Holland) – lunch at leisure in Volendam – transfer to Cologne - arrival in the evening – dinner in a typical restaurant - after dinner, Cologne by night: a walk with your tour leader to the Cathedral, a UNESCO World Heritage Site – overnight stay.

Breakfast at the hotel - transfer to Boppard – mini-cruise on the Rhine from St. Goarshausen to Bacharach (10.45/12.05) to admire the most beautiful stretch of the Rhine Valley, a UNESCO World Heritage Site (St. Goar, the Loreley Rock, Bacharach) – lunch at leisure - in the evening, check-in at the hotel in Strasbourg - dinner in a typical restaurant - after dinner, Strasbourg by night: a walk with your tour leader to the Petite France - overnight stay.

Breakfast at the hotel – in the morning, tour of Strasbourg with a local guide (the Gothic Cathedral, famous also for its astronomical clock, the Grande Île, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, which includes the Centre Ville and the Petite France -the quarter of the fishermen and craftsmen who lived there in the 16th century-) - lunch at leisure – in the evening, arrival in Baveno or Stresa on Lake Maggiore – dinner at the hotel - overnight stay.

Breakfast at the hotel - departure for the journey home - lunch at leisure en route – arrival in the evening.