Canals of Southern Germany field trip
Friday, October 1– Thursday, October 14, 2010
From the Fossa Carolina (793 AD) to the Main-Donau Kanal (1992)
Three Canals (Fossa Carolina, King Ludwig’s and Main-Danube) and Waterways of Southern Germany: In the footsteps of Charlemagne and King Ludwig I of Batavia Sponsored by the Canal Society of New York State
Spend 14 days and 12 nights traveling with Society President Tom Grasso across southern Germany from Frankfurt to Munich to experience a wide range of canal curiosities of yesterday and today including several striking medieval towns and castles. The tour focuses on the exceptional scenic beauty of Bavaria and its waterways: the Main-Donau (Danube) Kanal (MDK) with Europe’s deepest operating lock at Hilpoltstein, King Ludwig’s Kanal (KLK) (1846-1945) Europe’s highest summit level canal, and Charlemagne’s 793 AD ditch uniting the North and Mediterranean Seas. You will cross Europe’s continental divide by boat on the MDK and cruise both the spectacular Danube Gorge and the MDK in the superb Altmuhl Valley.
Some of the many sites include:
Magnificent UNESCO World Heritage Castle Würzburg and UNESCO World Heritage towns of Bamberg & Regensburg with their magnificent waterways, medieval architecture, & shopping Technical Museum in Munich with canal, railroad and air craft exhibits wonderful aqueduct on the Main-Danube Kanal over the River Zenn Cruising the Main-Danube and King Ludwig’s Kanals – through three locks on the Main-Danube Kanal and one on King Ludwig’s Kanal -- on a horse drawn boat Fascinating Nürnberg, with its castle/fortress, cathedrals, squares, bridges, and shopping Walk portions of Europe’s highest, summit level, canal towpath-King Ludwig’s Kanal Optional – bicycle a portion of the beautiful King Ludwig’s Kanal- much of it still as it was in 1846 Western Civilization’s first canal- Fossa Carolina (793 AD) linking the Main and Danube Rivers Bamberg and Nürnberg Harbor Tours Historic Ship Museum on the Danube in Regensburg Visits to “Fairytale Towns” of Rothenburg on the Tauber, Dinkelsbühl, and Berching Cruise through the magnificent Danube River Gorge near Kelheim Beautiful monument (Dnkmal) to King Ludwig’s Kanal in Erlangen
In addition to six nights in Nürnberg, this spectacular 12-night canal tour will include five nights in Regensburg and 1 night in Frankfurt.
Your cost for the Germany land portion is just:
$4,180 per person double occupancy—booked on or before March 20, 2010 based on minimum 20 people
$4,900 per person single occupancy—booked on or before March 20, 2010 based on minimum 20 people
The price will go down if more than 20 people register. See detailed itinerary for more information.
This price includes:
-All hotels (3 and 4 star) and breakfast, all dinners except one night in Nürnberg and last night in Frankfurt, three lunches, deluxe motor coach ground transportation, five boat trips, seven museums/castles, 39 site visits, guidebook, taxes including 19% VAT, and all tour guides.
Not included: Air fare, two dinners, lunches except three in Germany, public transport fares as needed on a personal basis, luggage handling at airports, bus driver gratuity
Round-trip airfare (Approximate – tax dependent) Continental Airlines from Newark $889.75; Albany $968.75; Syracuse - $954.75; Rochester $1,023.75; or Buffalo $998.75 connecting through Newark, for flight to Frankfurt on Friday, October 1 and return from Frankfurt on Thursday, October 14 through Newark.
The cost is broken down into three payments, with the first payment due on March 20, 2010. A minimum of 20 people are needed by March 20 or the tour will be cancelled.
Questions? Contact Tom Grasso
cell (585) 314-3782
home (585) 387-0099
Tgrasso1@rochester.rr.com
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