Day 1. Sun. En Route.

Day 2. Mon. Copenhagen.

After cleared immigration, meet our representative and be transferred to the Hotel. Leave your luggage with the concierge and perhaps have some breakfast. During afternoon you will have the first tour of Copenhagen. This tour leaves at 2:00pm sharp and you need to be there 10 minutes earlier. The coach tour visits Copenhagen’s main sights of the city and also includes a changing of the guard. This coach tour takes 2 & ½ hours and then boards a canal cruise for one hour for a different perspective on the city. You will be dropped back at Axeltorb where you walk back to your hotel.

Overnight: The Square Hotel Copenhagen. ( breakfast next morning).

Day 3. Tue. Copenhagen / Embarkation.

This morning enjoy your leisurely breakfast and perhaps enjoy a walk around the city. Your hotel is conveniently located a few minutes’ walk to the Tivoli Gardens, city hall Square and Straget area. Check out of the hotel and at 12:00pm (Noon) your private vehicle and driver will collect from the lobby of the hotel to transfer to the cruise pier where you can board the cruise and settle into your cabins. The cruise departs at 5:00pm

Overnight: The Norwegian Cruise.

Day 4. Wed. Wardemunde-Germany.

This morning enjoy a day on your own exploring the coastal town of Warnemunde. You must be back on board by 9:00pm.

Overnight: The Norwegian Cruise.

Day 5. Thu. At Sea.

Today the ship sails through the Baltic Sea as you head to Tallinn, Estonia.

Overnight: The Norwegian Cruise.

Day 6. Fri. Tallinn-Estonia.

At 9:00am, please disembark the cruise and watch for your name on a sign with a guide and driver with a private minivan – You will be picked up at centrally located pier for excursion of Tallinn with private minivan and English speaking guide. Follows sightseeing tour of Tallinn including a short tour on minivan through the city centre and around the ancient city walls, further to Pirita area with a view to ruins of St. Birgitta’s Convent, Olympic harbor, Tallinn Song Festival Grounds (photo-stop). Transfer to Toompea Hill for further walking tour. Walking tour of Tallinn Old Town includes Toompea Hill with Toompea Castle, Alexander Nevsky Cathedral (entrance free), and view at Dome Church; stop at Viewer Square (panorama platform.)

After lunch, your guide will continue further with you and transfer to Rocca al Mare Open Air Museum (entrance). The Rocca al Mare Open Air Museum is a park with nearly 100 traditional Estonian farm buildings on a 84 hectare scenic seaside area, featuring rural life in different parts of Estonia some couple centuries ago. Farmsteads, fishing and inland villages, churches, 18th- and 19th century windmills and a real working roadside village tavern Kolu Inn have been moved here and create a beautiful collection of Estonian countryside scenery. Drop off at the same pier, by 4:30pm (ship is sailing at 5:30pm)

Overnight: The Norwegian Cruise.

Day 7. Sat. St. Petersburg-Russia.

Meet with the guide and the private minivan and drive into the heart of St. Petersburg. Expect to arrive in the city centre around 09:30 – 12:00. Here you will get into a small line up for the eEarly entrance to the Hermitage which is at 930am for those who book the early entrance and you will spend the morning in the Hermitage. (all others enter by 10:30am – entrance) Your entire morning is absorbed enjoying this massive and most important museum.

After lunch, Continuation of the St. Petersburg city sightseeing tour including with your private driver visiting Nevsky Prospect, Kazan Cathedral, Church of the Bleeding Savior (entrance), Field of Mars, Summer Gardens, Smolny Convent, Alexander Nevskiy Convent (entrance). At the end of this afternoon you will be brought to the canal boarding point and board a one hour scheduled boat (with other guests) to enjoy the canal tour.

Overnight: The Norwegian Cruise.

Day 8. Sun. St. Petersburg-Russia.

Your guide and driver will escort you by private vehicle to the city center where we first explore Peter and Paul fortress. Today the fortress is one of St. Petersburg’s major tourist attractions and has become the emblem of the city. It is also home to the headquarters of the St. Petersburg City History Museum, which displays collections throughout the fortress complex. Later, your guide will bring you to another pier to board a fast ferry hydrofoil to Peterhof, this is about 30 – 40 minutes ride. On arrival, the guide will organize lunch break at Orangerie with reservations.

After lunch, tour at Peterhof. The spectacular parkland at Peterhof is remarkable for the sheer variety of styles encompassed in its layout and features. Representing nearly two centuries of European aristocratic fashion executed to the highest standards, Peterhof is like an encyclopedia of park design through the age of empire. Particularly impressive is the fact that the master landscapers and garden designers who worked on the estate at Peterhof managed to overcome the extremely inclement conditions of the northern climate to create a wonderland of greenery and flowers, sweeping vistas and ornate architectural decorations.

Overnight: The Norwegian Cruise.

Day 9. Mon. Helsinki-Finland.

This morning you will be going on the shore excursion provided by the cruise, which is traditional history and city highlights on your own for a full day tour of Helsinki Finland.

Overnight: The Norwegian Cruise.

Day 10. Tue. Stockholm-Sweden.

This morning arrive and board small boats from the cruise ship who will transfer you to shore. Then you are confirmed to join the cruise tour Ice Bar, Old Town & Vasa. You will be brought back to town to board the tenders back to the cruise by 2:00pm, for your departure at 3:00pm.

Overnight: The Norwegian Cruise.

Day 11. Wed. Full day cruising the Baltics – At Sea.

Today the ship sails through the Baltic Sea as you head back to Copenhagen.

Overnight: The Norwegian Cruise.

Day 12. Thu. Copenhagen/Berlin.

Your Private vehicle will be waiting for you at 08:00hrs for your transfer to the airport to reach by 09:00am in time for your flight to Berlin which is at 11:00am departure. Upon arrival at Berlin, make your own way to the hotel. At 2:30 pm your guide will collect you at 2:30pm.

A drive through Tiergarten Park takes them past Bellevue Palace (built in 1785 for Frederick the Great’s youngest brother and now the president’s official residence), the Old Congress Hall (now the House of Word Cultures) and Grosser Stern. At the Eastern end of the park stands the Reichstag, the 19th century Parliament building built for the Prussian parliament and later used by the Weimar Republic, which now hosts the Federal Republic’s Reichstag. Nearby, marking the beginning of Berlin’s East you see Unter-den-Linden Street with its famous Brandenburg Gate, the symbol of the city since its completion in 1791 and familiar to all who watched the telecasts from Berlin as the Wall was breached.  During the city’s division, the Brandenburg Gate was in the no-man’s-land on the Eastern side of the Wall.  Atop the Gate is the Victory Quadriga, a two-wheeled chariot driven by the Goddess of Peace and pulled by four stallions. You will also see Europe’s largest construction site of Potsdamer Platz, where Berlin’s former “Time Square” is being transformed.In the former Eastern Sector, tour highlights include Humboldt University, the State Opera, the Berlin Cathedral, Gendarmenmarkt Square with its twin German and French Cathedral and Alexander Platz with the TV-tower and its turning telecafé. Today little remains of the former Wall, but one section, the East Side Gallery, still serves as a reminder of the terrible days of division.

Another highlight of our tour is a visit to the Checkpoint Charlie Wall Museum.  This museum was built at the site of the now demolished Checkpoint Charlie border crossing.  During the building of the Wall in August 1961, Checkpoint Charlie was the famous scene where Americans and the Soviet tanks had their stand off with motors running and guns loaded.  From August 1961 to October 1990 (when Germany was reunited), diplomats, allied military and foreigners (but not Germans or Berliners) used this crossing to enter or leave East Berlin via West Berlin.

Overnight: The NH Berlin Friedrichstrasse.

Day 13. Fri. Berlin/Munich.

This morning make your own way to the airport for your flight to Munich. On arrival, you will also make your own way to the hotel. Check in and explore the area, perhaps have some lunch nearby. Later, set off for a fascinating 2 & ½ hour tour of the BMW plant. At the end of the tour, you can walk back to the subway and take the train back to your hotel. Enjoy dinner together in Munich and then prepare for your day off to explore tomorrow.

Overnight: The NH Munich Deutscher Kaiser.

Day 14. Sat. Munich.

There are coach tours that go to Salburg Austria or the Royal Castle tour to Neuschwanstein. Both tours leave around 8:00am and are 10 hours. Costs are around 50 Euro’s and some child discounts. You would need to organize this the day prior with your hotel concierge. Today is full day at leisure to explore on your own the city or outside city on your own.

Overnight: The NH Munich Deutscher Kaiser.

Day 15. Sun. Munich / En Route. 

This morning you will make your own way to the airport for check in and board your nonstop flight to USA.