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5 Days From £950pp

HOLIDAY HIGHLIGHTS
■ Ride up the Drachenfels Cog Railway
■ Guided tour of the Schloss Drachenburg Villa
■ Experience the magic of the ‘Rhein in Flammen’ Festival
■ Time to explore Bonn and Cologne GRAND TOURS
Rhine in Flames Festival - SSKH Pictures – shutterstock SELECTED HOTELS
■ Ride on the iconic Schwebebahn suspension railway

Bonn
InterCityHotel
Please note - hotels can be subject to change

PRICE INCLUDES

■ Unlimited travel on local transport in Bonn city area
Bonn & the Rhine ■ All rail travel as stated in standard class
■ Excursions as listed in itinerary
■ Accommodation in good quality hotel on a
bed and breakfast basis
in Flames ■ Services of a tour leader from London and
throughout the tour

Price per person:
Escorted holiday £950
Single room supplement £175
Thursday 4 May to Monday 8 May 2023 Deposit for this holiday £100

A relaxing 5-day rail break to Bonn, a charming city straddling the Rhine. One of Germany’s oldest
cities, Bonn has a rich history including a period as the temporary capital of West Germany. We
visit at the high point of the cultural calendar for the ‘Rhein in Flammen’ Festival.

Day 1 - Travel to Bonn and into the evening we take a boat cruise along the
We take a mid-morning Eurostar from London’s St majestic Rhine. During the cruise we will watch the
Pancras station to Brussels Midi in Belgium, where beautiful ‘Rhein in Flammen’ firework display. Enjoy
we then connect with an InterCityExpress train to Europe’s largest river boat parade and marvel at the
Cologne. Here we make a final change of train and ever-changing kaleidoscope of lights erupting above
travel to Bonn where we enjoy a 4-night stay at the the river as shimmering cascades of colour plunge
InterCityHotel on a bed and breakfast basis, located into the romantic Rhine Valley.
adjacent to the station.
Day 4 - Wuppertal Schwebebahn
Day 2 - Drachenfels Cog Railway & We take a morning train to Wuppertal and enjoy a
Tour of Schloss Drachenburg return trip on the Schwebebahn hanging railway. The
Morning tram ride to Königswinter to take the fa- railway opened in 1901 and has been in almost con-
mous cog railway up the Drachenfels hill, known as tinuous service above the city ever since. An integral
‘Dragon Rock’. Later we head to Schloss Drachen- part of the Wuppertal transport system, the train is
burg, built for the banker Baron Stephen von Sarter; made even more fascinating by the fact the wheels Schloss Drachenburg - Ralf St.
who actually never lived here. Enjoy a guided tour are on the roof! We continue to Cologne, arriving
of this 19th Century villa and marvel at its vaulted lunchtime, and the afternoon is at leisure to visit the
ceilings and intricately painted murals - well worth famous Gothic cathedral or explore the city. Early
a visit. We return down the ‘Dragon Rock’ on the evening return to Bonn.
Drachenfels Cog Railway to connect to a late after-
noon tram back to Bonn. Day 5 - Return Home to London
After a leisurely breakfast we take a mid-morning
Day 3 - ‘Rhein in Flammen’ Boat Cruise & InterCityExpress train from Bonn back to Cologne’s
Firework Display main station. Here we return to London in reverse
A free morning and early afternoon to spend explor- of our outbound journey by taking a high speed train
ing Bonn, famously known as the birthplace of Lud- back to Brussels Midi and finally connecting onwards
wig Van Beethoven. A visit to this world-renowned for a Eurostar train to London St Pancras, arriving
composer’s house is a must and can be found a late afternoon.
short walk, or tram ride, away. From late afternoon
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