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                                                                                 9 Days From £1,995pp

                                                                                 HOLIDAY HIGHLIGHTS
                                                                                 ■  Beautiful lake and mountain scenery
                                                                                 ■  Holiday based in the charming German lakeside
                                                                                   town of Lindau
                                                                                 ■  Excursions to Austria (Innsbruck) and Switzerland
                                                                                   (Appenzell) at no extra charge      GRAND  TOURS
                                                                                 ■  Rhine river cruise from Schaffhausen to Stein am Rhein
                                                                                 ■  Visit to Oberstdorf in the Allgäu Region
                                                                               Lake Constance  SELECTED HOTELS
                                                                                 Cologne    City Class Hotel am Dom
      Lindau & Lake                                                              Lindau       Hotel Insel
                                                                                 Bonn        IntercityHotel
                                                                                 Please note - hotels can be subject to change
      Constance                                                                  PRICE INCLUDES

                                                                                 ■   Standard Class InterRail Pass
                                                                                 ■   Accommodation in good quality hotels on a bed
                                                                                   and breakfast basis
                                                                                 ■   Excursions as listed
      Monday 1 September to Tuesday 9 September 2025
                                                                                 ■   Services of a tour leader from London and
                                                                                   throughout the tour
      Lindau, a delightful German town situated at the north-eastern corner of Lake Constance, is also
      close to both Switzerland and Austria, making it an ideal base for exploring the region.    Price per person:
                                                                                 Escorted holiday             £1,995
      Day 1 - Eurostar to Brussels & Cologne                                     Single room supplement        £225
      Morning Eurostar train from London St. Pancras to                          Deposit for this holiday      £200
      Brussels with connection for Cologne. We arrive in
      time for a relaxing evening in the old city.
                                                                                Airship Museum at Friedrichshafen or the Insel
      Day 2 - The Scenic Rhine Valley                                           Mainau (Flower Island) on Lake Constance. Today is
      Our train follows the Rhine with its many castles and                     your opportunity to explore at your leisure.
      river traffic upstream to Mainz, then via Stuttgart and
      Ulm to Lindau for a 6-night stay in the centre of the                     Day 8 - Bonn
      town which is within easy walking distance of both                        Our homeward stopover is in the lovely city and
      the Insel station and the quayside.                                       former federal capital of Bonn where our hotel is
                                                                                adjacent to the station and close to the old city.
      Day 3 - Switzerland’s Appenzell Region
      All excursions over the next three days are optional                      Day 9 - Return to London
      in the sense that they can be taken free of charge                        A short rail journey brings us back to Cologne from
      using your InterRail Pass with your tour leader or                       Stein-am-Rhein  where we catch a mid-morning train to Brussels. This
      you can simply enjoy Lindau and its surroundings                          connects with a Eurostar service to London, arriving
      at your own leisurely pace. We visit St. Gallen and                       late afternoon.
      have a circular tour of the scenic Appenzell Region   Day 4 - Innsbruck in the Austrian Tyrol
      by narrow gauge electric train.      Today we head over the Arlberg Pass for a few hours
                                           exploring Innsbruck.
                                           Day 5 - Oberstdorf
                                           Staying within Germany, we visit the resort of
                                           Oberstdorf in the Allgäu region. This area, dotted
                                           with lakes, has a mountain backdrop.
                                           Day 6 - Around the Lake
                                           We take  the train  to  Schaffhausen  in Switzerland,
                                           then river boat up the Rhine to Stein am Rhein, train
                                           along the southern Swiss shore to Rorschach Hafen
                                           and finally boat across the lake back to Lindau.
                                          Lindau Lighthouse  Day 7 - At Leisure
                                           By now you will have discovered other things you
                                           would like to do in the area – perhaps the Zeppelin
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