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HOLIDAY HIGHLIGHTS
■ 3-day HSB Rover Ticket for unlimited travel, including
trams on southern end of the network.
■ Excursions on at least 10 narrow gauge railways
■ Reserved seats on all InterCity journeys CONNOISSEUR TOURS
■ InterRail Pass for unlimited travel for the duration
of the holiday
■ Hotels ideally located close to stations for easy access
Mollibahn © MBB Molli GmbH SELECTED HOTELS
to explore

Frankfurt
IntercityHotel
Dresden IntercityHotel
Day 7 - Stralsund & the Baltic Sea Days 11 to 13 - Harz Narrow Gauge Railway Stralsund IntercityHotel
Travelling via Berlin we arrive in Stralsund, once the The HSB (Harz Narrow Gauge Railway) is the biggest Wernigerode Weisser Hirsch
second most important Hanseatic port with a long network on this tour with 140km of running lines Wuppertal Flemings Express
association with the sea. Our hotel for 3 nights is from Wernigerode south to Nordhausen and east to Please note - hotels can be subject to change
located adjacent to the station and an easy 20 minute charming Quedlinburg, a UNESCO World Heritage
stroll to the town centre. Site. We include a Harz Rover Ticket for unlimited PRICE INCLUDES
travel on the network and your tour leader will offer ■ Travel throughout in Standard Class
Day 8 - The Molli an optional escorted excursion each day to ensure ■ Standard Class InterRail Pass
From Stralsund we take a short journey westwards ■ Excursions as listed
via Rostock to Bad Doberan, the home of the line that you cover the complete line, including a trip to ■ 3-day Harz Rover Ticket
the top of the Harz Mountains highest summit, the
affectionately known as the Molli. The rail route
travels through the streets of Bad Doberan to the Brocken, by steam train. The Brocken was strategic ■ Accommodation in good, quality hotels on a bed
and breakfast basis
in the Soviet era due to its position and served as
coastal resort of Bad Kühlungsborn. Enjoy some free ■ Services of a tour leader from London and
time for sightseeing before returning to Stralsund. a “listening” post. Today there is a museum at the throughout the tour
summit telling the story.
Day 9 - Rügen Island
The Island of Rügen is a favourite seaside destination Day 14 - West to Wuppertal Price per person:
for German tourists and the railway with its steam Time to leave the mountains behind and head west Escorted holiday £3,050
to Wuppertal. Our hotel is close to the station,
trains is an important attraction. Nicknamed Single room supplement £520
‘Rasender Roland’ (“Rushing Roland”) we have where we stay for 1 night. Our early afternoon arrival Deposit for this holiday £200
in Wuppertal allows the rest of the day free to travel
time to explore the whole line before returning to
Stralsund. on the Schwebebahn or hanging railway which runs
along the Wupper Valley in the Ruhr. Built over a
Day 10 - Inland to the Harz Mountains century ago, this monorail straddles the river and is
Travelling on the main line we make our way to the not only a popular tourist attraction but an integral
lovely old town of Wernigerode. The town is full of part of the region’s transport infrastructure.
half-timbered buildings which have been lovingly
restored and sitting high above the town is the Day 15 - To London
After a leisurely breakfast we take a morning train via
12th Century Castle. Wernigerode is the northern The Schwebebahn, straddles the river at Wuppertal
terminus of the Harzquerbahn (HSB) and we stay Cologne to Brussels where we finally connect with
the Eurostar service to London St Pancras, arriving
here for 4 nights.
late afternoon.

Rügensche BäderBahn © Bob Cable The Port area in Stralsund

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