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SATURDAY 10TH JULY
TO SUNDAY 18TH JULY 2012 |
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| Day 1 |
Saturday 10th
July - Munich |
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1415 - Arrival at Munich Airport
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1930
- Welcome Dinner in Hotel plus Speaker |
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Munich - overnight
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| Day 2 |
Sunday 11th
July - Munich (by coach and on foot) |
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0900 - Depart Hotel and begin your tour |
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THE BEER HALL
PUTSCH 1923
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Burgerbraukeller
(now the Hilton Hotel). The evening of 8th
November 1923. Hitler’s intentions. Seizing
of the triumvirs.
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Zweibruecke
leave coach "Wir
marschieren!"
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Isatorplatz
Initial resistance & the threat of force
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Tal
Public reaction in the Tal
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Sterneckerbräu
[Tal 54]
The first meeting place and office of the
Nazi Party
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Marienplatz NSDAP
banners on display. Ludendorff takes the
wrong turn
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Max-Josef Platz The
parked car Hitler’s escape route?
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Feldherrenhalle
Resistance led
by State Police Senior Lieutenant Baron
Michael von Godin. Exchange of
fire. Wounding of Hitler & Goering. Hitler’s
flight
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Odeonsplatz
end of the
Putsch.
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Lunch in Munich -
included |
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HAUPTSTADT
DER BEWEGUNG - CAPITAL OF THE MOVEMENT
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Hofgarten
Great War memorial to the fallen of Munich
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Briennerstrasse
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Platz der
Opfer des Nationalsozialismus
- Resistence to National Socialism
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Braune House
Site of former Nazi Party offices
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Ehrentempel
Memorial to fallen
putschists
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Königsplatz
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Führerbau
Hitler's office building
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Verwaltungsbau
(Party Administration Building) The signing
of the Munich Accord
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Ludwig
Maximillian University
[White Rose Memorial]
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Free time and then return to hotel |
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Dinner in hotel -
included |
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Munich - overnight
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| Day 3 |
Monday 12th
July - Dachau and Regensberg |
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0900 - Check out of hotel after breakfast and
drive to Dachau (About 30 mins by coach)
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Tour of Dachau Concentration Camp
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Visit to the permanent display
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Reconstruction of barrack rooms
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Walk through camp
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Lunch - a
packed lunch today -
included |
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1400 - Transfer to Regensburg (About 1hr 30 mins) |
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1530 - City tour
- included
- Historic City whose large medieval center is a
UNESCO World Heritage
Site |
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Free time |
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1800
- Check into hotel (1 night) |
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1930 - Dinner in
Hotel -
included |
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Regensburg - overnight |
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| Day 4 |
Tuesday 13th
July - Nuremberg |
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0900 - Check out of hotel and drive to Nuremberg
(About 1hr 30 mins) |
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CITY OF THE
REICHSPARTEITAGE
(by coach and on foot)
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Zepplinweise
Party Rally Grounds designed to hold
c100,000 party members
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Luitpoldhain
Location of SA/SS parades
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Kongresshalle
The Party's Congress Hall & Documentation
Centre -included (This visit will
include an opportunity to get some lunch -
not
included)
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Palace of
Justice
(Courtroom 600) Nuremberg Trails 1945 - 1946
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included
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1600 - Check into Hotel in Nuremberg (1 night) |
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1930 - Dinner in
Hotel -
included |
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Nuremberg - overnight
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| Day 5 |
Wednesday 14th
July - Weimar and Berlin |
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0900 - Check out of hotel and drive to Weimar
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1130 Arrive
Weimar - city tour
- included |
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The
formation of the Weimar Republic 1919 - 1933 &
the birthplace of the Bauhaus Movement. The
city is home to
art galleries, museums and the German
national
theatre. |
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1300 - Lunch -
included |
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1600 - Depart Weimar for Berlin |
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1930 - Check in to Berlin hotel (4 nights) |
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2000 - Dinner in
Hotel -
included |
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Berlin - overnight
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| Day 6 |
Thursday 15th
July - Berlin (by coach and on foot) |
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0830 - Depart Hotel and start your tour of
Berlin |
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BERLIN – CAPITAL
OF THE 3RD REICH
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Reichstag
The
first
parliament of the
German Empire opened in 1894
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Brandenburg
Gate
The symbol of Berlin gateway to Unter Den
Linden
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Memorial to
the Murdered Jews of Europe a field of
stelae designed by Peter Eisenman
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Fuhrerbunker
former site of Hilter's Bunker beneath the
New
Reich Chancellery
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Lunch stop - not included and then meet
back at the coach |
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Bebelplatz
site of 1933 Book Burning
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Gendarmenmarkt
beautiful Imperial square just off Unter den
Linden
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Jewish Museum
one
of the most spectacular museum buildings in
Germany
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Olympic
Stadium
site of the
1936 Berlin Olympics
- included
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Kurfurstendamm
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Kaiser-Wilhelm-Gedächtniskirche
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Free time around Zoogarten/Kurfurstendamm or
return to the hotel slightly earlier |
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1930 - Dinner in
hotel -
included |
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Option
- return for evening visit to Reichstag with
internal visit - this is free but you will have
to queue if you want to get in or simply explore
further and make your own way back to the hotel |
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Berlin - overnight
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| Day 7 |
Friday 16th
July - Berlin |
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0900 - Depart Hotel with a packed lunch and
continue your tour |
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BERLIN & THE COLD WAR |
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Allied Museum
the Berlin Airlift
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Checkpoint
Charlie
the most well
known crossing point between East and West
Germany -
included
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DDR museum
- exhibition of life in East Berlin
- included
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Lunch -
opportunity to eat your picnic lunch in Karl
Marx Platz -
included |
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The Berlin Wall Documentation Centre
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Permanent exhibition on the Berlin Wall
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An observation tower with a view of the
original border fortifications
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A digital archive with original documents
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Stasi Prison
Berlin-Hohenschönhausen
Memorial on the site where thousands of
political
prisoners were held & interrogated between
1946 - 1990 -
guide & entry
included
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Alexanderplatz
the
heart of East Berlin & home to TV Tower &
World Clock
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Fernsehturm
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Free time in
Alexanderplatz |
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Return to hotel
or stay in town to eat
and/or |
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Option -
Attend the Cabaret at Friedrichspalast at
1930hrs. This will incur additional cost and I
do not know at this stage what show will be
playing. |
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Evening activities and meal not included |
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Berlin - overnight
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| Day 8 |
Saturday 17th
July - Berlin |
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0900 - Depart hotel and drive to Potsdam (about
45 mins) |
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1000 - Cecilienhof
Palace, Potsdam -
included
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Lunch -
not included |
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Free time |
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1930 - Farewell Dinner in Hotel or other
location to be advised. Special Speaker. |
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Berlin - overnight
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| Day 9 |
Sunday 18th
July - Travel home |
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Check
out of hotel and transfer to the airport to
check in for your return flight.
Timings to be advised |
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Your itinerary may be subject to change at short
notice due to a variety of factors. Whilst every
effort will be made by the guides to visit all
the sites included in your itinerary, there may
be times when this will not be possible. |
