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Christmas

8 Days From £1,345pp

HOLIDAY HIGHLIGHTS
■ Unlimited mainline rail travel within Germany
for duration of stay
■ Christmas market in Stralsund
Stralsund in Winter ■ Opportunity to explore Baltic Coast with
German Rail Pass
■ Molli Bahn and Rügensche Bäderbahn narrow gauge
Christmas Market - steam railways (at an additional cost)

SELECTED HOTELS
Cologne
Ibis Köln am Dom
Stralsund Stralsund IntercityHotel
Please note – hotels can be subject to change

PRICE INCLUDES
■ Standard Class rail travel throughout
Thursday 30 November to Thursday 7 December 2023
■ German Rail Pass
■ Accommodation in good quality hotels on a
Well established in Ffestiniog Travel's tour programme is a visit to the German Christmas markets. bed and breakfast basis
This year we head north to the Baltic coast resort of Stralsund. We visit a couple of steam ■ Services of a tour leader from London and
throughout the tour
railways in the local area as well as taking in the colourful and festive Christmas markets.
Price per person:
Day 1 - Cologne Days 4 & 5 - Steam Railways Escorted holiday £1,345
We begin our tour by taking a mid-morning Your tour leader will organise optional escorted Single room supplement £305
Eurostar from London St. Pancras International to excursions to the Molli narrow gauge steam railway Deposit for this holiday £200
Brussels where we connect with a high speed train in Bad Doberan and also a visit to the Island of Rügen,
to Cologne. Our hotel is located within the station where the narrow gauge railway and its Rasender
building. Roland steam train is an important tourist attraction.
The cost of reaching these lines is included in your
Day 2 - Stralsund German Rail Pass but the steam train fares must be
The tour continues with a mid-morning InterCityExpress purchased locally.
service north east to Stralsund. We arrive early evening
and it is an easy transfer to our hotel, located adjacent Day 6 - Stralsund at Leisure
to the station and just a short walk from the centre The tour leader will organise an optional escorted
of town. excursion by rail to Lübeck, a beautiful Hanseatic city
and port.
Day 3 - Baltic Coast
Stralsund’s Christmas market extends from Alter Markt Day 7 - Cologne
Square with its Gothic town hall to Neuer Markt Square. We return to Cologne using the same rail route,
The town hall has the largest vaulted cellar in the Baltic arriving early evening and allowing time to explore
region where you can browse the arts and crafts stalls its festive Christmas markets.
to find that perfect gift. There is also plenty to see in the Rasender Roland on Island of Rügen - Oliver Petersen
local area. Whether you want to visit the astronomical Day 8 - Homeward Bound
clock in nearby Rostock or visit the “Historical Technical A morning departure by high speed train to Brussels
Information Museum” in Peenemunde, today is free to and finally London. Arrive back in London mid-
explore with your German Rail Pass. afternoon.

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