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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 9 narrow gauge railways
● Reserved seats on all InterCity journeys
● InterRail Pass for unlimited travel for the duration
of the holiday CONNOISSEUR TOURS
● Hotels ideally located close to stations for easy
Alexisbad - Harz Railway - Gordon Bannister SELECTED HOTELS
access to explore

Cologne
Mondial am Dom
Dresden
IntercityHotel
Stralsund
Wernigerode Weisser Hirsch
Spark by Hilton
Wuppertal IntercityHotel
Day 7 - Stralsund & the Baltic Sea Days 11 to 13 - Harz Narrow Gauge Railway Please note – hotels can be subject to change
Travelling via Berlin we arrive in Stralsund, once the The HSB (Harz Narrow Gauge Railway) is the biggest
second most important Hanseatic port with a long network on this tour with 140km of running lines PRICE INCLUDES
● Travel throughout in Standard Class
association with the sea. Our hotel for 3 nights is from Wernigerode south to Nordhausen and east to ● Standard Class InterRail Pass
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 ● Excursions as listed
travel on the network and your tour leader will offer ● 3-day Harz Rover Ticket
Day 8 - The Molli an optional escorted excursion each day to ensure ● Accommodation in good, quality hotels on a
From Stralsund we take a short journey westwards that you cover the complete line, including a trip to bed and breakfast basis
via Rostock to Bad Doberan, the home of the line the top of the Harz Mountains highest summit, the ● Services of a tour leader from London and
affectionately known as the Molli. The rail route Brocken, by steam train. The Brocken was strategic throughout the tour
travels through the streets of Bad Doberan to the in the Soviet era due to its position and served as a
coastal resort of Bad Kühlungsborn. Enjoy some free listening post. Today there is a museum at the summit PRICE PER PERSON:
time for sightseeing before returning to Stralsund. telling the story. Escorted holiday £2,975
Single room supplement
£715
Day 9 - Rügen Island Day 14 - West to Wuppertal Deposit for this holiday £200
The Island of Rügen is a favourite seaside destination Time to leave the mountains behind and head west
for German tourists and the railway with its steam to Wuppertal. Our hotel is close to the station,
trains is an important attraction. Nicknamed where we stay for 1 night. Our early afternoon arrival
‘Rasender Roland’ (“Rushing Roland”) we have in Wuppertal allows the rest of the day free to travel
time to explore the whole line before returning to on the Schwebebahn or hanging railway which runs
Stralsund. 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 Day 15 - To London 99 2324-4 running through the streets of Bad Doberan © Molli Bahn - Dan May
restored and sitting high above the town is the After a leisurely breakfast we take a morning train
12th Century Castle. Wernigerode is the northern via Cologne to Brussels where we connect with the
terminus of the Harzquerbahn (HSB) and we stay Eurostar service to London St Pancras, arriving late
here for 4 nights. afternoon.

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