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15 Days from £3,145pp

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HOLIDAY HIGHLIGHTS
● Guided tour of Prague Transport Museum
● Journey on two chartered historic trams
● Narrow Gauge Steam on Waldviertalbahn Lines
and workshop visit
● Schafbergbahn Railway and Salzburg Trolleybus
Depot visits
● Meiningen Steam Locomotive Works
● Time in Prague, Salzburg, Nuremberg and Meiningen CONNOISSEUR TOURS

SELECTED HOTELS
Essen Moxy Essen City
Salzburg - Trams Prague 987 Design
Gmünd
Hotel & Restaurant Stern
Salzburg
H+ Hotel Salzburg
Nuremberg IntercityHotel
arrival leaves time to stroll through Salzburg’s Old Day 12 - Meiningen & Beer Tasting Meiningen Hotel Sächsischer Hof
Town, a UNESCO World Cultural Heritage Site, Heading north, we travel via Erfurt to Meiningen Frankfurt IntercityHotel Hauptbahnhof Süd
famous for its Baroque architecture and picturesque where we stay for 2 nights. Upon arrival we will be Please note – hotels can be subject to change
location on the Salzach River. transferred by road to Ostheim vor der Rhön, where
we will visit a 300-year-old family-run brewery, now PRICE INCLUDES
Day 9 - St Wolfgang & the Schafbergbahn in its tenth generation of ownership.
Coach transfer to St Wolfgang and the Schafbergbahn, ● Eurostar travel in Standard Class
which is the steepest cog wheel railway in Austria. Day 13 - Steam Locomotive Works ● Standard Class InterRail Pass for unlimited travel
We travel to the summit and have time to take lunch This morning, we visit Meiningen’s Steam Locomotive ● Excursions as specified
and enjoy the panoramic view of the Salzkammergut Works (Dampflokwerk), the last major repair and ● Accommodation in good quality hotels on a
bed and breakfast basis
mountains and its lakes. On arrival back into St maintenance workshop in mainland Western Europe
Wolfgang, we visit the depot before we sail across that still has the knowledge and technology necessary ● Welcome and farewell dinners
the lake to St Gilgen. Return by road to Salzburg. to repair and overhaul historic steam engines. This ● Services of a tour leader from London and
throughout the tour
afternoon is free to explore Meiningen.
Day 10 - Hohensalzburg & City Tour
Morning ride on the cable car Festungsbahn to the Day 14 - To Frankfurt PRICE PER PERSON:
fortress which towers over the city. After a guided We travel by regional train to Eisenach where we Escorted holiday £3,145
tour and time for lunch, we take a trolleybus city tour have time to purchase lunch before departing on Single room supplement £685
on a historic vehicle and visit the trolleybus depot. board an ICE service to Frankfurt. Our hotel for the Deposit for this holiday £200
evening is conveniently located outside the station,
Day 11 - On to Nuremberg
We cross the border into Germany and travel via and dinner is included tonight.
Munich to Nuremberg. Upon arrival, we have a Day 15 - Homeward Bound
free afternoon to explore Nuremberg including its Morning ICE to Brussels where we connect with the
Railway Museum which is a short walk from the hotel Eurostar service to London, arriving late afternoon.
and where InterRail Pass holders gain free entry.
Alternatively, you may wish to wander around this
historic medieval city.

Waldviertelbahn © NÖVOG

Meiningen Locomotive Works © Hugh Llewelyn

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