France, Belgium, Netherlands
Salute to our Soldiers
WWII Battlefields
Sample Itinerary
PRETOUR Paris - 4 nights
Day 1
Depart for Paris
Depart on your international
flight to Paris. Dinner and breakfast served on the plane.
Day 2
Paris Panorama / Chartres
Morning arrival in Paris.
Proceed through baggage claim. You will be met by your Trump Tours escort and
your motor coach. Enjoy a two hour panorama tour of
Paris.
You will see Notre Dame, Champs Elysees Avenue, Arc de Triomphe, Sacre Couer
cathedral and Montmartre and the Eiffel Tower. Continue to Chartres to visit the
Chartres Cathedral. This is one of the most notable stained glass
collections in France. Time for sightseeing in Chartres. Continue to the Loire
Valley for dinner and overnight.
 Day 3
Loire Castles
The
Loire Valley, a Unesco World
Heritage site, has
been named by National Geographic as one of the fifty “Places of a Lifetime.”
Today we will visit several famous Loire Valley castles. We will end our day at
the Azay Chateau where we will tour and then enjoy a light and sound spectacular
illuminating the castle.
Day
4 St. Malo / St. Michel
Depart for Saint Malo.
Wander back to the 16th Century as you explore this city of pirates
with its intact fortified walls and cannons still protecting the village. Time
for shopping and sightseeing. Continue to one of the most striking sites in
Europe, St. Michel. Built between the 11th and 16th centuries, the abbey
is perched on a rocky islet in the midst of vast sandbanks exposed to powerful
tides. It is known as the 'Wonder of the West', and is a Gothic-style
Benedictine abbey dedicated to the archangel St Michael. Time for sightseeing.
Upon confirmation, sing a concert at St. Michel. Continue to Caen for
dinner and overnight.
Day 5
D-Day Beaches / Peace Museum
Guided tour of the city of
Caen including a visit to the Memorial for Peace Museum. This will give
us an overview of World War II and, of course, the D-Day invasion. Our local
historical guide will be with us for two days to escort us through Normandy
where US Troops and its Allies landed on June 6, 1944. Return to the hotel.
This evening sing an advertised concert for the locals. Overnight Caen.
Day 6
Normandy / Beaches
Today we will visit the
beaches of Normandy, including Juno and Gold where the Brits and Canadians
landed. See German artillery guns still standing at Longues-sur-Mer and on to
Omaha Beach and Utah Beach where most Americans landed. Also see the
Colleville American Cemetery
where 9,385 carrera marble crosses stand marking American soldier’s graves.
Sing a memorial service at the cemetery. Overnight Caen.
Day 7
Bruges / Grand Palace / Choco Museum
Early breakfast and depart
for Bruges, Belgium.
Bruges is known as the most perfectly preserved medieval city in Europe.
Located on a complex network of canals, enjoy this unique city. Walking tour in
the morning including the convent, the
Grand Palace, the gothic
style town hall, the covered marketplace and the Saint Sang Basilica.
The tour will end at the
Chocolate Museum.
Perhaps you will visit the Lace Museum, the Diamond Museum or the historical
Brewery.
 Day
8 Free Day in Bruges
Free day to explore Bruges.
Your guide will be renting a bike to traverse the flat canals out to a local
village for a fantastic morning of exercise and sightseeing. You will also have
a ticket for a ride through the idyllic canals of Bruges by boat. This
evening perform a concert in
Bruges.
Dinner and overnight Bruges.
Day 9
Delft / Gouda
This morning we will continue
through the lowlands to Delft, Netherlands. Visit a
Delft Blue pottery factory.
The Dutch explorers brought back Chinese porcelain and the Delft potters started
to copy the patterns. Delft became famous around the world for its beautiful
blue pottery. Continue to the town of
Gouda.
Time for exploring the cheese markets, cheese museum, Gothic city hall and
cathedral. Continue to hotel near Amsterdam.
Day 10
Amsterdam / Volendam
This morning enjoy a panorama
tour of Amsterdam.
Continue to 'Zaanse Schans', a well-known windmill village where you will visit
a wooden shoemaker. Then visit Volendam, a picturesque fishing village
for lunch where the inhabitants wear traditional Dutch costume. Return to
Amsterdam for free time. This evening perform a concert in
Amsterdam or nearby village.
Day 11
Amsterdam
Free day in Amsterdam for
sightseeing and last minute shopping. Perhaps you will visit the
‘Rijksmuseum’ to view the famous dolls' houses, the finest Delftware, a
wealth of silver, icons of Dutch history and the paintings by the great masters
of the 17th century, Frans Hals, Jan Steen, Vermeer and Rembrandt. Experience
Rembrandt's famous painting Night Watch, along with the more than 400 other
Dutch masterpieces on display. Or perhaps you will visit the Anne Frank
House, the Heineken Brewery or the
Van Gogh Museum.
Farewell dinner this evening.
Day 12
Depart for Home
Depart on flight home where
you will arrive the same day. |
