Upper Bavaria for senior groups: Neuschwanstein Castle, Munich, Linderhof and Lake Chiemsee (9 days)

Day 1: Journey to Swabia

• Morning departure from the place of your choice.
• Journey with regular breaks: our drivers drive for 3 hours at most, then take a 30-minute break.
• Lunch at a restaurant on the way (on request).
• Arrival in the late afternoon for an overnight stop in the Stuttgart area.
• Check-in at the hotel, dinner and overnight stay.

Day 2: The Wies Church and Upper Bavaria

• Breakfast at the hotel.
• Drive to the Bavarian Alpine foothills.
• Stop at the Pilgrimage Church of Wies, a rococo masterpiece listed by UNESCO.
• Group lunch at a restaurant (on request).
• Check-in at the hotel in the Garmisch-Partenkirchen area for six nights.
• Dinner and overnight stay at the hotel.

Day 3: Neuschwanstein and Füssen

• Breakfast at the hotel.
• Drive to Hohenschwangau, below the royal castles.
• Guided tour of Neuschwanstein Castle (timed tickets; shuttle bus or horse-drawn carriage up, then a short walk) (on request).
• Group lunch at a restaurant (on request).
• Free time in Füssen, a small town on the River Lech.
• Return to the hotel.
• Dinner and overnight stay at the hotel.

Day 4: Munich, the Bavarian capital

• Breakfast at the hotel.
• Drive to Munich (about 1 hour 15 minutes).
• Guided tour of Munich: Marienplatz and its Glockenspiel, Frauenkirche, the Residenz and the Court Garden (on request).
• Bavarian lunch in a traditional beer hall (on request).
• Free time at the Viktualienmarkt.
• Return to the hotel in the late afternoon.
• Dinner and overnight stay at the hotel.

Day 5: Free day in Garmisch-Partenkirchen

• Breakfast at the hotel.
• Free day to stroll at your own pace, without the coach (driver’s rest day).
• Trip to the summit of the Zugspitze by cogwheel train and cable car (on request).
• Dinner and overnight stay at the hotel.

Day 6: Oberammergau, Ettal and Linderhof

• Breakfast at the hotel.
• Walk through Oberammergau among houses with painted façades (Lüftlmalerei).
• Stop at the Benedictine Abbey of Ettal.
• Group lunch at a restaurant (on request).
• Guided tour of Linderhof Palace and walk in its gardens (on request).
• Dinner and overnight stay at the hotel.

Day 7: Lake Chiemsee

• Breakfast at the hotel.
• Drive to Prien am Chiemsee (about 2 hours).
• Boat crossing to Herreninsel and guided tour of Herrenchiemsee Palace (on request).
• Group lunch at a restaurant (on request).
• Free time by the lake, then return to the hotel.
• Dinner and overnight stay at the hotel.

Day 8: Ulm and journey to Swabia

• Breakfast at the hotel.
• Drive to Ulm (about 2 hours).
• Stop at Ulm Minster, with the tallest church steeple in the world, and walk through the Fishermen’s Quarter.
• Group lunch at a restaurant (on request).
• Continue to an overnight stop in the Stuttgart area.
• Check-in at the hotel, dinner and overnight stay.

Day 9: Return to Belgium

• Breakfast at the hotel.
• Morning departure.
• Journey with regular breaks: our drivers drive for 3 hours at most, then take a 30-minute break.
• Lunch at a restaurant on the way (on request).
• Return journey with regular breaks, arriving in your region in the evening.