Oktoberfest-Bavaria

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€599 per person

Duration

8 Days

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Departure Location

Malta International Airport

Return Location

Munich Airport

OKTOBERFEST in beautiful Bavaria

plus a touch of Tyrol and Salzburg

When

19 – 26 September

(21 September – Public Holiday)

Attending the Oktoberfest Grand Entry,

the Riflemen’s Parade and

the Oktoberfest Grounds in the evening

Visiting:

Rosenheim, Wattens (Swarovski Crystal World), Innsbruck, Oktoberfest Grand Entry and Costume and Riflemen’s Parade in Munich, Nymphenburg Palace and Gardens, Konigssee, Berchtesgaden, Augsburg, Fuggerei, Oktoberfest Grounds by night and Salzburg

Thursday, 19 September

We meet at the airport at 06:30 am for our KM Malta Airlines flight to Munich departing at 09:00 am. On arrival at 11:30 am we are transferred to our 3* Hotel Holiday Inn Express in the Bavarian town of Rosenheim. After check-in in we will join the tour leader for a familiarisation walk. Rosenheim offers an attractive pedestrian zone in the old city centre, mainly Max Josef Platz surrounded by arcades, cafes and centuries-old townhouses. Free time to look around and do some shopping.

Friday, 20 September

On our first full-day optional excursion we will cross to Austrian Tyrol driving towards Wattens and visiting Swarovski Crystal World (extra). The local guide gives us an introductory welcome before enjoying a dazzling tour of the fantastic place. After this impressive experience, we proceed to Innsbruck, the capital city of Tyrol. We go around the narrow streets of the old town before seeing the main sights, including the Golden Roof, Hofburg Palace, St Anne’s Column and Maria Theresien Strasse,

Saturday, 21 September

We board the coach for our full-day optional excursion taking us to Bavaria’s capital city of Munich. We will attend the inauguration of the Oktoberfest, celebrated by the Grand Entry with beautifully adorned carriages, drawn by horses carrying beer wooden barrels, waiters and waitresses in their traditional costumes. Participating also music bands and various attractions involving 1,000 participants. More than 6 million people attend this world’s largest folk festival, commencing on the 21 September till 6 October. After this fascinating insight, we walk towards Munich’s centre up to the famous Marienplatz with its majestic Town Hall. We will stroll around the numerous pedestrian streets with all year round activities going on, and plenty more sites to see.

Sunday, 22 September

A full-day optional excursion takes us once more to Munich to watch the Costume and Riflemen’s Parade ending in the Oktoberfest Grounds in Theresienwiese. We greet the 5km long parade of the breweries with an endless number of participants, ladies dressed in Dirndl and men dressed in Lederhosen, marching bands, decorated horse-drawn carriages, mountain riflemen and farm animals. Enough time to go around and have lunch (extra) mainly Bavarian traditional dishes in, or beside the Beer Tents. We will later board the coach to visit the extensive Nymphenburg Palace (extra) and stroll around the Palace’s Gardens. Built in 1664 the Palace, once the summer residence for Bavarian kings, boasts a dramatic baroque facade, lavishly decorated interiors and an expanse of stunning gardens and lakes.

Monday, 23 September

Today’s optional full-day excursion remains in Bavaria by visiting Lake Konigssee. Enough time to enjoy the impressive scenery of the lake and its surroundings before taking a boat trip (extra) on Germany’s most beautiful Alpine lake. The silent electric boat navigates right past the vertical mountains, where we disembark the boat and go around the peninsula where we see Konigssee’s famous landmark St Bartholomew’s Chapel. After some relaxing and breathtaking time amongst the peace of nature, we take the return boat trip to the mainland. Our next stop will be in Berchtesgaden. We roam around the town’s charming mountain-village ambience with winding pedestrian streets lined with pastel buildings decorated with murals.

Tuesday, 24 September

Another full-day optional excursion takes us to the city of Augsburg on Germany’s Romantic Road founded by the Roman Emperor Augustus over 2,000 years ago. Augsburg’s superb fountains, grand old guildhouses, exquisite churches and the Town Hall combine to form a cityscape of rare intensity. Here we will also visit the Fuggerei (extra), a walled enclave within the city of Augsburg and the world’s first social housing complex still in use founded in 1516. We return to Rosenheim and late afternoon we drive once more to the Oktoberfest Grounds, We will enjoy ourselves in a different atmosphere from that during the day. Darkness takes over the night and the lights come on to illuminate the grounds. The brightly lit areas all lit up with dazzling colours, rides and other amusements will surely end our holiday with great satisfaction.

Wednesday, 25 September

On our last full-day optional excursion our coach drives us towards bordering Salzburgland in Austria for our stop in Salzburg, the heart in the heart of Europe. We will walk through this baroque city seeing Mirabel Gardens, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Birthplace, St Peter’s Abbey and the cemetery which is part of the setting of the film “The Sound of Music”. Time to go around the pedestrian streets, alleys and squares while admiring the impressive buildings and churches. One can also take the funicular up to the cliff-top Hohensalzbutg Fortress (extra) and enjoy the amazing fortification and the panoramic view from the top.

Thursday, 26 September

We check out of the hotel and drive towards Munich Airport for our KM Malta Airlines flight departing at 12:20 pm and arriving in Malta at 2:40 pm.

Price per person *Special Price

Adult in Triple € 699 /* € 599

Adult in Twin € 729 /* € 629

Adult in Single € 999 /* € 899

Child sharing with 2 adults € 699 /* € 599

*Special price applies when all excursions are taken

Price includes

Air Malta return flights to Munich Airport

7 nights in 3* Hotel Holiday Inn Express Rosenheim or similar

Rooms wih private facilities, TV, hairdryer