including a panoramic coach ride, a visit to one of the nine Sacri Monti chapels( a UNESCO World Heritage Site), and a boat ride to San Giulio Island. You’ ll return to Stresa in the late afternoon, and enjoy a light apericena dinner tonight. Meals: B, D | La Palma Hotel or similar
DAY 6 • Stresa • Visit Zermatt, Switzerland • Interlaken
This morning, you’ ll head to Interlaken, Switzerland, stopping at the Simplon Mountain Pass for a chance to take photographs. Then, board a train for a short ride to Zermatt, a highaltitude( about 5,300 feet) town perched on the Alpine mountainside with clear views of the Matterhorn. Explore Zermatt on a walk with your Program Director before enjoying lunch on your own. You will arrive at your hotel in the early evening. Meals: B | Metropole Hotel or similar
DAY 7 • Explore Interlaken • Home- Hosted Dinner
This morning, learn about modern Swiss life during an in-depth Exclusive Discovery Series conversation about Switzerland Today, followed by a walking tour of Interlaken, an idyllic Swiss Alpine town. Then, enjoy another Exclusive Discovery Series event during a demonstration at a local woodcarving workshop in Brienz to learn about one of Switzerland’ s heritage crafts.
Tonight enjoy a third Exclusive Discovery Series event when you join a local family for a Home-Hosted Dinner. This is a unique opportunity to visit a typical Brienz home and sample home-cooked regional specialties. Meals: B, D | Metropole Hotel or similar
DAY 8 • Interlaken • Farm visit This morning, discover Swiss bucolic life when you visit a local family at their farm in the scenic Brienzerland countryside during an Exclusive Discovery Series event. You’ ll also sample the flavors of a variety of freshly-prepared mountain cheeses and other farm products during an included lunch. Afterwards, return to Interlaken and enjoy the rest of the day at leisure. Meals: B, L | Metropole Hotel or similar
DAY 9 • Interlaken • Optional Bernese Oberland tour
Take today at your leisure to explore more of Interlaken, or join our optional Bernese Oberland tour to see glacial waterfalls and ride the Jungfraubahn train. Tonight, dinner is included at the hotel. Meals: B, D | Metropole Hotel or similar
DAY 10 • Interlaken • Visit Liechtenstein • Winery visit • Seefeld, Austria
Transfer to Seefeld, Austria, stopping on the way in the tiny landlocked nation of Liechtenstein, where you’ ll enjoy a walking tour of the capital,
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