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WEEK
3
CINQUE TERRE
- ITALIAN RIVIERA
TRANSPORTATION: Purchase 5,000L. daily Pass (includes Park entrance)
or 1,900 one way ticket --good for 6 hrs in one direction for ALL 5
VILLAGES.
CINQUE TERRE
- ITALIAN RIVIERA
TRANSPORTATION: Purchase Daily Pass (includes Park entrance &
train travel for ALL 5 VILLAGES
SIGHT SEEING:
--Take it easy or HIKE between Villages.
--Check out
'IL
GIANT - In Monterosso al
Mare
--Hiking the
Villages
--Description
of Trails
--Boat the Villages
--or just Snooze
--Buy
Picnic Supplies for scenic train ride tomorrow!
--Boat the Villages
--or just Snooze
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Swiss
Alps - Brener
Oberland map
TRANSPORTATION: From Cinque Terre
--> Interlaken -->
Lauterbrunnen
--> Mürren or
Gimmelwald,
Switzerland about 3:15 hrs. depending on route you take. Enjoy the
Scenery. Switzerland about 8 hrs. depending on route you take. Enjoy
the Scenery.
Use Rail Pass to Interlaken. Interlaken to Murren/Gimmelwald
are on Private Swiss Trains/Funicular or bus & Lift (called Gondolas).
Show your railpass when you purchase tickets for Private transportation
and get 25% discount on these cheap tickets. Note: * items give you
25% discount with Rail Pass. DRIVERS can go as far as Lauterbrunnen
Valley & park for 5 SF/day. Park car at base of "up the Mt. transportation
see "getting
there"
Pick a Home Base Village:
Mountain.
map
--Lauterbrunnen
on Valley Floor
--Murren
--Gimmelwald
SIGHT SEEING:
--The
Schilthorn
is our Mountain to explore on foot and lifts.
--After an adventurous arrival, it is time to get acquainted with
home base village.
LODGINGS:
--Lauterbrunnen
--Murren
--Gimmelwald
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Play In Alps
TRANSPORTATION: From Home base --> Schilthorn Mt. Top
SIGHT SEEING: :
Start in
Mürren
--The Schilthorn (9,842
ft) is our Mountain to explore on foot & lifts* 2 hourly- 30 min.
ride, 75 SW from here, 90 SW from Valley floor. (25% off with
RailPass)
--Have a coffee break in
Revolving
Restaurant & on a clear day, watch over 200 Mt Peaks pass by--from
the Titlis to Mont Blanc to Black Forest. + Lake Thun. Closed
first wk of May and 2 wks in Nov.
--See free film room with excerpts of 'ole James Bond filmed here.
--Walk or train, or use lifts to other Villages:
Wengen, Grutschalp,
--Go on Hikes, but check
weather forecast
FIRST.
--Description
of Trails
--One Families Alp Experiences
RAINY DAY OPTIONS
--Lauterbrunnen
Trummelbach
Falls
--Swiss Open-Air
Folk Museum at Ballenberg.
LODGINGS:
--Lauterbrunnen
--Murren
--Gimmelwald
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Beaune
Start Early today
TRANSPORTATION: From Home Base --> Lauterbrunnen
--> Interlaken --> Beaune, France about 5+ hr.
* Use Rail Pass ALL DAY TODAY or Drive
Beaune
Map
SIGHT SEEING:
--Markets
are Thur. & Sat AM
--Hotel
Dieu Hospice 9-18:00 Apr-Nov 9-11:30 &14:-17:00 shoulder
(32F)
--Collegiale
Notre
Dame
--Musee
du Vin daily 9:30-1800 closed Tue (25F ticket good for other
sights)
--Marche
aux Vins --Wine Tasting in town
daily 9-12,
14:30-17:00--18:30
--Walk to Parc de la Bouzaise on edge of town & into
vineyards
--Or Bike or Drive to
near by Pommard - So. of Beaune. Park car near Restaurante
(French Pub) --eat here (2 wine tasting places across from Restaurante) stroll
thru quiet Pommard to
Vineyards (about their
wines)
Beaune is known for
Award Winning yet reasonable
Restaurants.
ENJOY!
LODGINGS:
--Beaune
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Paris
Start Early today
TRANSPORTATION: Beaune --> Paris about 2.5-3 hr
depending on routing. Paris is best traversed
by foot or
metro.
SIGHT SEEING:
Paris Sight Seeing
Map
--Start with Side walk Cafe for breakfast
--Pick up 2-5 day Musee Pass if you plan to see
2 or more sights a day. With Pass you will By Pass Long Lines
at Ticket Booths. Also pick up Metro/bus
tickets.
--Stroll to Place de la Concorde from Hotel area,
then into Tulleries Garden. Ccontinue walking to
Louver -- by passing Ticket
Booth and quickly enter the Musee Pass Entrance near rue de Rivoli
entrance. Metro
Louver:
Free for youths under 18 &1st Sun, Closed TUE. Wed-Mon 9-6,
Wed to 9:45. Check for 90 min. English tour--daily except Sun.
--Walk to Place Concord & Stroll
the
Champs
Elysee to
Arch d
Triumph. Metro or Taxi back to Hotel. (Aren't you glad you
are now in condition!)
Places to Dine in Rue Cler
area
--After Dinner Stroll along Seine. Arrange for
Seine Boat
ride. Check out the
Eiffel
Tower Lights (not on Musee Pass)
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Paris
TRANSPORTATION: Use
Metro or
Walk.
SIGHT SEEING:
--Metro to St. Michele
--Walk to
Notre Dame
free, Daily 8-18:45 Tower & Treasury covered by Pass.
--Take a break at
Hotel Dieu
Garden -- on N. side of
Sq..
--Walk to
Ste
Chapelle on West end of "Ile St. Louis. Best Stain Glass I"ve ever
seen! Daily 9:30-6 shorter off season
--Explore
Latin
Quarter -- be on "Theft
Alert"
--Metro to
Rodin Musee (covered
by Pass). Have Picnic in Garden or purchase food from their stand.
Enjoy Musee Inside & Out. Tue-Sun 9:30-17:45 CLOSED
MON
--OR Choose 1 or 2 of the
Following
--Walk or Metro to
Orsay
Museum on left if Seine. Tue-Sat 9-18 CLOSED MON. Youth & Sr discounts
on Sun.
--Metro to Rambutau - stop near Picasso and
Pompidou
--Picasso
Museum Wed-Mon 9:30-18:00 covered by
Pass
--Pompidou
Center Wed-Mon 11-22:00. Best Cafe on Mezzanine. Could Do
Dinner
Here
--After Dinner do Boat Cruise
Shopping
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Paris
TRANSPORTATION
Metro/Walk
--> Invailds
RER
--> Versailles Rive Guache Station (NOT Versailles CH) --> 10 min Walk
to Palace. Purchase 45 min RER ride
SIGHT SEEING:
Versailles
Takes
most of Day - 6-7 hr. - CLOSED MON.
Tue-Sun.
9:00-18:30 17:30 off season.
Bring a Picnic Lunch - food here is pricey and so
so!
--Use Musee Pass Entrance -B-2- & SAVE ON LINE
TIME!
--If arriving at 9 am see Palace and then the gardens
see
map
--IF Arriving after 11 am -- walk through Palace
& CROWDS to outside. Purchase a ticket for garden "Hop on Hop Off"
mini Train. Go to
"le
Hamlet" Eat your Picnic in Romantic Royal Gardens away from
Crowds
MEANDER
gardens back to Palace. SIGHT SEE
PALACE
AFTER 3 PM when crowds Start
Thinning.
--Meander Gardens. SUN. Fountains are some times
turned on 11-12 &
15:30-17:00
--See
Palace
if you haven't.
--Dine
near Hotel
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