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Oberammergau Passion Play, Rome, The Vatican & Assisi
This fascinating package holiday by coach combines the finest gems of Italy with the enchanting sights of Germany, including the fairy tale castles of Bavaria, the famous leaning tower in Pisa, Rome’s Colosseum and Vatican City, plus, the famous Basilica in Assisi. But that’s not all, the real highlight on this coach tour is witnessing the world-famous Oberammergau Passion Play. The play is performed only once every 10 years and depicts the story of Christ’s suffering, dying and resurrection. Acted out by the villagers themselves, it really is an event not to be missed!
Tour Includes
- 13 nights hotel (including two nights in the Oberammergau area) with continental breakfast
- 1 lunch
- 11 evening meals
- Ticket for the Oberammergau Passion Play
- Convenient local joining points
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Itinerary
Please choose your preferred 14 day itinerary
Local departure by coach or Door-to-Door service, then to northern France for an overnight stay.
We travel south to the Cremona area in northern Italy for an overnight stay.
Includes Breakfast
Includes Dinner
We drive through Italy, making a call into Pisa where you can view the famous leaning tower before continuing to the spa town of Chianciano Terme, located in the wine-producing area of Umbria, where we stay for five nights.
Includes Breakfast
Includes Dinner
Included Highlights
Today we offer an included excursion around the Tuscan countryside, with stops in the wine towns of Montepulciano, Pienza and Montalcino.
Includes Breakfast
Includes Dinner
Included Highlights
An included full-day visit to Rome and The Vatican City. We begin in The Vatican area, where you can discover the treasures of St. Peter’s Square, where some of the most important Papal ceremonies take place. Perhaps visit the Sistine Chapel to take in the awe-inspiring frescoes (entrance at extra cost).
Afterwards, enjoy free time in Rome, or why not join our optional guided sightseeing tour by coach and on foot to take in the sights such as the Trevi Fountain, the Colosseum, the Piazza Venezia and much more.
Includes Breakfast
Includes Dinner
Included Highlights
Optional Excursions
Our optional excursions are a great addition to enhance your holiday experience and are highly recommended.
The optional excursions will be available to book during your tour.
Prices are per person and are subject to change. Payment will be in Euros (cash payments only).
After a leisurely morning, join our optional afternoon excursion to Siena. No visit to Italy is complete without seeing this beautiful city. Discover the Piazza del Campo, claimed to be perhaps the most attractive square in Europe and wander the maze of narrow medieval streets.
Includes Breakfast
Includes Dinner
Optional Excursions
Our optional excursions are a great addition to enhance your holiday experience and are highly recommended.
The optional excursions will be available to book during your tour.
Prices are per person and are subject to change. Payment will be in Euros (cash payments only).
Today we have an included visit to Assisi, known for the famous Basilica, where St. Francis is buried and one of the greatest Christian shrines in the world.
Includes Breakfast
Includes Dinner
Included Highlights
We leave Chianciano and call into Florence, where you will have some free time to relax and explore this marvellous city with its culture, art and outstanding Renaissance architecture.
In the afternoon, we continue north to Lake Garda, our base for the next two nights.
Includes Breakfast
Includes Dinner
Included Highlights
A day to relax and enjoy the simple pleasures of life around this beautiful lake.
Alternatively, join our optional guided tour visiting some of the local villages which sit on the shores of the lake, with a backdrop of mountains rising from the shore side.
Includes Breakfast
Includes Dinner
Included Highlights
Optional Excursions
Our optional excursions are a great addition to enhance your holiday experience and are highly recommended.
The optional excursions will be available to book during your tour.
Prices are per person and are subject to change. Payment will be in Euros (cash payments only).
We leave Lake Garda and travel north over the spectacular Brenner Pass from Italy into Austria, then through the mountain pass into Bavaria, arriving late afternoon at our accommodation in the Oberammergau area for a two-night stay.
Enjoy a relaxing evening ahead of tomorrow’s spectacle.
Includes Breakfast
Includes Dinner
This morning, enjoy free time in the environs of Oberammergau. Lunch will be at noon before the start of the Passion Play.
The play has a running time of approximately five hours in total, with a meal served during the interval. The performance begins at 2:30pm* concluding around 10:30pm, with a three-hour break at 5:00pm when dinner is provided. After the performance, you will be transferred back to your accommodation.
The play is traditionally performed in German and a textbook with the complete play text is included on all tours.
* From 17th Aug-4th Oct, times for the play are as follows: performance begins at 1.30, dinner 4pm-7pm, performance ends at 9.30pm.
Includes Breakfast
Includes Lunch
Includes Dinner
Included Highlights
We leave Oberammergau after breakfast and travel north through Germany along the Romantic Road, calling into Rothenburg ob der Tauber, one of Germany’s best preserved medieval towns.
Enjoy free time to relax before we continue to our hotel in the Mannheim area for an overnight stay.
Includes Breakfast
Includes Dinner
Included Highlights
Our route takes us through the picturesque Rhine Valley. Our first call is at Rüdesheim on the banks of the river. The heart of the old town is the Drosselgasse, a narrow cobbled street with restaurants and wine taverns.
As we venture north along the valley, you will have the chance to join an optional relaxing sightseeing cruise taking in the views from the river.
Continue to our overnight hotel in Belgium.
Includes Breakfast
Included Highlights
Optional Excursions
Our optional excursions are a great addition to enhance your holiday experience and are highly recommended.
The optional excursions will be available to book during your tour.
Prices are per person and are subject to change. Payment will be in Euros (cash payments only).
Return home.
Includes Breakfast
Deposits
£550pp to confirm booking.
Balance Due
70 days before departure.
Oberammergau Tickets
Tickets for the 2022 Passion Play are only available as part of an official package and are allocated along with the hotel. Whilst we can't advise on the exact location of the seats, as a general rule, the higher the grade of accommodation, the better the seats – please see 'Accommodation' for more information.
Category D: 2-star
hotels or 3-star pensions/guest houses – includes
a category 2 ticket.
Category C: 3-star hotels or 4-star
pensions/guest houses – includes a
category 1 ticket.
Category B: 4-star hotels or 5-star
pensions/guest houses – includes a
category 1 ticket.
Got a question about
this holiday?
Don’t hesitate to get in touch – our friendly team are ready and waiting to help with any further information you need!
Accommodation
You will stay for five nights in Chianciano Terme at a hotel such as the 3-star Hotel Mizar, or similar. In Lake Garda you will stay for two nights at a 3-star hotel. You will also stay for two nights in the Oberammergau area.
Overnight stays in Belgium, northern France, northern Italy and central Germany will be in city-style hotels.
Your Choice of Accommodation in
Oberammergau
All
our holidays include accommodation in either Oberammergau itself or the
surrounding villages, so you can arrive in Oberammergau in good time before the
play and enjoy an included lunch before the performance begins. During your
stay in Oberammergau, you will also enjoy a three-course meal each night.
We
offer a choice of accommodation to suit all tastes. Hotels in Oberammergau have
been graded by the Passion Play committee according to the facilities
available. All categories of accommodation include shower or bath and WC.
There
are three different accommodation categories to choose from:
Category D: 2-star
hotels or 3-star pensions/guest houses – includes
a category 2 ticket.
Category C: 3-star hotels or 4-star
pensions/guest houses – includes a
category 1 ticket.
Category B: 4-star hotels or 5-star
pensions/guest houses – includes a
category 1 ticket.
Please
click the 'More Information' button for more information on tickets.
Details
of accommodation will be confirmed closer to the time.
Got a question about
this holiday?
Don’t hesitate to get in touch – our friendly team are ready and waiting to help with any further information you need!
