soum

I have been trying to figure out how much extra i would have to spend if i did one of the budget tours since most of the stuff is not included only the 'view' & 'see' parts. I have a list but can't get much info about the price...i am figuring some of you guys have done them and might be able to give me a price possibly in $AU..don't hesitate even if you know only a few

Sorry for the long list

SIGHTSEEING AND EXCURSIONS
· Austria
-Guided city tour with Schoenbrunn Palace
-Pratter Ferris Wheel
-Sound of music-guided city tour, Salzburg
-Maria - Theresien Strasse
-Golden roof
-Visit the Swarovski Crystal Headquarter and Museum
· Italy
-Tour of Venice with lunch on a private cruise
-Visit the St Marks Square
-Visit to the Murano Glass Showroom
-Guided city tour of Rome
-Guided city tour of Florence
-Leaning Tower of Pisa
· Vatican
-Vatican Museum with Sistine Chapel
· Switzerland
-Mt. Titlis and Lucerne
-Full day excursion to Jungfraujoch and Interlaken with special lunch and champagne
-City tour of Geneva
-First class travel on Golden pass train from Montreaux – Gstaad
-Hiflyer balloon ride
-Cruise on Lake Lucerne
-Visit to Chocolate factory
-Rhine Falls
· Germany
-Black Forest
-Cologne Cathedral
-Romantic Rhine Cruise
-Heidelberg Castle
· Netherlands
-Amsterdam Canal cruise
-Visit to a cheese farm and wooden shoe factory
-Visit Keukenhof (till May 20, 2004)
-Madurodam
-Scheveningen Beach (May 21, 2004 onwards)
· Brussels
-City tour with Grand Place
· France
-Excursion to Evian
-A visit to the perfume factory
-Promenade Des Anglais
-A Full day excursion to Cannes, Monaco and Monte Carlo
-Guided city tour of Paris.
-Visit 3rd level of the Eiffel Tower
-Cruise on board the river Seine
-Full day excursion at Eurodisney
· London
-Guided city tour with Changing of the guards
-Entrance to Madame Tussauds Wax Museum
-Swaminarayan Marble Temple
· All transfers and extensive excursions with entrance fees (as specified in the itinerary) by a deluxe air conditioned video coach and Air cool coach in London
· Eurostar from Paris - London


cheers

Jan

"soum" <member2609@british_expats.com> wrote in message
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    > I have been trying to figure out how much extra i would have to spend if
    > i did one of the budget tours since most of the stuff is not included
    > only the 'view' & 'see' parts. I have a list but can't get much info
    > about the price...i am figuring some of you guys have done them and
    > might be able to give me a price possibly in $AU..don't hesitate even if
    > you know only a few
    > Sorry for the long list
    > SIGHTSEEING AND EXCURSIONS
    > · Austria
    > -Guided city tour with Schoenbrunn Palace
    > -Pratter Ferris
    > Wheel
    > -Sound of music-guided city tour, Salzburg
    > -Maria - Theresien
    > Strasse
    > -Golden roof
    > -Visit the Swarovski Crystal Headquarter and Museum
    > · Italy
    > -Tour of Venice with lunch on a private cruise
    > -Visit the St
    > Marks Square
    > -Visit to the Murano Glass Showroom
    > -Guided city tour of
    > Rome
    > -Guided city tour of Florence
    > -Leaning Tower of Pisa
    > · Vatican
    > -
    > Vatican Museum with Sistine Chapel
    > · Switzerland
    > -Mt. Titlis and
    > Lucerne
    > -Full day excursion to Jungfraujoch and Interlaken with special
    > lunch and champagne
    > -City tour of Geneva
    > -First class travel on Golden
    > pass train from Montreaux - Gstaad
    > -Hiflyer balloon ride
    > -Cruise on Lake
    > Lucerne
    > -Visit to Chocolate factory
    > -Rhine Falls
    > · Germany
    > -Black
    > Forest
    > -Cologne Cathedral
    > -Romantic Rhine Cruise
    > -Heidelberg Castle
    > ·
    > Netherlands
    > -Amsterdam Canal cruise
    > -Visit to a cheese farm and wooden
    > shoe factory
    > -Visit Keukenhof (till May 20, 2004)
    > -Madurodam
    > -
    > Scheveningen Beach (May 21, 2004 onwards)
    > · Brussels
    > -City tour with
    > Grand Place
    > · France
    > -Excursion to Evian
    > -A visit to the perfume
    > factory
    > -Promenade Des Anglais
    > -A Full day excursion to Cannes, Monaco
    > and Monte Carlo
    > -Guided city tour of Paris.
    > -Visit 3rd level of the
    > Eiffel Tower
    > -Cruise on board the river Seine
    > -Full day excursion at
    > Eurodisney
    > · London
    > -Guided city tour with Changing of the guards
    > -
    > Entrance to Madame Tussauds Wax Museum
    > -Swaminarayan Marble Temple
    > ·
    > All transfers and extensive excursions with entrance fees (as specified
    > in the itinerary) by a deluxe air conditioned video coach and Air cool
    > coach in London
    > · Eurostar from Paris - London
    > cheers
    > --
    > soum
You need to specify which bits of the itinerary are not included and
perhaps tell us the name of the company organising the tour .
Personally I wouldn't pay extra to go to Madame Tussauds if its not part of
the inclusive price.
Jan

Frank Hucklenbroich

On Sun, 30 May 2004 01:12:33 +0000, soum wrote:

    > · Switzerland

    > -Full day excursion to Jungfraujoch and Interlaken with special
    > lunch and champagne

That would be aqite expensive I suppose, the ticket-prices for Jungfaujoch
are quite outragious. Only go when it's nice weather, otherwise you could
be caught in a foggy snow storm with and won't enjoy it at all!

    > -City tour of Geneva

Definetely nice, though you can easily arrange that for yourself. Public
transport is very good in Geneva and everybody there speaks english, so
it's easy to get around.

    > -Hiflyer balloon ride

The Hiflyer is in Lucerne, in the "Verkehrshaus der Schwez" (=Traffic
Museum). You can book it right there on the spot, they only fly in the
afternoon and if it'S good weather. The balloon is on a long steel-rope, so
it's not a "real" balloon ride, but quite nice for the monea (about 50 CHF
for a family of three, you fly about 20 minutes and have a wonderfol view).

    > · Germany

    > -Cologne Cathedral

You can book english guided tours on the spot - there is an office called
"Dom-Forum" right by the Cathedral, where they have certified guides that
arrange the tours. Or you can ask at the Tourist-Office (also at the
Cathedral). You don't have to book these tours in advance, just go there
and book it on the spot (they have several tours each day). Should only
cost a few EUR.

    > -Romantic Rhine Cruise

That's nice, and you can also book it on the spot. It's a short 5 minute
walk from the Cologne Cathedral down to the Rhine, where you'll find the
ticket-offices of the "KD-Köln Düsseldorfer" River-Cruise Lines. Several
tours available there, from 45 Minutes to full day trips. Though some of
the really long trips only go on weekends.

Regards,

Frank (in Cologne)