This vacation consists almost entirely of two-night stays in a variety of famous European cities and picturesque towns. Your grand European trip begins in Amsterdam with a guided sightseeing tour and a canal cruise. Cruise the Rhine River past castle-crested cliffs, terraced vineyards, and trim, half-timbered towns. Stop in Cologne and Heidelberg, medieval Rothenburg, and Munich. Your orientation tour in Munich includes Marienplatz with the Old and New Town Hall. Travel into the Bavarian Alps to the Passion Play village of Oberammergau. Surrounded by majestic mountains and picturesque meadows, Oberammergau is famous for its Passion Play performed by locals just once a decade to fulfill the town’s promise to God in exchange for protection from the Black Death. Seeing the Passion Play is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity you don’t want to miss! Drive through the Alps via Innsbruck to Venice, where your sightseeing tour includes St. Mark’s Basilica and Doges’ Palace with its Bridge of Sighs. Then, enter Switzerland and stop in Italian-speaking Lugano before arriving in German-speaking Lucerne, where you can roam its medieval streets. Next is French-speaking Montreux of festival fame for an overnight stay. Travel to Lausanne and board the high-speed “TGV” train to Paris, where a guided sightseeing tour and visit to the second floor of the Eiffel Tower are included. A lively optional cabaret show in Paris may be the perfect ending to your European vacation.