Rick Steves' "Europe in 14 Days" tour is comprised of 19 group sightseeing areas in and around various must-see sites in Europe. With Rick as your personal guide, the Europe in 14 Days tour journey's to sites like the Louvre museum, Notre-Dame, the Vatican Museum, Swiss Alps and Germany's Black Forest, to name just a few. Tourists are equipped before the tour with Rick's European guidebook, Best of Europe Tour Sightseeing Supplement, a money belt and a French-Italian-German phrase book. The tour includes breakfast every day, and dinner for half of the tour, and hotel accommodations for 13 nights. Tour cost as of 2010, is $3,995 and does not include airfare.
As a tourist on a Rick Steves tours, you must be willing to stand some discomfort while touring Europe. According to Rick Steves, tours are "physically active." Tourist may be walking, sitting and standing for as much as three hours a day, and may have to share bathrooms. Rick's "Europe in 21 Days" tour begins in the Netherlands and takes tourists, lead by Rick, to Germany, Rome, France and Italy. Stops are made at sites like: the Pantheon, Venice and the Uffizi Gallery. The tour includes a cruise on the Rhine and walking tours through Bacharach, the Florence Renaissance, Rome and Paris. 2010 tour pricing is $4,995 and does not include airfare.
The "Family Europe in 14 Days" tour caters to kids eight to 17 and their families. Rick takes family tourists from Rome to Paris, making stops in Tuscany, Florence and Venice. Some interesting tour stops include the Sistine Chapel, St. Peter's Basilica, Michelangelo's David and St. Mark's Square. Families also take a walking tour through Paris and when driving through the Swiss Alps, tourist can stop and ride the Schilthorn gondola lift. 2010 pricing for the "Family Europe in 14 Days" tour is $3,995 plus airfare.
Europe Through the Back Door
130 4th Ave. N.
P.O. Box 2009
Edmonds, WA 98020
425-771-8303
tours.ricksteves.com
