1st Day: Hamburg
Arrival at Hamburg, the “metropolis on water”. The city is on the point in
which the rivers Alster and Bille flow into Elba, which 110 km more on
north-south flows into the Sea of North. It is passed by a thick net of canals
called Fleete; the city’s center
surrounds two artificial lakes one of them, the Binnenalster Lake, was inside the antique walls of the village.
After a panoramic tour of the city, accommodation in a hotel, dinner and
overnight.
2nd Day: Hamburg
Breakfast
and an entire day guided visit of Hamburg.
A second city if Germany after the capital for number of citizens, it distinguishes
for the fact that is a seat of important industries and for its port, notable
in continental Europe for traffics and expanse. Many tourists are amazed of the
contrasts between the old city and the modern city, with baroque churches and
historic residential quarts and imposing edifices with splendid glass facades.
Hamburg also offers so much fun: famous between all is the quart Sankt Pauli, that hits for the night
life with many locals which collect all those who wish to party. Here is also the local “Kaiserkeller” that became famous
because of Beatles in the middle of 600s
of the XX century.
“it was in Hamburg where we had made real
progresses. We needed to try everything that we had in our minds. There was no
one to copy from. We were playing what we wanted the most, and for the Germans
that was ok, until the volume was up.” John
Lennon.
Another
famous quarts are the Sankt Georg,
peak of hotels, the Altona, rich of
places for shopping, the Sternschanze,
visited by students, the Neustadt,
devastated in the era from the wars and now put back together. Lunch in a
restaurant. In the evening a return in the hotel, dinner and overnight.
3rd Day: Hamburg – Bremen (255 km)
Breakfast
and an excursion to Bremen, the
“city of pleasures” with delight for the palate, but also a joy for the eyes
and the ears. It is a city of the art and culture, of the parks and gardens, of
romantic quarts and elegant galleries rich of shops. A guided visit to live the
history of Bremen: the Ratskeller,
which is in the famous arch under the Rathaus,
where are guarded over 600 German wines; one tuff in the mysterious “lead
cellar” of Duomo, where are kept
disturbing mummies; one jump in the fairy world of the Stadtmusikanten, the four musicians of Bremen protagonists of a
famous fairytale of the Grimmbrothers, to whom is dedicated one
monument on the south side of Rathaus. After the lunch in a restaurant,
proceeding of the visit to Beck’s, one of the most famous and
drunk beers in the world, that in this city was born. The symbol of Beck’s is
the up side down key of the city Bremen. In the evening a return to
Hamburg for dinner and overnight.
4th Day: Hamburg – Lübeck (137 km)
After
the breakfast, departure to the guided visit of the Hanseatic city Lübeck,
cultural world’s patrimony, yesterday a queen of Hansa, today an artistic good
protected by UNESCO. The medieval historic center is one of the most beautiful
of Europe and is dominated by 7 towers of its gothic churches in bricks and
from over 1000 monuments of antique memory. Attractions of touristic interest:
the Holstentor, the most famous and
antique gate of the city, from 1478 and is the symbol of the prestige village.
The Duomo, the MunicipalPalace, the Church of Saint Maria, from which we
bring you these curiosities: on one side of the church there is the statue of
a sympathetic little devil. It is been told that when the edification started,
the devil thought to build a tavern and because of that he helped the workers.
When he realized that it was a church, he immediately started to destroy it.
One of the chef masters, proposed to the devil to conclude together the
construction of the church, in return to be built a tavern near there. It was
like that in a few steps from there, today we can find the famous taverns of Ratsweinkeller. After the lunch,
a visit of Puppenbrücke (the Bridge of the Dolls), the
first stone bridge constructed in the Hanseatic city, followed by many courts
and streets. Return to Hamburg for dinner and overnight.
5th Day: Lübeck – Wismar – Rostock (260 km)
Brealfast
and departure to Rostock, one of the
main cultural and economic centers of the Land for its strategic position, the
port, the Gothic Baltic, the historic belonging of Rostock to the Hanseatic
League and the important University. Events in Rostock: the historic regatta of Hanse
Sail, big popular party of the sailing which in August, brings majestic sailing
ships and museum ships, brigantines, schooners, pirate ships. During the
path a visit of Wismar, the only Hanseatic
medieval city of these dimensions of the Baltic southern region to have
preserved its antique structure. In the XIV and XV century was an affirmative
commercial center of Ansa; the old port, the artificial canal “Grube”, the village plant that conserves
the particular division of the streets and squares, the splendid sacred
architecture in gothic style which perches in the stores and the medieval
bourgeois houses document the importance of Wismar and because of this, the
historic center of the city was added on the list of Patrimony of humanity
UNESCO.
The red bricks: churches, public palaces, houses, entrance gates of the
city, are majorly characterized by the red color and because of this Wismar is
called “city of red bricks”.
Lunch
in a restaurant. In the evening a return to the hotel, dinner and overnight.
6th Day: Return
Breakfast
and departure for the return at home.