Refer to the “Arrival Instructions” for directions on where and when to meet your Tour Manager. Settle into your comfortable motor coach on the way to your hotel in the area of Nuremberg.

Your bus transfer into the city center introduces you to the history of Nuremberg. Hitler staged his propaganda rallies here and, after his fall, it was chosen as the location for the War Trials.

Consider the causes and consequences of Nazi Germany during a visit to the Documentation Center.

Discover the Old Town’s half-timbered buildings and gingerbread shops before returning to your hotel for dinner. (Breakfast, Dinner)

Travel to Dachau for a somber visit to the Concentration Camp Memorial. At the entrance, you are prompted to reflect on the incomprehensible as your Tour Manager translates the German phrase on the iron gate: ARBEIT MACHT FREI (Work Makes One Free...

Your tour continues to Munich, the elegant capital of Bavaria. Pass points of interest, such as the Hitler Building, on your way to the Marienplatz, a pedestrian-only zone where historic buildings are cleverly interspersed with modern store fronts...

Following your visit to Munich, head south into the mountain range along the German/Austrian border.

Another choice is to join the full day optional Salzburg & Eagle’s Nest with Dinner excursion (see Optional Excursions), which includes a guided visit to the Kehlsteinhaus, Hitler’s mountain hideaway, followed by an afternoon in Salzburg, known as...

After breakfast, travel to Ulm to view the imposing Ulm Minster with the tallest church steeple in the world.

This afternoon, make a stop at the grave of Erwin Rommel, the German general who was forced to commit suicide when Hitler suspected him of treason.

Follow a scenic route through the Alsace Region and the Vosges Mountains. This area was the site of heavy fighting in the fall of 1944.

You will make a stop at Lorraine’s American Cemetery in St. Avold, the largest American World War II cemetery in Europe.

The afternoon is reserved for a tour of Fort Hackenberg, part of the Maginot Line which was constructed between the world wars as a defense against any future German invasions.

The morning stop is at the American Cemetery in Luxembourg where General George Patton is buried.

Continue into the Belgian Ardennes Region and arrive in Bastogne to view the star-shaped Mardasson Monument, a tribute to the soldiers who died in the Battle of Ardennes.

You will also see the fox holes used by Easy Company, whose stories inspired the TV mini-series “Band of Brothers.”

Your travels this afternoon take you to the Luxembourg National Museum of Military History in Diekirch.

Trier's famous Porta Nigra provides an intriguing backdrop for your independent dinner before returning to your hotel. (Breakfast)

Continue through the Rhine River Valley to Remagen to view the remains of the Ludendorff Bridge, the last standing bridge on the Rhine, which was captured by U.S. soldiers on March 7, 1945.

By mid-afternoon, continue to your Rhine-Ruhr region hotel.

Crossing the border, see sites significant to World War II liberation efforts in The Netherlands, including locations associated with Operation Market Garden. The bridge over the Waal River at Nijmegen was a strategic asset reclaimed after the his...

Travel Hell’s Highway and stop at the memorial in Overasselt, commemorating the site of the largest airborne operation of all time.

This day will also feature a visit to one of the local museums documenting the World War II resistance in The Netherlands.

Your visit includes a ride aboard a glass-topped boat through Amsterdam’s harbor and canals where you will see numerous bridges, boathouses and bicycles while gliding past 17th-century gabled houses.

Rejoin your tour manager for a pause at the Anne Frank House to gain insight into the hidden annex in which Anne, and seven others, lived for over two years.

Explore the central market square with its irresistible chocolate shops and convivial outdoor cafés serving Belgian Waffles.

The entire day is spent touring the famous Normandy Landing Beaches. From Caen, drive to the coast and stop at Pointe du Hoc to view the German fortifications.

You’ll also travel to Utah Beach and Sainte-Mère-Église: the site where paratroopers landed during World War II as portrayed in the movie “The Longest Day.”

Continue to Omaha Beach and the American Cemetery.

Proceed to the artillery battery at Longues-sur-Mer.

At today’s final stop in the village of Arromanches, view remnants of the artificial harbor.

Spend the morning touring the Caen Peace Memorial and Museum, established to honor the liberators, victims, and all those who continue to fight for peace.

As you depart Caen, pause at the Pegasus Bridge to understand how its capture by the British 6th Airborne division was instrumental in deterring a German counter-attack.

Arrive in Paris by early evening.

The return transfer provides impressions of the city at dusk.