Amsterdam, Brussels and Paris

Day 1:

Overnight Flight to Amsterdam

Day 2:

Welcome to Amsterdam!

• Meet your Tour Director at the airport
  
• Explore Amsterdam on foot with your Tour Director, wandering the city’s most walkable quarters filled with bikes, canals, bridges, and tucked-away courtyards
  
• Enjoy a canal cruise, gliding past gabled townhouses and the historic heart of the city
  

Day 3:

Explore Amsterdam

• Guided by a local expert, explore Amsterdam’s layered charm—from the Royal Palace on Dam Square to the bells of Westerkerk. See crooked houses, hidden alleys, and feel the pulse of a city shaped by history and beauty
• Visit Anne Frank’s House, where you can step inside the secret annex where Anne Frank and her family hid during World War II, and reflect on her story in the space where she wrote her famous diary
  
• Free time or Optional Excursion to Volendam and Zaanse Schans
• Opt to explore the Dutch countryside with a visit to Volendam and Zaanse Schans, where windmills turn, clogs are carved, and old-world life continues by the water

Day 4:

Amsterdam - Brussels

• Travel via Bruges to Brussels
  
• Explore Bruges on foot with your Tour Director, walking from Market Square to Burg Square, then visiting the peaceful Beguinage Church and Convent tucked behind canals and stone gates
• Enjoy a Bruges canal cruise, drifting through cobbled lanes, medieval facades, and quiet waterways that reveal the city’s storybook charm
  
• Travel onto Brussels
  

Day 5:

Brussels - Paris

• Explore Brussels on foot with your Tour Director, from the grandeur of Grand-Place to the European Union district, with a pause at the whimsical Manneken Pis
• Travel to Paris
  

Day 6:

Explore Paris

• Guided by a local expert, follow the thread of revolution and elegance through Paris’s grand boulevards. From the Arc de Triomphe to the Eiffel Tower and Place de la Concorde, experience a city that lives and breathes its joie de vivre
• Free time or Optional Guided excursion to Versailles
• Opt to take a guided excursion to Versailles. Explore the Hall of Mirrors, State Apartments, and sprawling gardens once home to the Sun King
• Enjoy a Seine River cruise in Paris, gliding past bridges and landmarks as city lights shimmer on the water
  

Day 7:

Paris

• Explore Paris on foot with your Tour Director, walking the cobbled streets of the Latin Quarter, crossing onto Île de la Cité, and pausing by the flying buttresses of Notre-Dame Cathedral
• Visit the Louvre, home to the Mona Lisa and a world-spanning collection housed beneath a modern glass pyramid and royal palace walls
  
• Free time or Optional Cooking class
• Opt to join a hands-on cooking class, where you’ll prepare (and enjoy) a traditional meal while learning the stories and flavors behind each ingredient
• Enjoy a special farewell dinner to celebrate your journey and share a final meal with your group
  

Day 8:

Depart for home