33 Day European Tour

Our 33 day European tour included six countries.  Travel between cities was by air, because of the distances involved  There was a combination of self guided and organised tours, depending on our ability to reach the destinations we wanted. This trip started mid January and ended mid-February, as we wanted to experience many of the places in winter.

To view each destination, click on the links below.

Ireland

Day 1

• Dublin
• Christ Church Cathedral
• Trinity College and Book Of Kells
• Molly Malone Statue
• St Patrick’s Cathedral
• St Stephens Green
• National Archaeological Museum

Day 2

• Dublin Castle
• Guinness Storehouse
• Marion Square
• Famine Statue
• Temple Bar

Day 3

• Jerpoint Abbey
• Thomastown
• St Mary’s Gowran
• Waterford
• Kilkenny
• Cathedral Church of St Canice and Round Tower
• Medieval Mile

Day 4

• Blarney Castle 
• Rock of Cashel
• Cahir Castle
• Fethard

Day 5

• Ring of Kerry
  • Kenmare
  • Sneem
  • Ring Forts
  • Gap of Dunloe

Day 6

• Cliffs of Moher
• Poulnabrone Dolmen
• Galway

Day 7

• Queen Maeve‘s Tomb.
• Carrowkeel Passage Tombs

Day 8

• Kildare
• Brú na Bóinne – Megalithic Tombs
• Kilmainham Gaol Museum

Munich

Day 9

Fly to Munich with Lufthansa

• Deutsches Museum

Day 10

• Neuschwanstein Castle
• Linderhof Castle
• Oberammergau

Day 11

• Nymphenburg
• Walk around Munich
• St Peter’s Church
• Neues Rathaus
• Marienplatz
• Hop on hop off bus

Day 12

• Dachau

Day 13

• Englischen Garten
• Eisbachwelle
• Glockenspiel at 12 noon
• Residenz Munich
• Theatine Church
• St Michael’s Church

Athens

Day 14

Fly to Athens

• Walked to base of Acropolis
• Walked to Filopappou Hill
• Socrates Prison
• Monument of Philopappos
• Church of Agios Demetrios Loumbardiaris
• The Pnyx

Day 15

• Walking Tour
  • Acropolis
  • Acropolis Museum
  • Temple of Hephaestus
  • Temple of Olympian Zeus
  • Agora
  • Hadrian’s Arch
  • Olympic Stadium

Day 16

• Bus Tour
  • Delphi
  • Thermopylae
  • Overnight Kalambaka

Day 17

• Bus Tour Day 2
  • Meteora

Day 18

• Small Group Bus Trip
  • Mycenae
  • Epidaurus
  • Nafplio
  • Corinth Canal

Day 19

• Cape Sounion
• Temple of Poseidon

Day 20

Fly to Copenhagen and stay overnight, for connecting flight to Greenland

Greenland

Day 21

• Hotel Arctic
• Town tour of Ilulissat
  • Harbour
  • Zion’s Church
  • Museum
• Snow Shoe and a Northern Light Walk

Day 22

• Walked around Iluliasat
• Iceberg Sight Seeing

Day 23

• Snowmobile Exploration
• Lunch in town
• Museum

Day 24

• Walked around town

Day 25

Fly to Copenhagen and stay overnight for connecting flight to Tromso

Tromso

Day 26

Fly to Tromso.

Day 27

• Polaria
• Arctic Cathedral
• Tromsø Cable Car
• Northern Light Tour

Day 28

• Tromso Ice Domes

Day 29

• Fjord Cruise by RIB Boat
• Polarmuseet Tromso Polar Museum
• Northern Light Tour

Copenhagen

Day 30

• Fly to Copenhagen
  • The Little Mermaid

Day 31

• Rosenborg Palace and Crown Jewels
• Christiansborg Palace
  • Reception rooms
  • Ruins
  • Stables
• Round Tower
• Storget
• National Museum
• Tivoli Gardens
• Jen Olsen’s Clock
• Friederiks Church
• Nyhavn

Day 32

• Roskilde
• Viking Boat Museum
• Cathedral
• Canal Cruise

Day 33

• Helsingør
  • Kronborg Castle