Tour 2022: July 30 – August 14

Following is the preliminary itinerary for the 2022 Tour in Germany. Overnight accommodations at the end of each day are indicated in parenthesis. [Hotels are subject to change pending the final number of participants in the tours.]

Tours begin and end at the airport in Frankfurt. Airfare to Frankfurt is not included in the cost of the tours.

Sat., July 30 – Arrive Frankfurt International Airport (FRA); hotel check-in at (or after) 16:00 (Frankfurt Airport Marriott)

Sun., July 31 – Travel to the Bavarian Cultural Center of the Germans from Russia in Nürnberg; orientation presentation; visit with Volga German relatives (Le Méridien Grand Hotel in Nürnberg)

Mon., August 1 – Tour of Nürnberg; travel to Büdingen (Kurhaushotel in Bad Salzhausen)

Tues., August 2 – Visit to Hessenpark (Kurhaushotel in Bad Salzhausen)

Wed., August 3 – Visit ancestral German villages (Kurhaushotel in Bad Salzhausen)

Thur., August 4 – Visit ancestral German villages (Kurhaushotel in Bad Salzhausen)

Fri., August 5 – Visit to Rothenburg (Kurhaushotel in Bad Salzhausen)

Sat., August 6 – Visit ancestral German villages (Kurhaushotel in Bad Salzhausen)

Sun., August 7 – Visit Bergen-Belsen; Tour of Ballinstadt Emigration Museum in Hamburg (Ringhotel Jensen in Lübeck)

Mon., August 8 – Tour of Volga German sites in Schleswig-Holstein (Ringhotel Jensen in Lübeck)

Tues., August 9 – Tour of Lübeck harbor; visit Museumshafen Lübeck; and cathedrals (Ringhotel Jensen in Lübeck)

Wed., August 10 – Visit cathedral in Köln (Hohe Domkirche Sankt Petrus); return to Frankfurt Airport (Frankfurt Airport Marriott)

Thur., August 11 – Depart Frankfurt Airport for home

Optional Tour Extension

Thur., August 11 – Visit to Mercedes Museum in Stuttgart; Tour Heidelberg Castle (hotel in Füssen)

Fri., August 12 – Tours of Neuschwanstein & Hohenschwangau; travel to Munich (Royal Bavarian Hotel in Munich)

Sat., August 13 – Tour of Munich; visit BMW Museum in Munich; visit to Olympia Park; visit cathedral in Ulm (Ulmer Münster); return to Frankfurt Airport (Frankfurt Airport Marriott)

Sun., August 14 – Depart Frankfurt Airport for home