Tour Number: 2527838DR
Group Leader: Raymond Maseman
Requested Departure Date: 7/10/2023
Requested Return Date: 7/19/2023
Requested Departure Gateway: Chicago (IL)

ABOUT EF

For over 55 years, we’ve dedicated ourselves to one global mission: Opening the World Through Education. Our programs help students expand their knowledge of the world around them, discover more about themselves, grow more confident and independent, and understand new people, places, and cultures.

10 days

The experience of a lifetime is waiting for you. Every detail from the cities you’ll stay in to the cultural discoveries you’ll make have been customized by your teacher for your group. Take a look at your personal itinerary for a sneak peek of what's in store.

  • Day 1: Fly overnight to Germany

  • Day 2: Berlin

    Meet your Tour Director at the airport

    Take a walking tour of Berlin

    See the East Side Gallery 

  • Day 3: Berlin

    Take a guided tour of Berlin

    With your expert local guide you will see:

    • Brandenburg Gate
    • Kurfürstendamm
    • Remains of the Berlin Wall

    Tour an urban sustainable development project 

    Explore the future of the environment and technology at the Futurium museum 

  • Day 4: Berlin

    Visit a working urban farm

    Visit an innovative local company

  • Day 5: Berlin • Freiburg

    Travel by train to Freiburg

  • Day 6: Freiburg

    Explore the green city of Freiburg through the eyes of an environmental sustainability expert 

  • Day 7: Freiburg • Lucerne region

    Travel via the Black Forest to the Lucerne region  

    Tour Hofgut Sternen's sustainable facilities 

    Learn how to make flammkuchen 

  • Day 8: Lucerne region

    Ride a cable car to the top of the Swiss Alps

    Take a walking tour of Lucerne

    With your Tour Director you will see:

    • Lion Monument
    • Kapellbrücke
    • Lake Lucerne
  • Day 9: Lucerne region

    Hike with an environmental scientist through the Entlebuch Biosphere, a UNESCO natural reserve 

    Take an expert-led tour through an underground bunker system

    Explore Lucerne on your own

  • Day 10: Depart for home

  • Day 1: Fly overnight to Germany

  • Day 2: Berlin

    Meet your Tour Director at the airport

    Take a walking tour of Berlin

    See the East Side Gallery 

  • Day 3: Berlin

    Take a guided tour of Berlin

    With your expert local guide you will see:

    • Brandenburg Gate
    • Kurfürstendamm
    • Remains of the Berlin Wall

    Tour an urban sustainable development project 

    Explore the future of the environment and technology at the Futurium museum 

  • Day 4: Berlin

    Visit a working urban farm

    Visit an innovative local company

  • Day 5: Berlin • Freiburg

    Travel by train to Freiburg

  • Day 6: Freiburg

    Explore the green city of Freiburg through the eyes of an environmental sustainability expert 

  • Day 7: Freiburg • Lucerne region

    Travel via the Black Forest to the Lucerne region  

    Tour Hofgut Sternen's sustainable facilities 

    Learn how to make flammkuchen 

  • Day 8: Lucerne region

    Ride a cable car to the top of the Swiss Alps

    Take a walking tour of Lucerne

    With your Tour Director you will see:

    • Lion Monument
    • Kapellbrücke
    • Lake Lucerne
  • Day 9: Lucerne region

    Hike with an environmental scientist through the Entlebuch Biosphere, a UNESCO natural reserve 

    Take an expert-led tour through an underground bunker system

    Explore Lucerne on your own

  • Day 10: Depart for home


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Total price

$4,634
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