Germany and Switzerland

Price Per person based on double occupancy

Date	Price	Single Supplement
Main Tour: May 19-27, 2025	$4,399*	$330
Switzerland Extension: May 27-30, 2025	$1,309	$240
*Includes airfare from Pittsburgh Reservation Due: January 31, 2025 Final Payment Due: March 14, 2025

Included

Roundtrip air from Pittsburgh including current air taxes and fuel surcharges (taxes and fuel charges are subject to change), 7 or 10 nights lodging at 4 star hotels, Breakfast and dinner daily, Full time English speaking tour escort, Services of air conditioned deluxe motor coach, All guides, entrances, touring and transportation as appears on itinerary, Baggage handling at hotels (one piece), Tips to driver, guides, and hotel staff, Pilgrim payment processing by check, Visa, Master Card, or Discover

Not Included

All lunches, Optional travel insurance (7.95% or 10.85% of tour cost)

Day 1: Depart USA – May 19

Overnight flight to Berlin, Germany.

Day 2: Arrive Berlin, Wittenberg – May 20

Willkommen in Deutschland! On arrival in Berlin we explore the Kaiser Wilhelm Church, the famous Brandenburg Gate, the Cathedral, view the Reichstag building and the lively boulevards, followed by visits to WW2 Topography of Terror Museum and Cold War Check Point Charlie Museum. We will then travel to Wittenberg area where we will overnight for the next two nights.

Day 3: Wittenberg – May 21

This morning our local guide will take us on a tour of Lutherstadt Wittenberg. It was here in 1517 that Martin Luther nailed his famous 95 Theses and Melanchthon helped forge Reformation Theology. Here the Cranachs painted now famous portraits of Luther. We will view the Luther House Museum (closed for renovations) and visit the Augusteum where some of the exhibits are being displayed. We'll be able to view some of Luther's very own personal library, rare manuscripts, and early Bibles. The tour will also include Castle Church, Stadtkirche St. Marien (St. Mary's church) where Luther preached and where his children were baptized and the Luther Oak where he burned the edict from Rome, condemning him as a heretic. We will join the Wittenberg English Ministry for a worship service in the Town Church Chapel this afternoon.

Day 4: Erfurt, Augustinian Monastery – May 22

After breakfast, we will travel to Erfurt, then have free time for lunch and a stroll around this delightful medieval town. Our local guide will then take us on a tour including St. Mary’s Cathedral, St. Severin’s Church and the famous Merchant’s Bridge. We will end at the Augustinian Monastery where Luther became a monk on July 17, 1505. We will be able to see his monastic quarters, including one cell furnished to look as it would have done when he lived there. At the end of the tour we will have a group worship service in the chapel. Overnight in Erfurt for two nights.

Day 5: Eisenach – May 23

In 1521, while fleeing from the wrath of the Pope, Luther took refuge in the Wartburg Castle after a fake kidnapping staged by his friend and protector, Frederick the Wise. We will tour the Wartburg and see where Luther finished translating the New Testament into German in just 11 weeks. Luther spent time in the nearby town of Eisenach at as school boy and sang in the choir of St. George's Church, where the Bach family also worshiped. The afternoon we tour the Bach Museum and Luther House Museum. The bus will then take us back to Erfurt.

Day 6: Rhine Cruise, Rudesheim – May 24

We travel to the Rhine River to enjoy a delightful and picturesque cruise from St. Goarshausen, past magnificent castles and the famous Loreley Rock to charming Rudesheim. We will then take a cable car over vineyards to the Germania Monument with a gorgeous Rhein view, followed by a tour at St. Hildegard Abbey. We have dinner and overnight in Rudesheim.

Day 7: Worms, Strasbourg – May 25

This morning we attend the worship service at the Church of the Holy Trinity in Worms (in German). Next our guide will take us to see the amazing Cathedral, followed by the site of Luther’s Worms Debates (Diet of Worms), now a park, with a plaque commemorating Luther’s brave stand of faith and truth. We’ll have a photo stop at the stunning Reformation Monument .We will then travel into France to visit Strasbourg, referred to as the “City of Hope” and “Refuge of the Righteous” by the Anabaptists. This is where John Calvin wrote his famous books on systematic theology and where Martin Bucer, another Reformation leader, helped bring in the Reformation. We will have a stroll around the city centre to view the Cathedral of Strasbourg, St. Thomas's Church, and charming “La Petite France” quarter.

Day 8: Strasbourg – May 26

This morning we'll tour the famous Cathedral and take a canal tour boat ride. The afternoon is free to explore on your own. We will spend a second overnight in Strasbourg.

Day 9: Home – May 27

We transfer to the Frankfurt airport for the flight home.

Optional 3 day Swiss Extension
Day 9: Constance, Zurich – May 27

Today we’ll have breakfast in France, lunch in Germany and dinner in Switzerland! In Constance, Germany we will pray on the spot where the pre-Reformer Jan Hus was martyred, see the Cathedral where the trial was held, and the prison site, which is now a deluxe hotel. Crossing over in Switzerland, we’ll meet up with our guide in Zurich, to learn about Zwingli and the Anabaptists on a tour of the key Reformation sites in Zurich. We’ll tour the Grossmünster, the Helferei (where Zwingli lived) and see the Zwingli Statue. After a stroll through the historic Auld Stadt (old city) we will dine in an authentic Swiss restaurant.

Day 10: Grindelwald – May 28

We will leave Zurich early and head high up to Grindelwald, nestled in the Swiss Alps. This is our fun Alps play day! Local leisure options that you can do on your own include bike rental, hiking, or the cogwheel railway up to Kleine Scheidigg and the Jungfrau Peak.

Day 11: Geneva – May 29

We will stop for coffee in medieval Murten, where we can walk atop the original city walls and explore another chapter of Swiss history. We then continue to Geneva, where Calvin, Knox, Farel and others brought Christ's teachings to eager listeners. Our tour will begin at the impressive Reformation Monument. Four statues of four Reformation leaders stand as sentinels to truth and courage inspired by godly faith. We will see Calvin’s church, the Auditoire de Calvin, (Calvin's Academy, also known as The Protestant Lecture Hall), where the inspired theologian himself taught. Next door is St. Pierre’s Cathedral, where John Calvin preached. We can see his chair and a restored section decorated as it would have been before Calvin. For the hardy, it's only 157 steps up to the top of the North Tower, where the view is worth the effort.

Day 12: Return – May 30

Transfer to the Geneva airport for the flight home.

Itinerary subject to change while touring for the best interest of the group.