Tour Schedule - Tour Booklett - North Brighton, Australia
North Brighton, Australia
Itinerary Sun-21-Nov Day 1 Arrive Adelaide airport at 7.00pm Emirates Flight number EK441 departs at 10.35pm Sun-22-Nov Day 2 Arrive Rome (12.40pm) and transfer to Hotel. Rome Local coach for airport transfer Assistant for airport transfer Self guided sightseeing activity Dinner in hotel Overnight Hotel Twenty-One Mon-23-Nov Day 3 Continental buffet breakfast in hotel Rome Day in Rome Morning sightseeing tour. Issue of 3 day Roma pass Whispers Rental for half day Local guide for half day sightseeing Entrance to Colosseum (using Roma Pass) Lunch at Local restaurant Afternoon rehearsal Dinner in local restaurant Overnight Hotel Twenty-One Tue-24-Nov Day 4 Continental buffet breakfast in hotel Rome Morning sightseeing tour by foot. Whispers Rental for half day Local guide for half day sightseeing by public transport Lunch at Local restaurant 4.00 pm Rehearsal 5.00 pm Mass at St Peters in the Vatican, Altare della Cattedra 8.30 pm Concert at Chiesa di San Maria in Traspontina Dinner in local restaurant Overnight Hotel Twenty-One Wed-25-Nov Day 5 Continental buffet breakfast in hotel Rome Self guided sightseeing activity Lunch at Local restaurant Self guided sightseeing activity Dinner in local restaurant 8.00pm Rehearsal 9.00pm Concert at San Maria dei Miracoli Piazza del Popolo Overnight Hotel Twenty-One Thur-26-Nov Day 6 Continental buffet breakfast in hotel Rome Self guided sightseeing activity Long distance coach for the day. Lunch at Local restaurant Florence Rome to Florence 280 kms 3.30 hrs Self guided sightseeing activity 7.00pm Rehearsal 9.00 pm Concert at Basillica di S.Trinita- Piazza San Trinita Dinner in local restaurant Overnight Hotel Grifone Fri-27-Nov Day 7 Continental buffet breakfast in hotel Florence Day in Florence Long distance coach for the day. Morning sightseeing of Florence Whispers Rental for half day Local guide for half day sightseeing Entrance to Uffizi Gallery Lunch at Local restaurant Self guided sightseeing activity Dinner in local restaurant Overnight Hotel Grifone Sat-28-Nov Day 8 Continental buffet breakfast in hotel Florence Florence - Padua 220 kms 3.00 hrs Padua Lunch at Local restaurant Afternoon Sightseeing Padua Local guide for half day sightseeing 5.00pm Rehearsal 6.00pm Mass at Basilica S. Antonio di Padova Piazza San Antonio Dinner in hotel 7.30pm Rehearsal 9.00pm Concert di S.Maria dei Servi via Roma Overnight Casa del Pellegrino Sun-29-Nov Day 9 Continental buffet breakfast in hotel Padua Excursion to Venice Padua - Venice Tronchetto 40 kms 1.00 hrs issue of 1 day Vaporetto Pass Itinerary Assistant for transfer to San Marco by public transport 11.00am Rehearsal 12.00pm Mass at Basilica di S. Marco -Piazza San Marco Lunch at local restaurant Self guided sightseeing activity Return to Tronchetto by public transport Venice Tronchetto - Padua 40 kms 1.00 hrs Dinner in hotel 8.00pm Rehearsal 9.00pm Concert S. Sofia in Crocio via San Sofia in Crocio Overnight Casa del Pellegrino Mon-30-Nov Day 10 Continental buffet breakfast in hotel Padua Travel to Innsbruck Long distance coach for the day. Padua - Innsbruck 360 kms 4.00 hrs Innsbruck Lunch at Local restaurant Self guided sightseeing activity Afternoon rehearsal Dinner in hotel Overnight Ramada Hotel Tue-01-Dec Day 11 Continental buffet breakfast in hotel Innsbruck Morning sightseeing tour of Innsbruck Long distance coach for the day. Local guide for half day sightseeing Entrance to Hofburg Lunch at Local restaurant Self guided sightseeing activity Dinner in local restaurant 7.00pm Rehearsal 8.00pm Concert Tiroler Landeskonservatorium Overnight Ramada Hotel Wed-02-Dec Day 12 Continental buffet breakfast in hotel Innsbruck Travel to Salzburg Long distance coach for the day. Salzburg Innsbruck to Salzburg 187 kms 2.30 hrs Lunch at Local restaurant Afternoon sightseeing tour. Local guide for half day sightseeing Entrance to Mozarts Birthplace Dinner in local restaurant Overnight Hofwirt Hotel Thu-03-Dec Day 13 Continental buffet breakfast in hotel Salzburg Travel to ViennaItinerary Long distance coach for the day. Vienna Salzburg - Vienna 300 kms 3.30 hrs Lunch at Local restaurant 2.00pm Rehearsal 3.00pm Concert Peterskirche – Peterplatz (30 Min Mass) Dinner in hotel Overnight Hotel Donauwalzer Fri-04-Dec Day 14 Continental buffet breakfast in hotel Vienna Morning sightseeing of Vienna Local guide for half day sightseeing Lunch at Local restaurant Self guided sightseeing activity Dinner in hotel Overnight Hotel Donauwalzer Sat-05-Dec Day 15 Continental buffet breakfast in hotel Vienna Travel to Prague Long distance coach for the day. Prague Vienna to Prague 330 kms 4.00 hrs Lunch at Local restaurant Self guided sightseeing activity Dinner in local restaurant Overnight Gloria Hotel Sun-06-Dec Day 16 Continental buffet breakfast in hotel Prague Full day in Prague Self guided sightseeing activity. Lunch at Local restaurant 12.30pm Rehearsal 2.00pm Concert at St Nicholas Church- Old Town Square Dinner in hotel Overnight Gloria Hotel Mon-07-Dec Day 17 Continental buffet breakfast in hotel Prague Full day in Prague Morning sightseeing of Prague Local guide for half day sightseeing View main sights, Old town, Charles Bridge, Castle etc Lunch at Local restaurant Self guided sightseeing activity Dinner in local restaurant Overnight Gloria Hotel Tue-08-Dec Day 18 Continental buffet breakfast in hotel Prague Travel to Wittenberg Long distance coach for the day. Jessen Prague to Jessen 290 kms 4.00 hrs Lunch at Local restaurant 3.00pm Rehearsal at venue Self guided sightseeing activity 6.00pm Concert at Nikolaikirche venue in Jessen Wittenberg Jessen -Wittenberg 30 kms 45 mins Dinner in hotel Overnight Luther Hotel Wed-09-Dec Day 19 Continental buffet breakfast in hotel Wittenberg Travel to Warsaw Long distance coach for the day. Packed lunch from hotel Warsaw Wittenberg - Warsaw 650 kms 6.30 hrs Dinner in hotel Overnight Ibis Warsaw Centre Thu-10-Dec Day 20 Continental buffet breakfast in hotel Warsaw Sightseeing in Warsaw Local coach for full day usage Morning sightseeing tour of Warsaw Local guide for half day sightseeing Lunch at Local restaurant Self guided sightseeing activity Dinner in local restaurant Overnight Ibis Warsaw Centre Fri-11-Dec Day 21 Continental buffet breakfast in hotel Warsaw Self guided sightseeing activity Lunch at Local restaurant Self guided sightseeing activity Dinner in hotel Overnight Ibis Warsaw Centre Sat-12-Dec Day 22 Continental buffet breakfast in hotel Warsaw Transfer to airport Local coach for transfer to airport in Warsaw check in 11.30am depart Warsaw Airport at 1.25pm Sun -13- Dec Depart Dubai airport at 2.00am arrive Adelaide 8.50pm ROLL CALL AND GROUPS Andrew Barrett Martin Oakley Matthew Ric******* Jack Kirby Yonah Rex Mc Girr Alexander Witty Olivia Byrnes Lily Liao Kathryn Schleyer Emma Borgas Kaitlyn Mc Kenzie Eliza Sard Justine Zatorski Andy Courts Esmond Choi Violet Mawby Lizzy Hartley Angela Winter Group 1 Jeff Kong Daniel Williams Rhys Williams Joshua Lum Ruby Harris Duncan Vecchiarelli Jim Zhang Lauren Owens Emma Ric******* General Information St Peters in the Vatican Saint Peter's Basilica, the world's largest church, is the center of Christianity. The imposing structure was built over a span of more than one hundred years by the greatest Italian architects of the era. The church is built on Vatican Hill, across the Tiber river from the historic center of Rome. The location is highly symbolic: this was the site where Saint Peter, the chief apostle, died a martyr and where he was buried in 64 AD. St. Peter is considered the first pope, so it made perfect sense for the papacy to build the principal shrine of the Catholic church here. Construction of the basilica started between 319 and 322. It was consecrated in 326 AD and finally completed around 349 AD. In the middle of the fifteenth century, the basilica was falling into ruin and pope Nicolas V ordered the restoration and enlargement of the church after plans by Bernardo Rossellino. After Nicolas V died, works were halted San Maria in Traspontina Rome The church’s building was started in 1566. It has four chapels to each side of the nave. The main altar (1674) was designed by Carlo Fontana, and has a medieval icon. The statues erected in 1695 around the altar are by, Alessandro Rondoni, Giacomo Antonio Lavaggi, Vincenzo Felici, and Michel Maille. San Maria dei Miracoli, Piazza del Popolo These two churches are located on the Piazza del Popolo, facing the northern gate of the Aurelian Walls, at the entrance of Via del Corso on the square. The churches are often cited as "twin", due to their similar external appearance: they have indeed some differences, in both plan and exterior details.Looking from the square, the two churches define the so-called "trident" of streets departing from Piazza del Popolo. The origin of the two churches traces back to the 17th-century restoration of what was the main entrance to the Middle Ages and Renaissance Rome, from the Via Flaminia. Basillica di S.Trinita- Piazza San Trinita The current church was constructed in 1258–1280 at the site of a pre-existing 11th-century church. Multiple reconstructions occurred over the centuries. The Mannerist façade (1593–1594) was designed by Bernardo Buontalenti. The bas-relief over the central door of the Trinity was sculpted by Pietro Bernini and Giovanni Battista Caccini. The 17th-century wooden doors have carved panels depicting Saints of the Vallumbrosan order. Basilica S. Antonio di Padova, Piazza San Antonio The Pontifical Basilica of Saint Anthony of Padova (Italian:Basilica Pontificia di Sant'Antonio di Padova) is a Roman Catholic church and minor basilica in Padua, northern Italy. Although the Basilica is visited as a place of pilgrimage by people from all over the world, it is not the titular cathedral of the city, a title belonging to the Cathedral-Basilica of St. Mary of Padua. The basilica is known locally as "il Santo". It is one of the eight international shrines recognized by the Holy See Construction of the Basilica probably began around 1232, just one year after the death of St. Anthony. It was completed in 1310 although several structural modifications (including the falling of the ambulatory and the construction of a new choir screen) took place between the end of the 14th and the mid 15th century. The Saint, according to his will, had been buried in the small church of Santa Maria Mater Domini, probably dating from the late 12th century and near which a convent was founded by him in 1229. This church was incorporated into the present basilica as the la Madonna Mora (Chapel of the Dark Madonna) S Maria dei Servi, Padova It was founded in 1346, as the church of the Servite Community of the Blessed Virgin Mary and was designed by Andrea da Faenza, a head friar and architect who also assisted Antonio di Vincenzo on the monumental Basilica of San Petronio. In the 20th century, Pope Pius XII granted the church the status of "basilica". Bascilica di S Marco, Piazza San Marco The Patriarchal Cathedral Basilica of Saint Mark (officially known in Italian as theBasilica Cattedrale Patriarcale di San Marco and commonly known as Saint Mark's Basilica) is the cathedral church of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Venice, northern Italy. It is the most famous of the city's churches and one of the best known examples of Italo-Byzantine architecture. It lies at the eastern end of the Piazza San Marco, adjacent and connected to the Doge's Palace since 1807, when it became the seat of the Patriarch of Venice. Due to its opulent design, gold ground mosaics, and its status as a symbol of Venetian wealth and power, from the 11th century on the building has been known by the nickname Chiesa d'Oro (Church of gold). Peterskirche - Peterplatz This church is a Baroque style church which begun around 1701 under Gabriele Montani, who was replaced by Johann Lukas von Hildebrandt in 1703. The design was inspired by the St. Peter's Basilica of the Vatican in Rome. By 1722, most of the building was finished, and in 1733, the Peterskirche was finally consecrated to the Holy Trinity. The new church was the first domed structure in baroque Vienna. Due to the confinement of available space, it was built in a very compact form, with its oval interior housing an astonishing amount of space and rectangular attachments. The church makes an overwhelming impression on the visitor with its surprisingly rich interior filled with golden stucco. St Nicholas Church – Old Town Square, Prague The Church of Saint Nicholas is a Baroque church in the Lesser Town of Prague. It was built between 1704-1755, on the site where formerly a Gothic church from the 13th century stood, which was also dedicated to Saint Nicholas. Rome - Italy Rome's history spans more than two and a half thousand years, since its legendary founding in 753 BC. It is one of the oldest cities in Europe. In the ancient world it was successively the capital city of the Roman Kingdom, the Roman Republic and the Roman Empire, and is regarded as one of the birthplaces of western civilization. Since the 1st century AD, Rome has been considered the seat of the Papacy and in the 8th century it became the capital of the Papal States, which lasted until 1870. In 1871 Rome became the capital of the Kingdom of Italy, and in 1946 that of the Italian Republic. Rome is also of the homonymous province and of the region of Lazio. With 2.8 million residents in 1,285.3 km2 (496.3 sq mi), it is also the country's largest and most populated comune and fifth-most populous city in the European Union by population within city limits. Between 3.2 and 3.8 million people live in the urban area, and 4,194,068 in Rome metropolitan area. The city is located in the central-western portion of the Italian Peninsula, on the Tiber within the Lazio region of Italy. Rome is referred to as "The Eternal City", a notion expressed by ancient Roman poets and writers. Rome is the only city in the world to contain in its interior a whole state, the enclave of Vatican City: for this reason it has been often defined as capital of two states. After the Middle Ages, Rome was ruled by popes such as Alexander VI and Leo X, who transformed the city into one of the major centers of the Italian Renaissance along with Florence. The current version of St Peter's Basilica was built and the Sistine Chapel was painted by Michelangelo. Famous artists and architects, such as Bramante, Bernini and Raphael, resided for some time in Rome, contributing to its Renaissance and Baroque architecture. Rome has been ranked by GaWC in 2010 as a beta+ world city, as well as the 28th most important global city. In 2007, Rome was the 11th-most-visited city in the world, 3rd most visited in the European Union, and the most popular tourist attraction in Italy. The city is one of Europe's and the world's most successful city "brands", both in terms of reputation and assets. Its historic centre is listed by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site. Monuments and museums such as the Vatican Museums and the Colosseum are among the world's most visited tourist destinations with both locations receiving millions of tourists a year. Florence-Italy Florence was the birthplace of the Italian Renaissance. Politically, economically, and culturally it was the most important city in Europe for around 250 years, from some time before 1300 until the early 1500s. The Florentines, perhaps most notably Filippo Brunelleschi (1377-1466) and Leon Batist'Alberti (1404-1472) invented both Renaissance and neoclassical architecture. These architectural styles revolutionised the way Rome, London, Paris and every other major city in Europe from Barcelona to St. Petersburg were built. Opera was invented in Florence. Then there are the art galleries which are unique and amazing. In all, Florence has something over 80 museums. Among those at the top of most lists are the City Hall, the Palazzo della Signoria (aka Palazzo Vecchio), a wonderful building with magnificent rooms and some great art. The city is noted for its culture, Renaissance art and architecture and monuments. Due to Florence's artistic and architectural heritage, it has been ranked by Forbes as one of the most beautiful cities in the world. Innsbruck - Austria Innsbruck lies about half way between Munich (Germany) and Verona (Italy), located in a broad valley between a high mountain range. Innsbruck, capital of Austria’s western state of Tyrol, is a city in the Alps that's long been a destination for winter sports. The city is well known for its sporting opportunities, especially alpine sports, as it is in the Alps and surrounded by mountains. Several ski resorts are situated inside the city territory or within short distance. Innsbruck was one of the centres of snowboarding boom in the 1990's. The population of skateboarders, snowboarders and people alike is therefore above average and nothing unusual to the people who live in Innsbruck. This culture is also celebrated by a lot of events in and around Innsbruck especially in the winter season, attracting (predominantly young) people from all around the world. Innsbruck is an internationally renowned winter sports centre, and hosted the 1964 and 1976 Winter Olympics as well as the 1984 and 1988 Winter Paralympics. Innsbruck also hosted the first Winter Youth Olympics in 2012