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BERLIN AND BEYOND BERLIN, DRESDEN & LEIPZIG MAY 2-15, 2019 TOUR LEADER: CHRISTOPHER MENZ

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Overview Berlin is one of the most interesting and diverse of all the great capitals of Europe, and is currently enjoying a major cultural renaissance. First documented in the 13th century, the city has been the capital of the Prussian Empire, the German Empire, the Weimar Republic and the Third Reich. Since 1989 the city has relished its role as the capital of a unified and re-energised Germany. Berlin is home to some internationally renowned cultural institutions – such as museums of antiquities and fine arts – and has ongoing significance as a centre of contemporary art and design. Berlin is also famous for its musical heritage, with outstanding ensembles such as the Berlin Philharmonic and three major opera houses adding great lustre to the city’s cultural landscape. This 14-day tour allows you to take an in-depth look at Berlin, and the nearby cities of Potsdam, Leipzig and Dresden. Daily walking tours, background talks and guided visits trace the history and development of Berlin from its earliest days through the glory days of the Prussian and German Empires to the darker days of the early 20th century and its rebirth after 1989. Accommodation throughout is at centrally located five-star hotels. We stay at The Westin Grand Hotel on historic Friedrichstrasse in the Mitte neighbourhood, for both of our Berlin stays. Our hotels in Dresden and Leipzig are each beautifully renovated historic buildings, well positioned in the old cities.

Your tour leader Christopher Menz is a former art museum director and curator and has been leading cultural tours in Europe, the United States and Australia since 2013. He has expertise and interest in the visual arts and music. Christopher has a BA (Hons) from Flinders University. He is a former director of the Art Gallery of South Australia. Before that he was a curator, specialising in decorative arts, and worked at the National Gallery of Australia, Art Gallery of South Australia, and National Gallery

of Victoria. He has published and lectured extensively on Australian and European decorative arts, notably on the design work of William Morris, and curated numerous exhibitions. Christopher is based in Melbourne where he is an art consultant and valuer, and Development Consultant for Australian Book Review. Christopher has led cultural tours to Germany, England, the United States, as well as in Australia. “Our tour leader Christopher Menz was excellent, his expertise in art galleries was invaluable, he went out of his way to show us galleries in free time.” Feedback from Christopher’s Alps to the Rhine tour, April 2017.

BERLIN AND BEYOND BERLIN, DRESDEN & LEIPZIG

Tour dates: May 2-15, 2019

Tour leader: Christopher Menz

Tour Price: $7,250 per person, twin share

Single Supplement: $1,750 for sole use of double room

Booking deposit: $500 per person

Recommended airline: Qatar Airways or Singapore Airlines/Lufthansa

Maximum places: 20

Itinerary: Berlin (5 nights), Leipzig (2 nights), Dresden (2 nights), Berlin (4 nights)

Date published: October 3, 2018

Enquiries and bookings

For further information and to secure a place on this tour please contact Jamal Fairbrother at Academy Travel on 9235 0023 or 1800 639 699 (outside Sydney) or email [email protected]

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Tour Highlights

ART IN BERLIN Berlin has a reputation for being the ‘New York of Europe’, offering a wide range of museums and galleries that hold treasures both ancient and contemporary. Some of the highlights include masterpieces by Botticelli, Raphael, Caravaggio, Titian, Rubens, Rembrandt and Vermeer at the Gemäldegalerie. We spend two days leisurely admiring the remarkable and vast collections at Museum Island.

EAST AND WEST BERLIN In the quarter-century-plus since the Wall came down, Berlin has re-established itself as Germany’s capital and gone through an urban and social transformation that has made it, once again, one of the most exciting cities in Europe. We explore this fascinating city with walks through the historic neighbourhoods of both East and West Berlin, including the Brandenburg Gate, where east met west during the Cold War.

POTSDAM Spend a full day in Potsdam, known for its 18th-century baroque architecture, especially Frederick the Great’s Sanssouci Park, the former residence of the Prussian royals. The town centre offers historical landmarks, charming boutiques, and café-lined cobblestone streets. Although it was severely damaged by bombing during World War II, much of the city has been restored to its former glory.

LEIPZIG AND DRESDEN Travel through the scenic countryside to the charming old town of Renaissance Leipzig, which Göethe describes in Faust, as “a little Paris”. We spend time too in the elegantly restored city of Dresden, that has risen from the ashes, after devastating World War II bombing, regaining its reputation as “the Florence on the Elbe”. Each city offers impressive art collections at the Grassi Museum and the Zwinger Palace.

REICHSTAG The symbol of Berlin’s mash-up of old and new, the Reichstag building anchors central Berlin with a Sir Norman Foster designed glass dome atop of the 116-year old structure. Our tour ends with a farewell meal at the Reichstag at Restaurant Kafer. Afterwards, walk the gently rising ramp inside the glass dome, taking in the views of Berlin and the parliamentary chamber below.

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Detailed itinerary Included meals are shown with the letters B, L and D.

Thursday may 2 Arrival

If you have booked your air travel through Academy Travel we will organise a transfer from Berlin airport to our hotel. Please note that hotel rooms may not be available until early afternoon. In the evening meet Christopher Menz at the hotel bar for welcome drinks followed by a light dinner. Overnight Berlin (D)

Friday May 3 Medieval to Prussian

Today we visit the Berggruen Museum to admire its exceptional collection of modern art including works by Matisse, Klee and Giacometti. We pause for our welcome lunch at a fine local restaurant before continuing to Charlottenburg, for a guided tour of the richly decorated interior of the palace. Built by Elector Friederich III in 1699 as a summer palace for his wife Sophie Charlotte, this regal estate, the largest palace in Berlin, is framed by a baroque-style garden. In the late afternoon we cruise by ferry on the River Spree back to Berlin. Overnight Berlin (B, L)

Saturday may 4 Frederick the Great’s city

Today we spend the day in Potsdam, just a short distance from Berlin. The city is closely associated with Frederick the Great (ruled 1740-1786) the monarch of the newly created Kingdom of Prussia. Most of the day is spent exploring Sanssouci Park a complex of palaces, gardens and pavilions covering 287 hectares. We will also visit Cecilienhof Palace, the last Hohenzollern Palace and the site of the 1945 Potsdam Conference. After an early dinner in Potsdam we return to Berlin. Overnight Berlin (B, D)

Sunday may 5 – Tosca Museum Island After a talk on this evening’s performance of Puccini’s Tosca, we walk to Museum Island. On the site of one of Berlin's two original settlements, this unique complex of five state museums is a UNESCO World Heritage site and a must-visit in Berlin. Today we visit the Neues Museum, the new home of the Egyptian Museum and the famous bust of Nefertiti. Mid-morning, we visit what is perhaps Berlin’s most renowned

Above: the gardens and palace at Charlottenburg, commissioned in the 17th century by Sophie Charlotte, wife of Friedrich III Below: the famous bust of Nefertiti, now found in the Neues Museum – the new home of the Egyptian Museum

Tour start & finish time

The tour starts on Thursday May 2 at 6.00pm, at the bar at The Westin Grand Hotel, Berlin.

The tour ends on Wednesday May 15 at 9.00am, with a group transfer to Berlin Tegel airport.

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institution, the Pergamon Museum. The museum is currently under partial renovation so the hall containing the Pergamon Altar is closed. What we will see are the impressive Near Eastern antiquities and Islamic art, much of which was collected by the German Kaisers from their close contact with countries such as Turkey, Iraq and Iran in the early 20th century. We spend lunchtime in the nearby Hackesche Höfe, a district comprised of a series of interconnected courtyards bustling with restaurants, boutiques and galleries. This evening we walk to the recently reopened Staatsoper Unter den Linden, to see star soprano Sonya Yoncheva as one of opera’s iconic characters - Tosca. Overnight Berlin (B)

Performance details Venue: Staatsoper Unter den Linden Program: Puccini’s Tosca Performers: Sonya Yoncheva (Tosca), Teodor Ilincai (Cavaradossi), Andrzej Dobber (Scarpia), Domingo Hindoyan (conductor)

Monday may 6 The Prussian City

We begin our day at the German History Museum, to survey the collection that focuses on Germany’s two-thousand-year history. Our next stop is Berlin's most famous landmark, the Brandenburg Gate. A symbol of Berlin and German division during the Cold War, it is now a national symbol of peace and unity. In the afternoon we visit the Gemäldegalerie, assembled in the early 19th century, the gallery’s collection represents all the major schools of European painting and includes masterpieces by Botticelli, Raphael, Caravaggio, Breughel, Vermeer and Rembrandt. This evening we have dinner at a local restaurant. Overnight Berlin (B, D)

Tuesday may 7 Museum Island II

We depart Berlin today for Leipzig, first returning to Museum Island to visit the Altes Museum, home to an impressive collection of Greek and Roman antiquities. Around midday we head to Leipzig. This evening we have dinner at the historic restaurant Auerbachs Keller, that is mentioned in Goethe’s play Faust. Overnight Leipzig (B, D)

Wednesday may 8 Leipzig

Leipzig is one of the great German cultural centres, with connections to Bach, Schubert, Mendelssohn, Martin Luther, Goethe, Schiller, and the Neue-Leipziger-Schule art movement. This morning we take a guided walking tour of Leipzig, followed by a visit to the Museum of Fine Arts. The original museum building was destroyed in an air raid in 1943, though many of the paintings had been saved. A new home for the collection, a contemporary building, opened in 2004, 61 years to the day after the original museum was destroyed. The afternoon is free; however, we recommend you visit the Grassi Museum, to see the impressive collection charting over 2,500 years of the decorative arts. Overnight Leipzig (B)

Above: acclaimed soprano Sonya Yoncheva will play the title role of Tosca at the Staatsoper Unter den Linden, following a successful 2018 run in the same role at the Metropolitan Opera Below: the Frauenkirche in Dresden stands as a great symbol of resurrection for the city

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Thursday may 9 Dresden via Meissen

On the way to Dresden this morning we pause to see the ‘Monument to the Battle of the Nations’ – Europe’s largest memorial, and the site of the 1813 defeat of Napoleon by a coalition of German forces. We then travel to Meissen, on the banks of the Elbe not far from Dresden, to stroll the town and have lunch at a local restaurant. We arrive in Dresden in the late afternoon and take an orientation walk through the old town. We visit the Frauenkirche, an impressive Baroque church that was destroyed in World War II and beautifully restored and reopened in 2005. Overnight Dresden (B, L)

Friday may 10 – Semper Opera Zwinger Palace

After a talk, we make our way on foot to the Zwinger Palace, an excellent example of late Baroque architecture in Germany. Built between 1710 and 1728, the Zwinger was used for court festivities and tournaments. The palace contains Dresden’s Old Masters Picture Gallery, with works by Raphael, Rubens and Canaletto. We explore too, the delightful Porcelain Collection, and survey the impressive treasures inside the Historic Green Vaults. This evening we walk to the Semper Opera, for our concert led by Vladimir Jurowski, one of today’s most sought-after conductors. Overnight Dresden (B)

Performance details Venue: Semper Opera Dresden Program: 10th Symphony Concert Performers: Staatskapelle Dresden Orchestra, Vladimir Jurowski (conductor), Tuuli Takala (soprano), Christina Bock (Mezzo Soprano), Ladies of the Dresdner Kammerchor

Saturday may 11 Pillnitz palace

Today we return to Berlin, stopping along the way to view the extraordinary ensemble of architecture and landscape gardening that makes up Pillnitz Palace. Built by August the Strong as a ‘Water Palace’, Pillnitz was the summer residence of many electors and kings of Saxony. We arrive in Berlin in the late afternoon and gather for dinner at a local restaurant. Overnight Berlin (B, D)

Sunday may 12 From Art to Wilhelmstrasse

The internationally renowned Kunstgewerbemuseum (Museum of Decorative Art) is the oldest of its kind in Germany. It houses a wide variety of craftwork, fashion and design from the early Middle Ages to the present day. We next visit the nearby German Resistance Memorial Centre, which is primarily intended to commemorate those members of the German Army who tried to assassinate Hitler in 1944. After our visit to this fascinating museum, we head to Potsdamer Platz, to stroll around what is now the modern heart of unified Berlin. This afternoon we focus on Wilhelmstrasse, hub of the Nazi administration, viewing the Luftwaffe Ministry building, site of

Above: a detail of Canaletto’s ‘Dresden From the Right Bank of the Elbe Below the Augustus Bridge’, 1748, in the Old Masters Picture Gallery, Zwinger Palace, Dresden Below: Dresden’s Semper Opera; and Menashe Kadishman's Shalekhet (Fallen Leaves) in the Memory Void of the Jewish Museum, Berlin. These voids extend vertically through the entire museum and represent the absence of Jews from German society

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Gestapo Bunkers, the Topography of Terror memorial, and the site of the new Reich’s Chancellery and Hitler’s Bunker. Overnight Berlin (B)

Monday May 13 The synagogue and the Cold War

This morning after a talk, we visit the Jewish Museum of Berlin, designed by Daniel Libeskind and opened in 2001. We then stroll through the old Jewish district in the north of the city, and visit the ‘New Synagogue’. Significantly damaged on Kristallnacht in 1938, the restored building reopened in 1995. After a break for lunch, we investigate Berlin in the late 1940s and 1950s – the height of the Cold War. Our tour includes sections of the Berlin Wall, the former Stasi headquarters and Karl-Marx-Allee, a broad boulevard lined with impressive Socialist Realist buildings. Overnight Berlin (B)

Tuesday May 14 – Philharmonie Contemporary Berlin On our final day of the tour we take a coach tour of the modern city, focussing on its recent architecture. We pause to survey the collection at the Hamburger Bahnhof Museum for Contemporary Art. Our time in Berlin culminates with a farewell lunch at restaurant Kafer, atop the Reichstag, seat of the German parliament. This building symbolises the struggles and eventual triumph of the city. First opened in 1894, destroyed by fire in 1933, the Reichstag became the first meeting place of a reunified Germany. The reconstruction of the building was completed in 1999 to a plan by British architect Sir Norman Foster. His plan included an extraordinary glass dome at the top of the building, offering 360° views of the surrounding city. Tonight, we attend a concert at Berlin’s famous concert hall, the Philharmonie. Overnight Berlin (B, L)

Performance details Venue: Philharmonie Berlin Program: Works by Mozart Performers: Staatskapelle Berlin Orchestra, Daniel Barenboim (conductor), Anita Rachvelishvili (mezzo-soprano)

Wednesday May 15 Departure

The tour ends after breakfast. Departing group members transfer to Berlin Tegel airport for outgoing flights. (B)

Hotels These five-star hotels have been selected principally for their central location. Berlin, The Westin Grand Hotel (9 nights)

www.westingrandberlin.com Leipzig, Steigenberger Handelshof (2 nights)

www.steigenberger.com/en/Leipzig Dresden, Steigenberger Hotel de Saxe (2 nights)

www.de.steigenberger.com/dresden/

Above: the contemporary Sony Centre in Potsdamerplatz; and inside the Hamburger Bahnhof Museum for Contemporary Art Below: Berlin’s Reichstag building, topped by Sir Norman Foster’s dome

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Zwinger pavilion, Dresden

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Tour Price The tour price is $7,250 per person, twin share (land content only). The supplement for a single room is $1,750 per person. A non-refundable deposit of $500 per person is required to secure a place on the tour.

Tour Inclusions Included in the tour price 14 nights’ accommodation in carefully selected five-star

hotels All breakfasts and selected lunches/dinners in hotels

and local restaurants as noted in the itinerary All ground transport via private air-conditioned coach All entrance fees to sites mentioned on the itinerary Porterage of one piece of luggage into and out of hotels

only Background talks and extensive tour notes Tips for local guides and drivers and at included meals

Not included International air fares, taxes and surcharges (see below) Travel insurance Meals not mentioned in itinerary Expenses of a personal nature

Air travel OPTIONS The tour price quoted is for land content only. For this tour we recommend Qatar Airways or Singapore Airlines/Lufthansa which have the best connections into Berlin. Please contact us for further information on competitive Economy, Business and First Class airfares. Transfers between airport and hotel are included for all passengers booking their flights through Academy Travel. These may be group or individual transfers.

Enquiries & bookings For further information and to secure a place on this tour please contact Jamal Fairbrother at Academy Travel on 9235 0023 or 1800 639 699 (outside Sydney) or email [email protected]

Weather on Tour May is a pleasant time to travel in Germany with spring temperatures ranging on average from the low 20s, dropping to 10 -12°C at night. However, you should pack for a few days which are cooler than this, as well as a few warmer ones. Rainfall is fairly evenly spread across the year, and it is reasonable to expect rain on at least a few days, though not enough to disrupt our program.

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GRADE TWO

It is important both for you and for your fellow travellers that you are fit enough to be able to enjoy all the activities on this tour. To give you an indication of the level of physical fitness required to participate on our tours, we have given them a star grading. Academy Travel’s tours tend to feature extended walking tours and site visits, which require greater fitness than coach touring. We ask you to carefully consider your ability to meet the physical demands of the tour.

Participation criteria for this tour

This Grade Two tour is designed for people who lead active lives and can comfortably participate in up to five hours of physical activity per day on most days, including longer walking tours, challenging archaeological sites, climbing stairs, embarking and disembarking trains and/or boats, and a more demanding tour schedule with one night stops or several internal flights. You should be able to: keep up with the group at all times walk for 4-5 kilometres at a moderate pace with only

short breaks stand for a reasonable length of time in galleries and

museums tolerate uncomfortable climatic conditions such as cold,

humidity and heat walk up and down slopes negotiate steps and slopes on archaeological sites,

which are often uneven and unstable get on and off a large coach with steep stairs, train or

boat unassisted, possibly with luggage move your luggage a short distance if required

A note for older travellers

If you are more than 80 years old, or have restricted mobility, it is highly likely that you will find this itinerary challenging. You will have to miss several activities and will not get the full value of the tour. Your booking will not be accepted until after you have contacted Academy Travel to discuss your situation and the exact physical requirements of this tour. While we will do our best to reasonably accommodate the physical needs of all group members, we reserve the right to refuse bookings if we feel that the requirements of the tour are too demanding for you and/or if local conditions mean we cannot reasonably accommodate your condition.

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About Academy TravelEach year Academy Travel organises around 60 journeys to Europe, the Mediterranean, Asia and the Americas, each focusing on a distinctive historical, artistic or cultural theme. The aim of every Academy Travel journey is to combine the pleasures of independent travel with the benefits and shared enjoyment of a group. Academy Travel is an Australian-owned travel company, founded in 2004. The company’s staff includes both academic experts and travel professionals with over two decades’ industry experience. We also have our own office in Rome which organises our tours in Western Europe. This means we have direct control over the selection of hotels, restaurants, coaches and local guides, guaranteeing superior quality.

Years of experienceAcademy Travel was founded in 2004 by a team with decades of prior experience in small group travel. On average, our tour leaders have over 11 years’ experience, some with 25 or more years. To ensure quality, we have our own office in Rome, Italy and a network of trusted suppliers around the world.

Great itinerariesAcademy Travel works hard to create itineraries that provide a balanced experience – walking tours, museum and gallery visits, live performances, city and countryside. We’re proud to be constantly innovating, from opening up new destinations, creating tours around festivals and special exhibitions, to providing unrivalled depth in our residential tours.

Like-minded groupsOver the years we’ve been in operation, we’ve developed a loyal band of Academy Travellers, some of whom have travelled with us more than 10 times. They say the small groups (maximum 20, average 17) and distinct themes of our tours attract like-minded travellers and create a relaxed, convivial atmosphere.

Long staysFeedback from our clients consistently tells us that creating itineraries with three and four-night stops, or even longer, is far more appealing that rushing from place to place. Wherever possible, we plan our tours around a limited number of stops, making your travels more relaxed and more meaningful.

Special EventsA private viewing of the Sistine Chapel? Tickets to a sold-out concert by the Berlin Philharmonic? A world-famous art fair? Access to private homes and gardens? Behind-the-scenes visits? Many of our tours feature access to places and events that are usually not offered on most group tours.

Expert tour leadersWe work closely with a team of academically qualified and highly experienced tour leaders. They don’t just ‘rattle off the facts’ – they help us plan our itineraries and, on tour, freely share their deep knowledge and genuine passion. Most of our tour leaders are still teaching at an advanced level and many are still undertaking academic research.

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