Copenhagen-Hamburg Ballet trip now booking

Carlson Wagonlit Victor Travel

101 - 8800 Dufferin Street, Concord, ON L4K 0C5

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presents

Tours en l'air

Ballet Holidays

escorted by

Canada's Word Lady,

Katherine Barber

Copenhagen and Hamburg

11-20 March 2014

10 days, 9 nights

6 ballet performances

The best of Bournonville performed by

Royal Danish Ballet, and the world-renowned Hamburg Ballet in works by Neumeier and Cranko

Tuesday 11 March

Arrive Copenhagen. Check in to 4-star Copenhagen Admiral Hotel: www.admiral-hotel-copenhagen.com, 7 minutes walk, 3 minutes by taxi from the Royal Theatre.

Wednesday 12 March

930: “Breakfast with Bournonville”. The Royal Danish Ballet's Junior Company presents excerpts from Bournonville's ballets, e.g. Napoli, A Folk Tale, The Kermesse in Bruges, as well as their own choreographies.

Afternoon: Private guided coach tour of Copenhagen (3 hours, including opportunities to get off the coach at major sights)

6 pm: Welcome dinner

8 pm: Royal Danish Ballet: Manon (MacMillan)

Thursday 13 March

Watch Royal Danish Ballet company class

Rest of day at leisure.

Friday 14 March

Morning: Visit Royal Danish Ballet School (to be confirmed)

Afternoon at leisure

8 pm: Royal Danish Ballet: Napoli

Saturday 15 March

At leisure. Evening: 3-course dinner at the award-winning SALT restaurant before Royal Danish Ballet: Napoli

Sunday 16 March

Depart Copenhagen by air for Hamburg.

Arrive Hamburg. Check in to 5-star SIDE hotel (20 minutes from airport, approx. 1-minute walk from opera house): www.side-hamburg.de/en/side-home.html

Monday 17 March

Morning: Visit to Hamburg Ballettzentrum, home of the Hamburg Ballet and Hamburg Ballet School

Afternoon: 2-hour private guided coach tour of Hamburg, including opportunities to get off the coach at major sights

1930: Hamburg Ballet performance of all-Neumeier program: Vaslav, At Midnight, Chopin Dialogue, Kinderszenen

Tuesday 18 March

130 pm: guided tour of Hamburg State Opera

730 pm: Hamburg Ballet performance of Onegin (Cranko)

Wednesday 19 March

(Optional, weather permitting) Day trip by train to Unesco World Heritage medieval town of Lubeck (one hour from Hamburg)

Farewell dinner

Thursday 20 March

Check out of hotel and depart Hamburg

GROUP SIZE LIMITED TO 20!

Total Package CA$3699 per person

based on double occupancy

Single supplement both cities: CA$1250

Single supplement Hamburg only (if sharing in Copenhagen): CA$550*

*only two twin rooms available

All prices valid till 15 December 2013

LAND-ONLY PACKAGE allows you the flexibility of arranging travel from your most convenient departure point,

on the dates and times you prefer,

and to extend your stay if you wish.

Victor Travel's experienced agents

will be happy to assist you with

flight arrangements.

Package includes:

9 nights double-share accommodation

Daily breakfast

Premium orchestra seats for 6 ballets

Royal Danish Ballet company class

Private guided bus tour of Copenhagen 

Private guided bus tour of Hamburg

Private guided tour of Hamburg opera house

Visit to Hamburg Ballettzentrum

Three 3-course dinners

Ballet enrichment program: ballet notes and informal pre-performance talks and post-performance reviews with tour leader

Please note that this program must be sold as a package. Extra hotel nights can be added on (subject to availability), but we cannot offer individual components separately or break the package into shorter installments. As a significant benefit of the Tours en l'air package is sharing the complete experience with those with common interests, we do not offer an “accommodation only” option.

Not included:

All airfares

Meals and transfers not specifically mentioned in this itinerary

Beverages with meals

Items of a personal nature, e.g. phone calls

Cancellation insurance

and hospital/medical insurance

All items and activities listed as optional in this brochure

For more information:

email toursenlair@gmail.com

phone: 416.693.4496