Lausitz – Land of the extreme
Experience a journey of contrasts between industrial culture, garden art, wild lunar landscapes and flooded mining lakes, the biosphere reserve Spreewald, an ostrich farm and chocolate art.
Code: 19BG-1829
überland service
- 4 nights / half board in a comfortable middle class hotel
- 2 lunches
- Full-day tour guide on two days
- All entrance fees included
- Day trip to the Lusatian Lakeland, full-day tour guide, ostrich farm visit, lunch, guided tour of the Pückler Park Bad Muskau, visit to the chocolate factory Felicitas including short tour, chocolate tasting and a cup of hot chocolate
- Day trip Day 3, with full-day tour guide, guided tour at F60 visitor mine, lunch, 2 hours boat trip in the Spreewald
- Day trip Upper Lusatia including city tour Bautzen, guided tour and tasting in the Mustard Museum, lunch, guided tour of the city of Görlitz including coffee set
- Minimum number of participants 25 persons
Programme
Dinner is served at the hotel.
Day 2: LAKES – PRINCES - OSTRICHS - CHOCOLATEYour today's excursion will take you through the Lusatian Lakeland - a water landscape created by the flooding of former lignite opencast mines. Then continue to an ostrich farm, which you explore on a tour. Continue to Bad Muskau. A guided tour through the UNESCO World Heritage listed Fürst-Pückler Park awaits you. The highlight on the return journey is the visit of a Chocolate Manufactory, where you can watch the professionals at work, taste chocolate and enjoy a cup of hot chocolate. Dinner is served at the hotel.
Day 3: HORIZONTAL EIFFEL TOWER - SPREEWALD GHERKINSToday you embark on a journey of contrasts: you visit the F60 visitor mine, a giant of mining technology. The crowning glory of the exciting tour is the spectacular view of the former mining landscape from the so called ‘Chancellors View’. Continue to the Spreewald, where you can fortify yourself with a typical regional lunch. In a traditional Spreewald barge, the ferryman then stalks you through the idyllic landscape of the biosphere reserve, entertaining your guests with entertaining legends and stories about the region. Then return to the hotel where you will have your dinner.
Day 4: UPPER LUSATIA - BAUTZEN- GÖRLITZLook forward to a journey of discovery to Upper Lusatia - a region rich in natural beauties, culture, handcraft and tradition. Your day trip takes you first to Bautzen - the over 1,000-year-old city of towers and secret capital of the Sorbs a German minority. During a two-hour tour of the exceptionally well-preserved medieval old town, you will also visit the Bautzen mustard museum and taste this regional 3-course menu. Continue to the European city of Görlitz, the easternmost city in Germany. A varied tour takes you along impressive testimonies from the Wilhelminian style and Art Nouveau, such as the department store, also known as the film set. A cozy break with coffee and cake completes the city tour. There is still some free time before you drive back to the hotel, where you can expect dinner.
Day 6: DEPARTURE DAY
