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New Year in Vienna - Romantic City of Dreams - 2009
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| New Year in VIENNA …Romantic City of Dreams… 26th December to 2nd January 2009 What better places to celebrate end of year festivities than in Vienna…the “Music Capital of the World”!! Step into an elegant world of gilded baroque as you stroll along the city centre around our hotel with its shops and cafés. The international renowned Kaiserball draws visitors from all over the world to celebrate a glittering conclusion and an elegant commencement of the New Year in the Hofburg Palace each year, making it the event of a lifetime. This season’s “The Congress Dances” marks not only the beginning of 2009, but also the anniversary “50 years Congress Centre Hofburg”. The climax of the New Year Gala Ball will be the entry of the Imperial Court in the Festsaal wishing all ‘HAPPY NEW YEAR 2009’! An exclusive Gala Banquet is served before the ball, or you may try the succulent buffet by Intercontinental. Very Limited places are available so pre-book your table reservation. The traditional New Year’s Day Concert, performed in the famous Grand Festival Hall, is an exciting way to start 2009. The Wiener Hofburg Orchestra will play beloved compositions by Johann Strauss and also by W. A. Mozart. This year we once again have the opportunity to enjoy the Spanish Riding School performance by the famed Lipizzaner horses. Price Includes: •
Direct flights Malta/Vienna/Malta
Saturday 27th December: After breakfast Vienna City Sightseeing... St. Stephen’s Cathedral, State Opera House, Museums of Fine Arts/Natural History, Town hall, Hofburg Imperial Residence, Schonbrunn and Belvedere Palace, Karlskirche and Music Verein… Afternoon at leisure and evening Mozart concert Sunday 28th December: After breakfast optional excursion to the pilgrimage town of Maria Zell set amidst the snow-capped mountains. We tour through picturesque Austrian Alpine landscape, typical villages and beautiful valleys with dramatic and restful scenery. Monday 29th December: Breakfast and optional excursion: drive past the house of composer Joseph Haydn father of symphony and the string quartet then onto the historical city of Eisenstadt with some of the most important cultural monuments of the region-Esterházy Palace and Haydn Hall. We continue to Sopron located just across the border for lunch and visit. Some free time at leisure and shopping in this characteristic Hungarian town before we return to Vienna via Fertod and the grand Palace Esterhaza (time permitting) Tuesday 30th December: Breakfast followed by an optional excursion to the beautiful Vienna Woods and historical surroundings: Liechtenstein castle, Cistercian Abbey of Heiligenkreuz (1133), Hodrichsmuhle where Franz Schubert composed the Linden tree and the spa resort town Baden where Beethoven once lived. Evening free at leisure or visit a typical Keller. Wednesday 31st December: The Spanish Riding School is the oldest in the world. Opportunity for the morning exercise training session held in the baroque riding school hall. Afternoon at leisure with time to enjoy one of the famous Viennese coffee houses. Evening New Year’s Eve Imperial Kaiserball at the Hofburg Palace including an extensive cabaret show. (Dress Code- Ladies Long evening dresses; Gentlemen: tuxedo or dinner jacket). The Elegant beginning of the grand ball season, the Imperial Ball takes place each year on the 31st December in the Vienna Hofburg Palace. Visitors come from all over the world to spend New Year’s Eve in the former winter residence of the Austrian Emperors. In the entrance hall Imperial Guards perform the historic changing of the guards. The ‘Imperial Couple’ greet guests on the grand staircase and ladies receive a gift as a token of the evening. Visit beautifully decorated state apartments. Internationally known orchestras & bands invite you to enjoy and dance the night away in the grand palatial halls. Thursday 1st January: HAPPY NEW YEAR 2009! Morning at leisure… After lunch we return to the Hofburg Palace Grand Festival Hall for the traditional Viennese New Year’s Day Concert. Evening optional farewell dinner in the village of Grinzing. Try the new wine and original ‘Heurigen’ lively music/dancing. Friday 02nd January: Breakfast and day at leisure for last few hours of shopping!!...Afternoon transfer to Airport in time for return flight KM513 departure Vienna 18:00hrs and arrival Malta 20:20hrs
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