European Escorted Tours 2010

Eastern European main square – photo courtesy of Kompas ToursIn 2010, Vantage World Travel offers, in conjunction with Kompas, one of the most comprehensive range of tours in Central, Eastern & Mediterranean Europe.

If you love culture, Europe is the place to visit! Its rich, centuries-old history has provided Europeans of today with exceptional heritage. Every city, every region conceals countless treasures: town centres or entire districts built in the Middle Ages, churches, cathedrals, castles and manors, typical or traditional houses, covered markets, belfries, high walls. All these elements can be found in towns and cities, but also in the countryside.
Art plays a major part in Europe, which explains its tremendously high number of museums, extremely popular in the capitals and much frequented even in small villages: antique museums or archaeology museums, contemporary art museums, fine arts museums, natural science museums, theme-based museums. Exhibitions are also highly popular everywhere in Europe, all year round: they may put a specific artist under the spotlight, or focus on a specific period or a special subject. Theatres and opera houses abound in European cities… but plays and operas can also be enjoyed in the countryside now, in the open air.
Europe also has a reputation to maintain in the Art of Living: cuisine and fine wine, but also beer, are among Europeans´ favourite topics of conversation and take up a considerable part of their leisure time. Every European country, every Pan-European region, will offer you an extensive range of typical meals, that can be enjoyed with marvellous wines. Indulge yourself in this delight.

Guaranteed departures with English speaking tours - All 2010 European escorted tours departures are conducted only in English and are managed by experienced tour leaders who have intimate and extensive knowledge of the destinations. They are also guaranteed departures, giving you the advantage of planning your overseas trips well in advance.

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Lake Bled, Slovenia scenery – photo courtesy of Kompas Tours

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In the Catalogue of Escorted Tours you will find the following Programs

Contact us if you want to create your own group for the Passion Play using one of these tours “as is” or we can customized your “very own” program

Oberammergau Passion Play

Oberammergau Passion Play – photo courtesy of Kompas Tours
The history of the Oberammergau Passion Play begins in 1633 when, after the suffering of the Thirty Year’s War and the many deaths caused by the plague, the surviving population of Oberammergau vowed that they would perform the “play of the suffering, death and resurrection of our Lord Jesus Christ” every ten years if they were spared from extinction. At Whitsun in 1634 they kept their promise for the first time. As early as the middle of the 18th century spectators came to Oberammergau from all parts of Germany, attracted by the great power and mystique of the play.
In 2010 the village will perform the play for the 41st time, maintaining the continuity of this unique world famous event. The performance will also, for the first time, begin in the afternoon and the second part will be performed in the evening hours. The people of Oberammergau will prove in 2010, that the play has maintained it’s value for the 376 years is has been performed and they will make it again to an unique cultural and religious event.
Over 2000 participants bring the story of Jesus of Nazareth to the ears and eyes of the audience in a five-hour presentation on the imposing open-air stage. Almost half of the inhabitants of Oberammergau enact with great devotion the story of Jesus covering the period of Jesus entering Jerusalem up to his death on the Cross and his resurrection.

The 2010 Passion Play performance will be included in the following tours: