For approximately $900 more for students and $1,000 for adults, The Western Front tour adds seven more days to the WWII adventure. Visitors will tour Bastogne, the Allied stronghold during the Battle of the Bulge. Next is the Ardennes American Cemetery and Memorial, the 90-acre cemetery remembering more than 5,000 that died during the war. On day eleven, take a train ride to Berlin, the capital of Germany. Visit Checkpoint Charlie Museum. At the site of the best-known crossing point between East and West Germany, visitors will see the museum dedicated to the era of the Berlin Wall. The next day begins with a captivating panel discussion of the WWII legacy followed by a walking tour of the city’s past cafés, restaurants and embassies along Unter den Linden, Berlin’s most elegant boulevard.
Day eight opens Paris to each visitor with a free day in the city. With all the WWII history that surrounds the city, there will be plenty to do and see. On the finals day, visitors will travel back to the United States, but for those that choose the 16-day trip, more is on the agenda as the tour continues to Germany.
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The final three days of the tour take visitors through the heart of Munich including Nuremberg, the second largest city in Bayern and the site of the Nazi war crime tribunals; Dachau with a WWII Nazi concentration camp built in 1935 and liberated by Allies in 1945; and Salzburg with the ruins of the Berghof, Hitler’s residence, and the bunkers of many high-ranking Nazis.