Day
| Activity |
Overnight |
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1
USA
Frankfurt |
Overnight flight to Frankfurt |
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2
Frankfurt
Hanau-
Wilhelmsbad
Coburg |
Our first stop is the Hessisches Puppenmuseum, where every doll and toy has a delightful story to tell! Coburg's Ehrenburg Palace, historic market square, spacious parks, boutiques, and shops invite you to spend your leisure time. |
Coburg |
3
Coburg
Neustadt
Sonneberg
Coburg |
A huge doll and toy flea market kicks off the Neustadt Puppenfestival with tantalizing treasures, great and small! The Deutsches Spielzeugmuseum contains priceless dolls, salesmen's samples, toys, and an outstanding exhibit from the 1910 Brussels World's Fair. |
Coburg |
4
Coburg
Rauenstein
Steinach
Coburg |
Our Schildkröt factory tour begins in the Puppenmuseum and ends in the salesroom. Fine crèche and other papier mâché figures have been produced by Richard Mahr GmbH (Marolin) for over 100 years – our factory tour ends in the salesroom. |
Coburg |
5
Coburg
Neustadt
Meilschnitz
Coburg |
The highlight of today's Puppenfestival events is the International Doll & Teddy Bear Show. Visit the "Puppendoktor." Immerse yourself in over 100 years of Christmas nostalgia at the Historisches Weihnachtsmuseum. Shop for elegant inge-glass Christmas ornaments in Die Alte Weihnachtsfabrik and holiday candy containers at the Ino Schaller factory. |
Coburg |
6
Coburg
Neustadt
Coburg |
Explore the processes of doll and toy manufacture in the Museum der Deutschen Spielzeugindustrie. The Coburger Puppenmuseum exhibits over 900 dolls in 32 rooms that were once a Capuchin monastery. |
Coburg |
7
Coburg
Walters-
hausen |
200 years of doll history are explored in our tour of seventeen historic doll factories, including Kestner and Kämmer & Reinhardt. Our tour continues at Waltershäuser Puppenmanufaktur, the only Waltershausen doll factory still in operation. |
Walters-
hausen |
8
Walters-
hausen
Arnstadt
Meißen |
The Schloß Tenneberg Heimatmuseum contains some rare and unusual dolls and toys made by Waltershausen firms. Arnstadt's "Mon Plaisir" – 82 miniature rooms "populated" by more than 400 wax dolls – provides a glimpse of life in 17th-century Germany. |
Meißen |
9
Meißen |
Watch the three-centuries-old process of manufacturing white, hard-paste porcelain china and figurines in the demonstration workshops of the Staatliche Porzellan Manufaktur (formerly KPM). The Meißener Porzellan Museum exhibits more than 3,000 pieces of breathtaking porcelain art. Shop in the Meißen porcelain factory salesroom. |
Meißen |
10
Meißen
Seiffen
Meißen |
Our odyssey in Seiffen begins with a tour of a nutcracker factory. Then the 19th-century innovation of hoop-turning for series toy production is explored in the Erzgebirgisches Spielzeugmuseum. A profusion of little shops line the streets of the village, offering nutcrackers, Rauchmänner, Noah's Arks, and other traditional wooden toys for sale. |
Meißen |
11
Meißen
Nürnberg
Rothenburg |
Shop and explore in Nürnberg on our way to Rothenburg. |
Rothenburg |
12
Rothenburg |
More than 800 dolls produced by French and German makers over a span of 200 years reside in the enchanting Puppen- und Spielzeugmuseum. Browse the offerings in the museum's garden flea market and well-stocked gift shop. Käthe Wohlfahrt's Deutsches Weihnachtsmuseum and two year-round Christmas markets await you in this shopper's paradise. |
Rothenburg |
13
Rothenburg
Nürnberg
Rothenburg |
Nürnberg's Spielzeugmuseum contains the largest and most varied toy collection in the world and the Germanishces Nationalmuseum's Toy Exhibit includes a world-famous collection of 17th- and 18th-century dolls' houses, the subject of our guided tour. |
Rothenburg |
14
Rothenburg
Giengen
Donauwörth
Füssen |
Shop for felt and plush toys in the Stieff factory salesroom following a visit of the Margarete Steiff Museum. Tour the Käthe Kruse Doll Factory and Puppenmuseum then shop in the salesroom. |
Füssen |
15
Füssen |
Indulge flights of fancy with guided tours of the finest royal castles of Germany – Hohenschwangau and Neuschwanstein. Spend your leisure time memorizing splendid views of alpine peaks and valleys. You are the guest of honor at our "Auf Wiedersehen" Dinner Banquet this evening. |
Füssen |
16
Füssen
Munich |
Transfer to Franz Josef Strauss Airport for return flight to USA. Auf Wiedersehen! |
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