Performing Arts: Leipzig to Vienna

Germany has long been a country of fascination, though the country itself is a fairly recent creation in Europe. Religious revolution, scientific and technological breakthroughs, and masterpieces of art and music: Germany retains a rich cultural heritage. Then it's on to Austria, a largely mountainous and breathtakingly beautiful country. Austrian natives include some of the greatest musicians (Mozart, Haydn, Liszt, Strauss) scientists (Doppler, Mendel), and psychologists (Freud), and in this magical place, the hills and cities really ARE alive with the sound of music...and so much more.
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Day 1 Overnight Flight to Germany (Berlin)
Day 2 Guten Tag Leipzig
Meet your Tour Director and travel to Leipzig via Halle
Halle city walk
Leipzig city walk
Details: Halle city walk
Enjoy a visit to Halle, a beautiful city in Saxony and home to one of the oldest universities in Germany. It also boasts Germany's oldest chocolate factory and numerous other sights.
Details: Leipzig city walk
Leipzig is a city that flourished from the 16th century onwards thanks to the wealth it created from the rich nearby silver mines. Leipzig enjoys a reputation for outstanding excellence in music, with the likes of Bach, Wagner, Mendelssohn, and Schumann all having lived here, and literary work with Germany’s greatest poet, Goethe, setting a fundamental scene of Faust in the Auerbachs Keller.
Day 3 Leipzig
St. Thomas Church visit
Bach Museum visit
Leipzig choir performance
Details: St. Thomas Church visit
It was built in 1212 and originally established as a place of worship for Augustinian Canons. Highlights of the church are the Baroque-style turret and the magnificent main entrance. It is also the final resting place of Johann Sebastian Bach, who was organist and cantor here for 27 years.
Details: Bach Museum visit
Take a look to the largest collection of Bach archives in Germany
Details: Leipzig choir performance
Take the stage and perform for local audiences in a venue that captures the spirit of the city.
Day 4 Leipzig--Nuremberg
Travel to Nuremberg via Bayreuth
Bayreuth city walk
Nuremberg city walk
Details: Bayreuth city walk
Enjoy a visit to Bayreuth to explore the various sights and sounds of the city. It is most famous for its connection to composer Richard Wagner. Each year, the city hosts the Bayreuth Festival, a world-famous music festival.
Details: Nuremberg city walk
Nuremberg (Nürnberg) is a vibrant Bavarian city with a visible history of almost 1,000 years. In the Middle Ages it was the preferred residence of German emperors. It later became burdened with the legacy of the Nazis, but although it was bombed to rubble during World War II, the medieval city center has undergone significant reconstruction, using the original stone.
Day 5 Nuremberg--Salzburg
Travel to Salzburg
Salzburg city walk
Residenz Square, Salzburg Cathedral, Mozart Square
Free time on Getreidegasse
Details: Travel to Salzburg
With its elegant squares and quaint streets, Salzburg is a delightful introduction to the sophisticated world of the classical genius, Mozart.
Details: Salzburg city walk
Explore Salzburg’s Old Town, a maze of meandering lanes, curious steeples, cobbled streets, and spacious squares. Take in the grandeur of Residenz Square and admire the striking façade of Salzburg Cathedral. Pause at Mozart Square, where the composer’s statue honors Salzburg’s most famous son, and listen for the Glockenspiel, an early 18th-century carillon with 35 bells that can be heard from the cafés lining the square.
Details: Free time on Getreidegasse
Spend free time on Salzburg's most famous street, the Getreidegasse, which is lined with small shops, interesting houses and wrought-iron signs.
Day 6 Salzburg
Salzburg Residenz guided visit
Mozart’s birthplace visit
Hohensalzburg Fortress visit
Salzburg choir performance
Details: Salzburg Residenz guided visit
Visit the Residenz, Salzburg’s opulent palace, which was the seat of the Salzburg princearchbishops. The child prodigy Mozart often played in the Conference Room for guests, and in 1867, Emperor Franz Joseph received Napoléon III in the palace. Enjoy a tour of the richly decorated State Rooms, and the Residenzgalerie Salzburg, an art gallery that contains European paintings from the 16th to the 19th century, displayed in 15 historic rooms.
Details: Mozart’s birthplace visit
Feel the rhythm of Salzburg’s Old Town Square as you enter the unassuming yellow domicile at Getreidegasse 9. This is the birthplace of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. View an impressive collection of the young composer’s first instruments and immerse yourself in the captivating saga of this prodigy’s early life.
Details: Hohensalzburg Fortress visit
Take the funicular up to the Hohensalzburg Fortress, the former stronghold of the ruling prince-archbishops. We will visit the elegant State Apartments; the Burgmuseum, with a magnificent collection of medieval art and many Gothic artifacts; the Rainermuseum, which exhibits arms and armor; and the beautiful late Gothic St. George's Chapel, with intricate marble reliefs of the Apostles. From the Watchtower view the panoramic sweep of the Alps and from the Kuenberg Bastion, views of the domes and towers of Salzburg.
Details: Salzburg choir performance
Take the stage and perform for local audiences in a venue that captures the spirit of the city.
Day 7 Salzburg--Vienna
Travel to Vienna
Beethoven Pasqualati House visit
Details: Travel to Vienna
For 600 years, Vienna was the glittering capital of the Habsburg Empire. Today, it is the capital of Austria. Vienna has an incomparable musical heritage, having at one point or another been the home of Mozart, Beethoven, Schubert, Haydn, Brahms, and Johann Strauss.
Details: Beethoven Pasqualati House visit
Beethoven lived here during the majority of his heroic period, between 1804 and 1815. He composed many of his greatest works here, including Symphonies 4, 5, 7 and 8; the opera Fidelio, the 4th Piano Concerto and several string quartets.
Day 8 Vienna
House of Music visit
The Haydn House visit
Free time in Vienna
Details: House of Music visit
Visit the Haus der Musik (House of Music), an interactive discovery museum where visitors can conduct the Vienna Philharmonic from a virtual conductor's podium. The musicians will even rate you! Journey back in time to see the great classical composers. Compose a waltz and have it played. a total of 5,000 square meters have been set aside exclusively for areas dedicated to a wide array of approaches to music.
Details: The Haydn House visit
Visit Haydn’s House and museum with the Brahms room, which contains many memorabilia and artifacts owned by the composer.
Day 9 Vienna
Kunsthistorisches Museum
Vienna Central Cemetery visit
Vienna choir performance
Details: Kunsthistorisches Museum
Visit the historic Kunsthistorisches Museum in the Neue Burg area of Vienna. Among the exhibits are instruments owned or played by Schumann, Brahms, Wolf, Mahler, Liszt, Schubert, Haydn, and Clara Schumann, together with the history of the composers. Explore the Kunsthistorisches Museum (Fine Arts Museum), housing one of Europe’s finest art collections compiled by the Hapsburgs. The collection includes great works from some of Europe’s greatest artists, including Bruegel, Rubens, Durer, Hals, Rembrandt, Raphael, Caravaggio, Titian and Velasquez, just to name a few.
Details: Vienna Central Cemetery visit
Spend some meditative time at the Central Cemetery where we will find the tombs of Beethoven, Brahms, Schoenberg, and Schubert, as well as Mozart's Monument. Other notable musicians buried here are Antonio Salieri, Hugo Wolf, Karl Goldmark, and the singer Lotte Lehmann.
Details: Vienna choir performance
Take the stage and perform for local audiences in a venue that captures the spirit of the city.
Day 10 Flight home from Vienna
Tour Includes:
  • Round-trip airfare and other transportation described in the itinerary
  • 8 overnight stays in hotels with private bathrooms
  • Full European breakfast daily
  • Dinner daily
  • Full time, multilingual, WorldStrides tour director who is LEAP-trained in experiential education
  • Local guide at sites and on city tours as described in the itinerary
  • All of the venue arrangement fees and promotional costs for included concert performances
  • LEAP! Learning through Exploration and Active Participation; trademarked immersive approach of learning by doing
  • Entrances and transportation to sites and activities described in your itinerary
  • Local guide and local bus driver tips; see note regarding other important tips
  • Basic Medical, Dental, Emergency Evacuation Insurance during trip (U.S. travelers only)
  • 24/7 On Tour Emergency Support
  • Up to three college credits upon course completion (grades 9-12) or high school credit (grades 6-12) for U.S. travelers only.
  • Note: On arrival day only dinner is provided; on departure day, only breakfast is provided
  • Note: Tour cost does not include airline-imposed baggage fees, costs for rental, transport of instruments or music stands, any passport or visa fees, or tips for the Tour Director or multi-day bus drivers. Optional excursions, optional pre-paid tips, or other customizations will be listed as separate line items in the total trip cost, if included.

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