International Expeditions
Lighthouses of Germany
Dates
July 20 through August 5, 2010
Itinerary
July 20, 2010
BERLIN
Arrive at the Berlin International Airport. We will have our welcome dinner that evening at the hotel.
July 21, 2010
BERLIN
We will have a guided tour of the capital city of Berlin in the morning, and you will have the afternoon and evening free to explore the city on your own.
July 22, 2010
BERLIN-WARNEMÜNDE
After breakfast, we will travel to the coast for a tour of the Darßer Ort lighthouse, with its spectacular view of the Baltic Sea. We will also visit the Wustrow, Warnemünde, Westmole and Eastmole lights, and then spend the night in Warnemünde.
July 23, 2010
WARNEMÜNDE-LÜBECK
We will travel to Bastorf to tour the Buk lighthouse, an example of the German Imperial lighthouse architecture. Next, we will stop at the Gollwitz Nord, Timmendorf, and Walfisch Unterfeuer lights for photo ops. Then, on to Travemünde to visit the 101-foot brick tower dating back to 1539. We will also see the high-rise hotel from which the light is currently displayed and the nearby Travemünde Nordmole light.
July 24, 2010
LÜBECK
From our base in Lübeck, we will travel by bus to Fehmarn Island to view several unique lighthouses of this area, including Dahmeshöved and the 125-foot Flügge tower with its unusually complete lightstation. We also plan to view the Heiligenhafen, Marienleuchte, Westermarkelsdorf, and Staberhuk lights. We will return to Lübeck in time for a guided walking tour of the city.
July 25, 2010
LÜBECK- NIEBÜLL
After breakfast, we will travel to Holtenau to visit the Nord and Süd lights. These lights mark the entrance to the Nord-Ostee Kanal, which provides a shortcut between the North and Baltic Seas via Kiel. We will view the old Friedrichsort lantern and watchroom, and the new offshore light. The day will be highlighted with a tour of the round brick tower of Bülk. Our last stop of the day will be in Eckernförde, where we will see the four lights in the area.
July 26, 2010
NIEBÜLL
Our destination today is the resort island of Sylt. We will travel to this northernmost point of Germany via railway and will visit the Hörnum, Hörnum Unterfeuer, Kampen, Rotes Kliff, List West, and List Ost lights.
July 27, 2010
NIEBÜLL-HAMBURG
We will travel to Westerheversand, where we will have a short walk to the 130-foot cast iron tower, one of the best known lighthouses on the German North Sea coast. From there we will go to Hamburg, stopping for photo ops of the St. Peter Böhl, Büsum, and Brunsbüttel lights on the way.
July 28, 2010
HAMBURG
We will visit lights of the north bank of the Elbe River: the Blankenese Unterfeuer and Oberfeuer lights, the Wittenbergen Unterfeuer and the Tinsdale Oberfeuer lights. Afterwards we will tour the Trinity House Lightship and spend the afternoon at the International Maritime Museum in Hamburg.
July 29, 2010
HAMBURG
We will start the day with a tour of the city. The major port city of Hamburg, on the Elbe River, combines narrow cobblestone streets and mansions of the historic harbor area with sleek high-rises built after the heavy destruction of WWII. You will have a free afternoon and evening for a harbor cruise, shopping, or sightseeing on your own.
July 30, 2010
HAMBURG-BREMERHAVEN
On our way out of Hamburg, we will stop by several lights on the south side of the Elbe River. On our way around the peninsula, we will stop at the unique, and more recent, lights of Altenbruch and Baumrönne, as well as the 1805 Cuxhaven light, a copper-domed brick tower dating to 1805. We will also see the Kugelbake light, a unique 'ball beacon' that has been the traditional symbol of the town of Cuxhaven and tour the Lightship ELBE I.
July 31, 2010
BREMERHAVEN
One of the 'must-see' lights of Germany will be our destination on Saturday. We will cross the ground of the sea at low tide to the island of Neuwerk, and return to Bremerhaven via ferry in the evening. Neuwerk is the home of the oldest building on the German coast. It was built around 1300-1310 and served as a daybeacon for 500 years before being converted to a lighthouse in 1814 by the addition of a large lantern on the roof.
August 1, 2010
BREMERHAVEN
In the morning, we will visit the lights of Brinkamahof, and Geeste, the old harbor of Bremerhaven. Then on to the range lights of Bremerhaven - the front light is cast iron crowned with a ball and spire, while the rear range is an elegant New Gothic brick tower. You will have the afternoon and evening free to explore Bremerhaven. You may wish to visit the emigration museum, which has thousands of names and dates of people who left Europe 100 years ago for America. Bremerhaven is also home to the German Maritime Museum.
August 2, 2010
BREMERHAVEN-EMDEN
After breakfast, and leaving Bremerhaven, we will start the day with a stop at the Pilsum Light and a tour of the Campen Light. The skeletal Campen light is Germany's tallest, at 214 feet. The modern Knock and Wybelsum lights will also be included in the program on this day.
August 3, 2010
EMDEN
We will board the ferry for a trip to Borkum Island, with photo ops of the Emden West Mole Light, the Fischerbalje Lighthouse and the FEUERSCHIFF BORKUMRIFF IV Lightship enroute. Once on the island, we will take the shuttle to downtown Borkum to view four lighthouses. The 1879 Borkum light is one of the tallest brick towers in the world, at 197 feet.
August 4, 2010
EMDEN-BREMEN
After breakfast we will head to Bremen. Once there, we will view the harbor lights Seehausen Ost and West, and the Bremen überseehafen Südmole. We will also have a guided walking tour of the city. That evening we will have our farewell dinner at the hotel.
August 5, 2010
Breakfast at the hotel. Departures from the Bremen International Airport.
Double - $7,964.00
Single - $4,840.00
