Sample itinerary

This is an example of the type of itinerary developed for our 12-day international study tours.
Sunday – Arrive in Munich and check into hotel
Mon 930 – briefings on host companies (including lunch)
Munich 1500 – introductory 2hr coach tour of Munich including Olympic Area
1700 – visit Nymphenburg Palace and Park
1800 – walk to Hirschgarten, Munich’s largest beer garden, for dinner
2000 – return to hotel
Tues 830 – depart hotel
Munich 915 – visit a finance firm, e.g. Munich Re, Allianz
1515 – depart for Castlehotel Liebenstein (debrief on coach)
1815 – arrive Castlehotel Liebenstein (dinner banquet in castle at 2000)
Wed 800 – depart hotel
Stuttgart 900 – visit high-tech, IT or auto company, e.g. IBM, SAP, Kärcher, Porsche
1600 – depart for Hotel Basel in Basel (debrief on coach)
1900 – Hotel Basel(dinner in town at leisure)
Thurs 800 – depart hotel by coach
Basel 900 – visit a high-tech company, e.g. Endress & Hauser, Georg Fischer, Swatch
1600 – debrief on coach trip back to hotel
1700 – Hotel Basel (dinner in town at leisure)
Friday 815 – depart hotel
Basel 900 – visit a pharma company, e.g. Roche, Novartis
1230 – lunch
1330 – depart for Hotel Müller via Lindau (debrief on coach)
1600 – arrive Hotel Müller (walk around lake, dinner in village at leisure)
Sat 830 – leave for castle visit, walk up or take horse-drawn carriage
900 – visit King Ludwig’s castle (Neuschwanstein)
1000 – mountain walk including lunch at top of mountain (take chairlift down)
p.m. – optional visit to charming nearby town of Füssen
night – Hotel Müller
Sun 1000 – to Munich via Wieskirche, Ettal Monastery & Oberammergau
1730 – arrive at hotel in Munich (in centre or on fringe of town)
Mon 815 – depart hotel by coach
Munich 900 – visit a high-tech company, e.g. Giesecke & Devrient, Rhode & Schwarz
1600 – debrief visit (then at leisure in Munich)
Tues 800 – depart hotel by coach
Munich 845 – visit an applied research organisation,
e.g. Fraunhofer Society, GE Global Research
1430 – coach back to hotel (debrief on coach)
1515 – arrive hotel (at leisure in Munich)
Wed 800 – depart hotel by coach
Munich 930 – visit an auto manufacturer, e.g. Audi, BMW
1630 – coach back to hotel (debrief on coach)
1800 – arrive at hotel
Thurs 815 – depart hotel by coach
Munich 915 – visit a certification or high-tech company, e.g. TÜV SÜD, Seele
1600 – debrief on coach or in hotel
Friday – depart Munich (various departure times)