Eurovision Song Contest Tour - Simply Guided 2020

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7 DAYS 11 TH - 17 TH MAY 2020

Visiting: Amsterdam, Rotterdam, Keukenhof, The Hague, Scheveningen, Volendam

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DAY 1 M A L TA - A M S T E R DA M

Meet the tour manager at Malta International Airport for your flight to Amsterdam. Upon arrival proceed for city tour. Drive past the Olympic Stadium, the

RAI Convention Centre and the Southern Boulevard, the new business centre of Amsterdam with the World Trade Centre and the Campus of the Free University.

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We will continue to the cultural heart of the city the Museum Square area with the National Art Gallery (Rijksmuseum), the Vincent van Gogh Museum and Municipal Museum for the Modern Art, as well as Mocro Museum. Then onwards to the city centre by driving past the Heineken Brewery, the river Amstel and the synagogues. Maybe a stop at the Diamond factory of Gassan to learn about the art of

cutting diamonds. After this we will drive past the harbour area with its impressive Passengers Terminal, the Central Station (built in the late 1800’s), the Amsterdam Tower and the Eye Film Museum. We will stop for some free time nearby the canals for coffee/lunch. You may also like to board a canal boat for a cruise through the canals of Amsterdam. Transfer to your 3* Hotel Levell for check in.

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DAY 2 S H O P P I N G - E U R OV I S I O N S O N G C O N T E S T S E M I F I NA L

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Breakfast and today you can spend some time shopping where you can choose between in the centre of town the Damrak and Rokin area with its luxury department store The Bijenkorf or you may also like to walk on through the famous Kalverstraat towards the flowermarket situated on Singel canal. If you are in for upmarket stores, more

expensive shops are to be found in the P.C. Hooftstraat near the museum area. The bus will make some stops at the various areas and you will be advised where the bus will be back for the pick up for transfer to the hotel. Late afternoon transfer to Rotterdam Ahoy Complex for the Eurovision Semi Final. (entrance tickets not included)

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DAY 3 K E U K E N H O F

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After breakfast drive to Keukenhof. In 1949 a group of 20 leading flower bulb growers and exporters came up with the plan to use the estate to exhibit spring- flowering bulbs, signaling the birth of Keukenhof as a spring park. The park opened its gates to the public in 1950

and was an instant success, with 236,000 visitors in the first year alone. 2020 will be the 71th edition of Keukenhof, with A World Of Colours as its theme. During the past 70 years Keukenhof has developed into a world-famous attraction. (entrance tickets included).

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DAY 3 T H E H AG U E

The Hague became the Royal Residence and Amsterdam the capital. As a government town and seat of the monarchy, The Hague attracted many embassies and began its reputation as an international city of “Peace and Justice”. As home to the International Court of Justice as well as the International

Criminal Court, The Hague is the only city outside of New York with 2 UN main bodies and is a home base to nearly every international organisation in the field of peaceful administration. With important international organisations like Europol and Eurojust, The Hague is also a European city.

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DAY 3 S C H E V E N I N G E N

Holland’s most famous seaside resort Scheveningen has an abundance of attractions and beach pavilions. Take a stroll along the boulevard and enjoy the view of the North Sea.

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DAY 4 A M S T E R DA M

Breakfast and day at leisure per shopping and personal sight-seeing.

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DAY 5 V O L E N DA M - B E E M S T E R P O L D E R – Z A A N S E S C H A N S

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Today after breakfast transfer to Volendam which is a popular tourist attraction in the Netherlands, well known for its old fishing boats and the traditional clothing still worn by some residents. The women’s costume of Volendam, with its high, pointed bonnet, is one of the most recognizable of the Dutch traditional costumes, and is often featured on tourist postcards and posters (although there are believed to be fewer than 50 women now wearing the costume as part of their daily lives, most of them elderly). There is a regular ferry connection to Marken, a peninsula close by. Volendam also features a small museum about its history and clothing style, and visitors can have their pictures taken in traditional

Dutch costumes. Drive to Beemster Polder, the first so-called polder in the Netherlands that was reclaimed from a lake, the water being extracted from the lake by windmills. The Beemster Polder was dried during the period 1609 through 1612. It has preserved intact its well-ordered landscape of fields, roads, canals, dykes and settlements, laid out in accordance with classical and Renaissance planning principles. A grid of canals parallels the grid of roads in the Beemster. The grids are offset the larger feeder canals are offset by approximately one kilometer from the larger roads. The Beemster was inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage Site list in 1999.

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DAY 6 E U R OV I S I O N S O N G C O N T E S T F I NA L

Breakfast and day at leisure for personal sightseeing or shopping. Late afternoon transfer to Rotterdam Ahoy Complex for the Eurovision Song Contest Final. (entrance tickets not included)

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DAY 7 A M S T E R DA M - M A L TA

Breakfast and transfer to Airport for your flight back to Malta.

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Eurovision Song Contest Rotterdam 2020

€ 659 7 DAY GUIDED TOUR FROM

11 - 17 MAY 2020

Visiting: Amsterdam, Rotterdam, Keukenhof, The Hague, Scheveningen, Volendam

DAY 1 – MALTA - AMSTERDAM Meet the tour manager at Malta International Airport for your flight to Amsterdam. Upon arrival proceed for city tour. Drive past the Olympic Stadium, the RAI Convention Centre and the Southern Boulevard, the new business centre of Amsterdamwith theWorld Trade Centre and the Campus of the Free University. We will continue to the cultural heart of the city the Museum Square area with the National Art Gallery (Rijksmuseum), the Vincent van Gogh Museum and Municipal Museum for the Modern Art, as well as Mocro Museum. Then onwards to the city centre by driving past the Heineken Brewery, the river Amstel and the synagogues. Maybe a stop at the Diamond factory of Gassan to learn about the art of cutting diamonds. After this we will drive past the harbour area with its impressive Passengers Terminal, the Central Station (built in the late 1800’s), the Amsterdam Tower and the Eye Film Museum. We will stop for some free time nearby the canals for coffee/lunch. You may also like to board a canal boat for a cruise through the canals of Amsterdam. Transfer to your 3* Hotel Levell for check in. DAY 2 – SHOPPING - EUROVISION SONG CONTEST SEMI FINAL Breakfast and today you can spend some time shopping where you can choose between in the centre of town the Damrak and Rokin area with its luxury department store The Bijenkorf or you may also like to walk on through the famous Kalverstraat towards the flowermarket situated on Singel canal. If you are in for upmarket stores, more expensive shops are to be found in the P.C. Hooftstraat near the museum area. The bus will make some stops at the various areas and you will be advised where the bus will be back for the pick up for transfer to the hotel. Late afternoon transfer to Rotterdam Ahoy Complex for the Eurovision Semi Final. (entrance tickets not included) DAY 3 – KEUKENHOF - THE HAGUE - SCHEVENINGEN After breakfast drive to Keukenhof. In 1949 a group of 20 leading flower bulb growers and exporters came up with the plan to use the estate to exhibit spring-flowering bulbs, signaling the birth of Keukenhof as a spring park. The park opened its gates to the public in 1950 and was an instant success, with 236,000 visitors in the first year alone. 2020 will be the 71th edition of Keukenhof, with A World Of Colours as its theme. During the past 70 years Keukenhof has developed into a world-famous attraction. (entrance tickets included). The Hague became the Royal Residence and Amsterdam the

DAY 6 – EUROVISION SONG CONTEST FINAL Breakfast and day at lisure for personal sightseeing or shopping. Late afternoon transfer to Rotterdam Ahoy Complex for the Eurovision Song Contest Final. (entrance tickets not included) DAY 7 – AMSTERDAM – MALTA Breakfast and transfer to Airport for your flight back to Malta.

capital. As a government town and seat of the monarchy, The Hague attracted many embassies and began its reputation as an international city of “Peace and Justice”. As home to the International Court of Justice as well as the International Criminal Court, The Hague is the only city outside of New York with 2 UN main bodies and is a home base to nearly every international organisation in the field of peaceful administration. With important international organisations like Europol and Eurojust, The Hague is also a European city. Holland’s most famous seaside resort Scheveningen has an abundance of attractions and beach pavilions. Take a stroll along the boulevard and enjoy the view of the North Sea. DAY 4 – AMSTERDAM Breakfast and day at leisure per shopping and personal sight-seeing. DAY 5 – VOLENDAM - BEEMSTER POLDER – ZAANSE SCHANS Today after breakfast transfer to Volendam which is a popular tourist attraction in the Netherlands, well known for its old fishing boats and the traditional clothing still worn by some residents. The women’s costume of Volendam, with its high, pointed bonnet, is one of the most recognizable of the Dutch traditional costumes, and is often featured on tourist postcards and posters (although there are believed to be fewer than 50 women now wearing the costume as part of their daily lives, most of them elderly). There is a regular ferry connection to Marken, a peninsula close by. Volendam also features a small museum aboutitshistoryandclothingstyle,andvisitors can have their pictures taken in traditional Dutch costumes. Drive to Beemster Polder, the first so-called polder in the Netherlands that was reclaimed from a lake, the water being extracted from the lake by windmills. The Beemster Polder was dried during the period 1609 through 1612. It has preserved intact its well-ordered landscape of fields, roads, canals, dykes and settlements, laid out in accordance with classical and Renaissance planning principles. A grid of canals parallels the grid of roads in the Beemster. The grids are offset the larger feeder canals are offset by approximately one kilometer from the larger roads. The Beemster was inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage Site list in 1999. Continue to Zaanse Schans, a popular tourist attractions of the Netherlands and an anchor point of the European Route of Industrial Heritage (ERIH). The Zaanse Schans houses seven museums: the Weavers House, the Cooperage, the Jisper House, Zaan Time Museum, Albert Heijn Museum Shop and the Bakery Museum. The whole neighbourhood is a popular tourist attraction.

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PACKAGE PRICE PER PERSON QUAD SHARING

€ 659 € 699 € 789 € 519 € 539

TRIPLE SHARING TWIN SHARING

1ST CHILD SHARING WITH 2 ADULTS 2ND CHILD SHARING WITH 2 ADULTS

OUR PACKAGE INCLUDES P

RETURN FLIGHTS MALTA/AMSTERDAM/MALTA

AIRLINE TAXES AND FUEL CHARGES 6 NIGHTS IN 3* ACCOMMODATION

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6 BREAKFASTS

SERVICES OF A LOCAL ENGLISH SPEAKING GUIDE SERVICES OF AN EXPERIENCED ROCS TRAVEL TOUR MANAGER

PACKAGE OF EXCURIONS PER PERSON

€ 249

OUR PACKAGE OF EXCURSIONS INCLUDES P HALF DAY CITY TOUR OF AMSTERDAM P RETURN TRANSFER FOR SHOPPING P

RETURN TRANSFERS FOR EUROVISION SEMI FINAL FULL DAY KEUKENHOF, THE HAGUE AND SCHEVENINGEN FULL DAY VOLENDAM, BEEMSTER POLDAR AND ZAANSE SCHANS RETURN TRANSFERS FOR EUROVISION SEMI FINAL

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RETURN AIRPORT TRANSFERS

QUOTED PACKAGE PRICE ABOVE ARE ONLY APPLICABLE WHEN FULL PACKAGES ARE TAKEN. SUPPLEMENT OF € 119 PER PERSON WILL BE APPLICABLE INCLUSIVE OF RETURN AIRPORT TRANSFERS / EUROVISION SEMI FINAL TRANSFERS AND EUROVISION FINAL TRANSFERS FOR THOSE REQUESTING A PACKAGE ONLY OPTION.

EVENT TICKETS WILL BE AVAILABLE AT THE END OF MARCH AND WILL BE QUOTED ACCORDINGLY. PRICES ARE PER PERSON & SUBJECT TO AVAILABILITY IN THE APPROPRIATE CLASSES AT THE TIME OF BOOKING. PRICE MAY VARY WITHOUT NOTICE. TERMS & CONDITIONS APPLY.

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