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Tour Highlights
Welcome dinner at the historic Heidelberg brew house, 2 nights in the beautiful
city of Heidelberg, Heidelberg Cattle Tour, John Deere Factory visit & lunch, two
preview days at Agritechnica , Dinner drinks & live music at the Agritechnica
beer hall, 2 Farm visits near Goslar & Berlin- biogas & cropping operations, 2
nights in Berlin, Berlin City tour, sightseeing visit to Potsdam & the famous
Sanssouci Palace, Bavarian style farewell dinner in Berlin
Join us & experience the largest Ag Machinery Show in the world!!
AGRITECHNICA 2017
Day 1: Wednesday, 8th November, 2017 Depart Canada overnight flight
Day 2: Thursday, 9th November, 2017 Frankfurt (Main) - Heidelberg (D) Arrival at Frankfurt (Main) airport to be met by your English speaking tour escort. Transfer to your hotel in Heidelberg. Free time to relax after a long flight. Welcome dinner at old local brewery restaurant in the historic section of the old city. Overnight in Heidelberg
Day 3: Friday, 10 November, 2017 Heidelberg (B) Full buffet breakfast at the hotel. Transfer to Mannheim. Visit of John Deere tractor factory. Visit John Deere forum where the whole product range of John Deere can be seen. Visit the museum of John Deere and the souvenir shop. Return Heidelberg. Visit of a local beer brewery including tasting and dinner.
Overnight in Heidelberg
AGRITECHNICA is now the world’s leading trade fair for agricultural
machinery and equipment!
The trade fair was divided into sector groups in 24 halls covering a floor
space of over 100 acres. The trade fair attracted around 450,000 visi-
tors from 88 countries, including 106,700 international visitors.
Day 4: Saturday November 11th: Heidelberg to Mannheim to Minden (B,D)
Full buffet breakfast at the hotel, followed by a guided city walk of Heidelberg including the famous castle. Continue onto Minden. Minden is a town of about 83,000 inhabitants in the north-east of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. The town extends along both sides of the River Weser. It is the capital of the district (Kreis) of Minden-Lu bbecke, which is part of the region of Detmold. Minden is the historic political centre of the cultural region of Minden Land. It is widely known as the inter-section of the Mittelland Canal and the River Weser. The town is over 1,200 years old and has many buildings in the Weser Renaissance style, in addition to its architecturally symbolic 1,000-year-old cathedral. Overnight Minden
Day 5: Sunday, 12th November, 2017 Hanover/Minden (B,D) Agritechnica Exclusive Days Full buffet breakfast at the hotel. Transfer to the fairground in Hannover . Visit to AGRITECHNICA 2017 ex-clusive day. Lunch on your own at the fairground. Late afternoon you will gather in the Munich Hall at the fairground, a typical Bavarian-style beerhall. You will enjoy a great dinner there. Later return to your hotel in Minden for overnight. Overnight: Minden
Day 6: Monday, November 13th , 2017 Hanover/Minden (B)
Full buffet breakfast at the hotel. Early transfer to the fairgrounds in Hannover. Visit to AGRITECHNICA 2017 exclusive day. Lunch on your own at the fairground. Late afternoon transfer back to Minden. Free time in the evening. Overnight Minden
Day 7: Tuesday, November 14th, 2017 Potsdam (B,D)
Breakfast at your hotel. This morning your tour continues towards Potsdam near Berlin.
On route you will have two farm visits. The first visit will be at a Holstein dairy farm. The herd consists of 120
cows, 5-10 breeding bulls and 120 young cattle. The farm operates a dairy master milking parlor. On 80ha arable
land wheat, barley, rape and maize are grown. Another 40 ha grass-land belongs to the farm as well.
Lunch in a local restaurant.
Next you will visit a large farm operation with 3.800 ha arable land. This particular company is very impressive
as the farm shows you the change from a communism collective to a modern farm.
You will visit the farm with exclusive explanations from the chairman.
Transfer and check in at your hotel for dinner and overnight.
Overnight Potsdam
Day 8: Wednesday, November 15th,2017 Potsdam-Berlin (B,D) Full buffet breakfast at the hotel. Visit of the world famous Sanssouci palace. Continue to Berlin where
you will meet your city guide and start the city tour of Berlin. Berlin is a capital with a turbulent past. The city
has risen to the urban and environmental challenges of rebuilding itself. Since the unification Berlin has
once again been the capital of Germany. The densest array of sights lies to the east of the Brandenburg
Gate, on either side of “Unter den Linden”. You will see the famous spots like the Brandenburg Gate, Reichs-
tag and the Museums Island. Check-in at your 4*-hotel Winter or similar. Afternoon free time for shopping or
own arrangements. Dinner at a typical Berlin-style restaurant. Overnight at your hotel.
Overnight Berlin
Day 9: Thursday, November 16th, 2017 Berlin (B,D) Free day to explore and enjoy Berlin on your own In the evening farewell dinner in brewery restaurant (Bavarian style). Overnight Berlin
Day 10: Friday, November 17th,2017 Berlin - Canada
Depending on your flights transfer to the airport for your flight back to Canada.
Twin Rate: $3870 per person land only
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