12 Days
Specific Tour
50 people
English
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Depart for your overnight flight to Germany. Meals will be served on board.
Arrival at Frankfurt Airport and meet your professional tour escort.
Transfer to Mainz.
Lunch on your own.
Explore the old town of Mainz.
Visit the Gutenberg Museum (entrance fee & guided tour included) (subject to confirmation). See one of the original Gutenberg Bibles in one of the oldest printing museums in the world.
Visit St. Stephen’s Church – Marc Chagall stained-glass windows symbolize reconciliation after WWII, tying to Bonhoeffer’s theme of peace and reconciliation. Then take part in a guided city tour through the old town of Mainz (entrance fee & guided tour included) (subject to confirmation).
Check-in at the hotel.
Welcome dinner with wine from vineyards in Rheinhessen at a local restaurant (included).
Overnight at the hotel in Mainz. (D)
Breakfast at the hotel and check-out.
Depart to Worms.
Worms tour to include the Luther Monument, St. Peter’s Cathedral (free admission; subject to confirmation), and the site of the Diet of Worms, where Luther defended his beliefs.
Lunch on your own.
Depart for Eisenach.
Tour of Wartburg Castle, where Luther translated the New Testament in exile (entrance fee, guided tour, and shuttle bus included) (subject to confirmation).
Check-in at the hotel.
Dinner at the hotel.
Overnight at the hotel in Eisenach. (B, D)
Breakfast at the hotel and check-out.
Drive to Leipzig (approximately 3.5 hrs).
Enjoy a guided Leipzig tour.
Visit St. Thomas Church, where Luther preached and where Johann Sebastian Bach later served as cantor and director of music (entrance fee included) (subject to confirmation).
Visit St. Nicholas’ Church, a center for the peaceful prayers and protests that brought down East German communism in 1989, echoing Bonhoeffer’s call for courageous faith (free admission) (subject to confirmation).
Visit the Bach Museum in Leipzig.
Lunch on your own.
Check-in at the hotel.
Dinner at a local restaurant with German cuisine (included).
Overnight at the hotel in Leipzig. (B, D)
Breakfast at the hotel and check-out.
Depart for Wittenberg.
Visit Wittenberg All Saints Castle Church (Schlosskirche), where Luther nailed his 95 Theses in 1517. His tomb is also located here (entrance fee included) (subject to confirmation).
Visit St. Mary’s Church, the town church where Luther often preached; Katharina von Bora, Luther’s wife, is buried here (entrance fee included) (subject to confirmation).
Lunch on your own.
Visit the Lutherhaus exhibition in the Augusteum: Luther’s former monastery home turned into a Reformation museum, with artifacts from his life and work (entrance fee & guided tour included) (subject to confirmation).
Check-in at the hotel.
Dinner at the hotel.
Overnight at the hotel in Wittenberg. (B, D)
Breakfast at the hotel and check-out.
Worship at Castle Church in Wittenberg.
Drive to Berlin (approximately 3 hrs).
Lunch on your own.
Afternoon walking tour of Berlin’s civic and spiritual landmarks, including the Reichstag, Brandenburg Gate, Holocaust Memorial, and Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church (exterior views).
Check-in at the hotel.
Dinner at the hotel.
Overnight at the hotel in Berlin. (B, D)
Breakfast at the hotel.
Visit the Topography of Terror (Nazi Resistance Museum), documenting the crimes of the Nazi regime and the resistance against it, located on the site of the former SS and Gestapo headquarters (entrance fee & guided tour included) (subject to confirmation).
Lunch on your own.
Visit the Bonhoeffer-Haus (entrance fee included) (subject to confirmation), former home and memorial.
Free time for leisure activities (time permitting).
Dinner at the hotel.
Overnight at the hotel in Berlin. (B, D)
Breakfast at the hotel and check-out.
Drive to Herrnhut (approximately 4.5 hrs).
Lunch on your own en route.
Visit Herrnhutter Sterne Manufactory (free admission) (subject to confirmation).
Visit Zinzendorf Church in Herrnhut and learn about the Moravian Daily Texts, used by Bonhoeffer. The tradition of daily Scripture and hymn readings dates to 1728, shaping devotional life worldwide. The texts are chosen annually by the Moravian Church in Herrnhut (subject to confirmation).
Continue to Dresden (approximately 2.5 hrs).
Check-in at the hotel.
Dinner at the hotel.
Overnight at the hotel in Dresden. (B, D)
Breakfast at the hotel and check-out.
Enjoy a guided tour of Dresden’s Old Town, including Zwinger Palace, Semper Opera, and the Elbe River walk, with focus on WWII destruction and postwar restoration (exterior views).
Drive to Prague (approximately 4 hrs).
Lunch on your own en route.
Check-in at the hotel.
Dinner at a local restaurant with folk show (included).
Overnight at the hotel in Prague. (B, D)
Breakfast at the hotel.
Enjoy a tour of Prague.
Visit Jan Hus Memorial: honors reformer Jan Hus, martyred in 1415 for challenging church corruption—Luther regarded him as a forerunner of the Reformation.
Visit the Old New Synagogue: one of Europe’s oldest synagogues, connecting to Luther’s complex legacy regarding Judaism and Bonhoeffer’s defense of Jews (entrance fee included) (subject to confirmation).
Visit Bethlehem Chapel: where Hus preached in the early 1400s, laying groundwork for later reform movements (entrance fee included) (subject to confirmation).
Lunch on your own.
Free time for leisure activities.
Dinner at the hotel.
Overnight at the hotel in Prague. (B, D)
Breakfast at the hotel.
Guided tour of Prague, including the Castle District (Hradčany) (entrance fee included).
Visit St. Vitus Cathedral with Wenceslas Chapel.
Stroll through Malá Strana with its remarkable architecture.
Cross the Charles Bridge to visit Old Town, one of Europe’s best-preserved historic centers.
Visit the Old Town Square and the Town Hall with its famous Astronomical Clock (exterior views only).
Lunch on your own.
Afternoon and evening free for personal walking tour and reflection.
Closing worship/reflection service on Luther & Bonhoeffer’s legacy (subject to confirmation / time permitting).
Dinner at the hotel.
Overnight at the hotel in Prague. (B, D)
Breakfast at the hotel (or pickup breakfast boxes) and check-out.
Drive to Prague International Airport for your departure flight home. (B)
