Empires that redrew the map
Our Germany and Austria tours follow the powers that shaped central Europe and kept changing its borders. Trier sits in the Moselle valley and was Augusta Treverorum, an important provincial capital, a residence of emperors and the largest market of an ancient wine-growing area. Berlin holds Prussian palaces and countercultures in the same streets. Austria lies in the Eastern Alps, its grand palaces, gardens and lakes set among snow-dusted peaks. And along the border, Alsace and Lorraine lay for centuries between the spheres of France and the German-speaking world, their shifting allegiances leaving a distinctive legacy behind them.
Each tour here is built around one shared interest, whether that's Roman archaeology, later history or gardens, and you travel with specialists who love sharing it.