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The Bauhaus building in Dessau
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Itinerary
Day
1
Depart London Heathrow 1050 on British Airways arrioing Berlin 1345. Transfer to Weimar for three nights at Dorint Hotel Am Goethepark.
Day
2
Morning lecture followed by short walking tour of central Weimar: visits to former Bauhaus Building (including restored office of Walter Gropius), Walter Gropius monument, Nietzsche Archive and Haus am Horn. Afternoon: Neues Bauhaus Museum.
Day
3
Whole day excursion to Erfurt and Jena: Margarete Reichardt Haus (former weaving workshop and museum), Walter Gropius’s Haus Auerbach and Ernst Abbe Mausoleum (by van der Velde).
Day
4
Transfer to Chemnitz via Gera: Haus Schulenburg (by van de Velde). Afternoon in Chemnitz: Gunzenhauser Museum (Expressionist paintings), Chemnitz Public Baths (by Fred Otto). Overnight at Hotel an der Oper, Chemnitz.
Day
5
Optional walking tour of Chemnitz including exterior of former Schocken department store (by Mendelsohn). Transfer to Dessau for visits to Bauhaus buildings, Masters’ Houses, Törten Housing Estate (by Gropius) and new Bauhaus Museum. Overnight at Radisson Blu Fürst Leopold Hotel, Dessau.
Day
6
Transfer to Berlin via Mendelsohn’s Einstein Tower (exterior). Depart Berlin 1645, arriving Heathrow 1740.
Tour Dates
22 Jun — 27 Jun 2021
Days
6
Cost
£2175
Tour Code
GBAU-21
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FITNESS/PRACTICALITIES
A good level of fitness is required for this tour as it involves a significant amount of walking, including over cobbled streets.
FLIGHTS
For customers who wish to make their own travel arrangements, ACE is pleased to be able to offer a flight reduction of £150.
Cost of £2175 includes: return airfare, accommodation based on sharing a double bedded room, breakfast, two lunches, dinner with water & coffee, excursions & admissions, gratuities.
Not included: travel insurance, double room for single use supplement £200.