Central Europe highlights vacation

Environment

This tour takes in five UNESCO World Heritage Sites, showcasing to our clients the utmost importance of respecting the areas we travel to in order to preserve these old towns and buildings. We have a responsible travel policy available online and linked from pre-departure information stating with guidelines for visiting historic sites.

Travel on this tour is completed using trains. In doing this, we limit our impact on road congestion and the CO2 produced by this tour is minimal. Traveling using widely available, existing infrastructure is one way that we make our tours environmentally friendly and it has the additional benefit of being able to meet locals whilst traveling.

Group Size:
This small group tour has a maximum of 19 people, meaning we have a low impact on the places we visit. This allows us to stay in smaller hotels that cannot benefit from large coach tours.

Our tour leaders ask that travelers respect signage, to take only photographs and leave no litter or waste behind. Clients are advised during the pre departure meeting to practise eco ways of traveling such as ensuring all lights are switched off in hotel rooms before leaving, reusing towels and bed linen and avoiding plastic bottles where possible. These points are reiterated by our tour leader while the group is traveling.

Community

We use small, locally owned accommodation wherever possible on this tour. This allows passengers to stay in more unique hotels and it directly benefits the local community.

This tour uses a local supplier and local guides for the excursion to Auschwitz. Not only does this inject business back into the area but having a local guide gives passengers insight that they would not otherwise have if visiting the site alone.

Accommodation and Meals:
Our tour leaders suggest local and authentic cafes and restaurants for passengers to dine at. This not only provides the best food experience but puts money back into smaller businesses.

Travelers are encouraged to learn a few words and phrases of the language and interact with the locals as much as possible to enhance their social experiences on tour. Travelers are also encouraged to take part in city walking tours, supporting local guides and learning more about the destination from local experts.