Beer & Beyond: Austria and Slovenia
Basic Itinerary
Saturday, April 18
Arrival in Salzburg
Accommodation: Hotel Stadtkrug
Activities Include: Check-in at hotel; optional afternoon meet-up and initial neighborhood walk; Group welcome dinner with Jessica and Brian at "Die Weisse -Gasthaus", Austria's oldest wheat beer brewery.
Sunday, April 19
Salzburg
Activities Include: leisurely breakfast; free morning to discover Salzburg; early afternoon two-hour guided city walking tour culminating at Stiegl, Austria's largest private brewery for a tour and tasting; free evening.
Monday, April 20
Salzburg
Activities Include: leisurely breakfast; free day for sight-seeing, shopping, people-watching; optional afternoon hike and well-earned beverage with Jessica overlooking Salzburg (weather permitting); free evening; optional evening pub crawl.
Tuesday, April 21
Salzburg
Kamnik
Llubljana
Activities Include: early breakfast; check-out of hotel; private group transportation to Llubljana via Kamnik, Slovenia's beautifully preserved medieval town - with a thriving microbrewery scene! Surprise beer adventure in Kamnik in the afternoon; private transportation on to Llubljana; check in to hotel; free evening.
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Accommodation: CUBO Hotel
Wednesday, April 22
Llubljana
Activities Include: breakfast; day trip to Žalec; private group tour of the Eco-Museum of Hop-Growing and Brewing; experience the world's first beer fountain in the heart of town; afternoon hops farm and Green Gold Brewery tour and tasting; return to Llubljana late afternoon; free evening.
Thursday, April 23
Llubljana
Vienna
Activities Include: leisurely breakfast; check out of hotel; train to Vienna.
Arrive in Vienna, check into hotel; optional evening walk with Jessica through the historic center of the city; free evening.
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Accommodation: Die Josefine
Friday, April 24
Vienna
Activities Include: leisurely breakfast; free morning and early afternoon; mid-afternoon private tour and tasting at Vienna's independent Ottakringer Brauerei; free evening.
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Saturday, April 25
Vienna
Activities Include: leisurely breakfast and free morning; noon excursion to the famous vineyard districts of Vienna; Heuriger (wine garden) experience; early evening hands-on Austrian cooking school and farewell group dinner.
