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Central Europe Concert Tour

Paris, Strasbourg, Lucerne, Salzburg and Vienna. 3 to 4 performances, 10 nights, from $4,290 per person.

Why this route

Our most requested route for choirs and orchestras: three countries, four performances and the halls and chapels that shaped Mozart, Haydn and Schubert.

  1. Paris
  2. Strasbourg
  3. Lucerne
  4. Salzburg
  5. Vienna

Begin in Paris with a performance in one of the city's historic churches, then follow the Rhine to Strasbourg and its Gothic cathedral. Cross into Switzerland for two nights in Lucerne with a lake concert and a mountain day, before finishing in Salzburg and Vienna.

The route balances big-city stages with small-town audiences that turn out in numbers for a visiting American ensemble. Distances between cities are short enough to keep every performance day rested and rehearsed.

Performance opportunities

Where your ensemble performs

  • Sung Mass or concert in Paris

    A Left Bank church with a resident music program and an audience drawn from the parish and the quarter.

  • Cathedral quarter concert, Strasbourg

    Evening concert in a church beside the cathedral, promoted through the city's cultural calendar.

  • Lakeside concert, Lucerne

    Informal open-air set on the promenade plus a formal concert in a lakeside church.

  • Salzburg and Vienna

    A church concert in Salzburg's old town and a farewell concert in Vienna, with a workshop led by a Viennese choral director.

Venues named in your proposal are confirmed in writing with each venue's music office before your contract is signed. Performance times, audience promotion and piano or percussion hire are listed per venue.

Sample itinerary

Day by day, 12 days

  1. Day 1Overnight flight from the US to Paris
    Travel day
  2. Day 2Arrive Paris. Orientation walk along the Seine, welcome dinner
  3. Day 3Guided Paris day: Notre-Dame quarter, Montmartre. Evening rehearsal in the concert church
  4. Day 4Versailles or the Louvre. Concert 1 in a historic Left Bank church
    Performance
  5. Day 5High-speed train to Strasbourg. Cathedral visit and old-town walk
    Travel day
  6. Day 6Concert 2 in the cathedral quarter. Afternoon in the Alsace wine villages
    Performance
  7. Day 7Coach through the Black Forest to Lucerne. Evening on the lake
    Travel day
  8. Day 8Cogwheel railway to Mount Pilatus or Rigi. Informal lakeside set
    Performance
  9. Day 9Coach via Innsbruck to Salzburg. Old-town walk and Mozart's birthplace
    Travel day
  10. Day 10Concert 3 in a Salzburg church. Free afternoon
    Performance
  11. Day 11Vienna: Schönbrunn Palace, workshop with a Viennese choral director, farewell Concert 4
    Performance
  12. Day 12Fly home from Vienna
    Travel day

Order of cities, length of stay and excursions are adjusted to your group. Directors usually add or remove one to two days.

Price and inclusions

From $4,290 per person

Per person, land only, based on 40 paying travelers and spring 2027 departures. Airfare quoted separately or included on request.

Included

  • Hotels: central 3 and 4 star, twin or triple rooms for students, singles for directors
  • Private touring coach for the full program, with instrument and luggage space
  • Breakfast daily, dinners as listed, welcome and farewell dinners
  • All performance venues, fees, piano and percussion hire where listed
  • Guided visits and entrance tickets as listed in the itinerary
  • Hollis Ridge tour manager with the group from arrival to departure
  • One complimentary place per ten paying travelers
  • Pre-departure planning kit, parent meeting support, 24-hour emergency line

Not included

  • International airfare (quoted separately or included on request)
  • Lunches and drinks not listed
  • Travel insurance (available through our group policy)
  • Passport fees, personal spending, gratuities for drivers and guides
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