Itinerary -
Typical 5-9 Day Tour!
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Arrival
Day! - Your “jet-lag” arrival day in Stuttgart-Pick up your
luggage and catch a taxi to the hotel, normally on the outskirts of Stuttgart,
it’s about a 20 minute ride to our wonderful hotel. You are pre-registered
at the hotel so check in, take a shower and a short nap perhaps. Don’t
sleep too long as you’ll do much better staying up, sightseeing or exercising,
out in the sunshine. We will “meet and greet” at 7:00 PM or 19:00 hours,
in the reception area.
Day 1-Tuesday - A fabulous breakfast awaits you and
you’ll need it as you'll experience a full-day! We’ll board our GAT
Motor Coach/Cars and cruise off to Untertürkheim to visit the new
Mercedes-Benz V6 and V8 Engine Plant. Following the engine plant, an organized
tour of the Mercedes Museum. In the late morning, there might be a BIG
surprise for you (no, we're not telling). We’ll have our lunch at the
”Guest and Management Restaurant”. Following lunch, we transfer
to Mercedes-Benz in Sindelfingen and the Factory Visitor's Center, where
there will be some shopping time in the lovely boutique, followed by our
VIP Tour of the Mercedes Production Facility for the S-, E-,
and C-Class cars. Who’s picking up a new car? When the Plant closes we
board our transportation and return to the Hotel. Normally our "Welcome
to Germany" Dinner is at the "zum Paulaner" Restaurant
in downtown Stuttgart.
Day 2- Wednesday - After breakfast, we’re off for
the Mercedes Classic Center in Fellbach for an in-depth look at the Mercedes
Restoration/Sales Facility. From there, it's a visit to the Daimler Memorial
in Cannstatt. Stop over to VFB for Lunch. After a visit to the oldest
Mercedes Store at Tuerlenstrasse, we make a short trip to M-B Forum, then
back to the Hotel for some “free time”. Everybody meets at 7:30
for our walk over to the Restaurant, to be announced.
Day 3 -Thursday - Black Forest, ”Autobahn Touring
Day”: After a leisurely breakfast, we're off to the Black Forest
and a drive through the fairytale countryside. We stop for lunch in Triberg,
the cuckoo clock capitol of the world, at the picturesque Restaurant/Hotel
Pfaff with Peter, the owner. You sports types can walk up the mountain
trail to Germany's highest waterfall if you like. We'll drive slowly
back towards (normally over the panorama road) Stuttgart and turn in our
cars at Untertürkheim. There will be a few surprises along the way, I'm
sure.
Day 4 - Friday - After fueling (breakfast), it's
out the B14 as we wind our way over to AMG’s Fantasy land and the DTM
World of HWA in Affalterbach. We’ll spend almost 2 hours looking at modifications
being made to some of the world’s most treasured Mercedes-Benz Sedans,
Roadsters, G-Wagens and CLKs, etc. Later, it's a stop-over at G.
Daimler’s Birthplace in lovely half-timbered Schorndorf. There,
we will enjoy lunch. After that, we'll make a short stop over at Lorinser,
the laudable Mercedes tuner (if time allows). After that full day,
it's back to the hotel. Our evening dinner location will be determined
by the time we return to the hotel.
Day 5 - Saturday - Have a leisurely day, as this is your
“Option Day” to do as you wish; e.g. spend the day shopping on Königstasse,
come with some of us to revisit the Mercedes Museum, take in one of the
exhibitions at the Museum of Modern Art, walk through the gardens of the
famous Wilhelma Zoo, stroll over to the city market for a taste of “locals”,
or take a tour of Stuttgart or spend an afternoon at the Wellness Center
in Stuttgart. Tonight is our dressier dinner night.
Day 6 - Sunday - After the
German "Kaffee und Brötchen", we will journey
north to Sinsheim and spend the afternoon enjoying their Motor-Sport-Museum
and the huge exhibition areas filled with racing cars, airplanes,
motorcycles and engines. When everyone’s had enough it’s back
to the hotel.
Day 7 - Monday - Our short ride to Zuffenhausen and
our special visit to the one-and-only Porsche
Production Facility, Museum,
Boutique and Delivery Center in Zuffenhausen. You Porsche buffs watch
out for the new 996 GT3 and the Carrera GT. We’ll also stop over at Porsche’s
New Factory Showroom.
Day 8 - Tuesday - Early ICE High Speed Train to Frankfurt
and THE largest Auto Show in the World, the IAA-or Frankfurt International
Auto Show. Bring plenty of film and comfortable walking shoes for this!
Nice long car-day that you’ll probably never forget-pace yourself. Return
via the train to our Hotel in Stuttgart about 10:00 PM. (Frankfurt
Show is seasonal only)
Day 9 - Wednesday - Check out of our hotel and travel
to Munich to enjoy the infamous Munich “Oktoberfest”, which we’ll visit
in the afternoon before all the crowds arrive (seasonal). A visit
to the BMW Factory and Museum follows. Later, we’ll car pool out
to our new German-Country Hotel on the scenic Ammersee (Lake Ammer). This
is very quaint and comfortable and will give you another side of Germany
and Bavaria.
