Rein Teen Tours : Rein Europe
The Ultimate "All Hotel" European Summer Teen Tour

Rein Europe, our traveling European student teen tour experience begins as we travel together to London. Here we'll stay at the Thistle Kensington Gardens, our hotel while we explore this city laden with age-old royal tradition. We visit the trendy areas of Notting Hill, the designer boutiques of Oxford Street and Knightsbridge, and Harrod's, the world famous department store. Theatre Performances in London's famed West End, visits to Big Ben, Piccadilly Circus, Westminster Abbey, and Parliament are among the many tour activities. See the Changing of the Guard at Buckingham Palace, marvel at the Crown Jewels, and enjoy a fantastic dinner at the Original Hard Rock Café. Visit Oxford University, the oldest university in the English-speaking world, and try your skill at punting. Our tour continues as we travel through the Chunnel to France.

The next stop on our European Teen Tour is Paris, where our hotel, the Marriott Rive Gauche, is situated next to Montparnasse and the Latin Quarter. We'll go to the top of the Eiffel Tower, view the Mona Lisa at the Louvre, and see the works of Monet and Van Gogh at Musee d'Orsay. Next we'll hear the chimes at Notre Dame, climb the Arc de Triomphe, and stop off at a café on one of the most beautiful avenues in the world, Champs-Elysées. After roaming the vast gardens at the Palace of Versailles and enjoying the rides at Disneyland Paris, our student European Teen Tour is off to Switzerland.

Our teen travelers continue through the majestic Swiss Alps to reach the Hotel Ambassador, nestled amongst beautiful alpine lakes and enchanting ice-blue glaciers in Zermatt. The teens will have Professionally Guided Summer Snow Skiing and Snowboarding on the Matterhorn or will take an Alpine Gondola Ride to experience a personal breathtaking view of this serene environment. On our Glacier Grotto Tour, trek through an actual cave carved in the glacial ice.

The excitement continues at our Swiss Mountain Resort, which is located directly above beautiful Lake Lucerne. We'll slip into wetsuits for a Professionally Guided White Water Rafting trip on the Reuss River. We can relax at the resort's "Waterworld," with indoor and outdoor pools, Health Club & Spa, and a 328 ft water slide, or enjoy the Bowling Alleys, Squash and Tennis Courts, Pool Tables, Snooker, Minigolf and much more. In the Altstadt (Old City), our student teen tour will walk across the oldest wooden bridge in Europe and then sample some of the best local Swiss cuisine in the region.

Our teen tour will travel by water taxi to the Hotel Cavalleto & Doge Orseolo, just steps from Piazza San Marco in Venice, Italy.   We'll take a Moonlit Gondola Ride on the Grand Canal, lined with palaces that once housed Venice's nobility and rich merchants. Our teenagers will then see the Murano Glass Blowers, cross the Bridge of Sighs, visit the Old Jewish Ghetto, and peruse the shops on the picturesque Rialto Bridge.

As they say. . .When in Rome. . .we'll set foot in the Colosseum where gladiators once fought and stroll down The Ancient Roman Forum, the center of Roman commerce during ancient times. We'll see Circus Maximus, step inside the Pantheon, walk down the Spanish Steps, toss coins over your shoulder into the Trevi Fountain, and then spend the evening in the charming Piazza Navonna.   Walk through Vatican City and St. Peter's Basillica on our guided tour, and marvel at Michelangelo's artwork in the Sistine Chapel.

Florence is a city bustling with industry, craft, commerce, culture, art, and science. Some sights on our Guided City Tour include Ghiberto's Bronze Doors, Michelangelo's "David," the Duomo   and Uffizi Galleries, the Medici Chapels, the Ponte Vechio, and the Florence Synagogue. Our teenagers will hear the best mixes of international dance music at our two-level International Dance Club. Finally, at our exclusive dinner held in a 15 th Century Villa at the Tuscan Cooking School, treat your palette to a multi-course Meal prepared by the finest Italian chefs. As we leave Florence we'll stop at the Leaning Tower of Pisa, then it is off to the French Riviera.

Rein Teen Tours European travelers get to experience the beautiful Cote d'Azur. . . Nice, Monaco, Monte Carlo. The blue-green Mediterranean waters will be our playgrounds as we spend the day swimming, waterskiing, tubing, and banana boating. We will experience the unique vibe of Riviera Night Life and indulge ourselves with fantastic Gourmet Meals in this international playground of the rich and famous!

Our last seven days will be spent in Spain. Barcelona, the host city of the 1992 Olympics will be our home as we take in the cool fresh air of the Mediterranean coast and this epicenter of cultural energy. Experience the Salvador Dali museum in Figueras, and enjoy a dinner in the old fishing village of Barceloneta. We'll explore La Rambla, Barcelona's most vibrant avenue with inviting shops, food markets, and unique performers. On our visit to Park Guell we'll see one of the most colorful and playful works of the famous artist Antoni Gaudí, then we'll walk through La Sagrada Familia to see Gaudí's masterpiece basilica.

Relax and reminisce on the beach in Costa Brava as we swim and play on the sun drenched white sand beaches of the Spanish Riviera, along the sparkling blue Mediterranean Sea. Conquer Dragon Kahn, the only 8 loop roller coaster in the World, as we spend the day at Port Aventura, Spain's largest theme park. A spectacular Catalonian Dinner completes our visit.

Our summer European teen tour ends with an incredible finale in Madrid, the capital metropolis of Spain. We'll walk down the Gran Via, visit the Prado Museum, grab a bite to eat in the Plaza Santa Ana, then gaze upon the Palacio Real, the largest Palace in Europe. Our teen tour group will be treated to a real Flamenco Dance Show, and then it is time to board our regularly scheduled jet for our flight home, with new friends and unforgettable memories of our journey through England, France, Italy, Switzerland, and Spain.

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