Day 2 Arrival in London, England. Uniformed Globus hosts are available to help you make the most of your stay.

Day 3 London. Morning sightseeing with a professional London guide includes all the famous landmarks: Royal Albert Hall, Kensington Palace and the area's splendid museums, Knightsbridge with Harrods, the Houses of Parliament and Big Ben beside the River Thames, and Westminster Abbey. Highlights are a visit to ST. PAUL'S CATHEDRAL and the Changing of the Guard at Buckingham Palace, if held. Time in the afternoon for independent activities. Optional excursions are available to the Tower of London and to Windsor Castle. Tonight maybe a cruise on the River Thames? (CB)

Day 4 London-Paris, France. Meet your tour director and traveling companions and depart London. Drive through the orchards of Kent and then enjoy an exciting Hoverspeed ride across the Channel to France. Memories of some of the fiercest World War I battles come alive on the way through Picardy and the Somme to Paris, the splendid capital of a beautiful country. Tonight join your tour director for a toast to happy touring. (CB)

Day 5 Paris. See the sights on both banks of the Seine: Arc de Triomphe, Opéra, Madeleine, Louvre, Champs-Elysées... For a bird's-eye view take the elevator to the first floor of the EIFFEL TOWER. Of course you also visit Paris' greatest treasure, the Gothic cathedral of NOTRE DAME with its gleaming stained-glass windows. Balance of the day at leisure and lots to do. Optional excursions are available to the Louvre or to the palace and gardens of Versailles, and after dark a lively cabaret show might be just the ticket. (BB)

Day 6 Paris-Lucerne, Switzerland. A comfortable ride on the highway skirting Fontainebleau Forest and the vineyards of Burgundy. Cross the Swiss border near Basle and enjoy vistas of tidy villages and prosperous dairy farms on the way to picture-book Lucerne. (BB,D)

Day 7 Lucerne. Sightseeing feautures the LION MONUMENT, Thorwaldsen's masterful stone sculpture in honor of the heroic Swiss Guard of Louis XVI; the famous covered WOODEN BRIDGE; and rows of ornate patrician houses lining the cobbled streets of the walled Old Town. Afterwards shop for Swiss watches and choose from our optional activities: climb a mountain by cable car; take a cruise on the fjord-like lake; sign up for a folklore party with yodeling and alphorn blowing for a first-hand impression of alpine merrymaking. (BB)

Day 8 Lucerne-Florence, Italy. Enjoy the majestic alpine scenery on the way to Italian-speaking southern Switzerland while rolling along comfortably on the St. Gotthard highway, a miracle of civil engineering. In the flower-festooned lakeside resort of Lugano take a stroll in the shade of Parco Ciani's magnificent old trees. Then on to Italy. Through prosperous Lombardy and across the Apennine Hills reach Pisa, where you stop for pictures of its amazing Leaning Tower. Overnight in Florence, cradle of Renaissance art and architecture. (BB,D)

Day 9 Florence-Rome. See magnificent SANTA MARIA DEL FIORE, Giotto's Bell Tower, the Baptistry's heavy bronze "Gate of Paradise," and sculpture-studded Signoria Square. Also admire Michelangelo's celebrated David in the GALLERY OF FINE ARTS. Time to shop for Florentine leather goods and gold jewelry before lunch. Early afternoon departure for a fast and easy ride on the Highway of the Sun to the Eternal City. (BB)

Day 10 Rome. Sightseeing with your local guide starts with a visit to the VATICAN MUSEUMS and SISTINE CHAPEL (arranged next morning if closed today), world famous for Michelangelo's ceiling paintings including The Last Judgement. Continue to monumental ST. PETER'S SQUARE and BASILICA. Proceed across the Tiber for a stroll along the Via Sacra at the ROMAN FORUM, where Roman Legions marched in triumph, and finally visit the COLOSSEUM and hear about gladiatorial combats. Then time for independent activities and exciting optional excursion possibilities: Tivoli, and an Italian feast at one of the fine restaurants. (BB)

Day 11 Rome-Venice. Morning break in peaceful Assisi. Visit the massive 13th-century BASILICA OF ST. FRANCIS built above the saint's grave. A kaleidoscope of Italian landscapes parades past the coach windows on the way across the wooded Apennine mountain range and through the lush plains of the mighty River Po. Arrive in Venice in time to enjoy an optional gondola ride. (BB,D)

Day 12 Venice-Innsbruck, Austria. Start the day in style as you glide by private boat along the Giudecca canal to meet your resident expert. Highlights of your walking tour are ST. MARK'S SQUARE, the Clock Tower, the Byzantine Basilica with its 1,000-year-old gem-studded gold altar piece, lavish Doges' Palace, and the Bridge of Sighs. Also watch skilled GLASS BLOWERS fashion their delicate objects. After lunch leave Italy on spectacular Brenner Pass which leads through the barrier of the Tyrolean Alps to Austria. In Innsbruck, a pleasant stroll through quaint medieval lanes to Emperor Maximilian's Golden Roof concludes the day's sightseeing. (BB,D)

Day 13 Innsbruck-Munich-Heidelberg, Germany. Via the Bavarian Alps to Munich, Germany's "secret capital." Your orientation tour features the Olympic Stadium, 1,000-foot-high Television Tower, Nymphenburg Palace, and Marienplatz with the Old and New Town Hall. Motor from the verdant valleys of Bavaria into the Swabian Jura, the watershed between Rhine and Danube. In the late afternoon arrive in Heidelberg, famous for its red-walled castle. (BB,D)

Day 14 Heidelberg-Amsterdam, Holland. A special treat this morning. Board an excursion steamer and cruise along the most scenic section of the Rhine River: castle-crested hills, terraced vineyards, pretty wine towns, and finally the Lorelei cliff. During your lunchtime break in Cologne, visit the awesome twin-spired GOTHIC CATHEDRAL. Then a passing glance at the Dutch region best known as the locale of A Bridge Too Far on the way to Amsterdam, Holland's 700-year-old capital. (BB,D)

Day 15 Amsterdam. A local expert takes you first to the RIJKSMUSEUM, where you admire Rembrandt's masterpieces. Visit a major DIAMOND CENTER to appreciate how a rough mineral is transformed into a sparkling jewel. And to top it off, cruise aboard a glass-roofed launch through the canals of Holland's Golden Age. Patrician mansions, gabled facades and humpback bridges vie for attention. The afternoon is at leisure, and an optional excursion to Volendam can be arranged. (BB)

Day 16 Your homebound flight from Amsterdam arrives the same day. (BB)

End Your Tour in London

Tour HYL: 17 days

Days 1-15. Like tour HY.

Day 16 Amsterdam-London. Escorted transfer by coach and Hoverspeed, arriving in London in the late afternoon. Optional evening outings are available. Overnight at the Novotel, Shortlands, London W6. (BB)