Amsterdam Gay Pride 2012

2012 AMSTERDAM GAY PRIDE is an event youll never forget. This is the year to visit Amsterdam as Holland will also host the world famous FLORIADE Worlds Fair. Combine both events to make this a very special experience. Your trip includes Roundtrip air from select cities (but you may fly from any North American gateway) to Paris. Here you enjoy 5 days of the best of Gay Life - Parisian style with complete sightseeing tours of GAY PARIS with your qualified local guide. Travel by luxury motorcoach from France to Holland via Belgium to the most beautiful medieval city in Europe, Brugges, Belgium, a city straight out of the 15th century. Amsterdam will be the Ultimate UBER GAY experience of the world with hundreds of 24 hour Pride events and parties. Youll enjoy sightseeing tours of both the GAY and even darker sides of Amsterdam that have made this city world famous. The GAY PRIDE PARADE is held on the water on Amsterdams famous canals. You have VIP access to the ALandCHUCK.travel USA Barge that will celebrate Americas participation in the parade. Add more value with a Pre-Tour or Post-Tour. Your 6 Day BEST OF SPAIN Pre-Tour allows you to visit two of the Top 5 Gay Cities in Europe - Barcelona & Madrid. Enjoy two nights in each city including air from Barcelona to Madrid and from Madrid to Paris. You may elect to add an optional 4 Day Post-Tour that will feature the FLORIADE WORLDs FAIR in Venlo, Holland. This incredible floral and horticultural experience includes more than 70 national country pavilions, entertainment, dining and more. Your tour includes escorted admission to the Worlds Fair. Regardless of what you choose, it will be one of the greatest travel experiences of your life and is offered EXCLUSIVELY from ALandCHUCK.travel ITINERARY____________________________________ Day 1: Saturday, July 28 Today you board your flight for the transatlantic journey to Paris. Day 2: Sunday, July 29 Morning arrival in Paris as you are transferred to your hotel in Central Paris. This is the city of Love and the city of Light. You will see why as the city has so much to offer. Paris is one of the Top 5 Gay Cities of Europe and Gay Tourism is thriving here. You meet your ALandCHUCK.travel escorts today. Welcome to Paris. Day 3: Monday, July 30 Today you enjoy a professional escorted sightseeing tour of GAY PARIS. This tour gives you all the major sights from a gay perspective. Your guide will show you the famous gay neighborhoods and areas of gay nightlife. Plus you see all the usual stuff, you know, The Eiffel Tower, The Seine, The Louvre, etc. Enjoy a great first orientation of both the left and right bank to prepare you for a wonderful experience. Day 4: Tuesday, July 31 A full day to enjoy Paris. Perhaps you might like to visit the Palace of Versailles. When you see the Palace and the famous Hall of Mirrors you might think that Louis XIV had to be secretly gay. There is so much to experience tonight in Paris. Day 5: Wednesday, August 1 A final day to enjoy Paris. The Louvre Museum can easily fill the day or perhaps you may sleep it away to prepare for a glamorous evening out tonight. Day 6: Thursday, August 2 Today is a wonderful opportunity to see the French Countryside as you depart Paris aboard your luxury ALandCHUCK.travel motorcoach and travel to the Belgian border. You arrive in the Flemish region and the village of BRUGES. This is the best preserved medieval town on the continent. You will enjoy a tour of this former Flemish Capital with a qualified local guide. Leisure time will allow you to enjoy the famous beer and chocolates, considered the best in the world. Next, cross the border into The Netherlands and arrive in Amsterdam. Check into your city center hotel and get ready for 4 days of the world famous Amsterdam Pride. This evening your guide introduces you to the real Amsterdam on the I Wasnt There Tour. See where Brad, Julia and George filmed segments of Oceans 11, and no doubt, partook of the product! See how soft drugs are selected via menu, ordered like a beer, and served with any and all questions answered. Come and people watch young and old alike, and have fun, just like little kids in a candy store. Afterwards, take a short walk and see whats happening at Bourbon Street, a local live music venue. Famous musicians, such as Sting, Bruce Springsteen Joss Stone, Jeff Healey, and BB King found their way to Bourbon Street, and so should you if you like live music! ($8 cover is included.) Day 7: Friday, August 3 A wonderful day to enjoy Amsterdam. Today your escort will take you on an interesting tour of the famed Red Light Distict & Nieumarkt. The Red Light District is exactly as you would think and unique in all of Europe. The Nieuwmarkt District is one of the oldest parts of Amsterdam and is actually a square in Amsterdams Chinatown, next to the Red Light District. Day 8: Saturday, August 4 GAY PRIDE DAY! Today will be like nothing you have every seen. Amsterdam becomes a living RAINBOW of color as the entire city celebrates their gay family. There are dozens of parties, events and activities going on. This afternoon the highlight will be the worlds ONLY Gay Pride Parade ON WATER! The parade is on the Amsterdam Canals and the floats are barges celebrating everything gay. As a special HIGHLIGHT, you will have VIP access to celebrate as a participant in the parade aboard the exclusive ALandCHUCK.travel USA Barge/Float. You will represent USA & Canada as the Dutch look on. This will be a fun and never to be forgotten experience. The parties will go late (all night if you choose.) Concerts, Circuit Dance Parties, and so much more will roll out the carpet to entertain you. Day 9: Sunday, August 5 Our journey to the old world comes to an end as you are transferred to the Amsterdam Airport for your flight to the USA. (or remember, you can enjoy the post tour that includes another night to de-tox and visit the FLORIADE Worlds Fair.)