Find the right trip for you from a great selection of heritage travel offers. Group and individual trips, tested itineraries or tailor-made. You’ll find here what’s right for you.

“German Heritage – Munich to Berlin”

Truly experience authentic German culture!

Your adventure begins in Munich. Visit the Pastorius Haus in Bad Windesheim, built by the father of the founder of Germantown, PA. Continue to Nuremberg and in Kleinlosnitz you can see original homes of migrants from the Fichtelgebirge area, then enjoy a visit to Dresden. Stop in Weimar and Erfurt, where Martin Luther was a student. Next stop is Mühlhausen, birthplace of August Roebling, the architect of the Brooklyn Bridge, before continuing to Hamburg and the North. See where millions of people bid farewell to Germany for a new beginning in America, and in Bremerhaven, visit the German Emigration Center. Return to Hamburg and see the half-timbered houses in Celle. Stop at the former East-West border and continue to Berlin.

13-day-package

“FreeStyle Travel – Emigrating to the New World”
A fascinating presentation of European emigration to the New World featuring Hamburg and the award-winning Emigration Museum in Bremerhaven.You can also mix-and-match this 4-day “Emigrating to the New World Hamburg City-Stay” with any other river cruise or tour package that General Tours offers.

Or: combine the 4 day trip with one of General Tours “FreeStyle Travel packages” to Berlin, Munich or Berlin&Dresden to create your own Germany Heritage vacation! Just click on the cities above for detailed information on each package!

“Routes of Emigration”
Bremen, Oldenburg, Osnabrück, East-Frisia, Bremerhaven

Many of the 7 million Germans who emigrated to America hailed from Oldenburg, Osnabrück, Westphalia, East-Frisia and the former Kingdom of Hanover. Your itinerary brings you to farms, former emigrant agencies in country-side inns, to the noble’s Baroque gardens, to windmills and lighthouses in these undiscovered areas of Germany. Sailing on the Weser River and a dinner on an old sailing vessel will complete your fantastic tour.

9 day-package

R&T designs your personal itineraries and offers pre-trip research on ancestral places as well as private heritage tours. Customized field trips for all group sizes come with the full service of a professional tour operator. All tours are tailored to personal needs and include local heritage programs at any destination in Germany and Europe.Please check the website below and inquire quotes for personal itineraries, private tours with driver-guide, minigroup arrangenments and tour plans.

“Bremerhaven, Germany – Departure to foreign lands”

Do you know how your ancestors got to the USA?

More than 7 million people emigrated overseas from Germany. Explore the seaside city with state of art shipbuilding and the longest river quay in the world while following the footsteps of the emigrants.
Enjoy a walk along the River Geeste, followed by a visit to the Bremerhaven Historical museum. Experience how this important port came into existence and see the shelter and the former fish shop.
You will board one of our barges for a harbor cruise. The captain will be your guide and will show you the largest ships in the world. We then continue to the German Emigration Center Bremerhaven. Try to find your ancestors using the museum’s huge electronic database! A must for those of German descend!

2-day-package

“Southwest Germany Heritage  Adventure” – Travel back to your roots

Did your German ancestors hail from the Palatinate or Baden-Wuerttemburg?

Then don’t miss this tour along the scenic Deutsche Weinstrasse and enchanting Black Forest region!
Visit an emigrant museum and a Black Forest living History Park and learn about life in Germany centuries ago.  Experience a spectacular train ride through the Black Forest, and visits to eye-popping castles, memorable cathedrals, and medieval cities.

Family Tree Tours offers customized small group vacations. Experience the best of “Old World” Germany as we trace our proud ancestral roots.

9-day package; September 20-29, 2008

“Treasures along the Elbe”
An 8-day luxury cruise aboard the MV Dresden, our double-deck 5-star ship built especially for cruising on the Elbe. This is the only cruise along this northern stretch of the Elbe from the port city of Hamburg – where millions of Europeans began their voyage to the New World. Our all-inclusive cruise vacation features 6 gourmet meals a day, 7 sightseeing excursions and all port charges.
This luxury cruise between Hamburg and Dresden includes Tangermunde, Magdeburg, Wittenberg and Meissen,

8-day-package

The Palatine Emigrant
Heidelberg, Kaiserslautern, Castle Hambach, Rhine Valley, Cologne, Osnabrück, Bremen and Bremerhaven

9 day-package

Grüss Gott America
Munich, Bavarian Forest, Franconia, Nuremberg, Romantic Road

9 day-package

Bremen / Bremerhaven Package:
Emigration through Bremen and Bremerhaven – click here for information on this 4 day package
Hamburg / Cuxhaven Package:
Emigration through Hamburg and Cuxhaven in 4 days: click here
Hamburg City Package:
Explore Heritage, History, Culture with this 3 day Hamburg package