Passion Play
Cruise West (www.cruisewest.com) has just the ticket for the Christmas gift of the decade The Oberammergau Passion Play -- first performed in 1634 and each decade for the past four centuries -- is available as part of a new 11-night Danube, Main & Rhine Rivers cruise in 2010.
The villagers of Oberammergau in the early 1600s created the five-hour Passion Play after surviving war, poverty and plague. What makes the reenactment of the life, death and resurrection of Christ unique is that the talent – close to 2,000 performers – are all local laymen. The play is performed on an open-air stage and includes dinner during the three-hour intermission.
The pre-cruise Land Tour may be booked in conjunction with Cruise West’s new Danube, Main and Rhine Rivers cruise, traveling from Vienna to Cologne on the 148-guest Amadeus Diamond.
Departing October 2, 2010, guests will sail into Regensburg, a UNESCO World Heritage Site resplendent with over 1,200 historic buildings; through the beautiful Altmühl Valley to Nuremberg, the capital of Franconia and historically the unofficial capital of the Holy Roman Empire; and along the River Rhine to Rüdesheim, a charming old wine town nestled in the upper middle Rhine Valley area.
Cruise rates start at $4,999 per person, double occupancy. Book and pay in full by February 19, 2010, and save up to $400 per cabin. Add-on the three-night Munich & Oberammergau land tour for $3,199 per person, based on double occupancy.
The villagers of Oberammergau in the early 1600s created the five-hour Passion Play after surviving war, poverty and plague. What makes the reenactment of the life, death and resurrection of Christ unique is that the talent – close to 2,000 performers – are all local laymen. The play is performed on an open-air stage and includes dinner during the three-hour intermission.
The pre-cruise Land Tour may be booked in conjunction with Cruise West’s new Danube, Main and Rhine Rivers cruise, traveling from Vienna to Cologne on the 148-guest Amadeus Diamond.
Departing October 2, 2010, guests will sail into Regensburg, a UNESCO World Heritage Site resplendent with over 1,200 historic buildings; through the beautiful Altmühl Valley to Nuremberg, the capital of Franconia and historically the unofficial capital of the Holy Roman Empire; and along the River Rhine to Rüdesheim, a charming old wine town nestled in the upper middle Rhine Valley area.
Cruise rates start at $4,999 per person, double occupancy. Book and pay in full by February 19, 2010, and save up to $400 per cabin. Add-on the three-night Munich & Oberammergau land tour for $3,199 per person, based on double occupancy.
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