Ice Age Europe - World Heritage Tour

World Heritage Tour
World Heritage Tour
Including:
Neanderthal Museum
Kreis Mettmann (o.)
David Kasparek (u.l.)
Rolf Heinrich, Köln (u.r.)
Travel through time from Stone Age to the industrial age and discover three key
heritage sites of Western Germany: the famous Neanderthal valley, Cologne Cathedral and Zollverein Coal Mine Essen. The tour leads you to three destinations whose
histories intersect in surprising ways. For centuries, holy bones such as those of the
Three Wise Men that now rest at the Cologne Cathedral, a UNESCO World Heritage Site
and Germany`s most visited landmark, were meaningful for the question of the origin
of mankind. With the discovery of Neanderthal man, the world-famous icon of the Ice
Age, our understanding from the beginning of our history changed fundamentally.
These bones came to light only because of limestone quarrying undertaken in the
Neander Valley. The Zollverein Coal Mine Industrial Complex, another UNESCO World
Heritage sites attracting more than 1.5 million visitors per year, tells the story of the
industrial age at Rhine-Ruhr, one of the most vibrant regions of Europe.
World Heritage Tour
DAY 1
DÜSSELDORF
DAY 2
NEANDERTHAL
AND COLOGNE
DAY 3
ESSEN
Contact
Tour Operator
Conti-Reisen GmbH
Adalbertstr. 9
D-51103 Köln
Phone +49 221 8019 520
info@conti-reisen.de
www.conti-reisen.de
Arrive in Düsseldorf, discover the city, enjoy a dinner at a traditional brewery in the
city center or treat yourself to a theater or opera performance at the Oper am Rhein.
Düsseldorf Marketing & Tourismus: www.duesseldorf-tourismus.de
Düsseldorf Airport: www.dus.com
Oper am Rhein: www.operamrhein.de
Travel to the Neanderthal Museum and explore the museum on a guided tour with
the museum director Prof. Dr. Gerd-Christian Weniger, granting exclusive and exciting
insights behind the museum scenes. Opt to visit the archaeological garden, the game
preserve and the Stone Age Workshop. After lunch, travel to Cologne and marvel at
the world-famous cathedral with a guide. Dinner in a rustic Cologne brewery before
returning to Düsseldorf.
Neanderthal Museum: www.neanderthal.de
Cologne Cathedral: www.koelner-dom.de
Köln Tourismus: www.koelntourismus.de
In the morning trip to Essen and guided tour through the Zollverein Coal Mine Industrial Complex. Lunch at Casino Zollverein in industrial-historic setting. Depart or
return to Düsseldorf to discover buildings designed by star architect Frank O. Gehry,
renowned museums or relax at a boat trip on the Rhine.
Zeche Zollverein: www.zollverein.de
Düsseldorf Marketing & Tourismus: www.duesseldorf-tourismus.de
The glamorous boulevard „Königsallee“
is regarded as the most exclusive kilometre in Düsseldorf, home to branches
of top designers and pavement cafés.