Vienna Imperial New Year Ball
HIGHLIGHTS:
- Attend the most famous Vienna Ball on New Years Eve
- 2 hr private Waltz dance lesson
- Private Airport Transfers
- 3 nights in central Vienna hotel
Vienna is a wonderful place for a New Years Eve celebration. Recreating the splendour of the Austro-Hungarian monarchy at the Imperial Ball Vienna you have a lovely end to 2013 and a wonderful romantic break.
DAY 1 - 29 Dec 2013
Fly Vienna to start your weekend luxury break. Private Transfer. 2 hour private Waltz dance lesson
Your private driver will meet you in arrivals and transfer you to your chosen hotel to start your Vienna New Year Break.
After check in you will enjoy a private 2 hour dance lesson at the world famous Elmayer school of dance. This will help you master the Waltz for the Vienna Imperial Ball.
DAY 2 - 30 Dec 2013
Day at leisure
Breakfast and day at leisure or include some optional extras.
DAY 3 - 31 Dec 2013
Attend the Imperial Ball Vienna at the Hofburg Imperial Palace
Day at leisure or include one of our optional extras prior to attending the Imperial Vienna Ball, Vienna for your New Year celebrations at the Hofburg Imperial Palace.
This evening don your Ball gowns and Tuxedos prior to a private transfer to attend one of the most famous balls in the world.
7.30 p.m. Cocktails will be served in the Hofburg Foyer and roaming acts will get everyone in the mood for a party to remember! Extras in fancy dress will open the grand staircase and accompany the visitors into the staterooms beyond.
8.30 p.m. A sumptuous four-course Gala banquet is served by waiters in livery including welcoming cocktail, wine and champagne
10.30 p.m. Parade and waltz performance by the debutantes and members of the ballet ensemble of the Imperial Ball accompanied by the Vienna Opera Ball Orchestra.
11.45 p.m. New Year’s Gala - Members of the Imperial Court enter the hall to salvos and the ringing of the largest bell of St. Stephen’s Cathedral, and guests can dance their way into 2013 to the strains of the “Blue Danube Waltz”. A number of leading soloists from the Vienna State Opera and Volksoper will sing various love, joy and happiness themed arias as part of the nights on going "The night of love" programme.
00.30 a.m. Quadrille under professional guidance to the strains of the "Fledermaus-Quadrille" by Johann Strauss
The evening will continue in the same vein with music courtesy of the Vienna Opera Ball Orchestra and the Gerhard Aflenzer Big Band in the Fesitival Hall. A packed line up of other bands and orchestras will be performing in the other halls.
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DAY 4 - 01 Jan 2014
Day at leisure and transfer to airport after your New Year Break in Vienna
Breakfast and day at leisure prior to transfer to the airport after your luxury weekend short break.
Price per person: From £1,895
Includes Flights, 3 nights Accommodation with breakfast (Hotel Do & Co), Private Transfers, Private Waltz Lesson, Imperial Ball Ticket Category 1