Bavarian Passion play

JOHN GALLIGAN Travel has teamed up with British over 50s operator SAGA Holidays to create a 14-night tour of Europe, which will incorporate a visit to the Oberammergau Passion Play in Bavaria.

The play, which dates back to 1634, is performed once a decade in Oberammergau, with about 2,000 villagers taking part.

The tour, priced at €2,199, departs Dublin on August 3 and the group will visit Belgium, France, Austria, Germany and Italy. Highlights include tours of Brussels, Strasbourg and Heidelberg, the Austrian Alps, the Italian Dolomites and Innsbruck, a Rhine cruise and the best category of tickets to the Passion Play.