German specialist tour operator, Dertour, has announced that there is still availability on a number of tours which include this year�s production of the Oberammergau Passion Play, which has run every ten years since 1634. When the event was last held in 2000, over 530,000 people from all over the world attended this world famous cultural and religious event, which is held in the small Bavarian village of Oberammergau.

As the UK�s leading tour operator to Germany, Dertour offers visitors to the Passion Play the services of a local representative as well as providing hotel accommodation in the Passion Play village itself as well as within walking distance of the theatre or three miles away in neighbouring Ettal.

The play will run over 102 days and performed up to five times a week on the open-air stage of the Passion Play Theatre. The premiere will be performed before an international audience on Saturday 15 May 2010, and, for the first time in its history, the play will begin in the afternoon and resume in the evening after a relaxing dinner. It will also benefit from a revised script and a musical score adapted from Rochus Dedler�s original composition.

You can experience the Oberammergau Passion Play 2010 with Dertour�s prices starting from �829 per person to include three nights bed and breakfast accommodation in a four star hotel in Bavaria�s capital, Munich, and one night in Oberammergau on full board basis, plus return flights from Heathrow, return transfers from Munich to Oberammergau, tickets to see the play, lunch before the play and dinner in the long interval. Extras also included: free shuttle services between Oberammergau and Ettal, Passion Play 2010 programme and entrance to the Oberammergau Museum. Valid for travel on selected dates between May and September 2010.

If you are looking for a longer break, then there is also a holiday package offering a five night stay on a half board basis in Berchtesgaden in Bavaria, combined with two nights half board accommodation in Oberammergau itself to take in the Passion Play. This is priced from �1,089 per person to include return flights from Heathrow, return transfers and tickets to see the play, all meals on day of performance, plus extras as outlined above. Valid for travel on selected dates between May and September. For bookings call Dertour on 0207 290 1111 or visit www.dertour.co.uk http://www.dertour.co.uk for further information

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