Europe on $5 A Day (1970s)

[Music] hiip hole airport Amsterdam the words have a magical far away Lil to them seven short hours from New York your big quiet km jetliner touches down in Amsterdam right on the dot the careful punctual Dutch have done it again you're ready to begin your tour on km's remarkable plan the plan that pays for hotel party Continental breakfasts and an unlimited number of seeing tours in as many as 14 different cities all for only $5 a day come with us as we show you the fun you can have exploring Europe for Less per day than you'd pay for a motel room at home take a deep breath you're here that stamp in your passport confirms it you'll need some Dutch [Music] money as soon as possible a dollar goes a long way in Holland just time to get your bearings during your short ride to surprising Amsterdam look your smack dab in the middle of Europe London and Paris just an hour away by plane Vienna and Rome an easy 2 and 1 half km hours to the South and by the way your travel agent can help you plan your trip so you can visit all these cities and more for the km airfare to one alone there are a lot of reasons why Amsterdam is called the gateway to Europe it's the seaport City one of the continent's most important in fact many of these windmills and dkes one sleigh at the bottom of the North Sea most people are surprised to learn that Amsterdam itself has twice as many miles of canals as Venice but we're getting ahead of our story let's first get you settled in the first hotel on your km5 a day plan Amsterdam's Museum Hotel [Music] [Music] the plan makes paying so easy all you do is tear out your prepaid hotel voucher and hand it to the man at the desk you're all set Amsterdam's Museum hotel is only a Stones throwaway from the world famous Rex's Museum and like many hotels on km's $5 a day plan the museum hotel is only a short walk from the city's most important square a convenience you don't get with many of the city's luxury hotels what's more at the hotels you'll be visiting you'll meet Europeans on vacation instead of hordes of other American tourists your clean cheerful room is typical of those you'll have in every city you visit on km's plan remember the plan covers your room your breakfast and unlimited sightseeing oh yes and hot and cold running water with every room and in surprising Amsterdam chances are good that your room will face on one of the city's picturesque canals [Music] there's a lot to see and km's unlimited sightseeing privileges offers you eight different tours to take as many times as you like turn your tour voucher into the travel office specified and you're on your way once you've taken a bus tour around the city you'll know enough to go discovering on your own no need to worry about language barriers over 90% of the people in Amsterdam can speak English another Amsterdam surprise and another reason it's an ideal place to start getting used to European ways wander for a moment of restful silence into the banov acquaint courtyard right in the Heart of the City where widows and spinsters reside the pilgrims are said to have prayed in this Chapel before they left for the new [Music] world visit the Dos at light suppan the city's busiest Square [Music] brows for bargains in antiques along the one of Amsterdam's oldest canals perhaps you'll find Pottery exactly like the one you will see in Yan's incredibly beautiful painting of the mil made at the re Museum here you'll see many of the world's greatest art Treasures Priceless flamish tapestries paintings by Peter Paul Rubin Vincent v h and the most valuable painting ever put on canvas Rembrant night watch a stunning Amsterdam surprise afterwards you can relax at one of Amsterdam's 200 sidewalk cafes enjoy coffee and apple strudel and the music of Amsterdam's bicycles bicycles are part of the Vivid tempo of life in Amsterdam there are over hundreds of thousands of them in the city but don't bother trying to count them at the 5:00 rush hour a boat tour through Amsterdam will give you an entirely different perspective of the city Ride Along Amsterdam's colorful canals is one of the easiest and most leisurely ways to get to know the city and remember on km's $5 a day plan you can take this fascinating boat tour over and over again at no extra cost Amsterdam has more Barrel organs than any other City music is everywhere in surprising Amsterdam at night Amsterdam puts on a lively new face fun is the keynote and amsterdams know how to enjoy themselves Indonesian R staffle is a specialty of Amsterdam as many as 23 different Delicacies to tackle at once and the most surprising part is the price this Sumptuous Feast can cost as little as $1.50 person afterwards you'll be ready for a good long walk and perhaps a little club hopping a glass of Dutch gin costs only 17 you can have yourself a real evening on the town for as little as $5 breakfast is another occasion in Holland it usually includes coffee assorted breads hams and cheeses and remember it's included at no extra cost as part of your km5 a day plan what better atmosphere could you have for sitting back and talking about the next city you plan to visit Paris you say Paris it is one short k hour away the AR trium the sh the pl La conord where Marinet lost her head careful of the traffic or you're liable to lose yours yes you're really in Paris first settle in at your km $5 a day Hotel the Phoenix it's practically around the corner from the AR and within easy walking distance of the Shan oh and by the way at the Phoenix breakfast is served in your room in Paris there's so much to see that a bus tour is a real must and there are seven different tours you can take on your km $5 a day plan you'll see notredam [Music] Cathedral the Eiffel Tower [Music] take a half day's trip to the Magnificent Palace of ver built by the Sun King himself Louis the 14th [Music] you'll visit Mor the famous artist section of the 19th century and pigal the famous playground of the 20 you'll invade the Left Bank where artists writers and musicians of today live once you've learned your way around you can snoop at Leisure through the book stols along the [Music] S wander through the twery gardens in front of the Lou [Music] Museum or if you're in an enterprising mood you can hunt for a Priceless Treasure of your very own at the Paris Flea Market Paris is a carousel a Gala introduction to the next city on your $5 a day adventure with KM Vienna the city of waltz's wine and the biggest ferris wheel in the world first get comfortable at your hotel remember one of the added joys of km's $5 a day plan hotels is is that you won't me hordes of other American tourists these are the clean utterly respectable hotels that many Europeans choose to stay in when they're on vacation vienes coffee is famous the world over it's part of the continental breakfast that's included on your km plan there are five different viones tours you can take over and over again at no extra charge on your km plan this is the Magnificent Palace of shun home of Empress Maria teresia moard played in one of its salons when he was a little boy in fact Vienna is a city ruled by music everywhere you will see evidence of the great musicians who have lived there here is where heyen lived here is Beethoven's house here is where shuet composed his unfinished Symphony here is where moard lived and wrote his opera The Marriage of Figaro here is the Walts King himself Johan Straz and the river he made famous the great blue Daniel your tours include a trip to another land mark he immortalized the Vienna Woods the pulsing rhythm of Vienna is a perfect Prelude to your next km Stop The Fountains of Rome another Masterpiece by Bernini is this elegant Renaissance Palace it's located on the street of the four fountains directly opposite your hotel the Italia perhaps your room will even have a balcony overlooking it by the way the Italia boasts one of the world's smallest elevators but be grateful it'll save you steam for climbing the historics Spanish Steps only a 5-minute walk from your [Music] Hotel Rome is a kaleidoscope of Ages and sites to see and there are six different tours included on your plan to help you see them [Music] all the Coliseum where Gladiators fought the ancient Forum where Julius Caesar was murdered the Majesty of St peters's and Michelangelo's magnificent ceiling in the cistin chapel where the Popes are [Music] chosen Rome is a gorz paradise as a matter of fact km has scouted out good restaurants in every city where you can eat for a song Here For example is the Tratoria Quinto where you can have a good filling lunch for around a dollar and that includes a view of the famous Fountain of Trevi afterwards you can wander and Window Shop on the elegant via condotti it's terribly expensive but it may suggest things to go bargain hunting for along Rome Central shopping street [Music] viali incidentally it's a perfect training ground for the hustle and bustle of the next city on your km mutiny [Music] here you're staying at one of the roads hotels within easy walking distance of London's hide Park and only a short ride from Buckingham Palace itself [Music] sorry no Royal carriages included on klm's $5 a day plan but at the roads you can enjoy a Sumptuous British breakfast complete with eggs bacon toast even grilled Tomatoes now you're really ready to do the town on any or all of the five different tours you get with your KLM plan there is a whole page sites to see each of them rich in history you'll visit the Tower of London where Henry VII savored relations with his wives you'll go through the National Gallery and the Tate Gallery you'll take a bus tour to Hampton Court Eaton college and Windsor Cassie Majestic residents of the royal family high above the temps River you'll go to Picadilly circus The Hub of London's Theater District incidentally tickets for two can be bought for as little little as 60 if you need assistance km's London office is only a hop skip and a jump from Picadilly and from London itself it's only 1 km hour back to the last stop on your $5 now's your chance to pick up the best bargains of your whole trip at Amsterdam's tax-free shopping center the biggest in Europe and full of surprises you can save up to $30 on a transistor radio get among the lowest prices in the world World on liquor and pay as much as 40% less an ounce for French perfumes parisians themselves stock up when they visit Amsterdam Homeward Bound of course there's a lot left to see there are 14 different cities you can fly to on km's $5 a day plan you've only visited a third of them it's a pretty nice feeling to know you're not saying goodbye just thought you've learned you can actually afford another fling next year now that you're part of the Thrifty Bunch who've chosen to see Europe as the Europeans do on klm's remarkable $5 a day plan [Music] he