Day 1 - Depart Home Gateway City to Amsterdam
Day 2 - Arrive Amsterdam
Arrive at Amsterdam Schiphol Airport where you'll be transferred to the ship. (Dinner)
Day 3 - Amsterdam
View Mint Tower, Dam Square, the Royal Palace, and Museum Square on your panoramic tour through Amsterdam's canal-lined streets. Marvel at the works of the Dutch Masters in the renowned Rijksmuseum. (Breakfast / Lunch / Captain's Welcome Dinner)Featured Excursions: Amsterdam City Tour, Rijksmuseum visit
Day 4 - Cologne
Stroll through Old Town's narrow streets to the awe-inspiring Cologne Cathedral, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, completed over a 632-year period. (Breakfast / Lunch / Dinner)Featured Excursion: Cologne walking tour and Cathedral visitNote: No inside tours of the Cathedral on Sundays or Catholic holidays.
Day 5 - Koblenz
In Koblenz, situated at the confluence of the Rhine and the Moselle, amble through picturesque streets, learning from your guide this town's history and importance to the region. (Breakfast / Lunch / Dinner)Featured Excursion: Koblenz walking tour
Day 6 - Cochem
History comes to life in Cochem's half-timbered houses and gothic Reichsburg Castle. Enjoy a special wine tasting at the vintners private wine estates in the idyllic winemakers village of Ediger-Eller. (Breakfast / Lunch / Dinner)Featured Excursions: Cochem walking tour and Reichsburg Castle, Ediger-Eller village wine tasting
Day 7 - Trier
Your panoramic tour of UNESCO World Heritage Site, Trier, one of the oldest Roman outposts along the Moselle, takes you by the Roman Imperial Baths and the Porta Nigra, and is capped off by a visit to Constantine's throne room. (Breakfast / Lunch / Dinner)Featured Excursion: Trier city tour
Day 8 - Wasserbillig (Luxembourg)
Your guided tour of the independent sovereign state of Luxembourg includes viewing Our Lady Cathedral, the Grand Ducal Palace, and a WW II cemetery, the resting place of General Patton. (Breakfast / Lunch / Dinner)Featured Excursion: Luxembourg and World War II Cemetery
Day 9 - Bernkastel
Discover Bernkastel with its more than 500 years of winemaking history, historic vineyards, and one of Germany's most picturesque market squares. Savor the area's fine Rieslings at the renowned wine estate of Dr. Pauly-Bergweiler.(Breakfast / Lunch / Dinner)Featured Excursion: Walking tour and wine experience
Day 10 - Cruising the romantic Rhine, Rudesheim
In the morning, you'll cruise the scenic 40 miles of the middle Rhine Valley, classified a UNESCO World Heritage Site. With its vine-filled slopes and its 40 or so castles strung like pearls along the river banks, this is the perfect example of the romantic Rhine. In Rudesheim, a celebrated wine town, enjoy a gondola ride to the Niederwald Monument.(Breakfast / Lunch / Dinner)Featured Excursion: Gondola ride to Niederwald Monument
Day 11 - Speyer
Enjoy a walking tour to the Old Town and the grand Speyer Cathedral, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, and the final resting place of German emperors. (Breakfast / Lunch / Dinner)Featured Excursion: Speyer walking tour
Day 12 - Strasbourg
Admire Strasbourg on a canal cruise, viewing the town's covered bridges, medieval watch-towers, and Petite France, a picturesque district that seems as if it has been lifted from the pages of a fairytale. (Breakfast / Lunch / Captain's Farewell Dinner)Featured Excursion: Strasbourg canal cruise
Day 13 - Breisach (Colmar)
Colmar is so quaint you may feel lile you're on a film set. Follow your guide through its cobblestone streets, which are lined with brightly colored half-timbered houses, and see the well-preserved canal quarter known as Petite Venice. You'll then visit the Unterlinden Museum. (Breakfast / Lunch / Dinner)Featured Excursion: Colmar walking tour and Unterlinden Museum
Day 14 - Depart Basel
Disembark the ship and transfer to the EuroAirport Basel-Mulhouse-Freiburg, or extend your stay in Lucerne. |
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