DAY 1: Depart home gateway city to Basel
DAY 2: Basel
Transfer from Basel airport to ship
DAY 3: Breisach, Strasbourg
Featured Excursion: Colmar (Alsace) walking tour
Discover this well-preserved Medieval city while following your guide through Colmar’s cobblestone streets. (BB, L, D)
DAY 4: Strasbourg
Featured Excursion: Strasbourg canal cruise
Irresistible Optional Tour: Hot Air Balloon
Admire picturesque Strasbourg on a canal cruise; you’ll feel like you are in a fairytale. (BB, L, Captain’s Farewell Dinner)
DAY 5: Speyer, Mainz, Rüdesheim
Featured Excursion: Speyer walking tour
Irresistible Optional Tour: 3/4_Day in Heidelberg with lunch
Your walking tour takes you to Old Town and the grand Speyer Cathedral, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. (BB, L, D)
DAY 6: Rüdesheim, Alken
Featured Excursion: Siegfried’s Mechanical Music Museum
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 Rüdesheim, visit Siegfried’s Mechanical Music Museum, showcasing a unique collection of self-playing musical instruments. (BB, L, D)
DAY 7: Alken, Cochem
Featured Excursion: Cochem walking tour, Reichsburg Castle, and Ediger-Eller winetasting
History comes to life in Cochem’s half-timbered houses and Gothic Reichsburg Castle. Enjoy a winetasting at a vintner’s private wine estate in the idyllic village of Ediger-Eller. (BB, L, D)
DAY 8: Trier
Featured Excursion: Trier city tour
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. (BB, L, D)
DAY 9: Trier, Wasserbillig
Featured Excursion: Luxembourg and WWII cemetery
Your guided tour of the independent sovereign state of Luxembourg includes viewing Our Lady Cathedral, the Grand Ducal Palace, and a WWII cemetery, which is the resting place of General Patton. (BB, L, D)
DAY 10: Bernkastel
Featured Excursion: Walking tour and wine experience
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. (BB, L, D)
DAY 11: Koblenz
Featured Excursion: Koblenz walking tour
Irresistible Optional Tour: Marksburg Castle Visit. Wine and Quiche in Historical Inn.
Amble through the picturesque streets of Koblenz, learning from your guide this town’s history and importance to the region. (BB, L, D)
DAY 12: Koblenz, Cologne
Featured Excursion: Cologne walking tour and Roman-Germanic Museum visit
Irresistible Optional Tour: Eau de Cologne - Farina House
Stroll through Old Town’s streets to the fascinating Roman-Germanic Museum, which illustrates everyday life during the Roman Empire. (BB, L, D)
Note: On Mondays, the Roman-Germanic Museum is closed; it will be replaced with a visit to the Cologne Cathedral instead.
DAY 13: Amsterdam
Featured Excursion: Amsterdam city tour, canal cruise and Rijksmuseum visit
Enjoy a canal cruise through Amsterdam. Later, marvel at the works of the Dutch Masters in the renowned Rijksmuseum. (BB, L, Captain’s Welcome Dinner)
DAY 14: Amsterdam (disembark)
Transfer from ship to Amsterdam airport
Starting off in vibrant, canal-lined Amsterdam, you’ll traipse south on the path of historic legends and sail the fabled Rhine River Valley. Cruise past some of Europe’s most spectacular scenery, where fairytale castles and historic sites greet you at every turn.
- 12-night cruise in a riverview stateroom on the regal River Queen
- All meals onboard, prepared using the finest and freshest ingredients
- Complimentary fine wine, beer, and soft drinks during dinner; bottled water in your stateroom; and 24-hour specialty coffees and teas
- 12 shore excursions, fully hosted by English-speaking local guides
- State-of-the-art Quietvox portable audio headset system on all shore excursions
- Complimentary use of bicycles
- Captivating onboard local entertainment
- Signature lecture: “The Roman Empire Along the Rhine and Moselle”
- Exclusive Epicurean Adventurer Program
- Captain’s Welcome & Farewell Dinners
- An experienced Cruise Manager and attentive, all English-speaking staff
- All transfers on arrival and departure days
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The prices shown are U.S. dollars per person, based on double occupancy, and subject to availability.
Prices quoted for land/cruise arrangements are subject to increase without notice. Once we have received your
deposit, land/cruise prices are guaranteed. Whenever air-inclusive prices are displayed, these prices do
not include government taxes and fees, which are additional. Air prices are subject to increase and are
guaranteed only from the time that full payment is received. Air-inclusive prices include air from a major
U.S. gateway; air from other U.S. airports is available at an additional cost. Sorry, we are unable to
offer air from countries other than the U.S. However, for those international customers who are able to
arrange their own transportation to the origination city, we are able to offer the land/cruise portion of
the package, at the price quoted.
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