DAY 1: Amsterdam (embark)
Arrive at Amsterdam Schiphol Airport where you will be transferred to the ship. (D)
DAY 2: Amsterdam
Featured Excursion: Amsterdam city tour, canal cruise, and Rijksmuseum visit
Experience the highlights of Amsterdam on a city tour and canal cruise. Later, visit the renowned Rijksmuseum. (BB, L, Captain’s Welcome Gala)
DAY 3: Cologne
Featured Excursion: Cologne walking tour and Roman-Germanic Museum visit
Stroll through Old Town’s streets to the fascinating Roman-Germanic Museum. (BB, L, D)
DAY 4: Koblenz
Featured Excursion: Koblenz walking tour
Amble through picturesque Koblenz, learning from your guide this town’s history and importance to the region. (BB, L, D)
DAY 5: Cochem (Ediger-Eller)
Featured Excursion: Cochem walking tour, Reichsburg Castle, and Ediger-Eller wine tasting
History comes to life in Cochem’s half-timbered houses and Gothic Reichsburg Castle. Enjoy a guided tour of the castle followed by a walking tour through Old Town. Later in the day, you will take a motorcoach to Ediger-Eller, where you will be greeted by the town Mayor, who will act as your host for the duration of your visit. Stroll with the Mayor through the cobblestone streets towards the church for a short organ recital. Then join the Mayor in savoring three wines indigenous to this region along with a special snack prepared just for you at a local inn. (BB, L, D)
DAY 6: Konz/Trier (Luxembourg)
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 that is the resting place of General Patton. (BB, L, D)
DAY 7: Konz/Trier
Featured Excursion: Trier city tour
Explore UNESCO-designated Trier. No other city in Germany has so many monuments from Roman times. Be guided to the Roman Imperial Baths, the Porta Nigra, and Emperor Constantine’s throne room. (BB, L, D)
DAY 8: Bernkastel
Featured Excursion: Bernkastel walking tour and wine tasting
Discover Bernkastel with its more than 500 years of wine making history, beautiful vineyards, and picturesque market square. Savor the area’s fine Rieslings at the renowned wine estate of Dr. Pauly-Bergweiler. (BB, L, D)
DAY 9: Cruising the romantic Rhine, Rüdesheim
Featured Excursion: Siegfried’s Mechanical Music Museum
In the morning you will cruise the scenic 40 miles of the Upper 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 Ru¨desheim, visit Siegfried’s Mechanical Music Museum, showcasing a unique collection of self-playing musical instruments. (BB, L, D)
DAY 10: Speyer
Featured Excursion: Speyer walking tour
Be guided through Old Town to the grand Speyer Cathedral, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. (BB, L, D)
DAY 11: Strasbourg
Featured Excursion: Strasbourg canal cruise
Admire picturesque Strasbourg the way it has been through the ages—on a canal cruise; you will feel like you are in a fairytale as you glide amongst the city’s beautiful half-timbered houses. (BB, L, Captain’s Farewell Dinner)
DAY 12: Breisach (Colmar), Basel
Featured Excursion: Colmar city tour
Visit enchanting Colmar with its winding old streets, Medieval city center, and St. Martin Church, which is made of pink stone. (BB, L, D)
DAY 13: Basel (disembark), transfer to the airport
Disembark the ship and transfer to EuroAirport Basel-Mulhouse-Freiburg for your flight home, or extend your stay in lovely Lucerne. (CB or BB)
All This Included
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. Sail the meandering and romantic Moselle River, the Rhine’s breathtaking tributary. Be enchanted by scenery of sylvan woods, ancient Roman ruins, and vineyards where vines cling bravely to spectacularly steep slopes. Step into the pages of fairytales as you visit postcard-perfect towns such as Koblenz, Cochem, Trier, Bernkastel, Ru¨desheim, Strasbourg,and Colmar. Indulge in the Moselle’s distinguished vintages of full-bodied Rieslings as you pay homage to one of Europe’s most charming river valleys, and enjoy a unique winetasting at a vintner’s private estate in the idyllic village of Ediger-Eller.
Accommodations on this Tour
Cruise: A standard outside cabin onboard the River Queen
Notes
- Port charges of $192 per person are not included in the prices shown above.
- Cabin upgrades are available at additional cost.
- Note: On Mondays, the Roman-Germanic Museum is closed; it will be replaced with a visit to UNESCO-designated Cologne Cathedral instead.
- Please ask your Vacations To Go travel counselor for more details.
Terms and Conditions
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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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