Amsterdam • Kinderdijk • Cologne • Kablenz • Heidelberg • Strasbourg • Breisach • Basel
- 11 Days - Airfare included from anywhere in the U.S.
Call us for pricing, based on dates and stateroom choices. The $500 you see below is not the price of the trip, it is the deposit to hold your spot on the trip.
There are no trip dates scheduled at this time.
Trip Includes
- Flights from anywhere in the United States and flights between countries as per your itinerary. (all necessary flights on your trip are included)
- Airport Taxes, Security Fees & Fuel Surcharges Saving you an average of $400-$600!
- Transfers as per itinerary.
- Your choice of stateroom
- 4 and 5 star hotels in Amsterdam and Basel!
- Transportation with luxury bus.
- All breakfasts, 5 shipboard lunches, and all shipboard dinners. Wine included with all shipboard lunches and dinners.
- All tips to driver and hotel.
- Guided Tours and Tour Fees.
- Luggage handling (1 suitcase and 1 carry-on per person)
- Single Supplement (as long as the passengers is willing to room with someone and allows us to provide them with a roommate. If the passenger wants a guaranteed room to of their own, or we are unable to find them a roommate, then they have to pay double the trip cost)
- Remember: Our trips are not more expensive during high season ~ Passengers will never be expected to pay extra for anything while on the trip ~ We always wait for passengers and never leave anyone behind
Trip Does Not Include
- Trip Insurance
- Cruise gratuities
- Dinner the first night and last night of the trip (when you are not on the cruise)
Day 1: Depart from USA. Arrival next day.
Day 2: Arrive in Amsterdam. You will be met by your driver and head to our hotel by deluxe motor coach. After check-in, you will have a free afternoon in Amsterdam. Dinner and overnight in Amsterdam.
Day 3: Late start and enjoy a leisurely breakfast, then transfer to your ship. After boarding, the afternoon is yours to explore the city on your own. If your arrival schedule permits and if you are interested, you may wish to visit the Anne Frank House.
Day 4: Sail to Kinderdijk, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, for a tour of this ingenious network of windmills and other flood management devices. You learn why the windmills were built and see how they work, plus you enter an actual working windmill for a tour of its mechanisms and living quarters. Return aboard for lunch and an enjoyable afternoon of Dutch diversions: sample handcrafted Dutch cheeses and jenever, a distilled juniper liquor, and try your hand at sjoelen (Dutch table shuffleboard). Cruise through the night.
Day 5: Continue along the Rhine this morning; arrive in Cologne and disembark for a walking tour. Stroll through Old Town past St. Martin’s Church, and spend some time inside Cologne’s Dom, a remarkable Gothic cathedral whose construction was begun in 1248 and which was only completed in 1880. Explore the dockside taverns, cafes and shops on your own. As always, your Program Director can help you plan your free time. Dinner is served aboard and we remain docked until late evening.
Day 6: Proceed along the Rhine, disembarking to tour 700-year-old Marksburg Castle and its museum. Lunch aboard as you enjoy this scenic passage, a UNESCO World Heritage Site where castles overlook the river from their hilltop locations. Arrive in Rudesheim in the late afternoon. Spend free time in the pedestrian only Drosselgasse and sample a glass of locally produced wine at one of the restaurants or wine bars. Dine aboard or in town if you prefer. Ship departs after midnight.
Day 7: Cruise through the morning enjoying brunch and the passing scenery. Arrive in Mannheim and disembark for a journey to Heidelberg to see Germany’s oldest university, founded in 1386. Then visit the beautiful sandstone ruins of imposing Heidelberg Castle, and take in the scenery of the Neckar River Valley and the city’s many red rooftops from its hilltop location. Continue with a walking tour through the Old Town to Heidelberg’s renowned gates. Rejoin your ship in Speyer this afternoon and take some time to look around. You dock in full view of the imposing Romanesque cathedral, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Built in the 11th century on the site of a former basilica, the building’s design was highly influential upon Romanesque architecture for centuries to come, and is the final resting place of eight German monarchs. Its soaring interior features graceful rows of sandstone columns and a large stained-glass window installed in the western facade during a later Gothic period.
Day 8: Dock this morning in Kehl and disembark for a guided tour of Strasbourg. See the European Parliament and tour the interior of the city’s famed cathedral. The afternoon is free to further explore this Alsatian city’s blend of French and German cultures, fabulous churches, medieval covered bridges, beautiful parks and some lovely Art Nouveau and modernist architecture. Dine aboard and enjoy free time this evening in the quaint little city of Kehl.
Day 9: After cruising through the night you arrive during breakfast in Breisach, gateway to the Black Forest. Take a scenic excursion through the area’s renowned mountain landscape, rolling meadows and dense forests. Once there, visit a local workshop and see a cuckoo clock-making demonstration. After lunch you may choose to join an optional excursion to the quaint Alsatian town of Colmar. Dine aboard while you cruise on to Basel.
Day 10: After breakfast, disembark in Basel and meet your driver; enjoy a free afternoon, dinner, and overnight in Basal.
Day 11: Fly back to USA from Switzerland.
Please note: The ship goes back and forth between Amsterdam and Basel; based on availability of your preferred room or dates, your itinerary may be reversed. We do our best to ensure that all sites listed in this itinerary will be seen. However, due to scheduling conflicts, or other circumstances beyond our control, sites may be visited on a different day than listed. If this happens it will also necessitate a change in the restaurant for dinner. However, we will never sacrifice the quality of the meal, all restaurants will meet Proximo Travel’s very high standards. Since we have several different trip configurations touring at the same time, it is likely that groups on different tours will be combined when their itineraries overlap in certain areas.
