ENCHANTING RHINE ONBOARD CRUISE INCLUSIONS » 7-night river cruise in elegantly appointed accommodations » Fine dining with a variety of choices » Unlimited hand-selected wine, beer and soft drinks with lunch and dinner » Multiple dining venues » Sip & Sail cocktail hour with complimentary wine, beer, spirits and soft drinks » Welcome Cocktail, Welcome Dinner, La Chaîne des Rôtisseurs Dinner, Captain’s Cocktail and Gala Dinner » Wine Host, often from a renowned winery in North America » Professionally trained Wellness Host leading a variety of exercise classes » Live local entertainment » Unlimited complimentary Wi-Fi access
COMPLIMENTARY EXCURSIONS » Small group guided shore excursions with a variety of choices and activity levels, including gentle, regular and active walking tours » Hiking and biking tours » Exclusive Special Interest Tours » Exclusive Lahneck Castle visit with candlelight tour and Alsatian wine tasting
LAND EXTENSION INCLUSIONS » 2 nights hotel in Amsterdam at the Flower Market or Grand Hotel Krasnapolsky (or similar) » 2 nights hotel in Zurich at the Hotel Marriott Zurich (or similar) » 2 nights hotel in Lucerne at the Hotel Schweizerhof Lucerne (or similar) » Daily breakfast » City tours and Zaanse Schans » Portage service » Services of a professionally trained Cruise Manager throughout your river cruise and land stay » Transfers between hotel and ship are included with the purchase of cruise and land program; airport transfers are included with the purchase of airfare from AmaWaterways
11 Nights | 2 nights Zurich, Switzerland, 2 nights Lucerne and 7-night Basel to Amsterdam, Netherlands cruise
Grand cities blend in perfect harmony with their historic AMSTERDAM
Netherlands
Poland offers a striking backdrop to its trendy and ultra-modern
Germany
metropolis. And Amsterdam’s Golden Age melds seamlessly
COLOGNE Belgium
France
with its lively cafés, exciting nightlife and glorious museums.
LAHNSTEIN RÜDESHEIM LADENBURG LUDWIGSHAFEN Lux. SPEYER HEIDELBERG
STRASBOURG
BASEL
Switzerland
Inspirational towns have given way to great stories, poetry
Czech Republic
and music, like Heidelberg, where Mark Twain wrote A Tramp Abroad. Timeless traditions remain intact—from the making
BLACK FOREST
RIQUEWIHR
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of Kölsch, Cologne’s legendary brew, to the creation of
BREISACH FREIBURG
Austria
ZURICH
Rüdesheimer coffee. Take a front-row seat on an enchanting journey that takes you along the Rhine River and through its
LUCERNE
UNESCO World Heritage Site. Italy
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ITINERARY HIGHLIGHTS RIQUEWIHR: THE GEM OF THE ALSACE
STRASBOURG: HOME TO THE OLDEST WINE ON EARTH?
Tucked away between a wooded glen and protected from northern winds by the Vosges Mountains lies the medieval town of Riquewihr, right in the heart of the Alsatian vineyards and considered one of the most beautiful villages in all of France. This quaint town is filled with colorful half-timbered houses painted red, green or bright yellow—some dating back to 15th century. For centuries, this magnificent town has managed to combine the quality of its architecture with the quality of its world-famous wines, from where it gets its nickname, “The Gem of the Alsace Vineyards.”
France’s picturesque town of Strasbourg is home to exquisite Alsatian wines and possibly the oldest wine in the world. Resting in an old cellar underneath the Hospices de Strasbourg is a wine that has been around since before Columbus sailed the ocean blue in 1492. Experts have taken samples over the years with modern analysis tools, so they could find out what type of wine it was, and they discovered it is a white Alsatian wine with a 9.4 percent alcohol content, a complex nose and flavorful aromas that include eucalyptus, clove, coconut and thyme.
RIQUEWIHR, FRANCE
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past and their progressive future. Zurich’s medieval period
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OLDEST WINE ON EARTH, STRASBOURG, FRANCE
