WINDMILLS, VINEYARDS & PARIS - CATEGORY E
Tour Code - WAR-E
14 days Amsterdam to Paris
11-night cruise from Amsterdam to Remich & 2 nights in Paris
All inclusive prices starting at: $4300
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Experience Holland, Belgium, Germany, Luxembourg and France on this fantastic cruise. Enjoy a canal cruise in Amsterdam, take pictures of the windmills at famous Kinderdijk and guided sightseeing in Trier and Cologne. Visit Reichsburg Castle in Cochem and enjoy a wine cellar visit in Bernkastel. Guided sightseeing in Arnhem includes a visit to the Airborne Museum Hartenstein, and you can sample the area's famous Riesling wines in the pretty wine village of Rudesheim. See the city's major highlights on a guided tour of Paris and travel between Paris and Metz via TGV high-speed train.
Please note that departure 0606 has a slightly different itinerary due to lock maintenance
Day 9. Rhine Gorge–Rüdesheim. (Sun.) Due to maintenance of the technical equipment along the river Moselle the ship will sail on to Rüdesheim today.
Day 10. Mannheim. (Mon.) Due to the maintenance issues along the river Moselle the ship will sail to Mannheim today. An afternoon excursion to Heidelberg Is included for you. Heidelberg is Germany's oldest university town. The ruins of the imposing red sandstone CASTLE tower above the city. Of particular interest Is the GIANT VAT, an 18th-century wine cask holding 49,000 gallons
Day 11. Mainz–Koblenz. (Tue.) Today the ship will sail to Mainz situated on the left bank of the Rhine, opposite the mouth of the Main River. Gutenberg, the father of modern printing, was born here and you will visit the GUTENBERG MUSEUM in the morning. Before lunch the ship will continue to Koblenz. Situated at the confluence of the Rhine and Moselle rivers, 2,000-year-old Koblenz is the cultural and business center of the Middle Rhine region.
Day 12. Cochem–Bernkastel. (Wed.) This morning you will visit Cochem's REICHSBURG CASTLE, which sits atop a conical hill covered in vines. Return to the ship for lunch and sail on to the charming wine village of Bernkastel in the middle of the Moselle region, with its well-preserved half-timbered houses surrounding the beautiful MARKET PLACE. Wine growers in this area look after Germany’s largest expanse of vineyards, the most celebrated of the vintages being the Bernkastel Doktor. Before dinner, visit a local WINE CELLAR and taste several of this region’s varietals.
Day 13. Trier (Disembarkation) – Paris, France. (Thu.) The venerable Episcopal city of Trier is the oldest in Germany and, some claim, even older than Rome! A house on the marketplace bears the inscription, “Trier was standing 1,300 years before Rome.” The famous PORTA NIGRA is the only surviving fortified gate from the original Roman settlement and it still gives access to the town center. Trier’s most famous son was socialist revolutionary Karl Marx. At lunchtime you will be taken by motorcoach to Metz to board the TGV HIGH-SPEED TRAIN for a swift and comfortable journey to Paris.
Visited Cities
Amsterdam, Dordrecht, Antwerp, Maastricht, Arnhem, Cologne, Rhine Gorge, Rudesheim, Cochem, Bernkastel, Trier and Paris
Meals
Breakfast - 13
Lunch - 10
Dinner - 11
Standard Features
CRUISE: Deluxe 11-night cruise from Amsterdam to Remich in an outside stateroom with hotel-style beds (Category E), Services of a professional Cruise Director, Onboard lectures, activities & nightly piano music, Sightseeing with Local Guides, Headsets for all guided shore excursions
AMSTERDAM: Welcome reception; canal cruise
DORDRECHT: Excursion to Kinderdijk
ARNHEM: Guided sightseeing; visit Airborne Museum Hartenstein
COLOGNE: Guided sightseeing
RUDESHEIM: Visit Siegfried's Mechanical Musical Instrument Museum
RHINE GORGE: Cruise through the gorge
COCHEM: Visit Reichsburg Castle
BERNKASTEL: Guided walk, local marketplace; visit a wine cellar
TRIER: Guided sightseeing, Porta Nigra
METZ-PARIS: By high-speed TGV train
PARIS: Guided sightseeing
ON BOARD GRATUITIES: All onboard gratuities for the Cruise Director and Crew are included
MEALS: Buffet breakfast (B) in Paris; superb dining with all meals on board daily featuring full breakfast (B), lunch (L), and dinner (D), including a welcome reception, welcome dinner, and Captain's dinner; quality wines from Europe's most famous wine regions with every dinner; one sitting with open seating arrangements
Inside visits as shown in UPPERCASE in the tour description, including admission charges, where applicable
