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Day 2: |
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Arrive in Basel and be
greeted by a representative who will escort you to
the ship. (D)
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Day 3: |
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Featured Excursions: Basel City Walk |
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Optional Tours: Half-day Tour of Lucerne |
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Onboard Highlights: Captain's Welcome Dinner |
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Basel, Switzerland's
second largest city, is best explored on foot. Your
guide will take you to the attractive Old Town with
fine buildings, Münster Cathedral, the striking
Medieval City Hall, and the maze of narrow alleys
along the banks of the Rhine. (B, L, Captain's
Welcome Dinner)
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Featured Excursions: Canal Cruise |
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Onboard Highlights: Exciting Local Entertainment |
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See Strasbourg in the
way it has been seen through the centurieson a
canal cruise. You'll also see Petite France, a
picturesque district that seems as if it has been
lifted from the pages of a fairytale with its
timberland houses adorned with flower boxes. (B, L,
D)
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Day 5: |
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Featured Excursions: Gondola Ride to Niederwald
Monument |
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Optional Tours: Full-day Tour of Heidelberg
and/or Rüdesheim Dinner |
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Rüdesheim is one of the
most scenic wine towns of the Rhine Valley, and
you'll get to see the beauty of it from up high as
you travel by gondola to the top of the Niederwald
Monument, a symbol of Germany's birth as a nation.
(B, L, D)
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Featured Excursions: Renaissance Castle
Johannisburg* |
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Onboard Highlights: Exciting Onboard
Entertainment |
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Aschaffenburg is an
impressive 1000-year old town. King Ludwig I called
it his Bavarian Nice due to its Mediterranean
flair.We'll guide you to the 17th-century
Johannisburg Castle with art treasures and Pompeiianum
a Roman villa rebuilt on plans discovered in
Pompeii. *Closed on Mondays (B, L, D)
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Featured Excursions: Miltenberg Walking Tour |
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Your city tour of
Miltenberg, a Medieval town with crooked streets and
leaning houses right out of the pages of a German
fairytale, takes you past Main Castle on the way
into Old Town and New Square. You'll see the famous
Royal Inn, which has been a working hotel since the
16th century, the aptly named Crooked House, and Old
Square. (B, L, D)
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Day 8: |
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Featured Excursions: Würzburg Residenz & Wine
Tasting |
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Optional Tours: Half-day Tour of Rothenburg |
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You'll visit Würzburg
Residenz Palace, a UNESCO Heritage Site, and one of
Germany's greatest architectural treasures. Your
tour will be capped off with a wine tasting of
Franconian wines. (B, L, D)
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As we head toward
Bamberg, enjoy cruising the Main River passing
picturesque green meadows and typical Franconian
towns. At the mouth of the Regnitz River marvel at
the engineering prowess exemplified in the
Main-Danube Canal as you travel through it. (B, L,
D)
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Featured Excursions: Bamberg Walking Tour |
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Bamberg is an
architectural gem and UNESCO World Heritage Site
boasting Renaissance palaces, Baroque houses and a
breathtaking cathedral. You'll discover on your
walking tour a town untouched by time. (B, L, D)
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Featured Excursions: Nuremberg City Tour |
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Your Nuremberg tour
begins with the Nazi Party Rally grounds, the
Medieval landmark of the Kaiserburg Castle, the
Medieval town wall and its towers, and ends with a
walk to the central market with its beautiful
fountain. (B, L, D)
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Featured Excursions: Old Town Walking Tour |
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Onboard Highlights: Exciting Local Entertainment |
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An unspoiled gem,
Regensburg is a friendly town with quaint
cobblestone streets and historic Roman remnants. On
your tour, you'll see the Cathedral of St. Peter,
with magnificent stained glass windows dating from
the 14th century and the town's famous 12th-century
Stone Bridge. (B, L, D)
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Featured Excursions: Passau Walking Tour and St.
Stephan's Organ Concert |
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Optional Tours: Bavarian Heritage Village |
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Your guided walk starts
in the medieval section of Passau and then takes you
past St. Stephan's Cathedral home to Europe's
largest pipe organ and site of your concert.** **
Only May 1 to Oct 31, and not on Sunday. (B, L, D)
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Featured Excursions: Melk Abbey |
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While in Melk, you'll be
guided through the Melk Abbey, one of the finest
examples of Baroque art in the world. Leaving Melk,
you'll enjoy a scenic cruise through the
vineyard-rich Wachau Valley. (B, L, D)
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Featured Excursions: Vienna City Tour |
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Optional Tours: Visit Schönbrunn Palace |
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Onboard Highlights: Captain's Farewell Dinner |
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Vienna is a city steeped
in history yet on the cusp of current trends. With
your panoramic city overview, travel the stately
Ringstrasse to St. Stephen's Cathedral, where Mozart
was married, and then onto Figaro House. (B, L,
Captain's Farewell Dinner)
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Day 16: |
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Disembark the ship and
transfer to the airport in Vienna for your trip home
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