German Grandeur (Eastbound)
Overview
Highlights
- Onboard welcome reception
- Choice of excursion to Black Forest or visit to a local winery in Breisach or bike with your Adventure Host
- Choice of guided tour, visit to La Petite France district and the Gothic cathedral or visit to Freiburg or bike with your Adventure Host
- Choice of visit to Siegfried's Mechanical Musical Instrument Museum, cable-car ride to the Niederwald Monument in Rüdesheim, or a hike in the vineyards with your Adventure Host; scenic cruising through the Rhine Gorge; time at leisure in Boppard
- In Frankfurt choice of guided tour or bike with your Adventure Host or guided tour in Seligenstadt
- Guided walking tour
- Choice of guided tour, visit to the Bishop’s Residenz or bike with your Adventure Host
- Choice of guided tour, see the Old Town Hall or bike with your Adventure Host
- See the grandeur of Germany on a European river cruise through its most picturesque destinations along the Main and Rhine Rivers
- Your picturesque European river cruise begins on the Rhine River in Basel, Switzerland
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Welcome to Switzerland! Your Suite Ship® is Ready for Boarding.
Flights into Zürich or Basel must arrive by 3 pm.
Guests must be on board ship by 5 pm.
Enjoy dinner and explore the ship on your first night on board as you sail to Breisach.
EVENING/OVERNIGHT CRUISE TO BREISACH
(Dinner)
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German Winemaking and the Beautiful Black Forest
ACTIVE Enjoy the view on a relaxing bike ride along the Rhine with your Adventure Host, OR: DISCOVERY Join a full-day Guided Tour to the magical Black Forest to experience the Vogtsbauernohf open-air-museum, ...
A Grand Cathedral and La Petite France
Visit the Adventure Center for today’s activities with your Adventure Host.
ACTIVE Discover Strasbourg by bike with your Adventure Host, OR:
CLASSIC Join a City Tour of Strasbourg’s sights, including its Goth...
Eat, Drink, and Be Merry in Wine Country
ACTIVE Enjoy a hike with your Avalon Adventure Host through the picturesque vineyards of Rüdesheim, OR:
ACTIVE Take an open-air Cable Car Ride to the Niederwald Monument, then ride or walk back down through the vin...
Charm in Frankfurt
ACTIVE Enjoy a biking experience in the city of Frankfurt with your Adventure Host, OR: DISCOVERY Take a Guided Tour to Seligenstadt—one of Germany’s oldest towns and home to the Einhard Basilika—dubbed “minor basilica” in 1925 by Pope Pius...
Beauty on the Main River
Join your Adventure Host for today’s special activities.
CLASSIC Join a Guided Walking Tour of a picturesque Bavarian village.
AFTERNOON/OVERNIGHT CRUISE TO WÜRZBURG
(Breakfast,Lunch,Dinner)
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A Perfect Day in the Pearl of the Romantic Road
ACTIVE Explore Würzburg's charm by bike with your Adventure Host, OR:
CLASSIC Take a Guided Sightseeing Tour of Würzburg with its Old Main Bridge, towering fortress, and baroque Bishop’s Residenz—with ...
The City of Seven Hills
ACTIVE Your bike is ready! Hop on and bike along the canals in Bamberg with your Adventure Host, OR:
CLASSIC Take a Guided Walking Tour of the historic home to imperial dynasties, and see its Romanesque cathedral, Old Town Hall, an...
Your cruise ends this morning with breakfast.
Flights shouldn’t leave Nuremberg airport before 10 am.
(Breakfast)
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