Romance of the Rhine & Mosel
Overview
Highlights
- Unpack just once and journey through five European countries—Belgium, the Netherlands, Germany, France, and Switzerland
- Cruise aboard our award-winning 140- to 164-passenger ships with a dedicated English-speaking crew
- Experience this European itinerary, and uncover a local and American perspective in destinations like Speyer, where you’ll enjoy a Home-Hosted Kaffeeklatsch
- Explore with an expert, local Program Director—a native or resident of Europe—who will be dedicated to your group of no more than 47 from the start to the end of your trip
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Trip includes
- Accommodations: 14 nights aboard a private Grand Circle river ship in an outside cabin
- All meals, including Captain’s Welcome and Farewell Receptions and Dinners: 14 breakfasts, 14 lunches, and 14 dinners (and beverages—including beer, wine, and soft drinks—during all onboard lunches and dinners)
- 13 exclusive, included tours with personal headsets: Antwerp • Kinderdijk Windmills • Nijmegen • Bonn
- Cochem & Reichsburg Castle, Bernkastel, Trier, Zell , Boppard, Speyer, Strasbourg , Baden-Baden , Basel
- Exclusive Discovery Series events: German language lesson , Winery tour & tasting , Home-Hosted Kaffeeklatsch, Informative discussions on the European Union and Switzerland Today
- Airport transfers upon arrival and departure with the purchase of Grand Circle's airfare
- All port charges—a value of $165 per person
- Gratuities for local guides and motorcoach drivers on your main trip
- Baggage handling for 1 piece of luggage per person, including tips
- 5% Frequent Traveler Credit toward your next Grand Circle trip—an average of $300
- Prices include port charges and gratuities for local guides and drivers—a value up to $215 per person
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Itinerary
Depart the U.S. today on your flight to Brussels, Belgium.
Meals: Lunch, Dinner
Accommodations: Private Grand Circle River Ship
Arrive today in Brussels. A Grand Circle representative will meet you at the airport and assist with your transfer to the pier in Antwerp. There, you'll be joined by those who took our ...
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Accommodations: Private Grand Circle River Ship
After breakfast, attend an orientation briefing. Your Program Director will go over the details of your upcoming trip and answer any questions you may have. Then set off on a...
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Accommodations: Private Grand Circle River Ship
Your morning is at leisure in Willemstad to relax or explore on your own. Or, if you choose the optional Delta Works tour, you'll ride by motorcoach to see a restoration proj...
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Accommodations: Private Grand Circle River Ship
After breakfast, you'll join your Program Director for a walking tour of 2,000-year-old Nijmegen—the Netherlands' oldest city. Located in the eastern part of the country near...
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Accommodations: Private Grand Circle River Ship
After breakfast, enjoy a walking tour of Bonn's Old Town, where you’ll see the Baroque City Hall, Romanesque Basilica, and Beethoven’s memorial. Founded by the Romans, Bonn w...
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Accommodations: Private Grand Circle River Ship
Disembark this morning for a tour of Reichsburg Castle, believed to have been originally constructed some time in the eleventh century. Burned to the ground by King Louis XIV...
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Accommodations: Private Grand Circle River Ship
This morning, join your Program Director for a stroll around Bernkastel, one of the prettiest towns in the Mosel Valley. Actually, Bernkastel is two towns; its sister town, K...
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Accommodations: Private Grand Circle River Ship
After breakfast, join us for a tour of Trier. There were settlements here in the third millennium before Christ, and the Roman Emperor Augustus founded a thriving city here i...
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Accommodations: Private Grand Circle River Ship
Disembark this morning in Zell for an informational walk—and experience the heart of one of the biggest wine-producing regions of Germany. Founded by the Romans in the first ...
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Accommodations: Private Grand Circle River Ship
Join us on an optional excursion to one of the most beautiful castles standing on the hills that line the Rhine River, Marksburg Castle. The only 13th-century castle unchange...
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Accommodations: Private Grand Circle River Ship
After breakfast, enjoy a walking tour of Speyer, a town founded by the Romans in approximately AD 50 that flourished during the Middle Ages. Unfortunately, much of Speyer was...
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Accommodations: Private Grand Circle River Ship
Early this morning, we dock in Strasbourg, France. This morning, you can enjoy a sightseeing tour by boat along Strasbourg's canals. Strategically important since ancient tim...
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Accommodations: Private Grand Circle River Ship
This morning after breakfast onboard, you visit the spa town of Baden-Baden, nestled in the thick, deep green forests. Baden-Baden has been renowned for its thermal baths sin...
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Accommodations: Private Grand Circle River Ship
Basel is Switzerland’s second-largest city—and one with a split personality. On the one hand, the city is dominated by giant, modern chemical concerns and pharmaceutical comp...
Meals: Breakfast
After breakfast, disembark in Basel and transfer to the airport for your flight home. Or, begin your optional extension to Lucerne, Switzerland.
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Land Tours: A deposit of $350 per person is required to secure your reservation. To secure reservations on a trip departing within 90 days, a full payment is required at the time of booking.
River Cruises and Small Ships: A deposit of $500 per person is required to secure your reservation. To secure reservations on a trip departing within 90 days, a full payment is required at the time of booking.
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The total tour cost includes the tour price (regular or promotional) and the compulsory local payment. The promotional price is subject to change. Check directly with the operator for the latest price offer. The tour operator requires you to pay only the tour price to purchase your travel. The compulsory local payment will be paid when you join the trip. All prices are based on double, twin or triple share occupancy. Solo passengers will be accommodated in a double, twin or triple room according to availability with a passenger(s) of the same gender. Single supplement only needs to be paid if the passenger does not want to share and requests their own room. Discounts can only be applied at the time of booking and cannot be added at a later date, regardless of any changes made to the original booking.
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A great trip, we really enjoyed it a lot.
Considered the Best of the Best!,,,,
The Places covered by the trip were full of historical facts worthy of remembering till the last days of our lives!,,,, Our Travel Director, RENE BAUER , is super kn...
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Accommodation
The M/S River Harmony was ranked #26 in Condé Nast Traveler’s “Top 40 River Cruise Ships in the World” 2014 Readers’ Poll The M/S River Harmony was launched in 1999. This ship has a capacity of 140 passengers in 70 cabins, all with outside views. Ship amenities include an elevator, restaurant, bar and lounge, library, Sun Deck, fitness center, and sauna. Your ship has an international crew of 34 and three English-speaking Program Directors.
Registry: Malta Width: 38 feet Length: 366 feet Passenger capacity: 140 Crew/Nationality: 34/International Entered Service: 1999 Decks: 4 Number of cabins: 70—all outside Elevator: Yes (no elevator access to Prelude Deck)
Cancellation Charges for River Cruises and Small Ships:
Prior to departure and charges as follows
121 days or more and charge is $300
120-90 days is 10% of selling price or $300—whichever is greater
89-60 days is 40% of selling price
59-30 days is 65% of selling price
29 days–departure is 100% of selling price
14 Breakfasts, 14 Lunches, and 14 Dinners
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