The Rhine and Moselle - Southbound 2023
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Highlights
- So many delights are in store along the enchanting Moselle and Rhine on our 14-night cruise between Basel and Amsterdam – including a once-in-a-decade visit to Floriade
- the “world’s fair” of horticultural exhibitions.From the Netherlands to Switzerland
- through Germany
- France and Luxembourg
- see the marriage of French and German culture in Strasbourg; mingle with jet setters in Baden-Baden; check outthe ancient university town of Heidelberg and medieval masterpieces like Bernkastel
- Trier and Cochem. Pay tribute to those who fell in the Battle of the Bulge at the Luxembourg American Cemetery and Memorial; get a true taste of Europe with regional specialties
- local wines and folk traditions; and enjoy an exclusive special dinner at a castle in Germany. And special experiences await when you spend a day at the once-in-a-decade Floriade
- the world-acclaimed horticultural exhibition.
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- TAUCK EXCLUSIVE – An exclusive dinner at historic Schloss Ehreshoven in Germany TAUCK EXCLUSIVE –As a special Dutch treat, visit Floriade 2022 – “the World's Fair of horticultural shows.” All gratuities to ship staff, drivers, local guides, Tauck Directors and Tauck Cruise Director Tauck’s private shore excursions and distinctive inclusions valued at $2,400 Insider tour of the Gothic-Renaissance Heidelberger Schloss and lunch at a popular local restaurant Choices of bicycle excursions in Boppard and Arnhem's De Hoge Veluwe National Park Wine tasting at a family-owned winery in Cochem A scenic cruise along the canals of Amsterdam
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