Day 1 · Strasbourg
Arrive in Strasbourg
Arrive in the Alsatian capital, a mix of medieval lanes, Renaissance houses and Art Nouveau facades.
- Overnight
- Régent Petite France
8 days · 7 nights
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How the days unfold. Your advisor tailors the pace, the hotels and the extras to you.
Strasbourg
Day 1 · Strasbourg
Arrive in the Alsatian capital, a mix of medieval lanes, Renaissance houses and Art Nouveau facades.
Day 2 · Strasbourg
Walk the city with a local expert, taste wine in the city's oldest cellar and browse the Christmas market before boarding your riverboat.
Freiburg and Alsace
Day 3 · Freiburg and Alsace
Spend a day in Freiburg on the edge of the Black Forest, with time at its market, then return through the villages of the Alsace Wine Road.
Heidelberg
Day 4 · Heidelberg
Walk the old centre beneath the castle walls, taste wine over lunch, then return for cocktails and a chef's table dinner on board.
Rüdesheim and Koblenz
Day 5 · Rüdesheim and Koblenz
Stroll Rüdesheim, cruise the castle-lined Rhine Gorge and walk the medieval centre of Koblenz.
Bonn
Day 6 · Bonn
Leave the boat in Cologne for Bonn, to see the Bonn Minster and the house where Beethoven was born.
Cologne
Day 7 · Cologne
Walk the city with a local expert, see the cathedral's twin spires, then spend the afternoon at the markets before a farewell dinner.
Day 8 · Cologne
After breakfast, a private transfer takes you to the airport.
Tell us when you would like to travel. Your advisor confirms dates and hotels, tailors the trip to the two of you, and stays with you until you are home.
France
7 days · 6 nights
Avignon → Roquemaure → Vallabrègues → Arles → Gallician → Aigues-Mortes
You board in Avignon and spend the first days between the Pont du Gard, Châteauneuf-du-Pape and the Palais des Papes. The barge then follows the Rhône to Arles for a walk through Roman ruins and Van Gogh's streets. From there you enter the Camargue wetlands, visit a lavender farm and finish inside the walls of Aigues-Mortes.
France
7 days · 6 nights
Béziers → Capestang → Le Somail → Narbonne → Homps → Trèbes → Carcassonne
You board in Béziers and drift west along the Canal du Midi, stopping for the cloister at Fontfroide Abbey and the artists' village of Le Somail. Narbonne's covered market and a winery visit come next, then Minerve on its limestone cliff. The week ends inside the walled city of Carcassonne.
France
7 days · 6 nights
Pontailler-sur-Saône → Saint-Jean-de-Losne → Seurre → Fragnes-la-Loyère → Chagny → Saint-Léger-sur-Dheune
You board at Pontailler-sur-Saône and spend your first full day at the Clos de Vougeot, then cycle the Route des Grands Crus by e-bike. A mustard workshop in Dijon and a visit to Château de Germolles follow as you cruise the Saône. Beaune brings a market visit, a cooking class and a last tasting near the Hôtel-Dieu.
You begin in Strasbourg with its Christmas market and the city's oldest wine cellar, then board your riverboat. Day trips take you to Freiburg in the Black Forest and Heidelberg under its castle. The Rhine Gorge, Koblenz and Bonn lead to a final day among Cologne's Christmas markets.
Every trip can be shaped around you before you book.
Arrive early or stay on at the end, in the same hotel or somewhere new.
Your travel expert books flights that fit the first and last day.
Choose a better room or a hotel with a view for the nights that count.
A honeymoon, an anniversary or a birthday, planned into the trip.
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