Luxury holidays in Germany
Cruise the Danube past Baroque abbeys and stroll its old towns in the evening. Say which month suits you, and we plan the cruise, rail connections and city hotels around it.
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Germany
9 days · 8 nights
Munich → Passau → Salzburg → Melk → Dürnstein → Vienna → Bratislava → Linz
You start in Munich's Christmas market before boarding your riverboat in Passau. A day in Salzburg leads to Christmas Eve in the Wachau Valley at Melk and Dürnstein. You wake on Christmas morning in Vienna, then visit Bratislava and Linz before returning to Munich via Regensburg.
Germany
12 days · 11 nights
Munich → Bad Tölz → Kitzbühel → Salzburg → Lienz → Cortina d'Ampezzo → Trieste → Piran
You begin in Munich with a food walk, then visit a craft brewery in Bad Tölz on the way to Kitzbühel. Salzburg and the Eagle's Nest follow before you cross into Italy for two days in Cortina d'Ampezzo and the Dolomites. You descend through prosecco country to Trieste, with a final day in Piran on the Slovenian coast.
Germany
9 days · 8 nights
Munich → Passau → Vienna → Budapest → Bratislava → Melk → Passau
You begin in Munich at the Residence Palace before boarding your riverboat in Passau. The river takes you to Vienna for a waltz lesson, then to Budapest, where you see in the New Year with fireworks from the water. Bratislava and the abbey at Melk follow on the way back to Passau and Munich.
Travellers often expect efficiency in Germany and find warmth as well, in a beer garden under chestnut trees, a Christmas market with mulled wine in hand or a concert hall where the whole city seems to turn up. The country is easy to get around, which leaves you free to enjoy yourself.
Munich is the gateway to Bavaria, with Neuschwanstein against the Alps and lakes for summer swimming. Passau sits where three rivers meet and is the start of many Danube cruises. Berlin has some of Europe's great museums and a history still visible on its streets, and Dresden's Baroque old town has been rebuilt along the Elbe. The Rhine and Moselle valleys bring vineyards and castles above the water.
Guided moments in the cities and the countryside, arranged around your days.
See Potsdamer Platz, once split by the Wall, Checkpoint Charlie and the Brandenburg Gate on a half-day tour of the city's key sites.
Tour the stages and stalls of one of the world's great concert halls, and learn how its mid-century design shapes the sound.
Walk the cobbled streets by the Elbe to the Zwinger, the Frauenkirche and the Semper Opera House.
Make organic chocolates in the cellar of Thürmsdorf Castle, near Dresden, with a chocolatier to guide you.
Stroll the old town from Marienplatz and its glockenspiel to the Viktualienmarkt, the churches and the royal Residenz.
Meet local artists in their studios, then explore the colourful corners of the city where murals cover whole walls.
Tour the Porsche factory, then take the wheel of a sports car on the on-site circuit with an instructor beside you.
Bavaria suits castles and mountains, while Berlin suits museums and modern history.
The Marienplatz and its glockenspiel, royal palaces, art galleries and beer gardens in the English Garden.
A baroque city where three rivers meet, the starting point for cruises downstream to Austria.
Lakes, alpine meadows and painted villages near Bad Tölz, with King Ludwig's castles in the foothills.
Christmas market sailings sell out first, so we hold cabins early.
Cold and dark, rivers out of season.
Winter in Bavaria, good for skiing, quiet in the cities.
Cool and changeable, the first cruises begin late in the month.
Spring along the Danube and blossom in the valleys.
Green hills, warm days and beer gardens opening.
Long days, ideal for the Alps and the river.
Warm and busy, lakes in the Alps at their best.
Summer heat in the cities, cooler in the mountains.
Calm weather on the river and Oktoberfest begins in Munich.
Autumn colour along the Danube and in the Alps.
Grey and cool, Christmas markets open late in the month.
Christmas markets in Munich and along the Danube.
Both connect well with Asia and the Gulf, and Munich is closest to the Danube.
The Danube flows on into Austria and the Rhine into the Netherlands, while Switzerland is a train ride south.
Vienna and the vineyards of the Wachau on the Danube.
Lucerne, the Jungfrau and Lake Geneva by train.
Tulip season cruises from Amsterdam to Delft and Haarlem.
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