Day 1 · Amsterdam
Arrive in Amsterdam
Arrive in a city of canals, coffee houses and Golden Age museums.
- Overnight
- Pillows Grand Boutique Hotel Maurits at the Park
11 days · 10 nights
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Amsterdam
Day 1 · Amsterdam
Arrive in a city of canals, coffee houses and Golden Age museums.
Day 2 · Amsterdam
See the Dutch masters at the Rijksmuseum with a guide, then cruise the canals by private boat.
Leiden
Day 3 · Leiden
Visit the American Pilgrim Museum before opening hours, explore the university town and rejoin the boat in Utrecht.
Cologne
Day 4 · Cologne
Walk to the Gothic cathedral, then choose the Fragrance Museum, modern art at the Museum Ludwig or a bike ride through the city.
Cochem
Day 5 · Cochem
Sail up the Moselle to Cochem and visit a former secret bunker of the German central bank, built to survive a nuclear attack.
Koblenz and Rüdesheim
Day 6 · Koblenz and Rüdesheim
Walk Roman Koblenz, cruise past cliffside castles in the Rhine Gorge and taste wine over dinner in Rüdesheim.
Heidelberg
Day 7 · Heidelberg
Spend time in the old town's Market Square, then ride the funicular up to the castle ruins.
Strasbourg and Basel
Day 8 · Strasbourg and Basel
Walk Strasbourg's old town with a tasting at a historic Alsatian brasserie, then sail to Basel for the captain's gala dinner.
Lucerne
Day 9 · Lucerne
See the painted Chapel Bridge and the Lion Monument, lunch at a traditional inn, then ride the cable car up Mount Pilatus and down by cog railway.
Zurich
Day 10 · Zurich
Visit a chocolatier's workshop, then walk past the Chagall windows of the Fraumünster and the Grossmünster.
Day 11 · Zurich
A private transfer takes you to the airport.
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Netherlands
7 days · 6 nights
Alkmaar → Zaandam → Haarlem → Oude Wetering → Leiden → Delft
You board in Alkmaar for its cheese museum, then visit the windmills and wooden houses of Zaanse Schans. The barge carries you to Haarlem for Keukenhof and the Frans Hals Museum, then on to Leiden, Rembrandt's birthplace. The week ends in Delft, home of its blue and white porcelain.
Netherlands
7 days · 6 nights
Haarlem → Zaandam → Amsterdam → Gouda → Rotterdam → Delft → Oude Wetering
You board in the heart of Haarlem and visit Zaanse Schans before cruising through Amsterdam itself. Gouda and a cheese farm come next, then Delft's hand-painted porcelain. You spend an afternoon at Keukenhof and an early morning at the Aalsmeer flower auction before a farewell dinner in Haarlem.
You begin in Amsterdam with the Rijksmuseum and a canal cruise, then sail through Leiden, Cologne and up the Moselle to Cochem. The Rhine Gorge, Heidelberg and Strasbourg carry you south to Basel. You finish on land with Mount Pilatus above Lucerne and a chocolatier in Zurich.
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