Days |
Ports Of Call |
01 |
Depart Home Gateway City to Amsterdam  |
02 |
Amsterdam (embark)
~ Arrive in Amsterdam where you’ll be greeted by a Uniworld representative and transferred to the ship. (Dinner) |
03 |
Amsterdam
~Your panoramic tour takes you past Mint Tower, Dam Square, the Royal Palace,
Museum Square, and across many canals. Visit the renowned Rijksmuseum, with
priceless works of art by Vermeer, Rembrandt and other Dutch Masters of the
Golden Age.
(Breakfast / Lunch / Captain’s Welcome Dinner)
#Featured Excursions: City tour including Rijksmuseum visit |
04 |
Cologne
~ Today’s tour takes you through the narrow streets of Old Town as you make your way to the magnificent Cologne Cathedral. Inside this UNESCO World Heritage Site, the earthly remains of the Biblical Three Kings of the Magi are believed to lay at rest. (Breakfast / Lunch / Dinner)
#Featured Excursion: Cologne walking tour and Cathedral visit
Note: On Sundays and Catholic holidays, guided tours inside the cathedral will not be possible. |
05 |
Boppard, Cruising Romantic Rhine, Rüdesheim
~ During the morning, you’ll enjoy leisure time in charming Boppard. In the afternoon, you’ll sail along one of the most beautiful sections of the Rhine with its vine-filled slopes, and its 40 castles strung like pearls on the river’s ledges. This section of the river is so spectacular that it has been declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Later in the day you’ll reach Rüdesheim, where you’ll visit famous Siegfried’s Museum, showcasing one of the world’s best collections of mechanical musical instruments. (Breakfast / Lunch / Dinner)
#Featured Excursion: Siegfried’s Museum |
06 |
Rüdeshiem, Mainz
~ Mainz is famous for Johannes Gutenberg, the town’s native son who invented the printing press with movable type. Our walking tour of downtown Mainz includes a visit to the Gutenberg Museum. (Breakfast / Lunch / Dinner)
#Featured Excursions: Mainz walking tour and Gutenberg Museum
#Note: Museum closed on Monday. |
07 |
Miltenberg
~ Your adventures along this breathtakingly beautiful section of the river begin
with a visit to Miltenberg, a medieval town with crooked streets and leaning
houses that are right out of the pages of a German fairy tale. Your walking tour
takes you right into Old Town with its cobblestone streets and timber-frame
houses. (Breakfast / Lunch / Dinner)
#Featured Excursion: Miltenberg walking tour |
08 |
Würzburg (Rothenburg)
~ Travel to Rothenburg, the best preserved medieval town in Germany. With
half-timbered houses and imposing fortifications, the townscape is still much as
it was in the Middle Ages. Taste the flavors of Germany during an included lunch
at a local restaurant. (Breakfast / Lunch / Dinner)
#Featured Excursion: Full-day tour of Rothenburg |
09 |
Bamberg
~ Arrive in the historical Franconian city of Bamberg. Our guided walking tour of
this UNESCO World Heritage Site showcases the imperial cathedral, the Old Town
Hall, the old fisherman’s houses of “Little Venice” and the New Palace with its baroque garden. (Breakfast / Lunch / Dinner)
#Featured Excursions: Bamberg walking tour |
10 |
Nuremberg
~Today’s tour takes you through Nuremberg, an archetypal German medieval city encircled by mighty defensive walls and red-roofed buildings. Discover the sights of Nuremberg and its World War II history during your panoramic tour and then explore the walled Old Town on foot. (Breakfast / Lunch / Dinner)
#Featured Excursion: Regensburg walking tour |
11 |
Regansburg
~ An unspoiled gem and a UNESCO World Heritage Site, Regensburg is a friendly town with quaint cobblestone streets, medieval alleys and historic Roman remains. On your walking tour, you’ll see the Cathedral of St. Peter, with magnificent stained glass windows dating from the 14th century, and the town’s famous 12th-century Stone Bridge. (Breakfast / Lunch / Dinner)
#Featured Excursion: Speyer walking tour
Irresistible Optional Tour: Half-day tour of Heidelberg with lunch |
12; |
Linz
~ The Danube serves as a dividing line between the modern city of Linz and its old
“soul.” You’ll visit Linz’s Old Church built in the 1670s by the Jesuits, and you’ll be guided through the pedestrian zone, Alter Market, and the impressive Main Square.
(Breakfast / Lunch / Captain’s Farewell Dinner)
#Featured Excursion: Linz walking tour
#Irresistible Optional Tour: Full-day excursion to Salzburg |
13 |
Scenic Cruising Wachau Valley, Vienna
~ Today as we depart Linz, cruise through the heart of the picturesque,
vineyard-rich Wachau Valley, a designated UNESCO World Heritage Site, with its
abruptly rising hills, and nestling baroque villages. Vienna’s compact historic city center is an exciting array of cafés and grand palaces, culminating at the magnificent gothic cathedral. Your city tour will take you along the stately Ringstrasse to the most beloved architectural wonder in all of Vienna, St. Stephen’s Cathedral, where Mozart was married in 1782. (Breakfast / Lunch / Dinner)
#Featured Excursion: Vienna city tour
#Irresistible Optional Tour: Vienna concert |
14 |
Vienna(disembark), transfer to airport
~ Disembark the ship and transfer to Vienna Airport for your flight home. |