.webp){kind=logo}
Continue Your Journey
8 Day Romantic Rhine
.webp)
*14 nights in the same stateroom: + $100pp (double occupancy)
*14 nights in the same stateroom: +$200pp (single occupancy)
*There are only a limited amount of staterooms available on each sailing where moving is not going to be necessary.
Your Cruise
- 8 Day Romantic Rhine Cruise
- Taxes
CruisePlus Booking Bonus
- Onboard Credit - Ask Us
Avalon Waterways Booking Bonus
- FREE Airfare from Select Canadian Gateways
- Savings of $400 per person
- FREE Gratuities
- Wine, beer, and soft drinks with lunch and dinner onboard
- PLUS, enjoy complimentary Happy Hour every night (except the first) with wine, beer, and specialty cocktails
- FlexDining, you choose when, where and how you eat
- Avalon Choice excursions
- FREE WIFI
- & more!
Priority Access
» Priority check-in
» Priority access to specialty restaurant reservations
» Priority line at the Guest Services desk
» Priority line at the Shore Excursions desk
» Priority access to tenders ashore in select ports
» Priority disembarkation
Premium Dining
» Expanded 24-hour room service breakfast menu
» Pinnacle Class ships: Private dining venue for breakfast and dinner with an expanded menu
» All other ships: Priority seating in the Dining Room for breakfast and dinner with an expanded menu
Exclusive Amenities
» Complimentary stateroom upgrade
» Dedicated concierge service
» Welcome glass of sparkling wine on embarkation day
» Premium bathrobes
» Club Orange keycard
» Exclusive Club Orange tote bag (one per stateroom)
More information
Canals of Amsterdam
Take a stroll or a boat cruise down one of the iconic symbols of Amsterdam past windmills and 17th century mansions to parts of the downtown core.
%20(1).jpg)
Cologne Cathedral
Cologne Cathedral is a Catholic UNESCO Heritage Site in Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is the seat of the Archbishop of Cologne and of the administration of the Archdiocese of Cologne. It is a renowned monument of German Catholicism and Gothic architecture.
.jpg)
Day 1 Amsterdam, Holland (Embarkation)
Welcome to Holland. Your Suite Ship® is Ready for Boarding. Flights into Amsterdam must arrive by 3:30 pm. Guests must be on board ship by 5 pm. Your day in Amsterdam is free to explore at your leisure. During tulip season, you may take a Guided Optional Excursion to Keukenhof gardens—with more than seven million tulips, daffodils, and hyacinths, as well as other bulbs, planted each year. Outside of tulip season, join a Guided Optional Excursion to Zaanse Schans to see historic windmills and charming Dutch houses. Dinner included
OVERNIGHT DOCKING IN AMSTERDAM
Day 2 Amsterdam
Canals of Colorful Amsterdam. Join your Adventure Host for today’s special activities.
Classic Excursion Discover the true beauty of Amsterdam with an off-the-beaten-path Guided Walking Tour through its cobblestone streets for a captivating look at this legendary city, OR: Explore the iconic waterways of Amsterdam on a Guided Canal Cruise past stately homes of Amsterdam’s “Golden Age."
This afternoon, choose among the Guided Optional Excursions available or take some free time to explore Amsterdam’s colorful streets and canal houses, galleries, and shops.
AFTERNOON/OVERNIGHT CRUISE TO COLOGNE
Day 3 Cologne, Germany
Prost! Celebrate in Rhineland!
Active Excursion Enjoy a bike ride like the locals in Cologne with your Adventure Host, OR: Discovery Excursion Choose a Guided Walking Tour of Cologne’s important Jewish heritage sites, OR: Classic Excursion Take a Guided City Walk of Cologne—with its soaring twin-steepled gothic cathedral.
Spend free time over a glass of Kölsch pale lager—locally brewed for over 100 years! Later, local musicians will join us on board for live entertainment.
OVERNIGHT CRUISE TO RÜDESHEIM
Day 4 Rhine Gorge-Rüdesheim
Eat, Drink, and Be Merry in Wine Country. En route to Rüdesheim, sail through the Rhine Gorge (a UNESCO World Heritage site). Take in the breathtaking views of ancient castles perched on cliffs 400 feet above the water and pass the legendary Rock of the Lorelei—where the mythological siren’s songs lured ill-fated sailors.
Active Excursion Enjoy a hike with your Avalon Adventure Host through the picturesque vineyards of Rüdesheim, OR: Classic Excursion Take a Guided Tour of the incredible Mechanical Music Museum for a one-of-a-kind instrumental experience; enjoy a tasting of the authentic Rüdesheimer coffee, OR: Discovery Excursion Take a Guided Visit to the historic 18th-century wooden-barrel cellar of Johannisberg Castle and enjoy a delicious wine tasting.
Enjoy live entertainment on board your ship this evening.
OVERNIGHT DOCKING IN RÜDESHEIM
Day 5 Mainz. Excursion to Heidelberg
Printing Halls, Castle Walls, and the World’s Biggest Wine Barrel
Active Excursion Join your Avalon Adventure Host for an inspiring walk in Heidelberg, the Philosophers' way, OR: Classic Excursion Enjoy a Guided City Walk, including a visit to the Gutenberg Museum to see the captivating history of printing, OR: Classic Excursion Enjoy a Guided Tour to Heidelberg Castle to see the ruins of the magnificent renaissance treasure towering above the city, and its famed Great Vat, the “World’s Largest Wine Barrel.”
EVENING/OVERNIGHT CRUISE TO KEHL
Day 6 Kehl. Excursion to Strasbourg, France
A Grand Cathedral and La Petite France. Ask about today’s energizing or relaxing Adventure Host activities.
Active Excursion Discover Strasbourg by bike with your Adventure Host, OR: Classic Excursion Join a City Sightseeing Tour, including Strasbourg’s Gothic, stained-glass cathedral with its celebrated ancient murals and astronomical clock, as well as the magical La Petite France District.
Choose a Guided Optional Excursion to the historic Maginot Line—the pre-WWII fortifications designed to protect the eastern border of France, or visit Alsace’s wine country today. Alternatively, take some free time in Strasbourg to visit a museum, or stroll across the city center.
Day 7 Breisach, Germany. Excursion to Black Forest
German Winemaking and the Beautiful Black Forest
Classic Excursion Join a full-day Guided Tour to the magical Black Forest to experience the Vogtsbauernohf open-air-museum, visit an authentic water mill, and see a traditional butter-making demonstration, OR: Classic Excursion Join a Guided Tour to explore Freiburg’s medieval city center, sheltered by the Black Forest amid vineyards and gardens of the Upper Rhine Valley.
You may choose to join a Guided Optional Excursion to visit the charming village of Colmar, with half-timbered medieval and early renaissance buildings.
EVENING/OVERNIGHT CRUISE TO BASEL
Day 8 Basel, Switzerland (Disembarkation)
Your cruise ends with breakfast this morning. Flights should not leave Zürich airport before 10 am or Basel airport before 8 am.
However, no representation or description of the protection made by CruisePlus Management Ltd to you, constitutes a binding assurance or promise about the protection. We (CruisePlus) are not an insurance company and we do not have the responsibility for ensuring adherence to the insurance terms & conditions, submission, payment or adjustment of claims.
We strongly suggest you read through the insurance information provided upon purchase and email us with any questions.
Covid-19 is considered a known event and exclusions apply for most, if not all policies.
