booked on one of the most convenient Dutch floating hotels MPS-ESMERALDA.
A warm welcome awaits you upon arrival airport by your Tour Director. This afternoon, enjoy a city sightseeing of Rhineland´s capital Cologne, including its 800-years old and mighty Gothic Cathedral and transfer to your hotel for a welcome reception, dinner and for overnight. (D & OV)
Following a hearty breakfast at your hotel, the rest of the morning is at leisure. Around noon embark your floating hotel and cruise along with beautiful upstream scenery of deep forest and a mountain range of volcanic hills. Soon, arrive at the old river town Andernach and join your Tour Director on an easy orientation walk before your dinner is taken on board. (Meals & OV on board)
Depart Andernach this morning by way of Coblence at the confluence of the Rhine and Moselle rivers, continuing through the dramatic Rhine Gorge and see the legendary Loreley Rock where mermaids are said to have lured sailors to their death. Then arrive at picturesque Ruedesheim and walk on charming Drosselgasse, lined with inviting wine-bars. (Meals & OV on board)
Your cruise bends this morning along the cities of Mainz and Frankfurt on the Main river with a good view to its great skyline. Your ship glides through valleys of the wooded Spessarts and arrives Aschaffenburg, dominated by a 17th C. palace of Renaissance style. Your Tour Director invites you later on for an orientation walk through this historic town. (Meals & OV on board)
This morning experience several sluices while your ship is raised up to achieve the required water level. Passing old Franconian town of Miltenberg and arrive at Wertheim where the Main and Tauber rivers meet. A sightseeing tour will acquaint you with this lovely town. (Meals & OV on board)
You cruise this morning along the “Woodpecker Forest”, through deep valleys and meadowland of the meandering Main river and stop at Karlstadt, a charming Bavarian town for a sightseeing and brewery visit. Later, you will arrive at the former bishop-city of Wuerzburg where your ship docks for the night. (Meals & OV on board)
Following breakfast a city tour of Wuerzburg is waiting, nestled romantically amid vine-covered hills. You will be visiting one of Germany’s biggest Baroque palaces, completed during the 18th C. and former seat of the Prince-Bishops. Around noon continue with your cruise to the city of Schweinfurt, known for its fine Renaissance architecture. (Meals & OV on board)
Depart Schweinfurt during the morning and enter the Main-Danube Canal at Bamberg to visit its Domplatz and medieval Cathedral of the 13th C. and tomb of the Hungarian King Stephen, another masterpiece of the 16th C. Afternoon rejoin your ship gliding further upstream to Nuremberg. (Meals & OV on board)
After breakfast a motor coach takes you on a city tour of ancient Nuremberg to visit its restored 15th C. Albrecht Duerer Haus, the Town Hall and beautiful fountains of the Gothic style. Around lunchtime continue your cruise and experience the highest point of any waterway in Europe with over 1.300 feet above sea level. Toward evening your floating hotel arrives at Riedenburg, dominated by its Castle Eggersberg. (Meals & OV on board)
Set off this morning on a leisurely cruise first by way of Kehlheim, the confluence region of the Main Canal, the Altmuehl and Danube rivers. At noontime arrive at Regensburg for a sightseeing tour to enjoy masterpieces of ancient architecture, like the Romanesque Tower, Ducal Palace and taking a side trip by motorcoach to Walhalla, the German Temple of Fame. (Meals & OV on board)
An early morning departure cruise winds along Eastern Bavaria to Passau, one of Germany’s most beautiful cities with an outstanding setting between three rivers. On a sightseeing tour explore this unique town, crowned by a stronghold and fortress of the 13th C. – This evening enjoy a captain’s festive farewell dinner with local entertainment. (Meals & OV on board)
After breakfast on board you disembark in Passau transfer by motorcoach to Munich for a city sightseeing tour to visit its landmark Church of Our Lady, the most celebrated Hofbraeuhaus, former Olympic Ground and visit King Ludwig’s splendid Horse Carriage Museum. – Tonight you are invited for a special dinner with local music and folklore entertainment. (Meals & OV on board)
An unforgettable motor coach excursion takes you today to fairy-tale Castle Neuschwanstein of former Bavarian King Ludwig II to admire inside an artificial grotto, apartments of Romanesque and Byzantine sanctuary and many rooms recall themes of Richard Wagner’s famous operas. At the foothills of the Alps, you stop at Oberammergau, home of the original Passion Plays before we return again to Munich for the last farewell dinner and a surprise drawing with everyone winning a valuable gift. (Meals & OV on board)
Following a good breakfast at your hotel and with wonderful memories of your cruise and an extended stay in Munich, a motorcoach transfer takes you to the airport of Munich for your return flight. (B.)
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