Itinerary
- Day 1
Basel
- Meals
- Dinner
Included Activities
- Welcome cocktail with captain and crew introduction
- Day 2
Basel to Breisach
- Meals
- Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Included Activities
- Onboard lecture: The Rhine and the Black Forest: Between Nature, History and Legends
- Cultural quiz: cities, museums and legends of the Rhine
Optional Activities
- Visit to Cité du Train in Mulhouse - largest museum dedicated to rail transport featuring locomotives, carriages and historic railway equipment
Landmarks Cité du Train 
- Day 3
Breisach to Strasbourg
- Meals
- Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Included Activities
- Demonstration of Black Forest cake preparation
- Tea dance with Black Forest cake
Optional Activities
- Strasbourg Historical Museum visit - former butcheries from 1588 featuring the city's history from Middle Ages to European institutions creation
- Strasbourg Cathedral visit - 142-meter Gothic masterpiece with 12th-14th century stained glass, rose window and Renaissance astronomical clock
Landmarks Strasbourg Historical Museum Strasbourg Cathedral 
- Day 4
Mainz to Koblenz
- Meals
- Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Included Activities
- Onboard lecture: Beethoven, the Dutch Masters, and Gutenberg: three geniuses who changed Europe
Optional Activities
- Guided visit of Mainz - cathedral construction begun in 975, old town streets and Gutenberg Square
- Gutenberg Printing Museum visit - featuring the inventor of movable type printing
Landmarks Mainz Cathedral Gutenberg Printing Museum - Day 5
Koblenz to Koenigswinter to Bonn
- Meals
- Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Included Activities
- Onboard lecture: The Castles of the Rhine, an Open-Air Heritage
- Cultural quiz: art, monuments and stories of the Rhine
Optional Activities
- Drachenburg Castle visit - neo-Romantic castle built 1882-1884 featuring fairytale architecture, gardens, terraces with Rhine views and richly decorated interior rooms
Landmarks Drachenburg Castle 
- Day 6
Bonn to Cologne
- Meals
- Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner (Gala dinner)
Included Activities
- Dance evening to the rhythm of classical ballroom music with onboard entertainment team
Optional Activities
- Beethoven Museum (Beethoven-Haus) guided visit - birthplace of Ludwig van Beethoven featuring life, work and legacy through manuscripts, period instruments, letters, portraits and personal objects
- Cologne's Gothic Cathedral visit - construction begun early 13th century completed 1880, featuring the Adoration of the Magi altarpiece by Stefan Lochner and the Shrine of the Three Kings
Landmarks Beethoven Museum (Beethoven-Haus) Cologne Cathedral - Day 7
Amsterdam
- Meals
- Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner (Gala dinner)
Included Activities
- Onboard lecture: The Dutch Golden Age: art, trade and innovation
Optional Activities
- Audio-guided visit of the Rijksmuseum - world-renowned museum featuring outstanding collection of Rembrandt, Vermeer and Hals works, furniture, East India Company ceramics, silverware and dollhouses
- Amsterdam canal cruise - UNESCO World Heritage Site featuring picturesque canals with narrow gabled houses, elegant 17th-century mansions and iconic bridges
Landmarks Rijksmuseum Amsterdam Canals 
- Day 8
Amsterdam
- Meals
- Breakfast
