Itinerary
- Day 1
Amsterdam
- Meals
- Dinner
- Day 2
Amsterdam to Cologne
- Meals
- Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Included Activities
- Onboard lecture: The Dutch Golden Age – art, commerce, and innovation
Optional Activities
- Guided audio tour of the Rijksmuseum with focus on works by Rembrandt, Vermeer, and Hals
- Boat ride along Amsterdam's canals (UNESCO World Heritage site)
Landmarks Rijksmuseum Amsterdam Canals - Day 3
Cologne - 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
- Ballroom music dance night
Optional Activities
- Visit to the Gothic Cologne Cathedral – 13th to 19th-century monument featuring The Adoration of the Magi altarpiece by Stefan Lochner and the Shrine of the Three Kings
Landmarks Cologne Cathedral - Day 4
Bonn - Koenigswinter
- Meals
- Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Included Activities
- Ballroom dance onboard
Optional Activities
- Guided tour of the Beethoven Museum (Beethoven-Haus) – birthplace of Ludwig van Beethoven featuring original manuscripts, period instruments, letters, portraits, and personal objects
- Drachenburg Castle visit – late-19th-century neo-romantic castle with gardens, terraces, and Rhine valley views
Landmarks Beethoven Museum Drachenburg Castle - Day 5
Koenigswinter - Mainz
- Meals
- Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Included Activities
- Onboard lecture: Beethoven, the Dutch Masters, and Gutenberg – three geniuses who changed Europe
- Ballroom dance onboard
Optional Activities
- Guided tour of Mainz including the thousand-year-old cathedral (construction began in 975)
- Gutenberg Museum visit – museum dedicated to Johannes Gutenberg and the invention of movable-type printing
Landmarks Mainz Cathedral Gutenberg Museum - Day 6
Mainz - Strasbourg
- Meals
- Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Included Activities
- Demonstration of Black Forest cake preparation
- Tea dance with Black Forest cake
Optional Activities
- Guided tour of Strasbourg Historical Museum – museum in a renovated 1588 building showcasing the city's history from the Middle Ages to European institutions, including a 1727 city model
- Strasbourg Cathedral visit – Gothic masterpiece featuring 142-meter spire, 12th-14th century stained glass, rose window, Renaissance astronomical clock with 1842 mechanism, and monumental organ with automatons
Landmarks Strasbourg Cathedral Strasbourg Historical Museum 
- Day 7
Breisach - Basel
- Meals
- Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner (Gala 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
- Gala dinner
Optional Activities
- Cité du Train visit in Mulhouse – largest rail transport museum with extraordinary collection of locomotives, carriages, and historic equipment tracing technical, social, and human evolution of trains
Landmarks Cité du Train - Day 8
Basel
- Meals
- Breakfast
