14 Night City Escapes: Grand Rhine & Dutch Canals
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14 Night City Escapes: Grand Rhine & Dutch Canals

14 nights · Basel to Amsterdam

Departure
28 January 2027
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Cruises › Europe’s Rivers › Rhine · Dutch & Belgian Waterways

14 nights17 portsBasel to Amsterdam

The Journey

Day by Day

14 nights · 17 ports

Day 1Basel
Day 2Breisach
Day 3Strasbourg
Day 4Ludwigshafen
Day 5Rudesheim
Day 5Lahnstein
Day 6Monheim
Day 6Dusseldorf
Day 7Utrecht
Day 7Amsterdam
Day 8Amsterdam
Day 9Amsterdam
Day 9Utrecht
Day 10Hellevoetsluis
Day 11Ghent
Day 12Brussels
Day 13Antwerp
Day 14Dordrecht
Day 15Amsterdam
Basel
Day 1
Basel
Switzerland's gateway on the Rhine, where France and Germany meet at the edge of town and the red sandstone Munster overlooks the river.
Embark
Breisach
Day 2
Breisach
A small town on the Rhine at the edge of the Black Forest, its cathedral on a rock above the river.
Ashore
Strasbourg
Day 3
Strasbourg
Half-timbered houses along the canals of Petite France and a soaring red sandstone cathedral at the heart of Alsace.
Ashore
Ludwigshafen
Day 4
Ludwigshafen
An industrial city on the Rhine opposite Mannheim, the usual stop for excursions into the Palatinate.
Ashore
Rudesheim
Day 5
Rudesheim
A wine town on the Rhine, its narrow Drosselgasse lined with taverns and the vineyards rising steeply behind.
Ashore
Lahnstein
Day 5
Lahnstein
A small town where the Lahn meets the Rhine, with Lahneck castle above, just upstream from Koblenz.
Ashore
Monheim
Day 6
Monheim
A small town on the Rhine between Cologne and Dusseldorf, with an old centre around its Schelmenturm tower.
Ashore
Dusseldorf
Day 6
Dusseldorf
An elegant Rhine city of art and fashion, with an old town of breweries along the riverside promenade.
Ashore
Utrecht
Day 7
Utrecht
A Dutch university city with sunken canals, wharf cellars at the water's edge and the tall Dom Tower.
Ashore
Amsterdam
Day 7–9
Amsterdam
Seventeenth-century canal houses leaning over the water, the Rijksmuseum a short walk away, and more bicycles than residents.
Ashore
Utrecht
Day 9
Utrecht
A Dutch university city with sunken canals, wharf cellars at the water's edge and the tall Dom Tower.
Ashore
Hellevoetsluis
Day 10
Hellevoetsluis
A small fortified harbour town on the Haringvliet in South Holland.
Ashore
Ghent
Day 11
Ghent
A Flemish city of canals and medieval guild houses, home to the Van Eyck altarpiece.
Ashore
Brussels
Day 12
Brussels
The Grand-Place with its gilded guild houses, chocolate shops and the seat of the European Union.
Ashore
Antwerp
Day 13
Antwerp
Belgium's great port city, home of Rubens and the diamond trade, with a fine cathedral and guild houses.
Ashore
Dordrecht
Day 14
Dordrecht
The oldest city in Holland, at a meeting of rivers, with merchant houses and harbours lined by old warehouses.
Ashore
Amsterdam
Day 15
Amsterdam
Seventeenth-century canal houses leaning over the water, the Rijksmuseum a short walk away, and more bicycles than residents.
Disembark

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The Route

Where You Sail

Rhine · Dutch & Belgian Waterways · 19 calls · the line follows the river, not a straight hop between ports

Your Ship

AmaVenita

AmaVenita

AmaVenita

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