7 Night Captivating Rhine (Smithsonian Journeys)
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7 Night Captivating Rhine (Smithsonian Journeys)

7 nights · Amsterdam to Basel

Departure
26 September 2026
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$4,529 per person
Traveling solo
$6,373 per person
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7 nights8 portsAmsterdam to Basel

The Journey

Day by Day

7 nights · 8 ports

Day 1Amsterdam
Day 2Amsterdam
Day 2Utrecht
Day 3Dusseldorf
Day 4Rudesheim
Day 5Ludwigshafen
Day 6Strasbourg
Day 7Breisach
Day 8Basel
Amsterdam
Day 1–2
Amsterdam
Seventeenth-century canal houses leaning over the water, the Rijksmuseum a short walk away, and more bicycles than residents.
Embark
Utrecht
Day 2
Utrecht
A Dutch university city with sunken canals, wharf cellars at the water's edge and the tall Dom Tower.
Ashore
Dusseldorf
Day 3
Dusseldorf
An elegant Rhine city of art and fashion, with an old town of breweries along the riverside promenade.
Ashore
Rudesheim
Day 4
Rudesheim
A wine town on the Rhine, its narrow Drosselgasse lined with taverns and the vineyards rising steeply behind.
Ashore
Ludwigshafen
Day 5
Ludwigshafen
An industrial city on the Rhine opposite Mannheim, the usual stop for excursions into the Palatinate.
Ashore
Strasbourg
Day 6
Strasbourg
Half-timbered houses along the canals of Petite France and a soaring red sandstone cathedral at the heart of Alsace.
Ashore
Breisach
Day 7
Breisach
A small town on the Rhine at the edge of the Black Forest, its cathedral on a rock above the river.
Ashore
Basel
Day 8
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.
Disembark

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The Route

Where You Sail

Rhine · 9 calls · the line follows the river, not a straight hop between ports

Your Ship

AmaViola

AmaViola

AmaViola

AmaWaterways · 7 nights · Amsterdam to Basel

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