7 Night Main & Rhine Christmas Cruise
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7 Night Main & Rhine Christmas Cruise

7 nights · Nuremberg to Basel

Departure
22 December 2028
From
$4,296 per person
Traveling solo
$8,591 per person
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7 nights8 portsNuremberg to Basel

The Journey

Day by Day

7 nights · 8 ports

Day 1Nuremberg, Germany
Day 2Bamberg, Germany
Day 3Wurzburg, Germany
Day 4Miltenberg, Germany
Day 5Mainz, Germany
Day 6Strasbourg, France
Day 7Breisach, Germany
Day 8Basel, Switzerland
Nuremberg, Germany
Day 1
Nuremberg, Germany
A walled medieval city of half-timbered houses below its imperial castle, and home to one of Germany's best-known Christmas markets.
Embark
Bamberg, Germany
Day 2
Bamberg, Germany
A UNESCO-listed old town built across seven hills, with its town hall standing in the middle of the river.
Ashore
Wurzburg, Germany
Day 3
Wurzburg, Germany
A baroque city on the Main, home to the Residenz palace and the Marienberg fortress above the vineyards.
Ashore
Miltenberg, Germany
Day 4
Miltenberg, Germany
A Main town known for its half-timbered market square, below the Mildenburg castle.
Ashore
Mainz, Germany
Day 5
Mainz, Germany
An old Rhine city, the home of Gutenberg, with a red sandstone Romanesque cathedral at its centre.
Ashore
Strasbourg, France
Day 6
Strasbourg, France
Half-timbered houses along the canals of Petite France and a soaring red sandstone cathedral at the heart of Alsace.
Ashore
Breisach, Germany
Day 7
Breisach, Germany
A small town on the Rhine at the edge of the Black Forest, its cathedral on a rock above the river.
Ashore
Basel, Switzerland
Day 8
Basel, Switzerland
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 · Main · 8 calls · the line follows the river, not a straight hop between ports

Your Ship

Celebrity Compass

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Celebrity River Cruises · 7 nights · Nuremberg to Basel

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