Christmas Markets on the Rhine, Main & Danube
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Christmas Markets on the Rhine, Main & Danube

22 nights · Zurich to Budapest · Scenic Amber

Departure
13 December 2027
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$16,290 per person
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$31,405 per person
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Cruises › Europe’s Rivers › Danube · Rhine · Main

22 nights17 portsZurich to BudapestScenic Amber

The Journey

Day by Day

22 nights · 17 ports

Day 1Zurich
Day 2Basel (Huningue)
Day 3Strasbourg
Day 4Mannheim
Day 5Rüdesheim
Day 6Rüdesheim
Day 7Düsseldorf
Day 8Amsterdam
Day 9Amsterdam
Day 10Cologne
Day 11Rudesheim
Day 12Miltenberg
Day 13Cruising day
Day 14Bamberg
Day 15Nuremberg
Day 16Regensburg
Day 17Passau
Day 18Melk
Day 19Vienna
Day 20Budapest
Day 21Budapest
Day 22Budapest
Zurich
Day 1
Zurich
Switzerland's largest city, on the lake and the Limmat, with an old town of guild houses and church spires.
Embark
Basel (Huningue)
Day 2
Basel (Huningue)
Switzerland's gateway on the Rhine, where France and Germany meet at the edge of town and the red sandstone Munster overlooks 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.
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Mannheim
Day 4
Mannheim
A Rhine city laid out in a grid of numbered blocks around its baroque palace, and the usual gateway to Heidelberg.
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Rüdesheim
Day 5–6
Rüdesheim
A wine town on the Rhine, its narrow Drosselgasse lined with taverns and the vineyards rising steeply behind.
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Düsseldorf
Day 7
Düsseldorf
An elegant Rhine city of art and fashion, with an old town of breweries along the riverside promenade.
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Amsterdam
Day 8–9
Amsterdam
Seventeenth-century canal houses leaning over the water, the Rijksmuseum a short walk away, and more bicycles than residents.
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Cologne
Day 10
Cologne
The twin spires of the cathedral stand over the Rhine, as they have since the Middle Ages, beside a lively old town.
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Rudesheim
Day 11
Rudesheim
A wine town on the Rhine, its narrow Drosselgasse lined with taverns and the vineyards rising steeply behind.
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Miltenberg
Day 12
Miltenberg
A Main town known for its half-timbered market square, below the Mildenburg castle.
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Bamberg
Day 14
Bamberg
A UNESCO-listed old town built across seven hills, with its town hall standing in the middle of the river.
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Nuremberg
Day 15
Nuremberg
A walled medieval city of half-timbered houses below its imperial castle, and home to one of Germany's best-known Christmas markets.
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Regensburg
Day 16
Regensburg
A medieval city that never lost its centre. The Stone Bridge is nine hundred years old and still the way you walk into town.
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Passau
Day 17
Passau
Where the Inn and the Ilz meet the Danube, under an Italianate baroque cathedral and the largest church organ in Europe.
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Melk
Day 18
Melk
A golden baroque Benedictine abbey on a rock above the Danube, at the western gate of the Wachau.
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Vienna
Day 19
Vienna
The Ringstrasse, the Hofburg and the old coffee houses, all within an easy walk of one another. A city that rewards an unhurried afternoon.
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Budapest
Day 20–22
Budapest
Buda on its hill, Pest on the flat, and the Chain Bridge lit between them. The finest arrival on any European river.
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The Route

Where You Sail

Danube · Rhine · Main · 18 calls · the line follows the river, not a straight hop between ports

Your Ship

Scenic Amber

Scenic Amber

Scenic Amber

Scenic · 22 nights · Zurich to Budapest

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Sail Christmas Markets on the Rhine, Main & Danube.

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