Rhine Holiday Markets (2026)

7 nights · Basel to Cologne

Departure

25 November 2026

From

$4,599 per person

Traveling solo

$8,449 per person

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The Journey

Day by Day

7 nights · 6 ports

Day 1Basel

Day 2Basel

Day 3Strasbourg

Day 4Mannheim (Baden-Baden)

Day 5Mainz, Rudesheim

Day 6Koblenz

Day 7Cologne

Day 8Cologne

Day 1–2

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

Day 3

Strasbourg

Half-timbered houses along the canals of Petite France and a soaring red sandstone cathedral at the heart of Alsace.

Ashore

Day 4

Mannheim (Baden-Baden)

A Rhine city laid out in a grid of numbered blocks around its baroque palace, and the usual gateway to Heidelberg.

Ashore

Day 5

Mainz, Rudesheim

A wine town on the Rhine, its narrow Drosselgasse lined with taverns and the vineyards rising steeply behind.

Ashore

Day 6

Koblenz

Where the Moselle meets the Rhine at the Deutsches Eck, with the Ehrenbreitstein fortress on the far bank.

Ashore

Day 7–8

Cologne

The twin spires of the cathedral stand over the Rhine, as they have since the Middle Ages, beside a lively old town.

Disembark

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The Route

Where You Sail

Rhine · 8 calls · the line follows the river, not a straight hop between ports

Your Ship

River Duchess

Uniworld · 7 nights · Basel to Cologne

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