Christmas On The Rhine
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Christmas On The Rhine

7 nights · Amsterdam to Basel

Departure
25 November 2026
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$3,499 per person
Traveling solo
$6,124 per person
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7 nights9 portsAmsterdam to Basel

The Journey

Day by Day

7 nights · 9 ports

Day 1Amsterdam
Day 2Kinderdijk
Day 2Scenic Sailing Waal & Merwede
Day 3Cologne
Day 4Koblenz
Day 4Middle Rhine Scenic Sailing
Day 4Rudesheim
Day 5Speyer
Day 6Strasbourg
Day 7Breisach
Day 8Basel
Amsterdam
Day 1
Amsterdam
Seventeenth-century canal houses leaning over the water, the Rijksmuseum a short walk away, and more bicycles than residents.
Embark
Kinderdijk
Day 2
Kinderdijk
Nineteen eighteenth-century windmills standing along the waterways of a UNESCO-listed polder.
Ashore
Cologne
Day 3
Cologne
The twin spires of the cathedral stand over the Rhine, as they have since the Middle Ages, beside a lively old town.
Ashore
Koblenz
Day 4
Koblenz
Where the Moselle meets the Rhine at the Deutsches Eck, with the Ehrenbreitstein fortress on the far bank.
Ashore
Rudesheim
Day 4
Rudesheim
A wine town on the Rhine, its narrow Drosselgasse lined with taverns and the vineyards rising steeply behind.
Ashore
Speyer
Day 5
Speyer
An old Rhine city with an immense Romanesque cathedral, the burial place of eight emperors and kings.
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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.
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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

Viking Sigrun

Viking Sigrun

Viking Sigrun

Viking River Cruises · 7 nights · Amsterdam to Basel

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