Christmas On The Rhine
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Christmas On The Rhine

7 nights · Basel to Amsterdam

Departure
26 November 2026
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$3,499 per person
Traveling solo
$6,649 per person
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7 nights9 portsBasel to Amsterdam

The Journey

Day by Day

7 nights · 9 ports

Day 1Basel
Day 2Breisach
Day 3Strasbourg
Day 4Mannheim
Day 4Rudesheim
Day 5Middle Rhine Scenic Sailing
Day 5Koblenz
Day 6Cologne
Day 7Scenic Sailing Waal & Merwede
Day 7Dordrecht
Day 8Amsterdam
Basel
Day 1
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
Breisach
Day 2
Breisach
A small town on the Rhine at the edge of the Black Forest, its cathedral on a rock above 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.
Ashore
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.
Ashore
Rudesheim
Day 4
Rudesheim
A wine town on the Rhine, its narrow Drosselgasse lined with taverns and the vineyards rising steeply behind.
Ashore
Koblenz
Day 5
Koblenz
Where the Moselle meets the Rhine at the Deutsches Eck, with the Ehrenbreitstein fortress on the far bank.
Ashore
Cologne
Day 6
Cologne
The twin spires of the cathedral stand over the Rhine, as they have since the Middle Ages, beside a lively old town.
Ashore
Dordrecht
Day 7
Dordrecht
The oldest city in Holland, at a meeting of rivers, with merchant houses and harbours lined by old warehouses.
Ashore
Amsterdam
Day 8
Amsterdam
Seventeenth-century canal houses leaning over the water, the Rijksmuseum a short walk away, and more bicycles than residents.
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

Viking Hervor

Viking Hervor

Viking Hervor

Viking River Cruises · 7 nights · Basel to Amsterdam

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