Rhine Getaway
Back to Europe's Rivers sailings

Rhine Getaway

7 nights · Basel to Amsterdam

Departure
25 October 2026
From
$2,474 per person
Traveling solo
$5,249 per person
See Live Prices

Choose your departure

show all 344 dates

Fares are per person, cruise only. Airfare arranged separately.

Cruises › Europe’s Rivers › Rhine · Dutch & Belgian Waterways

7 nights9 portsBasel to Amsterdam

The Journey

Day by Day

7 nights · 9 ports

Day 1Basel
Day 2Breisach
Day 3Strasbourg
Day 4Speyer
Day 4Rudesheim
Day 5Middle Rhine Scenic Sailing
Day 5Koblenz
Day 6Cologne
Day 7Scenic Sailing Waal & Merwede
Day 7Kinderdijk
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
Speyer
Day 4
Speyer
An old Rhine city with an immense Romanesque cathedral, the burial place of eight emperors and kings.
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
Kinderdijk
Day 7
Kinderdijk
Nineteen eighteenth-century windmills standing along the waterways of a UNESCO-listed polder.
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

Scroll for the full journey  →

The Route

Where You Sail

Rhine · Dutch & Belgian Waterways · 9 calls · the line follows the river, not a straight hop between ports

Your Ship

Viking Einar

Viking Einar

Viking Einar

Viking River Cruises · 7 nights · Basel to Amsterdam

Full deck plans, cabin grades and current availability are live in the pricing link above.

The Viking River Cruises Brochure›

Ready When You Are

Sail Rhine Getaway.

From $2,474 per person, and our planning from first question to the flight home.

Text Us Email Us

Fares are per person, cruise only. Airfare additional. Fares are capacity-controlled and may change or be withdrawn without notice. Elevida Luxury Journeys is an independent affiliate of Travel Planners International.