Day 1: Amsterdam, Holland (embarkation)
Welcome to Holland. Your Suite Ship® is Ready for Boarding. Flights into Amsterdam must arrive by 3:30 pm.
Guests must be on board ship by 5 pm.
Your day in Amsterdam is free to explore at your leisure.
You may choose to join a Guided Optional Excursion to beautiful Zaanse Schans where you’ll see a wonderful collection of well-preserved historic windmills and Dutch houses.
Enjoy dinner and explore the ship on your first night on board.
Evening/overnight cruise to Rotterdam. D
Day 2: Rotterdam
Dutch Treats and Flowers Sweet
Visit the Adventure Center for today’s activities with your Adventure Host.
Active - Experience Rotterdam by foot with your Adventure Host, OR:
Classic - Join a full- or half-day Guided Tour of breathtaking Keukenhof—known as the “Garden of Europe”—for its 70 acres of lush parkland, lakes, and the world’s largest flower gardens—with more than seven million tulips, daffodils and hyacinths as well as other bulbs, planted each year.
Take some free time to relax on the harbor-side in Rotterdam with an artisan beer, a slice of appeltaart (Dutch apple pie), and a koffie verkeerd, a typical Dutch drink with equal parts coffee and milk. Take a bike from your ship to explore Rotterdam and the surrounding area.
Before dinner, enjoy a cruise through Rotterdam harbour.
Later, enjoy live entertainment on board.
Evening/overnight cruise to Antwerp
Day 3: Antwerp, Belgium
Cathedrals, Carats and Crêpes
Active - Explore Antwerp by bike with your Adventure Host, OR:
Classic - Take a Guided Tour of this sophisticated city to visit the central Grote Markt, lined with 16th-century guildhall houses. You’ll also see the beautiful city hall, the Cathedral of Our Lady with its stunning altarpiece paintings by Rubens.
You may choose to join a Guided Optional Excursion to the nearby capital, Brussels—considered home to the European Union, and admire its magnificent palaces and cathedrals.
Alternatively, you might prefer to take time on your own to indulge in Antwerp’s signature Belgian waffles and crêpes—or explore this bike-friendly city from its old wharfs to its legendary diamond district.
Later, enjoy live entertainment on board.
Evening/overnight cruise to Ghent. B,L,D
Day 4: Ghent
Medieval Masterpieces and Flemish Finery
Active - Explore a different side of Ghent by bike with your Adventure Host, OR:
Classic - Explore Ghent—“The Diamond of Flanders”—with a Guided Sightseeing Tour of this showcase of medieval Flemish wealth. You’ll visit St. Bavo’s Cathedral—with its remarkable Flemish artwork.
Alternatively, you may choose to join a full-day Guided Optional Excursion of Bruges to explore its canals, cobbled streets, and medieval buildings. You’ll see its crisscrossed canals, the 13th-century belfry of Market Square, and charming patrician houses. You won’t miss the opportunity to explore Ghent since this Optional Excursion ends with an orientation walk of the "Diamond of Flanders."
Evening/overnight cruise to Middelburg. B,L,D
Day 5: Middelburg, Holland - Veere
A Spicy History in Middelburg’s Dutch Harbor Town
Join your Adventure Host for today’s special activities
Active - Explore Middelburg by bike with your Adventure Host, OR:
Classic - Join a Guided Walking Tour through the winding cobblestones and canals of Middelburg. See the 15th-century Gothic Town Hall and learn about its important role in the spice trade and Dutch East India trading.
Spend some free time biking or walking through Middelburg to sample Babbelaar cookies, fries, or beer before cruising to Veere.
Veere
The Delta Works Stand Strong as a Technical Marvel
Active - Bike your way to the beach from Veere with your Adventure Host, OR:
Discovery - Visit the fascinating Flood Museum to hear and see the stories of the flood of 1953, reconstruction, the Delta Works, and flood risk management – told by the people who have experienced it. Later, explore the town of Veere.
Evening/overnight cruise to Willemstad. B,L,D
Day 6: Willemstad
Willemstad’s Windmills and Historic Harbor
Active - See Willemstad by bike with your Adventure Host, OR:
Classic - Join a Guided Walking Tour of Willemstad and discover its many beautifully restored buildings from the 17th and 18th Century.
Discovery - Later, enjoy a Cheese Tasting on board as you prepare to sail to Amsterdam.
Afternoon/overnight cruise to Amsterdam. B,L,D
Day 7: Amsterdam, Holland
Canals of Colorful Amsterdam
Active - Start your day joining your Adventure Host on an early morning walk in Amsterdam, OR:
Discovery - Discover Aalsmeer Flower Auction—the largest in the world, where around 20 million flowers are sold every day. Later enjoy a typical Dutch breakfast, OR:
Classic - Explore the iconic waterways of Amsterdam on a Guided Canal Cruise past stately homes of Amsterdam’s “Golden Age.”
This afternoon choose among the many Guided Optional Excursions available. Take some free time to explore Amsterdam’s colorful streets and canal houses, galleries, and shops.
Overnight docking in Amsterdam. B,L,D
Day 8: Amsterdam (disembarkation)
Your cruise ends with breakfast this morning. B
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Here are just some of their Rhine cruises -
Romantic Rhine with 2 nights in Lucerne (northbound) : Romantic Rhine with 2 nights in Lucerne (southbound)
Romantic Rhine with 1 night in Amsterdam, Mount Pilatus, 1 night in Lucerne and 3 nights in Lake Como (southbound) : Romantic Rhine with 3 nights in Lake Como and1 night in Lucerne and Mount Pilatus (northbound)
Romantic Rhine with 1 night in Amsterdam and 2 nights in Lucerne (southbound)
Romantic Rhine with 1 night in Amsterdam (southbound)
Romantic Rhine (southbound) Romantic Rhine (northbound)
Romantic Rhine with Mount Pilatus, 1 night in Lucerne and 3 nights in Lake Como (southbound)
Rhine and Rhône Revealed (southbound) : Rhine and Rhône Revealed (northbound)
Spectacular Switzerland with Romantic Rhine
