Christmas Markets Along the Rhine - Northbound
From $7,980 per person
8 days
3 countries
Ships: ms Inspire, ms Grace
Tauck
8 days, 7 nights.
Journey summary
- Day 1 - Arrive Basel
- Day 2 - Lucerne & Mt. Pilatus at Christmastime
- Day 3 - A walking tour of Strasbourg and the Christkindlmarkt
- Day 4 - Travels through the Black Forest and Baden-Baden
- Day 5 - The holiday season in Heidelberg
- Day 6 - Music, sweet treats & more in Rüdesheim & afternoon cruising
- Day 7 - Spend the day in Köln (Cologne) and on to Düsseldorf
- Day 8 - Journey home
Itinerary highlights
Travel along the Rhine for the holiday season, from Basel to Köln and Düsseldorf aboard ms Inspire, both perfect ways to capture all the magic of Christmas Markets in Germany and France. Along with all the inclusions that are part of every Tauck river cruise, Tauck's Christmas market experience wows you with special holiday touches like an onboard tree-trimming party... glühwein and other treats aboard the riverboat, decorated in a festive seasonal theme... a traditional European Christmas dinner with all the fixings... special evenings of onboard holiday-themed entertainment... walking in the footsteps of celebrities at the Kurhaus casino in Baden-Baden... a lecture on Alsatian storytelling traditions in Strasbourg... a cookie-making demonstration and a visit to the fanciful Siegfried's Mechanisches Musikkabinett in Rüdesheim... a traditional German lunch in Heidelberg and much more!
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