Welcome to Switzerland. Your Suite Ship® is Ready for boarding. Flights into Zürich or Basel must arrive by 3 pm. Guests must be on board ship by 5 pm.

Enjoy dinner and explore the ship on your first night
on board.

EVENING CRUISE TO BREISACH
Dinner included

Winemaking and the Beautiful Black Forest.

ACTIVE EXCURSION
Enjoy the view on a relaxing bike ride along the Rhine with your Adventure Host.

OR: DISCOVERY EXCURSION
Take a full-day Guided Tour to the charming village of Colmar, with its half-timbered medieval and early renaissance buildings, followed by a visit to a countryside chateau wine cellar

OR: CLASSIC EXCURSION
Join a full-day Guided Tour to the magical Black Forest to experience the Vogtsbauernohf open-air-museum, visit an authentic water mill, and see a traditional butter-making
demonstration.

OR: CLASSIC EXCURSION
Join a Guided Tour in the morning through storybook Colmar, along the charming canals of the “Little Venice” of France and past past countless historic buildings and monuments.

CLASSIC EXCURSION
Join a Guided Tour to explore Freiburg’s medieval city centre, sheltered by the Black Forest amid vineyards and gardens of the Upper Rhine Valley.

DISCOVERY EXCURSION
Join a lecture about wine hosted by your Certified Sommelier.

EVENING CRUISE TO KEHL
Breakfast, lunch and dinner included

A Grand Cathedral and La Petite France.

ACTIVE EXCURSION
Discover Strasbourg by bike with your Adventure Host.

OR: CLASSIC EXCURSION
Join a City Sightseeing Tour, including Strasbourg’s Gothic, stained-glass cathedral with its celebrated ancient murals and astronomical clock, as well as the magical La Petite France District.

DISCOVERY EXCURSION
Join an enchanting Guided Tour along the famed Alsace Wine Route to discover the heart of France’s wine country and sample several local wines.

DISCOVERY EXCURSION
Onboard food and wine pairing dinner hosted by your Certified Sommelier

EVENING/OVERNIGHT CRUISE TO SPEYER
Breakfast, lunch and dinner included

The World’s Biggest Wine Barrel.

ACTIVE EXCURSION
Join your Avalon Adventure Host for an inspiring walk in Heidelberg, the Philosophers’ way.

OR: CLASSIC EXCURSION
Enjoy a Guided City Tour, including a visit to the Wine Museum to learn about the history of viticulture and wine production

OR: CLASSIC EXCURSION
Enjoy a Guided Tour to Heidelberg Castle to see the ruins of the magnificent renaissance treasure towering above the city, and its famed Great Vat, the “World’s Largest Wine Barrel.”

EVENING/OVERNIGHT CRUISE TO RÜDESHEIM
Breakfast, lunch and dinner included

Eat, Drink, and Be Merry in Wine Country.

ACTIVE EXCURSION
Enjoy a hike with your Avalon Adventure Host through the picturesque vineyards of Rüdesheim.

OR: DISCOVERY EXCURSION
Join a Guided Tour to experience the beauty and simplicity of 13th-century Eberbach Monastery-a former abbey for Cistercian monks that today is known for its wine production and as the film location for the blockbuster movie, “The Name of the Rose”. Also enjoy a wine tasting.

OR: CLASSIC EXCURSION
Take a Guided Tour of the incredible Mechanical Music Museum for a one-of-a-kind instrumental experience; enjoy a tasting of the authentic Rudesheimer coffee. En route to Koblenz, sail through the Rhine Gorge (a UNESCO World Heritage site). Take in the breathtaking views of ancient castles perched on cliffs 400 feet above the water and pass the legendary Rock of the Lorelei— where the mythological siren’s songs lured ill-fated sailors.

DISCOVERY EXCURSION
Enjoy an onboard wine and cheese tasting hosted by your Certified Sommelier.

KOBLENZ
Travel Through 2000 Years of Monumental History. Enjoy free time in Koblenz before a relaxing evening on board with dinner and live entertainment.

OVERNIGHT DOCKING IN KOBLENZ
Breakfast, lunch and dinner included

Prost! Celebrate in the Rhineland.

ACTIVE EXCURSION
Enjoy a bike ride like the locals in Cologne with your Adventure Host.

OR: DISCOVERY EXCURSION
Choose a Guided Walking Tour of Cologne’s important Jewish heritage sites.

OR: CLASSIC EXCURSION
Take a Guided City Walk of Cologne—with its soaring twin-steepled gothic cathedral. Spend free time over a glass of Kölsch pale lager—locally brewed for over 100 years!

DISCOVERY EXCURSION
Enjoy a wine and chocolate tasting hosted by your Certified
Sommelier.

AFTERNOON/OVERNIGHT CRUISE TO AMSTERDAM
Breakfast, lunch and dinner included

Canals of Colorful Amsterdam.

ACTIVE EXCURSION
Start your day joining your Adventure Host on an
early morning walk in Amsterdam.

OR: CLASSIC EXCURSION
Discover the true beauty of Amsterdam with an off-the-beaten-path Guided Walking Tour through its cobblestone streets for a captivating look at this legendary city.

OR: CLASSIC EXCURSION
Explore the iconic waterways of Amsterdam on a Guided Canal Cruise past stately homes of Amsterdam’s “Golden Age.”

Take some free time to explore Amsterdam’s colourful streets and canal houses, galleries, and shops or join a Guided
Optional Excursion to Zaanse Schans to see historic windmills and charming Dutch houses.

OVERNIGHT DOCKING IN AMSTERDAM
Breakfast, lunch and dinner included