Garden Lovers & Rhine River 2010 |
A group tour concept that combines a 7 day Rhine River cruise from Amsterdam to Strasbourg with an opportunity to view some famous and beautiful gardens along the way. We are also able to recommend some special pre- and/or post-cruise land program ideas that would provide additional viewing options for those garden-lover groups who are interested in extending their stay.
Our cruise program begins with embarkation in Amsterdam where the ship spends a few nights in port before sailing south. The first Garden is the lovely tulip fields and impeccably-manicured grounds at the Keukenhof Gardens outside of Amsterdam (www.keukenhof.nl). Once the river cruise departs Amsterdam, sailing south on the Rhine, there are several options to consider. The Het Loo Palace, located just outside of Appeldoorn (the ship docks in Nijmegen), is built in the style of a French chateau, Het Loo Palace is set at the edge of 27,000 acres of royal forests. Another featured garden highlight on the Rhine River cruise is the Benrath Palace located near Dusseldorf (the ship docks in Krefeld). Outside of Heidleberg, a garden tour of the grounds at Schwetzingen Palace is highly recommended. Schwetzingen was modeled after the French palace in Versailles and their gardens consist of two elements. One, is a symmetrically-designed French baroque garden with the Arion fountain. The other is an English landscape garden that is formed around a large pond with arced canals in planned naturalness.
Our cruise program ends the following morning after Heidelberg with disembarkation taking place in Strasbourg.
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2010 Passion Play & Rhine River Cruise
July 23 - August 2 $4,081 pp |
List of program inclusions:
*Three night first class Rhine River Cruise from Koblenz-Strasbourg with a tour of Heidelberg *Two nights in Strasbourg, France with city walking tour and a canal cruise *Half day tour to the German spa town of Baden-Baden *Drive through Germany's Black Forest *Tour of the fabulous Mainau Island Gardens on Lake Constance *Two nights in the Swiss town of St. Gallen *Tour to Luzern, Switzerland *One night in the Bavarian Alps town of Oberammergau *Tickets to the world-famous 2010 Passion Play *Tour of the 'Disney Castle' of Neuschwanstein *Two nights in Munich with a city tour and visit to the Nymphenburg Palace *Farewell dinner at the Hofbrauhaus in Munich *All meals except two lunches and one dinner
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Venice Hotel Ships
4 nights / Mid-October 2009 - Early April 2010. We know a reliable French river cruise line with a comfortable superior tourist class ship that docks within a 10-15 minute walk of the Piazza San Marco in Venice. All meals are included on the ship and all 3 scheduled tours; the islands of Murano and Burano, Venice and Padua city tours. Prices begin at $877 per person for main deck cabins with a small supplement for the upper deck. Roundtrip transatlantic airfare, coach transfers and additional customized land program destinations may be added on request. |