Rhine and Moselle Castles Dutch Symphony Intermediate Deluxe
Duration
6 Days
Physical rate
Moderate
Starting city
Frankfurt
Available
August 2024 / August 2024
Detailed day by day description
Introduction
This tour is part of our flexible coach touring range, guaranteed with a minimum of 2 people. Once the tour is booked, it is guaranteed so it will definitely go ahead, and will never cancel.
This tour is guided in English only. Please note if English speaking attendance numbers are low, the tour can become bilingual either accompanied by two tour leaders, one for each language, or a single tour leader providing explanations in both languages.
The tour offers flexibility, allowing you to customize it to your preferences. By clicking 'Quote or Book,' you will have the choice to select your desired start and end dates and destinations within the tour's defined parameters. Given this flexibility, it's important to note that the same people, tour guides or drivers may not be on your entire journey.
Dinner on board.
Group transfer from Frankfurt to the port of Mainz for the scheduled embarkation at 11.30 hrs. We welcome you aboard the "MS DUTCH SYMPHONIE" in MAINZ . Registration begins at 4:00 p.m. However, if you arrive earlier, you can leave your luggage at the front desk to explore the city on your own. In the early afternoon, 4.30 pm, we start sailing on a short journey to RUDESHEIM . Welcome cocktail and dinner. Overnight in Rudesheim.
Full board.
In the middle Rhine valley, we find one of the most spectacular landscapes in Europe, the romantic Rhine. In the morning we will sail its 65km, declared a World Heritage Site, where dozens of castles and vineyards are concentrated forming an idyllic picture that we can enjoy with the commentary and activities of our team on board and where the passage by the famous Loreley Rock stands out. In the morning before sailing we will visit the wine-growing town of Rüdesheim where its national monument of Niederwalddenkmal stands out, and in the afternoon we will visit the ancient city of KOBLENZ where the Rhine and Moselle converge in the well-known Deutsche Eck, the German corner. Overnight in Koblenz.
Full board.
In the morning we will enjoy the beautiful landscapes of the Moselle on a relaxed navigation that will take us to the charming town of COCHEM . One of the most picturesque and popular towns on the Moselle River that stands out for its spectacular "Reichsburg" castle. The city is known for its tourist interest, its beauty and for its wines, as some of the best wines in Germany are produced in this area. Overnight in Cochem.
Full board.
Early in the morning we start sailing back to the Rhine thanks to the locks of the Moselle. In the afternoon we will visit the quiet wine-growing town of BOPPARD . After the campaigns of Julius Caesar, the Romans settled on a Celtic settlement, known as Baudobriga, and from there a city was born of which the vestiges of the walls of the Roman fort of Bodobrica can still be seen. Overnight in Boppard.
Full board.
After a relaxed and scenic morning sailing, we´ll arrive in MAINZ after lunch. Mainz is a university, Roman, media city and state capital, representing the famous triad of the Romanesque cathedral, Gutenberg´s Black Art and the Rhenish Carnival. We´ll stroll through its historic center where one of the imperial cathedrals (kaiserdome) is located, and the Gutenberg museum. Overnight in Mainz.
Breakfast.
After breakfast we will proceed to disembark .
At 09:00, they must leave their cabins. Disembarkation and group transfer to Frankfurt airport scheduled at 09.00 hrs.
End of our services.