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Majestic Rivers of Europe: Castles, Cathedrals & Fairytales

What's Included

Trip Features

Exclusive Features:

  • Only deluxe travel company to include two days in Vienna!
  • Full-day tour to Cesky Krumlov, Czech Republic — a Vantage exclusive!
  • Included tours and entrances to museums and venues, including Schönbrunn Palace, Vienna National Library, Documentation Center in Nuremberg, and more!
  • Choice of included tours in Vienna, Würzburg, Rüdesheim, and Passau
  • Exclusive classical concert at the Kursalon in Vienna — a value of $170 per couple!

Your Price Includes:

  • Purchase your airfare from Vantage and your airport transfers and government taxes and fees are included
  • Accommodations: 14 nights aboard a Deluxe Vantage river cruise ship, designed exclusively for the American traveler, in a spacious riverview stateroom
  • 13 sightseeing tours plus Cultural Connections— a value of $1,600 per couple!
  • 41 meals: 14 breakfasts, 13 lunches, and 14 dinners, including Captain’s Welcome & Farewell Dinners and meals ashore
  • Wine with dinner at Captain’s Welcome & Farewell Dinners!
  • 8 UNESCO World Heritage Sites
  • Program Managers: Four European experts to accompany you
  • Antenna Audio headsets to enhance your sightseeing experience during your cruise and on extensions!
  • All transfers & baggage handling overseas (where permitted) when you purchase your airfare from Vantage
  • Vantage 5% Travel Reward, received upon your return, ?to use toward your next Vantage Memorable Journey®

Highlights


13 Sightseeing Toursa value of $1600 per couple!

  • Guided visit to Roman-Germanic Museum
  • Mini-train ride and visit to your choice of Niederwald Monument or Siegfried’s Musikkabinett
  • Full-day visit to Heidelberg, including lunch at restaurant in town
  • German village life tour with BBQ lunch and wine festival
  • Your Choice: Tour of Rothenburg ob der Tauber or tour of Würzburg Residenz with wine tasting
  • Walking tour of Bamberg
  • Tour of Nuremberg including Documentation Center and Hitler’s Rally Grounds
  • Walking tour of Regensburg
  • Your Choice: Full-day visit to Cesky Krumlov, including lunch, or walking tour of Passau with an organ concert
  • Choice of tours in Vienna: Art History Museum or Schönbrunn Palace
  • City tour of Vienna, including the National Library
  • Exclusive classical concert at the Kursalon in Vienna 
  • City tour of Budapest tour, including Fisherman’s Bastion and Matthias Church

Plus Cultural Connections

  • German language lesson
  • Onboard Lecture Series: Musical Vienna; Development of Nuremberg; Germany in the 21st Century; Rhine-Main-Danube Canal 
  • Glassblowing demonstration
  • Conversation with college students in Bamberg
  • Bavarian beer experience, lecture, and tasting
  • Apple strudel-making demonstration
  • Local entertainment onboard ship