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SPIRIT OF THE RHINE Launching our first purpose-built river ship SPIRIT OF THE RHINE Bringing boutique to the riverways of Europe

This year at Saga, we launched a new The Saga boutique difference era of ocean cruising with our first Spirit of the Rhine offers premium value for money, purpose-built ships. And now we’re with so much included in the price. This includes doing the same with river cruising. a VIP chauffeur service from your own front door, Setting sail in Spring 2021, our new ship French balconies for all cabins on the Middle and offers a boutique cruising experience, Upper decks, wine, beer and soft drinks at lunch and but on Europe’s finest riverways. dinner, even up to eight included excursions. Plus, a It’s time to discover your host of extras are included from on-board gratuities Spirit of the Rhine. to complimentary Wi-Fi, and much more.

Please note: Photos are for illustration only. All designs and plans are subject to change. To avoid disappointment, it’s always best to book early because holidays can sell out fast and prices sometimes increase. Prices were correct at time of going to print in November 2019 and should be used as a guide.

2 3 Saga service Spirit of the Rhine offers levels of service that are second to none. It begins the moment you are picked up at home by one of our chauffeurs and extends to a Spirit of the Rhine has been seamless check-in and welcome designed for guests who want aboard the ship. Available 24/7 a luxurious, boutique river throughout your cruise, cruise. One that combines our this is the famous Saga service. famous first-class service with bespoke, authentic experiences on every cruise.” Robin Shaw, CEO of Saga Travel

WELCOME ABOARD Light and spacious Our new 5-star river ship, created just for you While offering that small-ship appeal, the ship has a great feeling of space Spirit of the Rhine is a truly bespoke Every feature of this ship has been designed from every room. Panoramic windows on ship, utilising everything we’ve learnt with our guests in mind. This includes a both the port and starboard sides offer over seven decades in the travel panoramic lounge and bar, two restaurants, an sweeping views of the scenery wherever industry. Offering boutique luxury and inviting library, and even a small gym. Best of you are on board, and ensure every public our renowned high levels of service, you all, you can relax and enjoy the ever-changing area of the ship is filled with light. simply need to unpack once and start views from a large sun deck at the top of the enjoying your perfect cruise with us. ship, complete with sun loungers, waiter-served An exclusive ship for no more than 190 drinks, a hot tub, deck games and alfresco Saga guests, Spirit of the Rhine signals barbecue. It’s the perfect way to relax as you a new era in river cruising. effortlessly glide to your next destination.

Breathtaking design Led by one of the world’s top design agencies, Spirit of the Rhine’s design is contemporary yet classic, and beautifully elegant throughout. Oozing boutique luxury with pastel tones and sleek lines, this ship delivers the ‘wow’ factor with unrivalled levels of comfort. It will also be a showcase for art, with specially-commissioned original pieces, created by British-based artists.

4 5 BOUTIQUE CABINS Some of the most generously sized on the river

All of Spirit of the Rhine’s 5-star Over 75% of the ship’s cabins have French balconies, cabins are beautifully spacious and looking out from the Middle and Upper decks. well appointed, and echo the elegant With stunning floor-to-ceiling windows, they offer styling of the ship’s public areas. With an personal, private views of every destination in the average floor plan of 17 square metres, fresh air. Cabins on the Lower deck are slightly they’re your own comfortable space smaller with a picture window, so they are also filled to relax and get ready for another day with natural light. Whatever you choose, all are exploring Europe’s finest towns and equipped with a flat-screen TV, a Bluetooth speaker cities. The plush hotel-style beds can be with USB charging point, tea and coffee making transformed from twins to a double, to facilities, a small fridge, hairdryer, telephone, safe, suit your preference, while each of the seating area, bathrobes and slippers. A turndown en-suite bathrooms are fitted with a service each evening means your cabin perfectly walk-in shower. changes mood, from day to night.

6 7 Sample à la carte dinner menu Pan-fried fillet of trout in lemon sauce with sautéed vegetables Gazpacho “Andaluz” with roasted lamb fillet & olive oil Tournedos Rossini on beef marrow risotto with baby carrots & green asparagus Selection of raw milk cheese with fig mustard & crusty bread Rosemary panna cotta with marinated berry fruits

Vegetarian meals and special dietary requirements can be requested when booking.

FINE DINING Boutique dining Serving world-class cuisine with Nick Nairn in two stunning restaurants Nick Nairn is a renowned chef and restauranteur, the youngest Scottish chef to ever win a Michelin star. Having made The culinary experience on Spirit On board, every mealtime is a special event, often his name on TV shows such as Ready of the Rhine is another of the ship’s stretching to four or five courses. Using only the Steady Cook and Great British Menu standout features. Sumptuous freshest, locally-sourced ingredients, the team of for the BBC, he also runs a successful cuisine is served in the main chefs expertly prepare every dish to the highest cookery school. Nick will bring his restaurant at breakfast, lunch and standard. When the weather’s fine, you can also enjoy famous culinary style to the à la carte dinner. Plus, you can make a free alfresco barbecue dining on the outside terrace. Other restaurant aboard Spirit of the Rhine, dinner reservation at the intimate tasty temptations on board include afternoon tea, creating an exclusive signature dish. He’ll à la carte restaurant. This offers served free of charge each day, a light lunch option even be joining selected cruises for live boutique dining for no more than 34 in the á la carte restaurant, along with self-service show cooking! guests in the evenings, in association stations where you can help yourself to tea, coffee with celebrity chef Nick Nairn. and biscuits whenever you choose.

Say cheers! In both the main and à la carte restaurants, you can say cheers with a selection of drinks, included at no extra charge. This includes red, white and rosé wines served by the glass at lunch and dinner, along with beers and soft drinks.

8 9 Discover more Spirit of Rhine offers the perfect chance to experience and discover more, with a range of Special Interest cruises. This includes wine tasting and art-themed itineraries, while music lovers will relish unique cruises dedicated to jazz and bands across the eras.

A tour guide at your fingertips Spirit of the Rhine is a ‘quiet ship’, with DESTINATIONS minimal announcements and interruptions. From Spring 2021, set sail If you choose to listen to the informative commentaries as you’re cruising gently by, for Europe’s finest ports you can use your free audio headset, which you’ll find in your cabin. The same device will be used ashore to hear your guide speaking on Our new ship brings boutique cruising to the Step aboard in 2021, and you excursions, so you won’t miss a thing. Finally, Rhine, the iconic waterway that winds through can explore the must-see sights, you can use it for independent sightseeing. the heart of Europe. But it doesn’t end there, delve into local history, and Simply take the headset with you, then set off thanks to selected itineraries on the Moselle, experience the art, architecture to explore your way. Used with our interactive Main and Danube too. Each one has been and culture of a different port maps at selected ports, it’s a fun and easy way hand-crafted by our team of Holiday Creators, virtually every day. There are to see the sights at your own pace and get to really showcase the best of each destination. 15 exciting and varied itineraries the most out of your visits ashore. From the fairytale castles of Germany to the to choose from. Or if you simply colourful gardens of Keukenhof, where will you can’t decide, how about an Look for the symbol on the discover on Spirit of the Rhine? irresistibly fun mystery cruise? cruise itinerary pages.

Celebrity guests It’s not just the destinations you’ll be discovering. Back on board there could Unique Exper–ences be talks, live music and a variety of On selected cruises, you can enjoy entertainment to enhance your cruise our new Unique Experiences. These experience. This includes celebrity included and optional excursions guests on selected departures such as reveal lesser-known sights that you Alastair Stewart and John Sergeant, wouldn’t find on a ‘standard’ tour, who will speak about their careers such as a foodie experience in Vienna in the worlds of current affairs and and Amsterdam, beer tasting in broadcasting. Plus, on other departures Bratislava, and a canal cruise special guests Jilly Goolden and Charlie in Ghent. Dimmock will enhance your cruise by joining you ashore for excursions to the vineyards and gardens of the region.

10 11 VIP door-to-door travel service Every Spirit of the Rhine cruise SO MUCH INCLUDED begins at your own front door, thanks to our door-to-door travel service, with Experience the Saga boutique unlimited mileage included. This means a chauffeur will drive difference on every cruise you to your UK departure point, for a totally With Spirit of the Rhine, Included as standard… hassle-free start. premium value for VIP door-to-door travel service with unlimited mileage money is included as – see page 54 standard. From all your with cover for over meals and a choice of Travel insurance 400 pre-existing medical conditions§ drinks, to excursions, Wi-Fi, gratuities and Breakfast, lunch and dinner even a door-to-door Free-to-dine à la carte restaurant travel service. Wine, beer and soft drinks served at lunch and dinner You simply need to sit Included excursions – at least three on 7-night cruises, back, relax, and focus and up to 8 on longer itineraries on enjoying your perfect river cruise. Gratuities to all on-board staff Complimentary Wi-Fi The Saga Team On-board entertainment, activities and experiences Every cruise includes the services of Tea, coffee and snacks throughout the day a Saga cruise host, an assistant and on-board entertainer. Offering local Daily afternoon tea knowledge and advice, they will help Drinks reception and Captain’s dinner you get the most out of every day, both Saga Team with dedicated cruise host, on and off the ship. You can expect assistant and entertainer friendly and knowledgeable service, Plus, every cruise is ABTA and ATOL protected. from the moment you’re welcomed on board and throughout your time on § If you’re already covered and wish to opt-out of our travel Spirit of the Rhine. insurance, a deduction can be made to your holiday price. Saga travel insurance is underwritten by Great Lakes Insurance SE, UK Branch. Cover is subject to some medical questions. See page 51 for more details.

Included excursions too Every cruise also includes a number of excursions: at least three on week-long cruises, and up to eight on longer itineraries. So you’ll have plenty of opportunities to explore your destinations, at no extra cost.

12 13 DUTCH WATERWAYS 6 nights FULL BOARD NEW Inaugural Cruise with The Bootleg Beatles from £1249^ Including optional travel insurance or Indulge your passion for the Fab Four on this six-night river cruise through Holland from £1229^ without insurance§

Your cruise includes

VIP door-to-door travel service • 6 breakfasts, 5 lunches and 6 dinners • Wine, beer and soft drinks with lunch and dinner • All Gratuities on board • Saga Team • Optional travel insurance underwritten by Great Lakes Insurance SE, UK • Return coach travel via Eurotunnel or ferry. Return flights or direct Eurostar train to Amsterdam for a supplement. • 3 included excursions and experiences

For a full inclusions list see page 12

Enjoy a private tour of the Beatles Museum in Alkmaar

NETHERLANDS Enkhuizen Hoorn

Beverwijk

Zaandam Amsterdam

Look forward to exploring The Bootleg Beatles Idyllic Alkmaar Amsterdam by land and water

Day 1: UK to Amsterdam Step aboard Spirit of the Rhine to enjoy live onboard Adventures ashore Embark Spirit of the Rhine. performances by The Bootleg Beatles during her The Fab Tour amid the beautifully landscaped Day 2: Amsterdam to Beverwijk to Zaandem inaugural voyage. On the first day of your cruise you grounds. Of course the show of Included Unique Experience: will moor in Beverwijk from where blooms are weather dependent, but • Alkmaar Beatles Museum. Come Together to become the first passengers to step aboard Saga’s you can join an included excursion they’re normally in flower for eight Day 3: Zaandem to Hoorn brand new luxury ship, Spirit of the Rhine, for a six-night river cruise which visits Alkmaar’s Beatles weeks from mid-March to mid-May. Optional excursions: which will allow you to indulge your passion for The Beatles. Your Museum – the largest in the world You can also find out more about • Zaanse Schans Windmill Village holiday begins in the vibrant Dutch capital Amsterdam and navigates – which will remain open ‘after garden design trends and get ideas • Keukenhof Gardens the long and winding waterways of the Netherlands before returning hours’ exclusively for our guests. from seven inspirational gardens. SAVE £200^ per person on all cabin

Day 4: Hoorn to Enkhuizen to the capital. In addition to two live onboard performances from the The museum is the culmination of grades when you book by December 20, Included excursion: Capital gains renowned Bootleg Beatles, look forward to an included private visit to the combination of two separate 2019 • Zuiderzee Museum. the largest Beatles Museum on Earth during a trip to Alkmaar. You can private collections of memorabilia. Amsterdam has a wealth of Prices from: Mar 23, 2021 Optional excursion: also take in the stunning scenery and iconic images of the lowlands as See the original record contract charms – as many of which as possible have been packed into Lower Deck 1449 1249 • Hoorn Walking Tour you cruise to Zaandem, Hoorn and Enkhuizen, where you can join an signed by the band and a selection Middle Deck, French Balcony 1849 1649 Day 5: Enkhuizen to Amsterdam included visit to the fascinating Zuiderzee Museum. You’ll eventually of outfits worn by the stars during your included canal cruise and Upper Deck, French Balcony 2149 1949 Optional excursion: Get Back to Amsterdam where you can soak up the food, drink and performances in the Netherlands coach tour. However we have Cabins for sole occ. from: 1949 1749 Cruise code AN919 • Volendam, Edam & Katwoude Cheese Farm. culture during a two night mooring with a choice of two sightseeing in the 1960s. The location is fitting also ensured you have two free afternoons to explore the friendly Inaugural Cruise with the Bootleg Beatles. 6 nights. Day 6: Amsterdam excursions included. as Alkmaar is where John Lennon’s All prices are £s per person based on two people and picturesque city independently Included excursion: first guitar was made. sharing including savings as advertised and are Extend your holiday too. It's easy to make your own subject to availability. Prices shown may be based • Amsterdam city tour and canal cruise OR After your cruise stay two nights at the locally rated 4-star Westcord Be a Day Tripper way around this compact and on aft or forward cabins and supplements may apply Included Unique Experience: for midship. Other sole occupancy cabins available, Fashion Hotel (4Q) with breakfasts included. The hotel has great links While in Zaandem, you might wish pedestrian-friendly city, especially • Amsterdam culinary walking tour. subject to availability. § Optional travel insurance: to be able to explore at your leisure. Available only when you fly or travel to join an optional six-hour visit should you opt to utilise our A reduction applies of £20 if you do not need the Day 7: Amsterdam to UK by Eurostar. to the magnificent Keukenhof provided interactive map and optional travel insurance and additional cancellation Disembark Spirit of the Rhine after breakfast. rights – see page 54 for details. For the latest prices Gardens – one of the largest and audio headset. Perhaps explore and offers visit saga.co.uk/holidays. most revered flower gardens in the the Royal Palace on Dam Square, see Anne Frank House or admire TRAVEL OPTIONS: Prices based on return coach world. Over seven million spring travel from Folkestone to Amsterdam via Eurotunnel bulbs bloom in its 32 hectares, filling the paintings of Van Gogh. The or ferry. Eurostar standard is available for a the air with perfume and offering floating flower market, the Central supplement departing from London St Pancras, direct Railway Station – which is built on to Amsterdam, returning via Brussels. Flights from stupendous displays. It claims to be Heathrow are also available for a supplement. To the most beautiful spring garden in thousands of wooden piles – or the travel from your local airport or to take advantage of the world and here you’ll see a mass grand 19th-century Rijksmuseum our flight and Eurostar upgrade deals (both subject to are also well worth a visit. availability and extra charges may apply), please call Please note: = Interactive maps and audio headset tours are available for exploring independently at no additional cost. of tulips, hyacinths and daffodils for details.

14 15 DUTCH AND BELGIAN WATERWAYS 14 nights FULL BOARD NEW Undiscovered Gems of Belgium and the Netherlands from £1999^ Including optional travel insurance or Uncover the highlights of Holland and the best of Belgium from £1945^ without insurance§

Your cruise includes

VIP door-to-door travel service • 14 breakfasts, 13 lunches and 14 dinners • Wine, beer and soft drinks with lunch and dinner • All Gratuities on board • Saga Team • Optional travel insurance underwritten by Great Lakes Insurance SE, UK • Return coach travel via Eurotunnel or ferry. Return flights or direct Eurostar train to Amsterdam for a supplement • 5 included excursions and experiences

For a full inclusions list see page 12

See Amsterdam’s highlights via road and canal

Harlingen Den Helder Enkhuizen Hoorn Urk NETHERLANDS Zaandam Amsterdam Rotterdam Utrecht Schoonhoven Willemstad Kinderdijk Terneuzen Antwerp Ghent BELGIUM The historic windmills of Kinderdijk See the iconic belfry in Bruges Antwerp’s famous Brabo Fountain Brussels

Day 1: UK to Amsterdam Day 10: Ghent to Terneuzen Discovering Holland and Belgium, Adventures ashore to Zaandem (for Bruges) exploring major cities like Amsterdam, Embark Spirit of the Rhine. Included excursions: Sound the Hoorn begin a walking tour of the Belgian Brussels, Antwerp and Bruges and When the Dutch navigators Willem capital themed around the famous Day 2: Zaandem to Hoorn • Walking tour of Bruges. Schouten and Jakob Le Maire Belgian passion for chocolate. Along Optional excursions: • Walking tour of Ghent OR enjoying the iconic sights of the lowlands. first sailed past Cape Horn at the the way look forward to learning • Zaanse Schans. Included Unique Experience: • Ghent canal cruise. Step aboard Saga’s brand new luxury ship, Spirit southernmost tip of South America about the history of chocolate Day 3: Hoorn to Enkhuizen back in 1616, Schouten named it production in the country, watch Day 11: Rotterdam of the Rhine, for a 14-night river cruise which Optional excursions: afterhis home town of Hoorn. You a master chocolatier at work and, Optional excursion: will reveal the highlights of the lowlands – both • Hoorn Walking Tour. might like to join an optional walking yes, of course, taste some local ^ • Tour of The Hague. those you might already know, and plenty more SAVE £400 per person on all cabin Day 4: Enkhuizen to Den Helder you may not. Your holiday begins and ends in the tour around the attractive harbour delicacies. grades and departures when you book Optional excursions: Day 12: Rotterdam to Schoonhoven vibrant Dutch capital Amsterdam and winds its town of Hoorn, once home to many by December 20, 2019 • Texel Island Tour. Day 13: Schoonhoven to Utrecht to Glorious Ghent way through scenic waterways, visiting the smaller an adventurous mariner – including Amsterdam Look forward to spending time Prices from: Mar 29, 2021 Jul 15 Day 5: Den Helder to Harlingen towns and cities of Zaandem, Hoorn, Enkhuizen, Abel Tasman and J P Coen, founders Lower Deck 2399 1999 2699 2299 Optional excursion: in the typically Flemish city of Day 6: Urk Den Helder, Harlingen and Willemstad. See the of the Dutch East India Company. Middle Deck, French Balcony 3199 2799 3499 3099 • Hoge Veluwe National Park Ghent where quaint timber-framed Upper Deck, French Balcony 3799 3399 4099 3699 Optional excursions: iconic and historic windmills of Kinderdijk before As a result of its early seafaring and Kroller-Muller Museum. wealth, Hoorn boasts many pretty buildings mixed with stone Cabins for sole occ. from: 3399 2999 3899 3499 • Giethoorn. crossing into Belgium, where you can look forward Cruise code RH242 Day 14: Amsterdam historic buildings, notably the State fortifications jostle for space Day 7: Kinderdijk to Willemstad to included excursions in beautiful Brussels, Undiscovered Gems of Belgium and the Netherlands. Council building, which houses among a network of canals. You Optional excursions: Included excursions: Antwerp and Ghent. Take a walk around Bruges 14 nights. All prices are £s per person based on two the Westfries Museum and its can join an included city tour to people sharing including savings as advertised and • Kinderdijk Windmills. • Amsterdam city tour and then return to Holland for an included excursion canal cruise OR fascinating collection of ceramic discover the best of the city’s are subject to availability. Prices shown may be based • Willemstad. visiting The Hague. Contrast mighty Rotterdam and Flemish flavour. As you wander on aft or forward cabins and supplements may apply Included Unique Experience: tiles, silver, china and model ships. for midship. Other sole occupancy cabins available, Day 8: Brussels to Antwerp Schoonhaven en route back to Amsterdam where through the cobbled streets and • Amsterdam culinary you can soak up the food, drink and culture during subject to availability. § Optional travel insurance: Included excursion: The best of Brussels attractive squares, keep an eye out A reduction applies of £54 if you do not need the walking tour. a two night mooring - the perfect way to round off • Walking tour of Brussels. You’ll have a full day to enjoy the for the 91-metre-high bell tower of optional travel insurance and additional cancellation Day 15: Amsterdam to UK your fortnight of discovery... rights – see page 54 for details. For the latest prices Optional Unique Experience: delights of the Belgian capital. the medieval Cloth Hall. There are Disembark Spirit of the and offers visit saga.co.uk/holidays. • Brussels Chocolate You might wish to join an included also other fine Gothic buildings and Rhine after breakfast. Extend your holiday Walking Tour. canals to explore and you can enjoy TRAVEL OPTIONS: Prices based on return coach After your cruise stay two nights at the locally walking tour, or join one of our travel from Folkestone to Amsterdam via Eurotunnel Day 9: Antwerp to Ghent rated 4-star Westcord Fashion Hotel (4Q) with optional Unique Experiences stunning views from St Michael's or ferry. Eurostar standard is available for a supplement departing from London St Pancras, direct Included excursion: breakfasts included. The hotel has great links to be designed to give you the chance Bridge. Alternatively you might prefer to join a Unique Experience to Amsterdam, returning via Brussels. Flights from • Tour of Antwerp. able to explore at your leisure. Available only when to enjoy the local food and culture. Heathrow are also available for a supplement. To you fly or travel by Eurostar. After disembarking your ship and which will allow you to enjoy the travel from your local airport or to take advantage of sights from an entirely different our flight and Eurostar upgrade deals (both subject to Please note: = Interactive maps and audio headset tours are available for exploring meeting your guide, take a stroll into perspective – a canal cruise. availability and extra charges may apply), please call independently at no additional cost. the city centre from where you will for details.

16 17 DUTCH AND BELGIAN WATERWAYS 7 nights FULL BOARD Flowers on Parade from £1399^ Including optional travel insurance or Discover the floral highlights of the lowlands... from £1379^ without insurance§

Your cruise includes

Enjoy visiting Holland and the The Floralia Show is held at the VIP door-to-door travel service most vibrant time of the year Groot-Bijgaarden Castle in Brussels • 7 breakfasts, 6 lunches and 7 dinners • Wine, beer and soft drinks with lunch and dinner • All Gratuities on board • Saga Team • Optional travel insurance underwritten by Great Lakes Insurance SE, UK • Return coach travel via Eurotunnel or ferry. Return flights or direct Eurostar train to Amsterdam for a supplement. • 3 included excursions and experiences

For a full inclusions list see page 12

Beverwijk Zaandam Amsterdam

Utrecht

NETHERLANDS

Antwerp BELGIUM Marvel at the majesty of Keukenhof Gardens See the floats of Haarlem’s annual flower paradee

Day 1: UK to Amsterdam Be in Haarlem as the spectacular annual Flower Parade Adventures ashore Embark Spirit of the Rhine. arrives in town. Dutch delights and played an important role in Day 2: Amsterdam You have a full day to seek out the development of systematic Optional excursions: Step aboard the brand new Spirit of the Rhine to discover the glorious the delights of the Dutch capital, botany in the Netherlands. The • Hortus Botanicus – Amsterdam’s gardens of Keukenhof and Utrecht in spring, enjoy Haarlem’s famous but instead of taking the tourist gardens incorporate six different botanical gardens. Flower Parade and visit the Floralia flower show in Brussels. Be among trail, you might choose to indulge areas, including a Rock Garden • Vondelpark – the city’s largest park. the first passengers to step aboard Saga’s brand new luxury ship, your passion for gardens. Why not said to be one of Europe’s finest, Day 3: Antwerp Spirit of the Rhine, for a seven-night river cruise timed to coincide accompany your expert gardens Tropical Greenhouses and an Outer Included excursion: with the most spectacular floral displays in Holland and Belgium. Your host on an optional excursion to Fort where marsh marigold and SAVE £200^ per person on all cabin • Floralia Brussels Flower Show holiday includes included visits to the 17th annual Floralia flower show Hortus Botanicus – Amsterdam’s huge skunk cabbage flourish in grades when you book by December 20, in Brussels and the magnificent gardens of Keukenhof and Utrecht Day 4: Antwerp to Utrecht to Zaandem botanical gardens, one of the the spring. 2019 Included excursion: at a time when they are at their most breathtaking, when millions of oldest in the world. A peaceful Flowers on Parade Prices from: Apr 12, 2021 • Utrecht Botanical Gardens tulips and daffodils are in full bloom. Your cruise has also been planned retreat from the hubbub of the city, Make the most of your overnight Lower Deck 1599 1399 Day 5: Zaandem to allow you to admire the fantastic floral displays of Holland’s annual the attractive grounds incorporate Middle Deck, French Balcony 1999 1799 mooring in the beautiful city of Included excursion: Flower Parade as it arrives in Haarlem during your visit. You might wish three impressive greenhouses: Upper Deck, French Balcony 2299 2099 Haarlem. The attractive market Cabins for sole occ. from: 2199 1999 • Keukenhof Gardens to visit Amsterdam’s glorious Botanic Gardens or Vondelpark too to the Palm House where some of Cruise code AH611 ensure you don’t miss any of the floral highlights of the lowlands. the world’s oldest plants are kept, square, Grote Markt, is home to an Day 6: Zaandem to Haarlem Flowers on Parade. 7 nights. All prices are £s per person the three-climate greenhouse impressive 14th-century Town Hall Flower Parade arrives in Haarlem this evening Indulge your passion based on two people sharing including savings as with its subtropical plants, and and St Bavo’s church which advertised and are subject to availability. Prices Day 7: Haarlem to Amsterdam Look who’ll be joining you on board… the butterfly house. Another provide the backdrop for one of shown may be based on aft or forward cabins and Parade floral arrangements on display supplements may apply for midship. Other sole Charlie Dimmock option is to join an excursion the highlights of your holiday. The this morning occupancy cabins available, subject to availability. The gardening expert and TV presenter will deliver visiting Vondelpark, Amsterdam’s annual Flower Parade that begins § Optional travel insurance: A reduction applies Day 8: Amsterdam to UK a series of talks and join you on your included largest park. in Noordwijk will arrive in Haarlem a of £20 if you do not need the optional travel Disembark Spirit of the Rhine after breakfast. few hours after you do, allowing you insurance and additional cancellation rights – see excursions. page 54 for details. For the latest prices and offers The best medicine to feast your eyes on a procession visit saga.co.uk/holidays. Extend your holiday You can look forward to an included of floats carrying magnificent floral After your cruise stay two nights at the locally rated 4-star Westcord displays. The following morning why TRAVEL OPTIONS: Prices based on return coach half-day trip to Utrecht Botanical travel from Folkestone to Amsterdam via Eurotunnel Fashion Hotel (4Q) with breakfasts included. The hotel has great links Gardens. Originally called Hortus not head back into town to take a or ferry. Eurostar standard is available for a to be able to explore at your leisure. Available only when you fly or travel medicus, the gardens were first closer look at the arrangements supplement departing from London St Pancras, direct by Eurostar. before you set sail for Amsterdam to Amsterdam, returning via Brussels. Flights from laid out in 1639 and are one of Heathrow are also available for a supplement. To the oldest university gardens at lunchtime. travel from your local airport or to take advantage of in the Netherlands. They were our flight and Eurostar upgrade deals (both subject to availability and extra charges may apply), please call Please note: = Interactive maps and audio headset tours are available for exploring independently at no additional cost. installed for students of medicine for details.

18 19 DUTCH WATERWAYS 7 nights FULL BOARD NEW Keukenhof and Dutch Delights from £1349^ Including optional travel insurance or Discover Holland’s historic cities and iconic sights... from £1329^ without insurance§

Your cruise includes

VIP door-to-door travel service • 7 breakfasts, 6 lunches and 7 dinners • Wine, beer and soft drinks with lunch and dinner • All Gratuities on board • Saga Team • Optional travel insurance underwritten by Great Lakes Insurance SE, UK • Return coach travel via Eurotunnel or ferry. Return flights or direct Eurostar train to Amsterdam for a supplement. • 3 included excursions and experiences

For a full inclusions list see page 12

Millions of flowers bloom in Keukenhof Gardens

Enkhuizen Urk Hoorn

Beverwijk Amsterdam

NETHERLANDS Arnhem Rotterdam Kinderdijk Enjoy visiting the Hague The Old Harbour in Hoorn The medieval town of Enkhuizen

Day 1: UK to Amsterdam Enjoy seeing the Netherlands at the most spectacular Solo travellers Adventures ashore Embark Spirit of the Rhine. time of year On May 3, 2021 travel in the A Bridge Too Far Day 2: Haarlem to Rotterdam company of other solo travellers While in Arnhem, perhaps join an Included excursion: Be among the first passengers to step aboard Saga’s brand new and a dedicated Solos host, optional excursion visiting the site of • Keukenhof Gardens. luxury ship, Spirit of the Rhine, on this seven-night river cruise which who will organise an additional the momentous events of Operation Day 3: Rotterdam to Kinderdijk allows you to indulge your interest in flowers as well as explore some drinks party. As well as your three Market Garden, beginning at the Included excursion: of Holland’s most historic towns and cities. Your cruise begins in included excursions, an additional famous 'Bridge Too Far.' It was here • The Hague city tour. Amsterdam but the very next day you can look forward to a full-day excursion to Giethoorn will also be that the 2nd Battalion held out for SAVE £200^ per person on all cabin Optional excursion: excursion to the exquisite Keukenhof Gardens – one of the largest included. At Gatwick, Heathrow four days in September 1944 against grades and departures when you book • Kinderdijk windmills. and most revered botanical gardens on the planet. April is a fantastic and Manchester guests can take overwhelming odds. Day 4: Arnhem time to visit with millions of blooms awaiting you. You will also take an advantage of our meet and greet, by December 20, 2019 Optional excursion: included trip to The Hague, home to a wealth of important and historic fast track security and airport Go to Giethoorn Prices from: Apr 19, 2021 May 3 • Arnhem Commemoration. buildings, and cruise to the iconic and historic windmills of Kinderdijk. lounge included as standard on Perhaps join an optional excursion Lower Deck 1549 1349 1549 1349 all Solos holidays. Cruise seven Middle Deck, French Balcony 1949 1749 1949 1749 Day 5: Kampen to Enkhuizen Perhaps learn about an instrumental moment in World War II, Operation to the lake town of Giethoorn. Upper Deck, French Balcony 2249 2049 2249 2049 Optional excursion: Market Garden, during a stop in Arnhem and visit pretty Enkhuizen nights. Holiday code: AF944. 12th-century settlers built the Cabins for sole occ. from: 2149 1949 2199 1999* • Giethoorn visit and punt cruise. and Hoorn en route back to Amsterdam where you can soak up the See www.saga.co.uk/solos or call canals which the locals – and you Cruise code RH244 food, drink and culture and explore on foot, on the road and on its for more details. today – navigate by motorised punt. Keukenhof and Dutch Delights. 7 nights. All prices are Day 6: Enkhuizen to Hoorn world-famous waterways... Float beneath a series of narrow £s per person based on two people sharing including Optional excursion: Extend your holiday savings as advertised and are subject to availability. arched bridges to the car-free • Hoorn walking tour. Prices shown may be based on aft or forward cabins Indulge your passion Before your cruise stay two central island, now a nature reserve. and supplements may apply for midship. Other sole Day 7: Amsterdam Look who’ll be joining you on board… nights at the locally rated 4-star occupancy cabins available, subject to availability. Included excursions: Westcord Fashion Hotel (4Q) Volendam, Edam & Katwoude *Sole occupancy cabins available on May 3, 2020 Celebrity chef Nick Nairn on cruise code AF944. § Optional travel insurance: • Amsterdam city tour and canal cruise OR with breakfasts included. The Cooking-themed cruise. Cheese Farm A reduction applies of £20 if you do not need the Included Unique Experience: hotel has great links to be able to optional travel insurance and additional cancellation April 19, 2021. Cruise Code: RH244. You might like to join an optional • Amsterdam culinary walking tour. explore at your leisure. Available rights – see page 54 for details. For the latest prices excursion designed for cheese and offers visit saga.co.uk/holidays. Optional excursion: only when you fly or travel lovers. Visit a beautiful farmhouse • Volendam, Edam & Katwoude Cheese Farm by Eurostar. in Katwoude, where cheese is still TRAVEL OPTIONS: Prices based on return coach travel from Folkestone to Amsterdam via Eurotunnel Day 8: Amsterdam to UK made, and head for Edam, famous or ferry. Eurostar standard is available for a Disembark Spirit of the Rhine after breakfast. for its red-waxed wheels of cheese, supplement departing from London St Pancras, direct for a walking tour and visit the to Amsterdam, returning via Brussels. Flights from Heathrow are also available for a supplement. To famous cheese weigh house before travel from your local airport or to take advantage of a final stop in the picturesque village our flight and Eurostar upgrade deals (both subject to of Volendam. availability and extra charges may apply), please call for details.

20 21 DUTCH WATERWAYS 7 nights FULL BOARD NEW Jazz and Tulips in the Netherlands from £1349^ Including optional travel insurance or Be moved by the music and the tulips.... from £1329^ without insurance§

Your cruise includes

VIP door-to-door travel service • 7 breakfasts, 6 lunches and 7 dinners • Wine, beer and soft drinks with lunch and dinner • All Gratuities on board • Saga Team • Expert Host • Optional travel insurance underwritten by Great Lakes Insurance SE, UK • Return coach travel via Eurotunnel or ferry. Return flights or direct Eurostar train to Amsterdam for a supplement • 3 included excursions and experiences

For a full inclusions list see page 12 Enjoy live music on board

Harlingen

Enkhuizen

Hoorn Urk

Zaandam NETHERLANDS Amsterdam Rhine Perhaps seek the beauty of Soak up the beauty Utrecht The tulip fields of Noordoostpolder Utrecht’s Botanical Gardens of Keukenhof Gardens

Day 1: UK to Amsterdam to Enkhuizen Step aboard Spirit of the Rhine for her first voyage down Adventures ashore Embark Spirit of the Rhine. the iconic river for which she was named. Zee for yourself of the Noordoostpolder – land Day 2: Enkhuizen to Hoorn The Zuiderzeemuseum Enkhuizen reclaimed from the sea which is Optional excursions: Be among the first passengers to step aboard Saga’s brand new luxury brings the stories of the people now considered the foremost bulb • Zuiderzee Museum. ship, Spirit of the Rhine, for a seven-night river cruise through Holland in living around the Zuiderzee in region in the Netherlands and • Walking tour of Hoorn. the springtime. Set to the rhythm of live jazz music performed onboard the past to life. See more than which attracts visitors from around Day 3: Hoorn to Lemmer to Urk by Richard Leach’s Jazz Quartet, drink in the beauty of millions of 130 authentic houses, shops and the globe. Optional excursions: tulips, both blanketing the landscape on an included drive through workshops which showcase the • Giethoorn tour and punt cruise Discover Utrecht the stunning Noordoostpolder and presented for your delight in the history and culture of this unique SAVE £200^ per person on all cabin Spirit of the Rhine will arrive in Day 4: Urk incomparable Keukenhof Gardens, which you can enjoy visiting on an region. Learn about life around grades when you book by December 20, Utrecht before breakfast allowing Included excursion: included full-day excursion. Your holiday begins and ends in the vibrant the Zuiderzee between 1880 and 2019 • Scenic drive through Noordoostpolder Dutch capital Amsterdam and winds its way through scenic waterways, 1930 – the final years before the you a day to explore at your Prices from: Apr 26, 2021 tulip fields. visiting the smaller towns and cities of Enkhuizen, Hoorn, Lemmer, Urk completion of the Afsluitdijk, which leisure. You might wish to take the opportunity to get up early Lower Deck 1549 1349 Day 5: Utrecht and Utrecht en route back to Amsterdam, where you can soak up the created the IJsselmeer lake, in Middle Deck, French Balcony 1949 1749 Optional excursion: food, drink and culture with more included excursions during a two 1932. There are workshops, fish and head to the Aalsmeer flower Upper Deck, French Balcony 2249 2049 • Utrecht Botanical Gardens. night mooring - the perfect way to round off a week of scenic seasonal smokehouses and net makers, plus auction – the largest in the world. Cabins for sole occ. from: 2199 1999 discovery. Alternatively you could opt to Cruise code AN920 Day 6: Zaandem authentic homes showing what life join an excursion to the Utrecht Jazz and Tulips in the Netherlands. 7 nights. All Included excursion: was like in the 1920s. prices are £s per person based on two people sharing Extend your holiday Botanical Gardens, dating back • Keukenhof Gardens. including savings as advertised and are subject After your cruise stay two nights at the locally rated 4-star Westcord Urk of art to the 17th-century, and featuring to availability. Prices shown may be based on aft Day 7: Amsterdam Fashion Hotel (4Q) with breakfasts included. This stylish hotel is close Look forward to mooring overnight one of the foremost rock gardens in or forward cabins and supplements may apply for Included excursions: midship. Other sole occupancy cabins available, to the Vondelpark and has excellent transport links, which make it a in historic Urk. The fishing town Europe. You might prefer to simply subject to availability. § Optional travel insurance: • Amsterdam city tour and canal cruise OR great location for exploring this dynamic city at your leisure. Available has existed for more than a wander through the medieval heart A reduction applies of £20 if you do not need the Included Unique Experience: only when you fly or travel by Eurostar. Millennium and was originally an of the city with its 112-metre high optional travel insurance and additional cancellation • Amsterdam culinary walking tour. rights – see page 54 for details. For the latest prices island in the Almere, a lake which Domtoren tower or visit one of the and offers visit saga.co.uk/holidays. Day 8: Amsterdam to UK became part of the Zuiderzee in city’s museums. Disembark Spirit of the Rhine after breakfast. TRAVEL OPTIONS: Prices based on return coach the 13th century. Urk was finally travel from Folkestone to Amsterdam via Eurotunnel connected to the mainland by a or ferry. Eurostar standard is available for a dyke in 1939. In the morning you’ll supplement departing from London St Pancras, direct to Amsterdam, returning via Brussels. Flights from depart Urk for your scenic drive Heathrow are also available for a supplement. To through the spellbinding tulip fields travel from your local airport or to take advantage of our flight and Eurostar upgrade deals (both subject to availability and extra charges may apply), please call Please note: = Interactive maps and audio headset tours are available for exploring independently at no additional cost. for details.

22 23 DUTCH AND BELGIAN WATERWAYS 9 nights FULL BOARD NEW From Rembrandt to Rubens from £1849^ Including optional travel insurance or Take a voyage of artistic discovery aboard Spirit of the Rhine from £1795^ without insurance§

Your cruise includes

VIP door-to-door travel service • 9 breakfasts, 8 lunches and 9 dinners • Wine, beer and soft drinks with lunch and dinner • All Gratuities on board • Saga Team • Optional travel insurance underwritten by Great Lakes Insurance SE, UK • Return coach travel via Eurotunnel or ferry. Return flights or direct Eurostar train to Amsterdam for a supplement. • 8 included excursions and experiences Descent from the Cross was painted by Rubens in 1612 For a full inclusions list see page 12

NETHERLANDS Amsterdam

Rotterdam Utrecht

Kinderdijk Dordrecht

Antwerp BELGIUM Brussels Vermeer’s The Milkmaid is The iconic Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam The historic windmills of Kinderdijk housed at the Rijksmuseum

Day 1: UK to Amsterdam Visit some of the finest museums to discover the Adventures ashore Embark Spirit of the Rhine. artistic treasures by some of Holland and Belgium’s Dutch delights Girl with a Pearl Earring and Day 2: Amsterdam most revered painters… During your time in Amsterdam you Rembrandt’s 1669 Self-Portrait. Included excursions: simply cannot miss the completely Afterwards head to the beautiful • Rijksmuseum entrance. Be among the first passengers to step aboard Saga’s brand new renovated Rijksmuseum. The art deco confines of the • Entry to Van Gogh Museum. luxury ship, Spirit of the Rhine, for a nine-night river cruise focused iconic 135-year-old institution Gemeentemuseum, which is home Day 3: Amsterdam to Utrecht on the artistic highlights of the low countries. Enjoy included visits displays more than 8,000 works to the world’s largest Mondrian Day 4: Utrecht to the world-famous Rijksmuseum and Van Gogh museum in of art – just a tiny portion of its collection as well as famous works Included excursion: Amsterdam during a two-night stay in the Dutch capital before one-million-strong collection – and by other artists including Pablo SAVE £250^ per person on • Kroller-Muller Museum visit. cruising on to Utrecht and Rotterdam – from where you visit The is particularly renowned for its Picasso. all cabin grades when you book Day 5: Utrecht to Rotterdam Hague to see more of the country's Golden Age treasures. Spend paintings from the 17th-century Admire Antwerp by December 20, 2019 Included excursions: a night in Dordrecht before sailing to Antwerp, a city synonymous – the Dutch Golden Age. You’ll Prices from: May 10, 2021 • Mauritshuis and Gemeentemuseum visits. with Rubens, as you’ll discover during another overnight mooring. A find the Dutch Masters section on Belgium's second largest city was a great centre for the arts in the Lower Deck 2099 1849 Day 6: Rotterdam to Kinderdijk to Dordrecht night in the Belgian capital, home to the Royal Museum of Fine Arts, the top floor, where you can study Middle Deck, French Balcony 2549 2299 Renaissance period with Flemish Included excursion: provides a fitting finale to your holiday. master painter Vermeer’s famous Upper Deck, French Balcony 2899 2649 painter Peter Paul Rubens and and Cabins for sole occ. from: 2849 2599 • Dordrechts Museum Milkmaid, and the museum’s pièce Indulge your passion Van Dyck both living and working Cruise code AT198 Optional excursion: de résistance is Rembrand’s huge Look who’ll be joining you on board… here. Antwerp's Royal Museum of From Rembrandt to Rubens - Art Cruise. 9 nights. • Kinderdijk windmills The Night Watch. All prices are £s per person based on two people Fine Arts is partly dedicated to Raj Bisram sharing including savings as advertised and are Day 7: Dordrecht to Antwerp Highlights of the Hague Rubens’ work and you can look subject to availability. Prices shown may be based One of the UK’s leading auctioneers and dealers Included excursion: While in Rotterdam, make the short forward to an included visit to on aft or forward cabins and supplements may apply and one of the experts on Sarah Beeny’s Four for midship. Other sole occupancy cabins available, • Entrance to Royal Museum of Fine Arts and Rubens that, as well as the Rubens House Rooms on Channel 4 and a regular on BBC’s drive to The Hague for a visit to two subject to availability. § Optional travel insurance: House Museum Museum. No trip to Antwerp would A reduction applies of £54 if you do not need the Antiques Road Trip, Celebrity Antiques Road superb museums – the Mauritshuis Day 8: Antwerp to Brussels and Gemeentemuseum. Built be complete without a visit to the optional travel insurance and additional cancellation Trip, Flog It! and Bargain Hunt. rights – see page 54 for details. For the latest prices Included excursion: originally in the 17th century as medieval Cathedral of Our Lady - and offers visit saga.co.uk/holidays. • Visit to Cathedral of our Lady Extend your holiday the home for the count of Johan the largest Gothic cathedral in the country with the highest church TRAVEL OPTIONS: Prices based on coach travel from Day 9: Brussels Before your cruise stay two nights at the locally rated 4-star Maurits van Nassau-Siegen, the Folkestone to Amsterdam via Eurotunnel or ferry, Included excursion: Westcord Fashion Hotel (4Q) with breakfasts included. The hotel Mauritshuis is a fine example of tower in Benelux at 403 feet. returning from Brussels. Eurostar standard is available • Royal Museums of Fine Arts admission has great links to be able to explore at your leisure. Available only Dutch classicism which became a There you'll be able to see Rubens’ for a supplement departing from London St Pancras, altarpieces including Elevation to direct to Amsterdam, returning from Brussels. Flights Day 10: Brussels to UK when you fly or travel by Eurostar. museum in 1822. Study some of the from Heathrow are also available for a supplement. To Disembark Spirit of the Rhine after breakfast. finest masterpieces from the Dutch the Cross, Descent from the Cross travel from your local airport or to take advantage of Golden Era, including Vermeer’s and Resurrection of Christ. our flight and Eurostar upgrade deals (both subject to Please note: = Interactive maps and audio headset tours are available availability and extra charges may apply), please call for exploring independently at no additional cost. for details.

24 25 Johannisburg Castle in Aschaffenburg THE RHINE AND HER TRIBUTARIES

The Magnificent Rhine, Main and Moselle Uncover the highlights of three of Europe’s most picturesque rivers

Included excursions • Tour of Trier. Spend the afternoon in Germany’s oldest city, Trier, founded in 16BC by Emperor Augustus. • Wine tasting in Traben-Trarbach. The twin villages which straddle the Moselle are known as the 'capitals' of the wine region. Enjoy a tasting at a vineyard • Frankfurt city tour. Discover this lively, cultural centre, the most international city in Germany thanks to its origins as a trading centre. • Strasbourg tour and canal cruise. Discover the beautiful capital of Alsace, with its cobbled streets, picturesque half-timbered houses and magnificent cathedral. • Amsterdam city tour and canal cruise. See the city centre sights by coach, followed by a canal cruise past pretty bridges and attractive gabled houses OR Amsterdam culinary walking tour. Taste local delicacies including herring, cheese and croquettes before rounding off the tour with a sweet treat from a bakery.

Indulge your passion Look who’ll be joining you on board… John Sergeant The political journalist and broadcaster will be on board to deliver a series of talks. July 1, 2021. (Cruise code: RH249) THE RHINE AND HER TRIBUTARIES 14 nights FULL BOARD The Magnificent Rhine, Main and Moselle from £1799^ Including optional travel insurance or Uncover the highlights of three of Europe’s most picturesque rivers from £1745^ without insurance§

Your cruise includes

VIP door-to-door travel service • 14 breakfasts, 13 lunches and 14 dinners • Wine, beer and soft drinks with lunch and dinner • All Gratuities on board • Saga Team • Optional travel insurance underwritten by Great Lakes Insurance SE, UK • Return coach travel via Eurotunnel or ferry. Return flights or direct Eurostar train to Amsterdam for a supplement. • 5 included excursions and experiences

For a full inclusions list see page 12

Bernkastel-Kues is like something from a picturebook

Amsterdam Arnhem GERMANY NETHERLANDS Rhine Andernach Koblenz Boppard Bonn Rüdesheim Cochem Frankfurt Aschaffenburg Trier Miltenberg FRANCE Moselle Main Bernkastel-Kues Admire the architecture Traben-Trarbach Reichsburg Castle looms over Cochem St Peter’s Cathedral in historic Trier of the Alsace in Strasbourg Strasbourg

Day 1: UK to Arnhem Day 10: Aschaffenburg Step aboard Spirit of the Rhine to cruise the length Adventures ashore Embark Spirit of the Optional excursion: of the river which shares her name and sail on two Rhine. • Johannisburg Castle. Apple appeal takes you to the banks of the Rhine of its biggest tributaries – the Moselle and Main Frankfurt is a lively, cultural centre near the Bonn Opera House to see Day 2: Bonn Day 11: Strasbourg with a dramatic skyline but an the imposing view of Germany‘s Optional excursion: Included excursion: Be among the first passengers to step aboard Saga’s brand intimate feel. You can view the oldest nature park, Siebengebirge • Bonn city tour and • Strasbourg tour and new luxury ship, Spirit of the Rhine, for a 14-night river cruise highlights on an included tour but and seven hills. You’ll also visit Beethoven museum visit. canal cruise. along the length of the river which shares her name and two you might prefer to join one of Beethoven’s birthplace, which SAVE £400^ per person on all cabin Day 3: Cochem Day 12: Rüdesheim to of its biggest tributaries – the Moselle and Main. Embark our optional unique experiences includes a museum, archives and grades and departures when you book Optional excursion: Oberwesel your ship in Arnhem before cruising to Germany to visit Bonn designed to give you the chance to chamber music hall where you can by December 20, 2019 • Cochem Noddy Train. Optional excursions: – birthplace of Beethoven. Sail into the Moselle where you get under the skin of a destination learn more about the composer’s Prices from: May 27, 2021 Jul 1 Nov 1 • Cochem, Reichsburg • Siegfried’s Museum of can explore pretty wine towns like Cochem and Zell, see the by enjoying the local food and life and work. Lower Deck 2499 2099 2699 2299 2199 1799 Castle and Wine tasting. Mechanical Music Middle Deck, Renaissance architecture of Bernkastel and take an included culture. After disembarking and 3299 2899 3499 3099 2839 2439 Day 4: Zell to Bernkastel • Rudesheim wine tasting Andernach Geyser French Balcony tour of historic Trier, Germany’s oldest city. Enjoy an included meeting your guide, take a tour Upper Deck, Andernach is home to the world's 3899 3499 4099 3699 3319 2919 Day 5: Bernkastel to Trier Day 13: Oberwesel to Andernach wine tasting in Traben-Trarbach and perhaps join an optional covering the most important facets French Balcony Optional excursion: tallest cold water geyser, which Cabins for Included excursion: visit to the imposing Ehrenbreitstein Fortress while moored in of the locals’ beverage of choice, 3699 3299 3899 3499 3159 2759 • City tour of Trier. • Andernach Geyser Koblenz. Another included tour reveals Frankfurt before you apple wine, including its history, you can see on an optional sole occ. from: excursion. This startling natural Cruise code RH249 Day 6: Trier to Traben-Trarbach Day 14: Amsterdam have time at leisure to see Miltenberg and Aschaffenburg. its traditions, and its production. phenomenon sends jets of water The Magnificent Rhine, Main and Moselle. 14 nights. Included excursion: Included excursions: Strasbourg is the capital of France’s Alsace region and an The tour concludes with a typical All prices are £s per person based on two people shooting upwards to an astonishing • Traben-Trarbach • Amsterdam city tour included tour and canal cruise reveal its charms before Frankfurt snack, taken at a sharing including savings as advertised and are traditional pub in the going-out 60 metres in height, with subject to availability. Prices shown may be based wine-tasting. and canal cruise OR you cruise back up the Rhine. Explore pretty Rüdesheim, on aft or forward cabins and supplements may apply Included Unique Oberwesel and Andernach en route to Amsterdam where you district of Old Sachsenhausen. accompanying noisy burps and Day 7: Koblenz for midship. Other sole occupancy cabins available, can soak up the food, drink and culture during an overnight gurgles. At the Discovery Centre subject to availability. § Optional travel insurance: Optional excursion: Experience: • Amsterdam culinary mooring - the perfect way to round off your fortnight of Bonn: Birthplace of Beethoven you’ll learn about the science A reduction applies of £54 if you do not need the • Koblenz and behind this geological wonder, and optional travel insurance and additional cancellation walking tour. discovery... After arriving in Bonn you might rights – see page 54 for details. For the latest prices Ehrenbreitstein Fortress. wish to join an optional excursion what happens 4,000 metres below Day 15: Amsterdam to UK and offers visit saga.co.uk/holidays. Day 8: Frankfurt Extend your holiday charting the 2,000-year history the earth’s surface to drive and Disembark Spirit of the TRAVEL OPTIONS: Prices based on return coach Included excursion: After your cruise stay two nights at the locally rated 4-star of the former capital city, in which power this natural fountain. A boat Rhine after breakfast. travel from Folkestone to Amsterdam via Eurotunnel • Frankfurt city tour. Westcord Fashion Hotel (4Q) with breakfasts included. The Beethoven was born 250 years will take you to a nature reserve or ferry. Eurostar standard is available for a Optional Unique hotel has great links to be able to explore at your leisure. ago. This tour includes highlights on the Namedyer Werth peninsula supplement departing from London St Pancras, direct Experience: to witness the geyser and maybe to Amsterdam, returning via Brussels. Flights from Available only when you fly or travel by Eurostar. like the Beethoven monument, the Heathrow are also available for a supplement. To • Frankfurt Apple Wine. Romanesque Minster Cathedral, taste the water for yourself. travel from your local airport or to take advantage of Day 9: Miltenberg to the University of Bonn and the our flight and Eurostar upgrade deals (both subject to Please note: = Interactive maps and audio headset tours are availability and extra charges may apply), please call Aschaffenburg available for exploring independently at no additional cost. grand baroque City Hall. The tour for details.

28 29 THE RHINE AND HER TRIBUTARIES

Cruise the full navigational length of this iconic river with its myriad fabled castles, stunning vineyard-clad slopes and the Castles and Vineyards of famous Lorelei Rock. See the sights that inspired Turner and the castle ruins from which Siegfried is supposed to have slain the Rhine the dragon, put to music by Wagner in his Ring Cycle. Experience the best of the Rhine as Andrew Iwazyszyn, Expert Holiday Creator you cruise from The Netherlands to Switzerland

Included excursions • Amsterdam city tour and canal cruise. See the city centre sights by coach, followed by a canal cruise past pretty bridges and attractive gabled houses OR Unique Experience: Amsterdam culinary walking tour. Taste local delicacies including herring, cheese and croquettes before rounding off the tour with a sweet treat from a bakery. • Heidelberg and castle visit. Visit the home of Germany's oldest university and the ruined castle overlooking the city. • Strasbourg tour and canal cruise. Discover the beautiful capital of Alsace, with its cobbled streets, picturesque half-timbered houses and magnificent cathedral.

Indulge your passion Look who’ll be joining you on board… Alastair Stewart OBE The Journalist and newscaster will deliver a series of talks. August 26, 2021 (Cruise Code: RH250). Jonathan Agnew MBE The BBC’s voice of cricket will no doubt preview the Ashes series Down Under which begins the following month. October 4, 2021 (RH250). DJ Johnnie Walker MBE Join the BBC Radio legend on a 60’s and 70’s music-themed cruise, featuring live onboard performances from the resident band. October 11, 2021 (AN918). Celebrity chef Nick Nairn The Ready, Steady, Cook star and celebrity chef will perform show cooking onboard during a cookery-themed departure. October 25, 2021 (RH252). THE RHINE AND HER TRIBUTARIES 7 nights FULL BOARD Castles and Vineyards of the Rhine from £1449^ Including optional travel insurance or Experience the best of the Rhine as you cruise from The Netherlands to Switzerland from £1429^ without insurance§

Your cruise includes

VIP door-to-door travel service • 7 breakfasts, 6 lunches and 7 dinners • Wine, beer and soft drinks with lunch and dinner • All Gratuities on board • Saga Team • Optional travel insurance underwritten by Great Lakes Insurance SE, UK • Return flights and transfers • 3 included excursions and experiences

For a full inclusions list see page 12

Pay an included visit to Heidelberg

Amsterdam

NETHERLANDS Rhine Cologne

Koblenz Rüdesheim Mainz Mannheim

Strasbourg FRANCE Explore scenic Strasbourg Breisach Cruise the UNESCO-listed Middle Rhine past Lorelei Rock by road and canal Enjoy touring iconic Amsterdam Basel SWITZERLAND

Day 1: UK to Amsterdam Step aboard Spirit of the Rhine for her first voyage down Adventures ashore Embark Spirit of the Rhine. the iconic river for which she was named. Dutch delights walking tour of the city centre. Along and Balthasar – now among the Day 2: Amsterdam Amsterdam is rightly popular for its the way, look forward to tasting local patron saints of the city – behind the Included excursions: Step aboard Saga’s brand new luxury ship, Spirit of the Rhine, for friendly welcome, picturesque canals, delicacies including herring, cheese and high altar. • Amsterdam city tour and canal cruise OR a 7-night voyage down the river which lent the ship her name. Your world-class museums and galleries, croquettes and rounding it off with a Included Unique Experience: Seek out Heidelberg cruise begins in Amsterdam where you can look forward to an included and laid-back cafes and bars. You sweet treat from a bakery. • Amsterdam culinary walking tour. city tour and canal cruise to see the highlights, or alternatively enjoy can choose to view the highlights on An included excursion visits the home of Cologne, Germany's cultural capital Day 3: Cologne a walking tour themed around delightful Dutch food. Set off bound an included coach and canal tour but Germany's oldest university, the city of Day 4: Koblenz to Rüdesheim for Germany where you can explore historic cities like Cologne and alternatively you might prefer to join Enjoy an afternoon of exploring Heidelberg, where highlights include the Optional excursions: Koblenz and raise a glass in the pretty wine town of Rüdesheim. one of our included unique experiences delightful Cologne at your own pace Old Bridge across the River Neckar and • Koblenz and Ehrenbreitstein Fortress Another included excursion visits stately Heidelberg before you cruise which are designed to give you the using our state-of-the-art Qvox the ruined castle high above the city. Its • Siegfried’s Museum of Mechanical Music into France to explore Strasbourg’s delightful cobbled streets and chance to get under the skin of a audio guide and an interactive map. rather random appearance is due to it • Rudesheim wine tasting picturesque half-timbered houses on an included guided tour and canal destination by enjoying the local food Don't miss the vast Gothic cathedral, having been added to through different Day 5: Rüdesheim to Mainz cruise. Return to Germany to spend the day in Breisach before your and culture. started in 1248 to house the relics periods of German architectural styles. of the three Magi but not finally Virtually destroyed by lightning in 1764 Included excursion: journey concludes in Basel, Switzerland. After disembarking and meeting completed until 1880. You can see the it was cannibalised by locals who used • Heidelberg and castle visit your guide, take a tram to Central Solo travellers magnificent shrine to Caspar, Melchior stones from it in their own houses. Day 6: Strasbourg On October 18, 2021 travel in the company of other solo travellers and Station from where you will begin a Included excursion: a dedicated Solos host, who will organise an additional drinks party. As • Strasbourg tour and canal cruise well as your two included excursions, an additional excursion to Obernai Optional excursion: will also be included. At Gatwick, Heathrow and Manchester guests can • Obernai, an undiscovered treasure of the Alsace take advantage of our meet and greet, fast track security and airport SAVE £200^ per person on all cabin grades and departures when you book by December 20, 2019 Day 7: Breisach lounge included as standard on all Solos holidays. Holiday code: AF943. Prices from: Jun 10, 2021 Jun 17# Aug 26 Sep 2# Oct 4 Oct 11# Oct 18 Oct 25# Optional excursions: See www.saga.co.uk/solos or call for more details. Lower Deck 2099 1899 2099 1899 1949 1749 2099 1899 1899 1699 1849 1649 1699 1499 1649 1449 • Colmar and the Alsace Middle Deck, French Balcony 2499 2299 2499 2299 2349 2149 2499 2299 2299 2099 2249 2049 2099 1899 2049 1849 • Lake Titisee Extend your holiday Upper Deck, French Balcony 2799 2599 2799 2599 2649 2449 2799 2599 2599 2399 2549 2349 2399 2199 2349 2149 Stay two nights at the locally rated 4-star Westcord Fashion Hotel (4Q) Cabins for sole occ. from: 2899 2699 2899 2699 2749 2549 2899 2699 2499 2299 2449 2249 2449 2249* 2249 2049 Day 8: Basel to UK Cruise code RH250 RH252 RH250 RH252 RH250 AN918 RH250 RH252 with breakfasts included. The hotel has great links to be able to explore Disembark Spirit of the Rhine after breakfast. Castles and Vineyards of the Rhine. 7 nights. All prices are £s per person based on two people sharing including savings as advertised and are subject to availability. at your leisure. Prices shown may be based on aft or forward cabins and supplements may apply for midship. Other sole occupancy cabins available, subject to availability. *Sole occupancy cabins available on Oct 18, 2020 on cruise code AF943. § Optional travel insurance: A reduction applies of £20 if you do not need the optional travel insurance and additional cancellation rights – see page 54 for details. For the latest prices and offers visit saga.co.uk/holidays.

TRAVEL OPTIONS: Prices based on flights from Heathrow to Amsterdam, returning from Basel with the scheduled services of British Airways, except on departures marked # where the itinerary is reversed. To travel from your local airport or to take advantage of our flight upgrade deals (both subject to availability and extra Please note: = Interactive maps and audio headset tours are available for exploring independently at no additional cost. charges may apply), please call for details.

32 33 THE RHINE AND HER TRIBUTARIES CRUISE AND STAY 11 nights FULL BOARD From Amsterdam to the Alps on your ship from £2349^ Including optional travel insurance or From the lowlands to the roof of Europe from £2295^ without insurance§

Your cruise includes

VIP door-to-door travel service • 11 breakfasts, 6 lunches and 11 dinners • Wine, beer and soft drinks with lunch and dinner • All Gratuities on board • Saga Team • Optional travel insurance underwritten by Great Lakes Insurance SE, UK • Return flights and transfers • 5 Included excursions and experiences

For a full inclusions list see page 12

Enjoy exploring iconic Amsterdam

Look forward to an included trip to Heidelberg

Day 1: UK to Amsterdam Amsterdam Embark Spirit of the Rhine. NETHERLANDS Rhine Day 2: Amsterdam Cologne Included excursions: Koblenz GERMANY • Amsterdam city tour and canal cruise OR Rüdesheim Mainz Included Unique Experience: nights in hotel • Amsterdam culinary walking tour. Strasbourg Day 3: Cologne FRANCE Breisach Day 4: Koblenz to Rüdesheim Basel Zurich Optional excursions: See the iconic architecture of Enjoy exploring beautiful Basel The stunning Chapel Bridge in Lucerne Strasbourg during a canal tour SWITZERLAND Davos • Koblenz and Ehrenbreitstein Fortress • Siegfried’s Museum of Mechanical Music • Rudesheim wine tasting Day 5: Rüdesheim to Mainz After cruising the Rhine, see the highlights of Switzerland Adventures ashore Included excursion: • Heidelberg and castle visit on a four-night tour including time in Lucerne and hotel The best of Basel miss the 14th-century water tower Day 6: Strasbourg stays in Basel and Davos Basel is located at the meeting or the chance to walk across the Included excursion: point of Switzerland, Germany world's oldest wooden footbridge to • Strasbourg tour and canal cruise Step aboard Saga’s brand new luxury ship, Spirit of the Rhine, for a and France and today is yours to the charming old town. Here you'll Optional excursion: week-long voyage down the river which lent the ship her name before explore its many attractions at find the oldest baroque church • Obernai, an undiscovered treasure of two hotel stays in Switzerland. Your cruise begins in Amsterdam where your leisure. Basel Minster is one of in Switzerland as you explore the narrow streets. After finding the Alsace you can look forward to an included city tour and canal cruise to see the most famous buildings in the SAVE £250^ per person on all cabin somewhere for lunch, at your own Day 7: Breisach the highlights, or alternatively enjoy a walking tour themed around country – construction of the red grades and departures when you book expense, glide across Lake Lucerne Optional excursions: delightful Dutch food. Set off bound for Germany where you can sandstone cathedral with its iconic by December 20, 2019 • Colmar and the Alsace explore historic cities like Cologne and Koblenz and raise a glass in twin slim towers, began in 1019. to Brunnen as you continue your Jun 10, Aug Oct Oct the pretty wine town of Rudesheim. Another included excursion visits The city is known for its museums, journey to Davos. Prices from: • Lake Titisee 2021 26 4 18 stately Heidelberg before you cruise into France to explore Strasbourg’s not least the Kunstmuseum, which 3049 2899 2799 2599 Day 8: Basel Davos delights Lower Deck delightful cobbled streets and picturesque half-timbered houses on housed Europe’s first art collection 2799 2649 2549 2349 Disembark Spirit of the Rhine after breakfast. an included guided tour and canal cruise. Return to Germany to spend open to the public in 1661 and is the Breathe deep, enjoy the crystal Middle Deck, 3449 3299 3199 2999 Spend two nights in a locally rated 4-star hotel. French Balcony 3199 3049 2949 2749 the day in Breisach before you disembark your ship in Basel. During largest art museum in Switzerland. clear air – at 1,560m Davos is the Included excursion: highest town in Europe. You have Upper Deck, 3749 3599 3499 3299 a two-night hotel stay in the city you can join an included tour of the When you check in to your hotel French Balcony • Walking tour of Bern. 3499 3349 3249 3049 capital, Bern, and then transfer via Lucerne to Davos, the highest town you will receive a Basel Card which a two-night stay during which to Cabins for sole 4049 3899 3599 3399 Day 9: Basel in Europe, for the final two nights of your Alpine adventure. will allow you free use of public either make the most of the superb occ. from: 3799 3649 3349 3149 Cruise code RH251 Day 10: Basel to Davos transport, Wi-Fi at 26 hotspots facilities at your hotel or to get Indulge your passion out and about at altitude. Perhaps From Amsterdam to the Alps. 11 nights. All prices are Check out after breakfast. Spend two nights in and 50% discount on admission to £s per person based on two people sharing including a locally rated 4-star hotel in Davos. Look who’ll be joining you on board… museums for the duration of your take the chance to ride a cable car savings as advertised and are subject to availability. to sample the stunning views from Prices shown may be based on aft or forward Included excursion: Alastair Stewart OBE Jonathan Agnew MBE stay. Jakobshorn or see the sights of cabins and supplements may apply for midship. • Lake Lucerne Cruise. Journalist and The BBC’s voice of Other sole occupancy cabins available, subject to Lovely Lucerne the town, including the Botanical Day 11: Davos newscaster cricket. October 4, 2021 availability. § Optional travel insurance: A reduction After your two-night stay in Basel, Garden Alpinum Schatzalp and the applies of £54 if you do not need the optional travel Day 12: Davos to UK August 26, 2021 (RH251). insurance and additional cancellation rights – see and before your two night visit to The Kirchner Museum, which offers Check out after breakfast. (Cruise Code: RH251). page 54 for details. For the latest prices and offers Davos, look forward to exploring visitors the unique experience of visit saga.co.uk/holidays. Extend your holiday Lucerne on the way. Enjoy free viewing the art of Ernst Ludwig Kirchner in the place it was created. TRAVEL OPTIONS: Prices based on flights from Before your cruise stay two nights at the locally rated 4-star Westcord time at leisure to explore this Heathrow to Amsterdam, returning from Zurich with Fashion Hotel (4Q) with breakfasts included. The hotel has great links picturesque Swiss city situated the scheduled services of British Airways. To travel to be able to explore at your leisure. at the end of the lake and backed from your local airport or to take advantage of our Please note: = Interactive maps and audio headset tours are flight upgrade deals (both subject to availability and available for exploring independently at no additional cost. by snow-capped mountains. Don't extra charges may apply), please call for details.

34 35 THE RHINE AND HER TRIBUTARIES CRUISE AND STAY 11 nights FULL BOARD NEW The Rhine and Glacier Express to St Moritz on your ship from £2749^ Including optional travel insurance or Experience the highlights of Switzerland and the best of the Rhine from £2695^ without insurance§

Your cruise includes

VIP door-to-door travel service • 11 breakfasts, 6 lunches and 11 dinners • Wine, beer and soft drinks with lunch and dinner • All Gratuities on board • Saga Team • Optional travel insurance underwritten by Great Lakes Insurance SE, UK

Explore the streets and canals of iconic Amsterdam • Return flights and transfers • 7 included excursions and experiences

Day 1: UK to Geneva to Montreux For a full inclusions list see page 12 Spend two nights in a locally rated 3-star hotel in Montreux. Included excursions: • Chillon Castle. Enjoy a tour of stunning Strasbourg Day 2: Montreux Included excursions: Amsterdam • Lausanne city tour and museum visit. NETHERLANDS Rhine Day 3: Montreux to St Moritz Cologne Check out after breakfast and transfer to Koblenz GERMANY St Moritz. Spend two nights in a locally rated Rüdesheim Mainz 3-star hotel in St Moritz. Mannheim Included Unique Experience: Strasbourg • Glacier Express Breisach Day 4: St Moritz Basel SWITZERLAND Included Unique Experience: Begin your holiday with Montreux St Moritz • Bernina Diavolezza and Dialezza Glacier. The Glacier Express crossing a viaduct in Filisur a visit to Chillon Castle Koblenz: Where Rhine and Moselle meet Geneva Brig Day 5: St Moritz to Basel Check out after breakfast and transfer to Basel. Embark Spirit of the Rhine. Day 6: Breisach See the beauty of Lake Geneva and ride the Glacier Indulge your passion Adventures ashore Look who’ll be joining you on board… Optional excursions: Express to St Moritz before cruising the river for which Express delivery • Colmar and the Alsace. Spirit of the Rhine was named Ride the Glacier Express, the • Lake Titisee. world’s slowest express train, for an Day 7: Strasbourg Marvel at the beauty of Lake Geneva and the majesty of the Alps eight-hour journey which passes Included excursion: as your holiday begins with two hotel stays in Switzerland. Explore through 91 tunnels and crosses • Strasbourg tour and canal cruise. the exquisite Chillon Castle and enjoy some local wine before 291 bridges. Enjoy a three-course BBC Radio legend Optional excursion: you’ve even checked-in at your first hotel in Montreux and look dinner on board before arriving in Johnnie Walker MBE SAVE £250^ per person on all cabin • Obernai, an undiscovered treasure of forward to an included visit to the Olympic city of Lausanne with its St Moritz. grades and departures when you book the Alsace. fascinating museum. There is no better way to get to your next stop 60s and 70s music themed-cruise by December 20, 2019 Day 8: Mannheim to Mainz to Rüdesheim in St Moritz than an eight-hour journey through the Alps aboard the October 7, 2021. Lake Titisee Jun 13, Aug Oct Oct Included excursion: Glacier Express. You’ll have ample time to savour the views while Cruise Code: AN921. Perhaps join a three-quarter day Prices from: excursion to the enchanting Black 2021 29 7 21 • Heidelberg and castle visit. navigating nearly 100 tunnels and 300 bridges! Enjoy a cable-car 3499 3499 3199 2999 Celebrity chef Nick Nairn Lower Deck Optional excursions: trip into the peaks to drink in stunning views from the Diavolezza Forest. Journey through mountains 3249 3249 2949 2749 Cookery-themed cruise. • Siegfried’s Museum of Mechanical Music. Glacier before heading to Basel to board Spirit of the Rhine. Cruise and valleys and enjoy a scenic Middle Deck, 3899 3899 3599 3399 French Balcony 3649 3649 3349 3149 • Rudesheim wine tasting. to Breisach, from where you can visit the Black Forest, before October 21, 2021. Cruise code: boat trip across the glacial waters RH253. Upper Deck, 4199 4199 3899 3699 Day 9: Rüdesheim to Koblenz exploring Strasbourg on an included guided tour and cruise. Another of Lake Titisee, reputed to be French Balcony 3949 3949 3649 3449 included excursion visits Heidelberg and you stop in the pretty wine named after the Roman emperor Cabins for sole 4699 4699 4199 3999 Optional excursion: Extend your holiday town of Rudesheim before seeing historic Koblenz and Cologne. Titus. Enjoy lunch at the lakeside occ. from: 4449 4449 3949 3749 • Koblenz and Ehrenbreitstein Fortress. Before your cruise stay two nights Cruise code RH253 AN921 RH253 Your cruise concludes in Amsterdam, where you can look forward Alemannenhof Hotel before free Day 10: Cologne at the locally rated 4-star Westcord The Rhine and Glacier Express to St Moritz. 11 nights. to an included city tour and canal cruise or enjoy a walking tour time to explore. Day 11: Amsterdam Fashion Hotel (4Q) with breakfasts All prices are £s per person based on two people themed around delightful Dutch food... sharing including savings as advertised and are Included excursions: included. The hotel has great links Koblenz and Ehrenbreitstein subject to availability. Prices shown may be based • Amsterdam city tour and canal cruise OR to be able to explore at your leisure. Fortress on aft or forward cabins and supplements may apply for midship. Other sole occupancy cabins available, Included Unique Experience: The Prussians constructed Festung subject to availability. § Optional travel insurance: • Amsterdam culinary walking tour. Ehrenbreitstein in the early 19th A reduction applies of £54 if you do not need the Optional excursion: century but despite being Europe’s optional travel insurance and additional cancellation rights – see page 54 for details. For the latest prices • Volendam, Edam and Katwoude Cheese Farm. second largest fortress, after and offers visit saga.co.uk/holidays. Day 12: Amsterdam to UK Gibraltar, it played no part in either World War. Perhaps join an optional TRAVEL OPTIONS: Prices based on flights from Disembark Spirit of the Rhine after breakfast. Heathrow to Geneva, returning from Amsterdam with excursion and enjoy a panoramic the scheduled services of British Airways. To travel cable car ride from Koblenz up to from your local airport or to take advantage of our Please note: = Interactive maps and audio headset tours are available for the fortress. flight upgrade deals (both subject to availability and exploring independently at no additional cost. extra charges may apply), please call for details.

36 37 THE RHINE AND HER TRIBUTARIES 7 nights FULL BOARD Gilbert & Sullivan on the Rhine from £1499^ Including optional travel insurance or The very model of a Gilbert & Sullivan-themed river cruise..... from £1479^ without insurance§

Your cruise includes

VIP door-to-door travel service • 7 breakfasts, 6 lunches and 7 dinners • Wine, beer and soft drinks with lunch and dinner • All Gratuities on board • Saga Team • Optional travel insurance underwritten by Great Lakes Insurance SE, UK • Return coach travel via Eurotunnel or ferry. Return flights or direct Eurostar train to Amsterdam for a supplement • 3 included excursions and experiences

For a full inclusions list see page 12

The historic Rhine Valley town of Oberwesel

Amsterdam

Arnhem GERMANY NETHERLANDS Rhine

Düsseldorf

Cologne

Andernach Koblenz Amsterdam’s floating Boppard A semi-staged opera will unfold on board across five sessions Bloemenmarkt flower market The fabled Mouse Tower in Bingen Bingen

Day 1: UK to Amsterdam Discover Holland and Germany to the backdrop of the music of Embark Spirit of the Rhine. Gilbert & Sullivan, performed live on board. Day 2: Amsterdam Included excursions: Step aboard Saga’s brand new luxury ship, Your host – Peter Grevatt • Amsterdam city tour and Spirit of the Rhine, for a seven-night river After studying at King's College canal cruise OR cruise set to the soundtrack of the music of London, baritone Peter Grevatt studied Adventures ashore Included Unique Experience: Gilbert & Sullivan. voice with Jean Austin Dodson and Beautiful Bingen Delightful Düsseldorf • Amsterdam culinary Derek Hammond-Stroud of the Royal Enjoy some of the duo’s most popular Enjoy a morning at leisure in the Look forward to an included walking tour. Academy of Music and went on to works performed live at evening concerts picturesque wine town of Bingen, walking tour of the city’s famous SAVE £200^ per person on Day 3: Cologne train with Michael Maurel. Peter has and take the chance to sing along to many which is surrounded by rolling hills Altstadt – Old Town – a square all cabin grades when you book Included excursion: sung with Maggio Musicale Fiorentino of your favourites in the company of your blanketed in vineyards and sits kilometre full of churches and by December 20, 2019 • Cologne city tour in Florence and toured with the British host, baritone and opera expert Peter under the watchful gaze of Klopp art, plus more than 250 bars, Day 4: Koblenz to Bingen Grevatt plus his guest pianist and singers, Youth Opera, his professional solo Prices from: Jun 24, 2021 Castle. The charm of the town is restaurants and cafes in the heart Lower Deck 1699 1499 debut as the title character in Mozart's Optional excursion: who will perform five live sessions. While part of the reason the fabled Middle of the city. Join an expert guide Middle Deck, French Balcony 2099 1899 Marriage of Figaro with the London • Koblenz and music will fill your evenings, by day you Rhine was named a UNESCO World on a stroll through the picturesque Upper Deck, French Balcony 2399 2199 Ehrenbreitstein Fortress. can look forward to exploring historic cities Opera Players. To date, he has some Cabins for sole occ. from: 2499 2299 Heritage Site. lanes and discover why the Gothic Cruise code AN917 and charming towns along the Rhine. Your 80 operatic roles and 60 oratorios to Day 5: Bingen to Oberwesel St. Lambertus church has a twisted Gilbert and Sullivan on the Rhine. 7 nights. All prices holiday begins in Amsterdam where you his credit. His talent, experience and Cologne, Germany's cultural capital Day 6: Oberwesel to Andernach tower, how The Rider statue of are £s per person based on two people sharing exuberance are sure to add an extra Optional excursion: can take advantage of one of our included Enjoy an afternoon of exploring popular elector Jan Wellem came including savings as advertised and are subject excursions to soak up the food, drink and dimension to your musical holiday. delightful Cologne, either on an to availability. Prices shown may be based on aft • Andernach geyser about, where Heinrich Heine was or forward cabins and supplements may apply for culture before cruising to Cologne where included excursion or at your own Day 7: Düsseldorf to Arnhem Guest singers and pianist born, and how tailor Wibbel gained midship. Other sole occupancy cabins available, you can visit some of Germany’s most pace using our state-of-the-art subject to availability. § Optional travel insurance: Included excursion: During your cruise Peter will be joined fame. popular visitor attractions on an included interactive map. Don't miss the A reduction applies of £20 if you do not need the • Düsseldorf walking tour by guest musicians who will add to the optional travel insurance and additional cancellation city tour. Cruise on to Koblenz and perhaps sparkling atmosphere! vast Gothic cathedral, started in rights – see page 54 for details. For the latest prices Day 8: Arnhem to UK join an optional tour visiting the imposing 1248 to house the relics of the three and offers visit saga.co.uk/holidays. Disembark Spirit of the Rhine Ehrenbreitstein Fortress before mooring for Extend your holiday Magi but not finally completed until after breakfast. TRAVEL OPTIONS: Prices based on coach travel from the night in the quaint wine town of Bingen. Before your cruise stay two nights 1880. You can see the magnificent Folkestone to Amsterdam via Eurotunnel or ferry, Stop in Oberwesel and Andernach – where at the locally rated 4-star Westcord shrine to Caspar, Melchior and returning from Arnhem. Eurostar standard is available you might choose to visit the impressive Fashion Hotel (4Q) with breakfasts for a supplement departing from London St Pancras, Balthasar – now among the patron direct to Amsterdam, returning via Brussels. Flights cold water geyser – and enjoy an included included. The hotel has great links saints of the city – behind the high from Heathrow are also available for a supplement. To tour of Dusseldorf’s interesting Old Town to be able to explore at your leisure. travel from your local airport or to take advantage of Please note: = Interactive maps and audio altar. before a lively farewell concert on board Available only when you fly or travel by our flight and Eurostar upgrade deals (both subject to headset tours are available for exploring availability and extra charges may apply), please call independently at no additional cost. provides the finale to your cruise in Arnhem. Eurostar. for details.

38 39 Bamberg’s Old Town Hall THE DANUBE

Across the Continent Journey through the heart of Europe...

Included excursions • Amsterdam city tour and canal cruise. See the city centre sights by coach, followed by a canal cruise past pretty bridges and attractive gabled houses OR Unique Experience: Amsterdam culinary walking tour. Taste local delicacies including herring, cheese and croquettes before rounding off the tour with a sweet treat from a bakery. • Wurzburg and the Residenz Palace. Visit picturesque Würzburg on the banks of the River Main and enjoy a tour of the baroque Residenz Palace. • Tour of Nuremberg. A guided walk reveals the elegant architecture and major sights of this historic Bavarian city. • Vienna City Tour. See some of the highlights of the city, including the Ringstrasse and Opera House, on this two-part tour. • Budapest: A Tale of Two Cities. Your tour of the capital's highlights includes the UNESCO World Heritage-listed Buda Castle. THE DANUBE 14 nights FULL BOARD Across the Continent from £2599^ Including optional travel insurance or Journey through the heart of Europe... from £2545^ without insurance§

Your cruise includes Day 1: UK to Amsterdam VIP door-to-door travel service Embark Spirit of the Rhine. • 14 breakfasts, 13 lunches and 14 dinners Day 2: Amsterdam • Wine, beer and soft drinks with lunch Included excursions: and dinner • Amsterdam city tour and canal cruise OR Included Unique Experience: • All Gratuities on board • Amsterdam culinary walking tour. • Saga Team Day 3: Cologne • Optional travel insurance underwritten by Day 4: Koblenz to Rüdesheim Great Lakes Insurance SE, UK Optional excursions: • Return flights and transfers • Koblenz and Ehrenbreitstein Fortress • 5 included excursions and experiences • Siegfried’s Museum of Mechanical Music • Rudesheim wine tasting For a full inclusions list see page 12 Day 5: Miltenberg Optional excursion: • Miltenberg brewery tour

Day 6: Wurzburg St Michael’s Watch Tower looks down on Bratislava Included excursion: • Wurzburg tour and Residenz Palace NETHERLANDS Day 7: Bamberg Amsterdam Optional excursions: Rhine GERMANY • Bamberg Tour Cologne Wurzburg Bamberg Nuremburg Optional Unique Experience: Koblenz • Bamberg Culinary Walking Tour Rüdesheim Dürnstein Miltenberg Main Regensburg Vienna Day 8: Nuremberg Passau Included excursion: Kelheim Bratislava Danube • Nuremberg tour Melk Budapest Day 9: Kelheim to Regensburg AUSTRIA Optional excursions: Beautiful Durnstein Explore the heart of Nuremberg The Hungarian Parliament in Budapest HUNGARY • Weltenburg Abbey and the Danube Gorge • Regensburg city walk Day 10: Passau Optional excursions: Cruise across the continent, exploring the treasures of Adventures ashore • Passau city walk five countries on a two-week voyage from Amsterdam Beautiful Bamberg symmetrical towers, while the • Salzburg to Budapest. After mooring in Bamberg, take interior is lavishly decorated and Day 11: Emmersdorf or Melk to Dürnstein a walking tour of this enchanting contains many artistic treasures. Optional excursion: Join Saga’s brand new luxury ship, Spirit of the Rhine, for her first Bavarian cathedral city, which is After touring the abbey on an • Melk Abbey 14-night voyage through the heart of the continent. Your holiday a UNESCO World Heritage Site. optional excursion, perhaps enjoy Day 12: Vienna begins in the vibrant Dutch capital Amsterdam where you can soak See the stunning cathedral with some free time in the lovely garden Included excursion: up the food, drink and culture. A succession of enchanting waterside its distinctive four towers, and the Meet the Residenz • Vienna city tour towns and cities will be revealed as you follow the historic lifelines New Residence, built originally as Optional excursions: of Continental Europe – The Rhine, Main and Danube rivers. Cruise the Prince-Bishop's residential While in Würzburg, the centre ^ • Schönbrunn Palace through the Netherlands into Germany to marvel at such cultural apartments around an exquisite of Franconia's wine industry, SAVE £400 per person on all cabin • Vienna evening concert treasures as the wine town of Würzburg, medieval Regensburg and the rose garden. Walk through the you can enjoy a guided tour. The grades and departures when you book Optional Unique Experience: stunning Wachau Valley. Other highlights include visits to Cologne, historic streets to admire the Old picturesque town on the banks by December 20, 2019 • Vienna Culinary Walking Tour Koblenz and Rüdesheim, the UNESCO World Heritage city of Bamberg Town Hall located on an island in of the River Main was the ancient Prices from: Jul 29, 2021 Aug 12# Day 13: Bratislava and visits to historic Nuremberg – where you can enjoy an included the river and the quaint fisherman’s seat of the prince-bishops and Lower Deck 2999 2599 2999 2599 Middle Deck, French Balcony 3799 3399 3799 3399 Optional excursions: tour – and elegant Passau. Enjoy a full day in Vienna, with another houses of ‘Little Venice’. You might consequently is home to many fine monuments and buildings. Enjoy Upper Deck, French Balcony 4399 3999 4399 3999 • Bratislava city tour included sightseeing tour, and explore the capital cities of Bratislava prefer to join a Unique Experience, a Cabins for sole occ. from: 3999 3599 3999 3599 Optional Unique Experience: and Budapest, where you may also get a tour included and you might culinary walking tour which begins a tour of the Residenz Palace, one Cruise code RH257 RH258 • Bratislava beer tour wish to extend your holiday with a two-night hotel stay… at the Schlachthaus - abattoir – of Europe’s most splendid baroque Across the Continent. 14 nights. All prices are palaces, dating back to the 18th £s per person based on two people sharing including Day 14: Budapest and continues into the old town, Extend your holiday century. Admire the famous savings as advertised and are subject to availability. Included excursion: allowing you to sample local Prices shown may be based on aft or forward grand staircase and Imperial Hall • Budapest city tour Before your cruise stay two nights at the locally rated 4-star Westcord specialities along the way before cabins and supplements may apply for midship. with frescoes by Tiepolo and Other sole occupancy cabins available, subject to Optional excursions: Fashion Hotel (4Q) with breakfasts included. The hotel has great links your tour wraps up with the chance the extensive gardens, before a availability. § Optional travel insurance: A reduction • Gödöllo Palace to be able to explore at your leisure. Available only when you fly or travel to sup a cold local beer. applies of £54 if you do not need the optional travel tour of the town which reveals • Lazar Equestrian Park Horse Farm by Eurostar. insurance and additional cancellation rights – see Abbey day the cathedral, old Main Bridge page 54 for details. For the latest prices and offers Optional Unique Experience: After your cruise stay two nights at a locally rated 4-star hotel and the 13th-century Fortress of visit saga.co.uk/holidays. • Budapest Culinary Walking Tour with breakfasts included and explore Hungary’s capital further, at Set on a promontory overlooking the Danube, the wonderfully ornate Marienberg. TRAVEL OPTIONS: Prices based on flights from Day 15: Budapest to UK your leisure. Melk Abbey is a masterpiece of Heathrow to Amsterdam, returning from Budapest Disembark Spirit of the Rhine after breakfast. with the scheduled services of British Airways, except high baroque architecture. Work on #Aug 12, 2021 departure where your itinerary is on the present monastery began reversed. To travel from your local airport or to take in 1702. The imposing exterior advantage of our flight upgrade deals (both subject to Please note: = Interactive maps and audio headset tours are available for availability and extra charges may apply), please call exploring independently at no additional cost. features an octagonal dome and for details.

42 43 THE RHINE AND HER TRIBUTARIES 12 nights FULL BOARD NEW Wine Festivals of the Rhine and Moselle from £2299^ Including optional travel insurance or Discover the true Spirit of the Rhine from £2245^ without insurance§

Your cruise includes

VIP door-to-door travel service • 12 breakfasts, 11 lunches and 12 dinners • Wine, beer and soft drinks with lunch and dinner • All Gratuities on board • Saga Team • Optional travel insurance underwritten by Great Lakes Insurance SE, UK • Return coach travel via Eurotunnel or ferry. Return flights or direct Eurostar train to Amsterdam for a supplement. • 4 included excursions and experiences

For a full inclusions list see page 12

Raise a glass

Amsterdam

HOLLAND Rhine Düsseldorf Winningen Koblenz Königswinter

Cochem Boppard Moselle Oberwesel Piesport Alken Traben-Trarbach Join the festivities in Traben-Trarbach © G.Weyrich Discover the pretty wine town of Zell Jilly Goolden Trier Bernkastel-Kues

Day 1: UK to Amsterdam Day 8: Cochem to Zell On this unique cruise you can enjoy both Spirit Adventures ashore Embark Spirit of the Day 9: Zell to Traben-Trarbach of the Rhine and wines of the Rhine and Moselle, Rhine. Rhine in Flames year at the Federweisser Festival. Day 10: Traben-Trarbach joining local celebrations and enjoying tastings. Your arrival in Oberwesel has Your cruise has been timed so you Day 2: Düsseldorf Celebration Experience: been timed to coincide with can look forward to attending Included excursion: • Traben-Trarbach Embark Spirit of the Rhine, for a very special 12-night the traditional Rhine in Flames the opening of this year’s festival. • Düsseldorf city tour. Federweisser Festival. cruise along the idyllic Rhine and Moselle rivers, timed to celebrations. Every year, this After dark, dignitaries will gather at Day 3: Koblenz to Oberwesel Day 11: Traben-Trarbach to coincide with some of Europe’s biggest and most vibrant illuminated ship parade and the City Tower for a ceremony to Celebrations: ^ Bernkastel to Piesport wine festivals. Our expert cruise creators have a nose for fireworks spectacular takes kick-off the celebrations featuring SAVE £400 per person on all cabin • Rhine in Flames. grades and departures when you book Day 12: Piesport to Trier picking out the best annual celebrations along the riverbanks place at some of the most scenic a choral rendition of the traditional Optional excursion: of the Middle Rhine and Moselle – two of the foremost of locations on the Middle Rhine and Weinlieder followed by live music. by December 20, 2019 • Koblenz and Included excursion: • Trier city tour. Germany’s 13 official wine-growing regions. They have also you can observe the passing flotilla Sample some of the local produce Prices from: Sep 9, 2021 Sep 21# Ehrenbreitstein Fortress. arranged some on-board tastings for you too in the company and enjoy the firework display – new and old – and be sure to Lower Deck 2699 2299 2849 2449 Day 13: Trier to UK Middle Deck, French Balcony 3399 2999 3549 3149 Day 4: Oberwesel to Bingen of wine critic and television personality Jilly Goolden. during your overnight mooring. keep an eye out for the fabled Disembark Spirit of the Upper Deck, French Balcony 3949 3549 4099 3699 Celebration Experiences: You can spend the following day Federweisser Fairy! Rhine after breakfast. Set sail from Amsterdam and enjoy an included tour of Cabins for sole occ. from: 3799 3399 3949 3549 • Oberweseler Wine enjoying the Oberweseler Wine Cruise code RH263 RH264 Dusseldorf’s famous Old Town, packed with beer taverns to Roman around Trier Market Festival. explore, you’ll spend time in Koblenz, where the Rhine and Market Festival with stalls and Wine Festivals of the Rhine and Moselle. 12 nights Look forward to spending an (RH263). 13 nights (RH264). All prices are £s per • Bingen Wine Festival. Moselle converge, and moor in Oberwesel to see the Rhine booths offering local wares and afternoon in Germany’s oldest city, person based on two people sharing including Day 5: Bingen to Winningen in Flames. Explore the pretty towns of Bingen, Winningen, live music on the promenade at savings as advertised and are subject to availability. Trier, founded in 16BC by Emperor Day 6: Winningen to Alken Alken, Cochem and Zell before joining the celebrations at lunchtime. The highlight of the day Prices shown may be based on aft or forward is a 90-minute grand parade to Augustus. Trier lies in the heart of cabins and supplements may apply for midship. Day 7: Cochem Traben-Trarbach’s annual festival. Moor in Piesport and Other sole occupancy cabins available, subject to the market place where dignitaries Germany’s oldest wine region, the Optional excursions: enjoy an included tour of historic Trier, where Germany’s wine availability. § Optional travel insurance: A reduction from neighbouring towns and Moselle, which is home to many applies of £54 if you do not need the optional travel • Cochem, Reichsburg heritage began, to round-off this voyage of a lifetime... Oberwesel’s very own wine fine white wines and its location insurance and additional cancellation rights – see Castle and Wine tasting. close to the steep banks of the page 54 for details. For the latest prices and offers Indulge your passion witch await. visit saga.co.uk/holidays. • Cochem Noddy Train. Look who’ll be joining you on board… Moselle River was the location the Jilly Goolden: Wine critic will deliver talks and enjoy a tasting Traben-Trarbach Romans first chose to plant their TRAVEL OPTIONS: Prices based on coach travel from vines. Trier retains many relics Folkestone to Amsterdam via Eurotunnel or ferry, with the guests. September 9, 2021. Cruise Code: RH263. You will cruise to the ‘twin towns’ returning from Trier, except on #Sep 21, 2021 departure Please note: = Interactive maps and audio headset tours are available for of Traben-Trarbach – once the of its illustrious past, as you will where your itinerary is reversed. Eurostar standard exploring independently at no additional cost. Extend your holiday second-largest wine-trading discover on an included tour to see is available for a supplement departing from London St Pancras, direct to Amsterdam, returning from Before your cruise stay two nights at the locally rated 4-star centre in Europe, after Bordeaux. the spectacular Porta Nigra, one On September 21, 2021 this cruise will operate in a reverse direction over Brussels. Flights from Heathrow are also available for a Westcord Fashion Hotel (4Q) with breakfasts included. The The steep slate slopes around of the best-preserved Roman city supplement. To travel from your local airport or to take 13 nights and, as such, ports of call, timings and the wine festivals will hotel has great links to be able to explore at your leisure. gates in the world, the city walls advantage of our flight or Eurostar upgrade deals (both differ, although there will still be at least two. Holiday code: RH264. See Traben-Trarbach produce exquisite Available only when you fly or travel by Eurostar. and cathedral. subject to availability and extra charges may apply), www.saga.co.uk/rhine or call for more details. wines which are celebrated each please call for details.

44 45 THE RHINE AND HER TRIBUTARIES 7 nights FULL BOARD Resplendent Rhine in Autumn from £999^ Including optional travel insurance or See the beautiful riverscapes of the Rhine in autumn... from £979^ without insurance§

Your cruise includes

VIP door-to-door travel service • 7 breakfasts, 6 lunches and 7 dinners • Wine, beer and soft drinks with lunch and dinner • All Gratuities on board • Saga Team • Optional travel insurance underwritten by Great Lakes Insurance SE, UK • Return coach travel via Eurotunnel or ferry. Return flights or direct Eurostar train to Brussels for a supplement. • 3 included excursions and experiences

For a full inclusions list see page 12

The vines of Rudesheim

Amsterdam

Arnhem NETHERLANDS Rhine GERMANY Düsseldorf

Bonn

Koblenz

Rüdesheim Stunning St Goar Explore iconic Amsterdam Koblenz: Where Rhine and Moselle meet

Day 1: Düsseldorf to UK There are few better times to cruise the stately Rhine Adventures ashore Embark Spirit of the Rhine. than at a time when the banks are ablaze with the colours A Bridge Too Far Glide through a valley of steep Day 2: Düsseldorf of autumn. While in Arnhem join an included banks cloaked in lush green forest Included excursion: tour to learn more about the bloody and punctuated by the occasional • Düsseldorf tour. This seven-night seasonal cruise aboard Saga’s brand new luxury ship, battle that was fought here during fairytale castle. You’ll pass the Day 3: Düsseldorf to Rüdesheim Spirit of the Rhine, has been specially planned so you are able to enjoy World War II. Visit the site of the fabled Lorelei Rock, where legend SAVE £200^ per person on all cabin Day 4: Rüdesheim to Koblenz seeing the stunning scenery huddled beneath its rustling autumnal momentous events of Operation has it a beautiful siren used to coax grades and departures when you book Optional excursions: blanket. In addition to enjoying the marvels of Mother Nature, you can Market Garden, beginning at the sailors to their demise – keep an by December 20, 2019 • Siegfried’s Museum of Mechanical Music also visit historic cities and quaint wine towns as you wind your way famous ‘Bridge Too Far’. It was eye out for her bronze statue as Nov 15*, 2021 • Rüdesheim wine tasting Prices from: Nov 22 along the Rhine. Begin your cruise by enjoying a full day and included here that the 2nd Battalion, led by you sail safely by en route to the - Solos • Koblenz and Ehrenbreitstein Fortress tour in the vibrant heart of Dusseldorf before you can stroll along Lieutenant Colonel Frost, held out charming wine town of Rüdesheim Lower Deck 1799 1599 1199 999 Day 5: Koblenz to Bonn Rüdesheim's cobbled Drosselgasse and perhaps opt to join a wine for four days in September 1944 where you will moor overnight. Middle Deck, French Balcony 2299 2099 1599 1399 Optional excursions: tasting. An optional excursion venture into the imposing Ehrenbreitstein against overwhelming odds. See Upper Deck, French Balcony 2449 2249 1899 1699 Siegfried's Museum of Cabins for sole occ. from: - 1699 1499 • Bonn: Birthplace of Beethoven. Fortress overlooking the town of Koblenz and after cruising to Bonn, a monument which honours those Mechanical Music Cruise code AF942 RH275 Day 6: Arnhem another allows you to explore the former home of Beethoven. Sail on who participated in the mission, Resplendent Rhine in Autumn. 7 nights. Prices on While in Rüdesheim you might Included excursion: to Arnhem where you can learn more about one of the most famous many of whom lost their lives and RH275 are £s per person based on two people sharing. battles of World War II on an included excursion. Enjoying the highlights the old church in Oosterbeek, want to join this truly unique Prices on AF942 are based on sole occupancy. All • Arnhem Commemoration Tour prices include savings as advertised and are subject of Amsterdam on an included tour is a fitting way to round-off your where the Allies took refuge prior optional excursion. Siegfried Day 7: Amsterdam to availability, and may be based on aft or forward holiday... to withdrawing, passing some of Wendel’s eccentric collection of cabins. Supplements may apply for midship.*Nov Included excursions: the fields where the landings took 350 self-playing instruments is a 15, 2021 departure operates a reverse itinerary • Amsterdam city tour and canal cruise OR and is exclusively for Solo travellers. Other sole Solo travellers place. At the Airborne Museum veritable treat for eyes and ears. In Included Unique Experience: occupancy cabins available on RH275, subject to Travel in the exclusive company of other solo travellers and a dedicated anti-tank guns and a Sherman tank this whimsical museum you’ll find availability. § Optional travel insurance: A reduction • Amsterdam culinary walking tour. Solos host on the November 15, 2021 departure. At Gatwick, Heathrow stand exactly where they were left a fantastical, nostalgic and joyous applies of £20 if you do not need the optional travel Day 8: UK to Amsterdam cacophony of beautiful music insurance and additional cancellation rights – see and Manchester guests can take advantage of our meet and greet, in battle. You return to Arnhem via page 54 for details. For the latest prices and offers Disembark Spirit of the Rhine after breakfast. fast track security and airport lounge included as standard on all Solos the Airborne Cemetery, the final boxes, barrel organs, hand-cranked visit saga.co.uk/holidays. holidays. Cruise seven nights following a reverse itinerary. Holiday code: carnival machines and early resting place of 1,748 Allied troops. TRAVEL OPTIONS: Prices based on coach travel AF942. See www.saga.co.uk/solos or call for more details. jukeboxes, all in full working order. from Folkestone to Dusseldorf via Eurotunnel or ferry, Middle Rhine High points include the ‘Puppet returning from Amsterdam. Eurostar standard is Extend your holiday One of the highlights of your cruise Orchestrion’, a huge cabinet available for a supplement departing from London St After your cruise stay two nights at the locally rated 4-star Westcord Pancras to Brussels and onward by coach, returning is sure to be the afternoon you containing puppet musicians from Amsterdam via Brussels. Flights from Heathrow Fashion Hotel (4Q) with breakfasts included. The hotel has great links spend aboard Spirit of the Rhine as (1888) and the later ‘Phonoliszt are also available for a supplement. To travel from your to be able to explore at your leisure. Available only when you fly or travel Violina’ a blend of piano and violins local airport or to take advantage of our flight and Please note: = Interactive maps and audio headset tours are she cruises from Koblenz through by Eurostar. Eurostar upgrade deals (both subject to availability available for exploring independently at no additional cost. the UNESCO-listed Middle Rhine. that plays in perfect harmony. and extra charges may apply), please call for details.

46 47 IT’S A MYSTERY! 8 nights FULL BOARD NEW Mystery Cruise from £1549^ Including optional travel insurance or Cruise into the unknown.... from £1495^ without insurance§

Your cruise includes

VIP door-to-door travel service • 8 breakfasts, 7 lunches and 8 dinners • Wine, beer and soft drinks with lunch and dinner • All Gratuities on board • Saga Team • Optional travel insurance underwritten by Great Lakes Insurance SE, UK • Return coach travel via Eurotunnel or ferry. Return flights or direct Eurostar train to Brussels for a supplement. • At least 3 included excursions and experiences

For a full inclusions list see page 12

North? South? East? West? Let your captain do the rest.

Only your captain and cruise host know where your next port of call will be...

Who knows where you’ll be Raise a glass as you when the sun goes down? venture into the unknown....

SAVE £200^ per person on all cabin grades when you book All ports of call will be announced during your cruise and by December 20, 2019 only the crew and Saga team on board will be privy to this Prices from: May 19, 2021 information beforehand Lower Deck 1749 1549 Middle Deck, French Balcony 2199 1999 Upper Deck, French Balcony 2499 2299 Be among the first passengers to step aboard Saga’s brand new luxury ship, Spirit Cabins for sole occ. from: 2499 2299 of the Rhine, and experience a holiday with a difference as you embark on an Cruise code RH248 eight-night mystery cruise. With the exception of your departure point of Brussels, Mystery Cruise. 8 nights. All prices are £s per person based on two people sharing including savings as the stately Belgian capital, all the ports on your itinerary will remain a secret until advertised and are subject to availability. Prices the last possible moment, with your Captain keeping you guessing where might be shown may be based on aft or forward cabins and next until the mooring berths emerge over the horizon at each port of call. You can supplements may apply for midship. Other sole occupancy cabins available, subject to availability. also look forward to joining at least three included excursions ashore during your § Optional travel insurance: A reduction applies cruise. If you’re looking for a unique holiday experience, this mystery cruise is one of £54 if you do not need the optional travel you won’t want to miss! insurance and additional cancellation rights – see page 54 for details. For the latest prices and offers visit saga.co.uk/holidays.

TRAVEL OPTIONS: Prices based on coach travel from Folkestone to Brussels via Eurotunnel or ferry, returning from Arnhem. Eurostar standard is available for a supplement departing from London St Pancras to Brussels, returning via Brussels. Flights from Heathrow are also available for a supplement. To travel from your local airport or to take advantage of our flight and Please note: = Interactive maps and audio headset tours may be available for exploring Eurostar upgrade deals (both subject to availability independently at no additional cost in certain ports of call. and extra charges may apply), please call for details.

48 Spirit of the Rhine

Length: 135 metres Breadth: 11.4 metres Maiden voyage: 2021 Passenger capacity: 190 Officers and crew: 40 Passenger decks: 4 Lift: Yes, between the Middle Panorama Lounge Panorama and Upper decks Approximate cabin size: Outside terrace Upper and Middle Deck: 17 square metres Lower Deck: 14 square metres

Bar Terrace Library Panorama Restaurant Panorama Small gym Lift Lift 302 301 202 201 102 101 104 103 304 303 204 203 106 105 306 305 206 205 108 107 308 307 208 207 110 109 310 309 210 209

Sundeck 112 111 312 311 212 211 114 115 314 315 214 215 116 117 118 119 316 317 216 217 120 121 318 319 218 219 122 123 320 321 220 221 322 323 222 223

324 325 224 225 Cabin grades and numbers

326 327 226 227 Deluxe Double / Twin with French balcony 301, 302, 303, 304, 305, 306, 328 329 228 229

Chess 307, 308, 309, 310, 311, 312, 314, 315, 316, 317, 318, 319, 320, 321, 330 331 230 239 A Upper deck 322, 323, 324, 325, 326, 327, 328, 332 333 232 233 329, 330, 331, 332, 333, 334, 335, 336, 337, 338, 339 334 335 234 235 206, 207, 208, 209, 210, 211, 212, 214, 215, 216, 217, 218, 219, 220, 336 337 236 237 B 221, 222, 223, 224, 225, 226, 227, Middle deck 228, 229, 230, 231, 232, 233, 234, 338 339 235, 236, 237 C 201, 202, 203, 204 Middle deck Double / Twin 108, 109, 110, 111, 112, 114, D 115, 116, 117, 118, 119, 120, 121, Lower deck

Hot tub 122, 123 Á la carte restaurant E 101, 102, 103, 104, 105 Lower deck

Sundeck Upper deck Middle deck Lower deck

49 may not be changeable after a reservation has been made Examples of significant changes include, but are not 2. pay compensation as per the table below except and any alteration request could incur a cancellation limited to, a significant change of resort or holiday where the cancellation is due to Unavoidable and Booking conditions charge of up to 100% of that part of the arrangements. duration, where your stay is three nights or more; a change Extraordinary Circumstances. This standard payment If you wish to change the departure date of your holiday of accommodation to that of a lower Q or Berlitz rating will not affect your statutory or other legal rights. or cruise, you will need to cancel your existing holiday and category for three or more nights; a change in departure Please note that we do not accept any responsibility or Holiday and Cruise booking terms and conditions book the new one – cancellation charges will apply as date; a change of departure airport (except between liability for any consequential loss or expenses you may per the table in Section 9. Any changes you make after London airports, between Birmingham and East Midlands incur from arrangements you have made with any other Your holiday booking is with ST&H Limited trading as Saga Holidays or with Saga Cruises Limited for cruises aboard Saga Pearl II, Saga Sapphire and Spirit of Discovery (‘Saga’ or ‘we’ the balance due date will be treated as a cancellation by airports, between Doncaster Sheffield, Manchester and party or parties. or ‘our’ or ‘us’). For cruises aboard Saga’s vessels Saga Sapphire, Saga Pearl II and Spirit of Discovery, ST&H Limited acts as agent for Saga Cruises Limited, the ships’ operator and your you, and cancellation charges will apply (as set out in the Leeds Bradford airports, between Bristol and Cardiff contract is with Saga Cruises Limited and subject to these booking conditions. These terms and conditions, along with the documents referred herein, apply to your holiday booked and table in Section 9). For cruises, a single supplement may airports, between Glasgow and Edinburgh airports, or 10. Insurance form your contract with us. It is important that you read these booking conditions as they not only define our obligations to you but also impose some important commitments upon apply if changing from twin to single occupancy. If you between Liverpool and Manchester); or your cruise being You must be adequately insured for all ocean cruises and you. If any part of these booking conditions is found by any court or administrative body of competent jurisdiction to be invalid or unenforceable, such invalidity will not affect the other wish to change to a lower cabin grade or amend to a cabin cancelled by the cruise company or shipping line. holidays outside mainland Britain to cover all contingencies provisions which shall remain in full force and effect. allocated on departure, cancellation charges will apply as Please note that we do not accept any responsibility or such as medical expenses, repatriation, and baggage cover. per the table in Section 9. liability for any consequential loss or expenses you may If you did not purchase the optional travel insurance and Transferring your booking: You can transfer your booking incur from arrangements you have made with any other additional cancellation rights, or if we’re unable to offer work out the difference and pass the value of the saving to another person, who satisfies all the conditions that party or parties. the optional cover, we advise that you arrange adequate 1. Your holiday contract 4. Your holiday price insurance cover as soon as possible. For your peace of When you make a booking you guarantee that you have Price: Holiday prices can be influenced by taxes such as air back to you. This applies as long as the discounted holiday apply to this booking, by giving us notice in writing at least 9. If we cancel your holiday mind, please ensure that your alternative policy includes the authority to accept, and do accept on behalf of your passenger duty, aircraft insurance, security, fuel and other is exactly the same package offered under exactly the 7 days before departure. Both you and the new traveller We reserve the right to cancel your booking. Our cancellation cover for the total cost of your holiday party, the terms of these booking conditions. Your contract associated costs. Our prices are affected by these, as well same terms of sale (which means the full terms that apply are responsible for paying all costs we incur in making ‘Guaranteed Departures’ will not be cancelled due to and that you are adequately insured for all your needs, is created when you confirm your holiday, you pay either a as exchange rates, suppliers’ costs and economic trends. to your holiday contract, including your cabin grade and the transfer. insufficient demand. If we need to cancel any other including medical emergencies. Please also make sure your deposit or the full balance due and we issue a confirmation The guide prices shown in our brochures are based on whether your cabin is allocated at the time of booking or at 7. If you cancel your holiday holiday due to insufficient demand, we will do so before insurance is valid from the time of booking until your return invoice. It is your responsibility to provide accurate details current charges and costs but they may go up or down. We embarkation). In calculating any possible saving due, we’ll You, or any member of your party, may cancel your travel the balance due date. The minimum number required will from holiday. at the time of booking, including ensuring passenger details reserve the right to alter the prices of any of the holidays take into consideration all offers and discounts that were arrangements at any time. Written notification from the be provided to you with the holiday description. We will not Bookings made 18 months or more before departure: This exactly match passport details. It is also your responsibility shown in our brochures and will notify you of the current applied at the time of booking and compare the overall person who made the booking or your travel agent, along cancel after the balance due date, except for Unavoidable section only applies to holidays offered with optional to check that the information on the confirmation invoice price prior to any booking – please call us or visit our price that you’ve been charged with the current price. We with any travel tickets received, must be received at: and Extraordinary Circumstances, or failure by you to pay insurance and additional cancellation rights. The optional and ATOL Certificate (if relevant) is correct and includes website for the most up-to-date prices. Our holidays, and will pass on the value of the saving in the form of a higher Cancellations, Enbrook Park, Folkestone, Kent, CT20 3SE. the final balance. travel insurance and additional cancellation rights cannot details of everything you have booked (including flights, the prices at which they are advertised, are based on flight grade cabin, on-board credit or other value added benefit. If you wish to cancel within 14 days of your departure date, If your holiday is cancelled (for reasons other than a failure be offered with holidays booked more than 18 months hotels and other services). If any of the passenger or availability and a limited number of specially negotiated please telephone us on 0800 092 0920 (0800 068 5058 by you to pay the final balance) you can either have a full before departure. Customers who wish to include the holiday details on the confirmation invoice or ATOL prices at the time of going to print; they are always subject 5. Paying for your holiday Deposits: When you make your booking, you must pay a for river cruises). Since we incur costs in cancelling your refund of all monies paid or, where available, accept an optional travel insurance and additional cancellation rights Certificate (if relevant) are incorrect or incomplete, you to availability and flight supplements may apply. You will be deposit payment. The following deposits are payable per travel arrangements, you will have to pay cancellation offer of alternative comparable travel arrangements. If the will have their booking held until 18 months before the must notify us immediately. We will pass on any additional advised of any differences to any elements of the holiday, person when you book your holiday: charges as per the table in section 9 (see also the exception alternative holiday is of a lower value, we will refund any departure date. Should you need to cancel prior to your charges incurred as a result of any details not being including the price, before your booking is confirmed. Europe and the Mediterranean holidays and river cruises – below). Any additional or higher non-refundable deposit price difference. If the alternative holiday is of a higher booking being confirmed, a full refund will be available. correct. We reserve the right to refuse to accept and/or not After you’ve made a booking, we can only change your £150 or 10% of the holiday cost, whichever is the greater; paid will be included in the cancellation charges set out in value, you will be required to pay the additional amount. In Once within 18 months of departure, the optional travel proceed with any booking at any time at our sole discretion. holiday price in very limited circumstances relating to the Long haul holidays – £175 or 10% of the holiday cost, the table in section 9 or advised by your sales consultant. the event a refund is paid to you, we will: insurance and additional cancellation rights can be added This contract is governed by English law and the jurisdiction United Kingdom’s decision to leave the European Union. whichever is the greater; We will also deduct the cost of any UK connecting or 1. provide a full refund of your travel insurance premiums and the holiday confirmed. This is subject to the normal of the English courts. You may however choose the law In any event, we guarantee that there will be no change to UK holidays – £60 (plus £8.50 if you require the optional domestic flights. Note: If the reason for your cancellation if you paid them to us and can show that you are insurance policy conditions and these booking conditions. and jurisdiction of Scotland or Northern Ireland if you live the price within 20 days before the date of your departure insurance and additional cancellation rights - see sections is covered under the terms of your insurance policy, you unable to transfer or reuse your policy; and there and wish to do so. A complaint may be referred to (unless you amend your booking). We can only increase the 11 and 12); may be able to reclaim these charges. Customers who 11. Optional travel insurance arbitration – see section 15. price of your holiday if there has been a change in the cost Ocean cruises – £200 or 15% of the holiday cost, have included the optional travel insurance benefit from For UK residents only, insurance, underwritten by Great of the carriage of passengers resulting from changes to For all holidays to Europe and the Mediterranean, whichever is the greater, up to a maximum of £1,000; additional cancellation rights (see ‘Additional cancellation Lakes Insurance SE, UK Branch, is offered with all our 2. Age qualification the cost of fuel or other power sources, the level of taxes Travellers World holidays, river cruises, non Saga ocean Oberammergau 2020 – An initial deposit of £200, rights’ under Section 12). For holidays in mainland Britain, overseas holidays, river cruises and ocean cruises unless Saga holidays and cruises are for anyone aged 50 or or fees imposed by third parties including tourist taxes, cruises and holidays in Ireland, the Channel Islands, plus a further deposit of £400 is payable 300 days if you have to cancel your holiday because of illness or otherwise stated and subject to terms and conditions. A over. A travelling companion or family member travelling landing taxes or embarkation or disembarkation fees at Isles of Scilly or Oberammergau 2020#. before departure. death of you or a member of your party, we will refund all policy document will be sent with your confirmation invoice. with you may be aged 40 or over. Please note there may ports and airports or exchange rates, each as a result Certain holidays may require an additional or higher your holiday payments except for a handling fee of £60 A B C A summary of the cover is shown below. (For holidays in be non-Saga guests (including children) in residence of the United Kingdom’s decision to leave the European non-refundable deposit or full payment. You will be advised per person, provided we receive a valid medical certificate. mainland Britain, please call for a summary of cover). during your holiday, for whose behaviour we cannot Union. We will also absorb, and you will not be charged for, (see below grid for column descriptions) if this is the case at the time of booking. You can cancel your booking without paying cancellation Summary of cover accept responsibility. any increase equivalent to 2% of the price of your travel 75 days or more Loss of deposit Nil Balance: The balance of the price of your travel charges if the performance of your package, or the carriage 1. (a) Medical Expenses up to £5,000,000 arrangements, which excludes insurance premiums and any arrangements must be paid at least: of passengers to your destination, is significantly affected 43-74 days 50% of holiday price* £20 (b) Hospital Benefit £20 per day (max. £500) 3. Your financial protection amendment charges. You may be charged for the amount ST&H Limited and Saga Cruises Limited provide full 90 days before departure for Saga ocean cruises aboard by Unavoidable and Extraordinary Circumstances. 29-42 days 70% of holiday price* £30 2. Curtailment up to £7,500 for holidays and river cruises, over and above that. If this results in an increase equivalent financial protection for their package holidays. Saga Sapphire, Saga Pearl II, Spirit of Discovery or Unavoidable and Extraordinary Circumstances, means up to £10,000 for European ocean cruises, up to to more than 8% of the price of your travel arrangements, 15-28 days 90% of holiday price* £50 1. For flight-based holidays this is through our Air Travel Spirit of Adventure; a situation that is, in our opinion, beyond our control, the £50,000 for worldwide ocean cruises you will have the option of accepting a change to another Organiser’s Licence number 0308 issued by the 56 days before departure for holidays in mainland Britain of consequences of which could not have been avoided 14 days or less 100% of holiday price* £50 3. Personal Accident up to £15,000 holiday if we are able to offer one (we will refund any Civil Aviation Authority of Gatwick Airport South, five nights or more; even if all reasonable measures had been taken. Examples 4. Criminal Injury Benefit up to £100,000 price difference if the alternative is of a lower value), or For all holidays of five nights or more in mainland Britain#. West Sussex, RH6 0YR, UK www.caa.co.uk, telephone 28 days before departure for holidays in mainland Britain include, but are not limited to, actual or expected war, riots, 5. (a) Baggage up to £1,500 or up to £2,500 for cancelling and receiving a full refund of all monies paid, A B C 0333 103 6350, email [email protected]. When you buy of less than five nights, and for Christmas and New Year civil strife, terrorist activity, Government action or restraint, ocean cruises except for any amendment charges. Should you decide (see below grid for column descriptions) an ATOL protected flight or flight inclusive holiday from holidays in mainland Britain; industrial disputes, natural or nuclear disasters, fire, i) Single Article limit £250 or £300 for ocean cruises to cancel you must do so within the time period shown on us you will receive an ATOL Certificate. This lists what 75 days before departure for all other holidays unless adverse weather conditions including hurricanes, changing 56 (28) days or more Loss of deposit Nil ii) Overall Valuables limit £350 your final invoice and we will provide a refund of insurance is financially protected, where you can get information otherwise stated at the time of booking and on your water levels or closure of locks, epidemics, health risks, (b) Temporarily Lost Baggage over 12 hours up to premiums paid to us if you can show that you are unable 43-55 days 50% of holiday price* £10 on what this means for you and who to contact if things confirmation invoice. unavoidable technical problems with transport, damage £100 or up to £150 for ocean cruises to transfer or reuse your policy. Should the price of your 29-42 (22-27) days 70% of holiday price* £15 go wrong. We will provide you with the services listed Unless you are otherwise advised, bookings made after the and accidents from machinery or engines, or closed or 6. Money and Documents up to £500 holiday go down due to the cost changes mentioned above, on the ATOL Certificate (or a suitable alternative). In balance due date (as set out above) must be paid in full at congested airports. In such circumstances, we will arrange 15-28 (15-21) days 90% of holiday price* £20 Cash limit £200 then any refund due will be paid to you. We will deduct from 7. Loss of Passport Expenses up to £200 some cases, where we aren’t able to do so for reasons the time of booking and we cannot confirm your booking for your booking to be terminated and for you to receive 14 days or less 100% of holiday price* £20 this refund our administrative expenses incurred. Please of insolvency, an alternative ATOL holder may provide until full payment is received. Payments can be made by a full refund. We will observe advice provided by the UK 8. Personal Liability up to £1,000,000 note that travel arrangements are not always purchased in Numbers in brackets apply to holidays of less than you with the services you have bought or a suitable credit card, debit card or by cheque. If the deposit and/or Foreign & Commonwealth Office. 9. Missed Departure up to £500 (Europe), up to £1,000 local currency and some apparent changes have no impact five nights in mainland Britain, and to Christmas and alternative (at no extra cost to you). You agree to balance is not paid in time, we reserve the right to cancel (worldwide) on the price of your travel due to contractual and other New Year holidays in mainland Britain. accept that in those circumstances the alternative your travel arrangements. If the balance is not paid in time, 8. If we change your booking 10. Travel Delay - Transport protection in place. ATOL holder will perform those obligations and you we shall retain your deposit to cover costs incurred. We plan the holiday arrangements many months in For all Saga ocean cruises aboard Saga Pearl II, (a) Deposit/Cancellation Charges up to £7,500 Please note that local taxes are not included within the agree to pay any money outstanding to be paid by you Card and cheque fees: There is no charge for payments advance and, although unlikely, we may need to make Saga Sapphire, Spirit of Discovery and (b) Compensation up to £150 holiday package price and where necessary these will need under your contract to that alternative ATOL holder. made by debit card, credit card or American Express. changes. It is a term of your booking that we are able Spirit of Adventure#. 11. Legal Expenses (claims for compensation for personal to be paid locally by you. We will wherever possible advise However, you also agree that in some cases it will not Each cheque is subject to a £3 administrative charge and to make changes to any aspect of your booking. If the injury or death) up to £50,000 you at the time of booking if these apply, but please bear in A B C be possible to appoint an alternative ATOL holder, in should be made payable to Saga Holidays with your name, change is insignificant, we will ensure that you are notified For sections 1(a), 2, 5(a), 6 and 10(a) above, the first £70 of mind that local taxes may be imposed after you have made (see below grid for column descriptions) which case you will be entitled to make a claim under address and booking reference written on the back. Please about it. Examples of insignificant changes include, but each and every claim is excluded. your booking. Should you choose not to proceed, this will be 90 days or more Loss of deposit Nil the ATOL scheme (or your credit card issuer where send cheques to Saga Holidays, Enbrook Park, Folkestone, are not limited to, a change in airline carrier; closure of Please note that the optional travel insurance and treated as a cancellation (see section 7). applicable). Kent CT20 3SE. hotel facilities for improvement; flights becoming indirect; 56-89 days 60% of holiday price* £20 additional cancellation rights are only available for Optional ad-hoc services: We provide you with the option If we are unable to provide the services listed (or a Refunds: If you are entitled to any refund(s) relating to building works; change to advertised amenities; change to overseas holidays where the included cruise, flights or ferry to specifically request extras which are in addition to or 29-55 days 75% of holiday price* £20 suitable alternative, through an alternative ATOL holder your booking, this will go to the lead passenger who itineraries; change to included and optional excursions and elements of the holiday are taken. If you arrange your own adaptations of our standard packages. Prices for optional 15-28 days 90% of holiday price* £30 or otherwise) for reasons of insolvency, the Trustees made the booking, usually by the same payment method entertainment. Please note we will not pay compensation travel abroad, you will not be covered and should make ad-hoc services such as extensions, extra accommodation, of the Air Travel Trust may make a payment to (or that was used to pay Saga. In the case of card payment, or offer alternative options if we make an insignificant 14 days or less 100% of holiday price* £50 alternative arrangements. upgrades, additional flights that are not part of a standard confer a benefit on) you under the ATOL scheme. You refund(s) will be made to the appropriate card account(s). change. If you feel you need increased baggage cover please check Saga allocation and domestic flights (‘ad-hoc services’) For mystery holidays** agree that in return for such a payment or benefit If a payment has been made in the form of a voucher, any If we have to significantly alter any of the main your home contents insurance policy first, as most people can vary depending on when you book. Please note A B C you assign absolutely to those Trustees any claims refund, if applicable, will be refunded by voucher. Any fees characteristics of the travel services that make up your can have their personal possessions insured under this that adding an ad-hoc service may result in additional (see below grid for column descriptions) which you have or may have arising out of or relating incurred when making a payment will not be refunded holiday package, you will have the rights set out below. policy while they are away. non-refundable charges to our standard packages due to to the non-provision of the services, including any unless Saga causes the cancellation. No refund is available 1. We will contact you and you will have the choice of 75 days or more loss of deposit Nil Insurance policy document: If you choose to take the changes in flight dates, changes to our standard allocated claim against us, the travel agent (or your credit card after your departure date if you attend part of the holiday accepting the change or having a refund of all monies insurance, we will send you the insurance policy document accommodation periods and additional costs passed to 43-74 days 50% of holiday price £20 issuer where applicable). You also agree that any such only, or vary or extend the holiday arrangements. paid. You can also accept an alternative holiday, with your holiday confirmation/invoice, or you can call us from third party suppliers. They may also result in an 29-42 days 70% of holiday price £30 claims may be re-assigned to another body, if that where we offer one. If the alternative holiday is of a us to request it earlier. If the policy does not meet your additional or higher non-refundable deposit being payable. other body has paid sums you have claimed under the 6. If you change your booking lower value, we will refund any price difference. If the 28 days or less 100% of holiday price £50 requirements, you are entitled to cancel at any time prior You will be notified of the total price of your holiday and ATOL scheme. If you wish to change your travel arrangements in any way alternative holiday is of a higher value, you will be (A) Period before departure within which notice of to your date of departure. The policy document contains any increase to your deposit prior to booking. Please note 2. When you buy a package holiday that doesn’t include after your holiday contract is created, for example, your required to pay the additional amount. We will tell you cancellation or significant change is received by us or full details of the cover provided, our complaints procedure, that where a flight upgrade has been booked and there is a a flight, protection is provided by way of a bond accommodation, we will do our utmost to make these the procedure for making your choice. Please read any notified to you terms and exclusions – we recommend that you read change of airline prior to your departure date it may not be held by ABTA – The Travel Association of 30 Park changes but it may not always be possible. Any request notification of changes carefully and respond promptly (B) Cancellation charge if you cancel your holiday it carefully. possible to offer an equivalent upgrade or there may be an Street London SE1 9EQ www.abta.com, telephone for changes to be made must be in writing from the person as if you do not respond to us within the timescale (C) Compensation if we make a significant change additional cost payable. In this situation we will offer you 12. Additional cancellation rights 0203 758 8779, email customerprotection@abta. who made the booking or your travel agent. If you make given your booking may be cancelled. the opportunity to: revert to economy class and refund you #Please note that for certain holidays the cancellation Where you have chosen to include the optional travel co.uk. For further information, please see www.abta. changes before the balance due date, you will be asked to 2. We will pay compensation as per the table in Section the cost of the upgrade; pay any additional costs for the charge will be 100%. You will be advised of this at the time insurance the following rights apply: com. Calls from UK landlines cost the standard rate, pay an administrative charge of £20 per person for all UK 9 except where the significant change is due to equivalent upgrade; or cancel with a full refund of all monies of booking. **Mystery holidays - approximately 28 days For the purposes of this section, the following but from mobiles may be higher. Check with your holidays; £25 per person for all Saga ocean cruise holidays Unavoidable and Extraordinary Circumstances. This paid. If an upgrade with the new airline is available and is of prior to departure, we will advise you of your allocated definitions apply: network provider. aboard Saga Sapphire, Saga Pearl II, Spirit of Discovery standard payment will not affect your statutory or a lower value than the original airline, we will refund you the hotel. Any changes made prior to us advising you of you Business Associate – Someone who works at your place Please note that items not purchased through Saga will not or Spirit of Adventure; and £40 per person for all other other legal rights. difference in value. Compensation will not be payable. allocated hotel will be subject to our usual terms and of business in the UK and who, if you were both away from be protected. holidays, for each amendment, and any further cost we 3. If you choose to accept a refund, we will provide a Price Promise (Saga Pearl II, Saga Sapphire, conditions. If you cancel your holiday, you will be subject work at the same time, would prevent the business from ST&H Limited is also licensed by the Irish Commission for incur in making this alteration. You should be aware that full refund of your travel insurance premiums if you Spirit of Discovery and Spirit of Adventure only): Should we to charges in accordance with the above table. *Or deposit running properly. A senior manager or director of your Aviation Regulation (Licence No. T. A. 0598) to carry on these costs could increase the closer to the departure date paid them to us and can show that you are unable to ever reduce our prices or bring in a new special offer after if higher. business must agree to this. business in the Republic of Ireland as a travel agent. that changes are made and you should contact us as soon transfer or reuse your policy. you book (optional ad-hoc services are excluded), we’ll as possible. Please note that certain travel arrangements

50 51 Close Relative – Your marital/common law partner (defined will not be liable where any failure to perform or improper cover provided along with the terms and exclusions. three blank pages in your passport to cover potential We reserve the right to refuse the carriage of any person airline will, where possible, re-accommodate your seats as living together at the same address and including same performance of the travel services is due to: you or any We recommend that you read it carefully. Please note: immigration formalities, which may be required in some if carrying such a passenger would put us in breach of any together and match your seating preferences. Where sex relationships), parent, parent-in-law, child, grandchild, member of your party; or a third party unconnected with Regardless of whether you take out the optional travel countries. We recommend that you also take your passport applicable safety requirement or law. We also reserve the this is not possible then we will refund any applicable son-in-law, daughter-in-law, brother, sister, brother-in-law, the provision of the travel services in the package and insurance, for cruises, women who are up to 24 weeks for identification purposes when taking domestic flights. right to refuse carriage if the design of the vessel and/or seating charges paid to us for the flights affected. sister-in-law or fiancé(e). is unforeseeable or unavoidable; or Unavoidable and pregnant at the end of the holiday are required to provide Visas: If you are a full British citizen resident in the UK, the port infrastructure and equipment would make carriage • We cannot accept responsibility for any purchases Home – The address where you live permanently in the UK. Extraordinary Circumstances. a medical certificate of fitness to travel. We cannot carry for the majority of destinations, if required, Saga will unsafe or not operationally feasible. We reserve the right made on holiday, either individually or when taking part You/Your – The person(s) named on the booking invoice/ Except in cases involving death, injury or illness, the passengers who will be 24 weeks or more pregnant at obtain your visa or tourist card free of charge (postage is to require that a disabled passenger or a passenger on a tour or excursion. A recommendation to visit a holiday confirmation issued by Saga. liability of Saga and any company within the Saga group the end of the holiday. We reserve the right to request not included). We will advise you at the time of booking of reduced mobility is accompanied by another fare venue is not a recommendation to purchase and the Summary of rights: We will refund all the money you have of companies (including its employees, agents and a medical certificate at any stage of pregnancy and to where you are responsible for obtaining your own visa. paying person capable of providing assistance to ensure customer does this at their own risk. paid to us, less an administration fee of £100 for European subcontractors) shall be limited to a maximum of three refuse travel if we and/or the Master of the ship are not For Chinese visas, Saga will send you the paperwork and compliance with any applicable safety requirement or law • Ships’ cabins can vary in size within the same grade. and Worldwide holidays, river cruises and non-Saga times the cost of your travel arrangements. Our liability will satisfied that you will be safe during your holiday. The you will be responsible for purchasing your visa. If you or if the design of the vessel and/or the port infrastructure We cannot guarantee the composition of your cabin. ocean cruises; £80 for Saga ocean cruises or £60 for UK also be limited in accordance with and/or in an identical doctors aboard the ships may not be qualified to deliver are aged 71 or over at the time of application, you can and equipment means that a disabled passenger or It may contain foldaway beds, upper and lower berths, holidaysper person if the cancellation is due to: manner to: babies on board, or to offer pre or postnatal treatment, purchase your visa online. If you are aged 70 or under, person of reduced mobility cannot be carried in a safe or sofa beds or permanent beds. Sea view cabins can be (a) unexpected illness or death of you or a member of (a) the contractual terms of the companies that provide and no responsibility is accepted by Saga in respect of the you will need to purchase your visa at a Chinese visa operationally feasible manner without the assistance of restricted by lifeboats and deadlights, and some inward your party. the travel services that make up your package. These ability to provide such services or equipment. For air travel, centre. For Russian visas, Saga will obtain the paperwork another person. Please advise us at the time of booking facing cabins have no porthole. Your cabin may be (b) death or disablement (by accidental bodily injury or terms are incorporated into this booking; and you are subject to the terms and conditions of your airline, and you will be responsible for purchasing the visa at if you or any member of your party has reduced mobility, affected by vibration and mechanical noises. sickness) of your Close Relative or Business Associate, (b) any relevant international convention, for example who will have its own policies. Please let us know if you are the Russian visa centre. Should you be unable to obtain requires a specially adapted cabin or would require • In the interests of safety and the well-being of our or of any person with whom you had arranged the Montreal Convention in respect of travel by air, pregnant or become pregnant prior to departure. Please a visa for whatever reason and as a result are unable to assistance in an emergency, or as soon as possible before customers, the Masters (and Saga Cruises Limited) temporarily to reside during your holiday. the Athens Convention in respect of travel by sea, also refer to Mobility and Assistance in section 19. travel, our usual cancellation fees apply. An application departure should there be a change in circumstances. shall have absolute discretion to alter the routing (c) jury service, attendance solely as a witness at a court the Berne Convention in respect of travel by rail pack will be sent to you approximately 60 days before This is essential for travel by sea or inland waterways, as of the cruises at any time and for any reason. of law or redundancy (provided your employment has and the Paris Convention in respect of the provision 15. ABTA you travel (90 days for Russia). In order to obtain your a risk assessment may need to be carried out prior to your The safe navigation of the ship is paramount and been on a continuous full time basis with the same of accommodation, which limit the amount of and ST&H Limited and Saga Cruises Limited are Members visa, it is important that we receive your passport and any departure. If you do not inform us of such a condition we will circumstances where the route may be changed employer for at least 24 months). conditions under which compensation can be claimed of ABTA, with membership numbers W8164 and W8179 applicable documentation in good time before your holiday not be liable if an airline or cruise line refuses to accept you include, but are not limited to, Unavoidable and (d) accidental damage to your home through fire, storm or for death, injury, delay to passengers and loss, damage respectively. We are obliged to maintain a high standard starts. If you return these documents late, you may incur or any member of your party as a passenger. In the same Extraordinary Circumstances . flooding within 14 days of the planned departure date, and delay to luggage. We are to be regarded as having of service to you by ABTA’s Code of Conduct. We can also an additional charge. For passengers cruising into Libya, respect, for land based holidays we need to be made aware • All ships featured are measured by the gross registered rendering it uninhabitable. all benefit of any limitation of the extent of or the offer you ABTA’s scheme for the resolution of disputes a group visa will be issued on arrival in Libya for all holders of any special requirements that may affect your holiday tonnage. This is not the weight of the ship but the total We will deduct the cost of any UK connecting or domestic conditions under which compensation is to be paid which is approved by the Chartered Trading Standards of UK passports, allowing you to go ashore independently as our representatives will only be able to provide support volume of all permanently enclosed spaces flights and any cancellation charges from the suppliers of under these or any conventions. Institute. If we can’t resolve your complaint, go to and on an organised shore excursion. Passengers holding in an emergency. Under European law if you are disabled or • The currency used on board cruise ships will depend on any ad-hoc service from any money refunded to you. You Copies of the travel service contractual terms, or the www.abta.com to use ABTA’s simple procedure. Further a US or Swiss passport will not be able to enter Libya. have difficulty moving around, you can receive assistance the ship’s nationality. Many ships operate a ‘cashless’ must send us a valid medical certificate for (a) or (b) above international conventions, shall be provided on request. information on the Code and ABTA’s assistance in resolving Passports must be valid for at least six months and must when you fly. This free service is available to anyone with system whereby you sign for all purchases which are or the relevant official documentation for (c) or (d) as soon Under EU law (Regulation 261/2004) you have rights in disputes can be found on www.abta.com. You can also not contain evidence of a visit to Israel. For passengers mobility problems, for example, because of your disability, then charged to your cabin. You settle up at the end as is practicable, otherwise we will be unable to refund you. some circumstances to refunds and/or compensation access the European Commission Online Dispute (ODR) cruising into Algeria, a group visa will be issued prior to age or a temporary injury. To take full advantage of the of your cruise and can pay by credit card, cash or All travel documents must be returned to Saga. If you from your airline in cases of denied boarding, cancellation Resolution platform at http://ec.europa.eu/consumers/ arrival for all holders of UK passports, allowing you to go service you need to book at least 48 hours in advance of travellers cheque. cancel for other reasons, you must still notify Saga in or delay to flights. Full details will be publicised at EU odr/. This ODR platform is a means of notifying us of your ashore on an organised excursion only. Because of this, your flight. Please contact us as soon as possible prior to • Cruise escorts will only be available if a minimum writing and you will be subject to any relevant cancellation airports and available from airlines. If you are unhappy complaint; it will not determine how your complaint should all Algerian excursions must be pre-booked. Passports your departure. You can also visit our website at saga.co.uk. number of passengers is achieved. charges as set out in section 7 and the table in section 9. with your airline’s response, you may complain to the be resolved. must be valid for at least six months and must not contain Please note that personal daily care cannot be provided by • Unless otherwise stated, there will be an extra We will not be liable for cancellations when, at the time of Civil Aviation Authority (telephone 020 7453 6888 evidence of a visit to Israel. It may be necessary for you to any member of the ship’s staff. charge for optional facilities, such as sports facilities, booking the holiday, the person whose condition gives rise or visit www.caa.co.uk/passengers. Please note that 16. If you have a complaint arrange your own individual visas for independent travel in Health formalities: We will advise you with your holiday bars and Internet facilities. We cannot guarantee We aim to provide you with an enjoyable and relaxing to the cancellation: reimbursement in such cases will not automatically entitle some ports. For further information about passports and confirmation of any vaccinations that are required as a special requests that may also be subject to an holiday. In the unlikely event that you have a complaint (i) had an illness in the past 12 months that has required you to a refund of your holiday cost from us. Your right to Saga’s visa service, call Saga on 0800 525 290 or email condition of entry to the country(ies) that you are visiting. additional charge. about any of the services included in your holiday, it is treatment from a doctor, unless the condition was a refund and/or compensation from us is set out in these [email protected]. If you are telephoning from outside the We recommend that you consult your doctor at least • Don’t forget to check that you have all your belongings imperative that you report it to our representative or disclosed to and accepted by us; booking conditions. If any payments to you are due from UK, please call +44 (0)1303 771138 (please note that this is 12 weeks before departure, and they will advise you about before returning home. If necessary and if requested, locally appointed agent or hotel director or our duty (ii) is travelling against the advice of a medical us, any payment made to you by the airline or any other not a freephone number). If you are not a full British citizen any other vaccinations required. You may wish to refer we will do what we can to return any lost items, but officer by calling 01303 771999 or emailing practitioner or for the purpose of obtaining medical service provider will be deducted. resident in the UK, you must confirm your nationality or to government health advice for your destination at fco. please be aware that restrictions apply and there will [email protected] as soon as possible to give them treatment abroad; You agree to assign to Saga any rights that you may status at the time of booking. Your specific passport and gov.uk/en/travel-and-living-abroad/travel-advice-by- be a cost for this service. Details can be obtained from the best opportunity to resolve any issues in resort. If it is (iii) is receiving, on a waiting list for, or has knowledge of have against a third party or person which have caused visa requirements, and other immigration requirements country/ or call the 24-hour phone line 0845 850 2829 our after-sales team. not resolved locally, please follow this up within 28 days the need for in-patient treatment for any condition or contributed to our legal liability to you or which result are your responsibility and you should confirm these – calls cost 4p per minute with BT; other network prices • Please note, hotels reserve the right to change the of your return home by writing to our Customer Relations unless the medical condition for which you are on a in us incurring costs on your behalf. You agree that you with the relevant Embassies and/or Consulates. We may vary. Please note: In the interests of the health and delivery of their meal services, without notice. Where Department at Saga Holidays, Enbrook Park, Folkestone, waiting list for inpatient treatment has been disclosed will provide us and/or our insurers with all reasonable do not accept any responsibility if you cannot travel safety of fellow passengers, it is a condition of travel that we refer in our brochure to buffet meal service or Kent CT20 3SE. Alternatively, e-mail us at: customer. to us and accepted by us. Should you cancel as a direct assistance to pursue a claim against any third party because you have not complied with any passport, visa or passengers must use the hand sanitisers provided when waiter meal service, this was correct at the time [email protected] or call 01303 774122. Please keep result of you undergoing the inpatient treatment for or person. immigration requirements. embarking and disembarking our ships. of publication. your letter concise and to the point and give your holiday which you are on a waiting list additional cancellation If it is impossible to ensure your return as scheduled due Optional Activities: Any optional activities including, • Due to local conditions in some ports, we may reference number and all other relevant information. If you rights will not be provided; to Unavoidable and Extraordinary Circumstances, we will but not limited to, excursions, entertainment, amenities, 20. Travel advice and information be unable to use the most accessible gangway. fail to follow the requirement to report your complaint in (iv) is expected to give birth 12 weeks (16 weeks in the case bear the cost of necessary accommodation, if possible activities (including Holiday Experience activities) and • The British Foreign and Commonwealth Office Travel Passengers may be required to negotiate a steep resort, we will have been deprived of the opportunity to of multiple pregnancy) before your planned return date; of equivalent category, for a maximum of three nights. other tours (‘Optional Activities’) that you may choose Advice Unit provides up-to-date advice and safety gangway and/or steps. For customers who are unable investigate and rectify it and this may affect your rights (v) has been given a terminal prognosis by a The limit doesn’t apply to persons with reduced mobility to book or pay for whilst you are on holiday are not part information for British nationals travelling abroad. to walk unaided or require a wheelchair/scooter, it may under this booking. Please also see clause 15 above medical practitioner. and any person accompanying them, pregnant women of your package holiday provided by us. For all Optional Please visit fco.gov.uk/travel. be necessary to remain on board. on ABTA . We will not cover any medical condition of a Close Relative and unaccompanied minors, or persons in need of specific Activities, your contract will be with the operator/supplier • Some destinations can suffer extreme • If you have any special difficulties or needs, such as a or Business Associate whose health may affect your medical assistance, provided that you notified us of these of the Optional Activity and not with us. We are not weather conditions. particular diet, you must notify Saga on 0800 373 034. 17. Additional assistance • Saga cannot accept responsibility for any connecting decision to travel if you were aware of it prior to booking needs at least 48 hours before the start of your holiday. If you’re in difficulty whilst on holiday and ask us to help responsible for the provision of the Optional Activity or for travel you purchase independently. 21. Travel Agents your holiday. Note: this entire section 13 does not apply to any separate we will provide appropriate assistance, in particular by anything that happens during the course of its provision by • Direct flights are not necessarily non-stop and may When you buy a flight-based holiday, all monies you pay We will not be liable for cancellations arising directly or contracts that you may enter into whilst on holiday providing information on health services, local authorities the operator/supplier. Full details of the Optional Activities have to make an intermediate stop en route. to the travel agent are held by him on behalf of and for the indirectly from: (for example, for excursions, entertainment, amenities, and consular assistance; and helping you to find alternative available will be provided in the itinerary sent to you before • Where a meal or snack is included on your flight, this benefit of the Trustees of the Air Travel Trust at all times. (i) acts of terrorism in countries to which the Foreign and activities (including Holiday Experience activities) and arrangements and any necessary phone calls/emails. You you travel. Details will also be available to you in resort. is provided by the airline on a complimentary basis This is subject to the agent’s obligation to pay it to us for Commonwealth Office has advised against travelling; other tours). must pay any costs we incur, if the difficulty is your fault. We cannot guarantee that the Optional Activities will be (ii) an accident or breakdown of the vehicle in which you available during your holiday and they will only operate if and has no cash value. Should the airline not offer this so long as we do not fail. If we fail, any money held at that are travelling for which a professional repairer’s report 14. Your responsibility 18. Data protection a sufficient number of people wish to take part. Optional service for whatever reason, or your flight is amended time by the agent, or subsequently accepted from you by is not provided; Saga kindly requests your co-operation and consideration Any personal data you provide will be held securely and Activities are sold subject to the laws and exclusive to an airline which does not give refreshments, no him, is and continues to be held on behalf of and for the (iii) breakdown of any vehicle in which you are travelling for others while on holiday and reserves the right to curtail for the purpose you have provided it, in accordance with jurisdiction of the courts of the country or state where refund shall be made. benefit of the Trustees of the Air Travel Trust without any if the vehicle is owned by you and has not been your holiday if, in our view, your conduct or behaviour, or data protection legislation. We may need to disclose purchased. We have included them in brochures and on the • Banned or restricted air carriers: Regulation (EC) obligation to pay that money to us. When you buy a holiday serviced properly or maintained in accordance with the that of a member of your party, is disruptive, dangerous, personal data to a third party including outside the website to illustrate your choice, not as a recommendation No. 2111/2005 came into force in January 2006, not including a flight, all monies you pay to the travel agent manufacturer’s instructions; antisocial, or otherwise unacceptable. In such an event, European Economic Area (EEA) for the purpose of providing to take part. If you intend to take part in any Optional establishing a Community list of air carriers subject are held by him on our behalf at all times. no compensation or refund will be payable and you will be to an operating ban within the Community. The list is (iv) withdrawal from service (temporary or otherwise) of your holiday. In addition, your data may be disclosed to Activities, please check your insurance policy to ensure 22. Brexit an aircraft or sea vessel on the recommendation of liable to pay any additional expenses reasonably incurred regulatory bodies or public authorities, such as customs that you are covered for anything that may be considered available at https://ec.europa.eu/transport/modes/air/ Please be aware that some travel services could be the Civil Aviation Authority or a Port Authority, or any in arranging the curtailment. In addition, you must comply or immigration, for the purposes of monitoring and/or hazardous. If you are in any doubt, you should contact safety/air-ban. affected as a result of the United Kingdom’s decision to similar body in any country; with the terms and conditions of the third party suppliers enforcing compliance with any regulatory rules/codes; and your insurer. Please also note that any medical services on • We want all of our customers to be comfortable and leave the European Union. Examples of this could include (v) redundancy caused by, or resulting from, misconduct of any travel services. Failure by you to observe such terms it may be used for marketing, offering renewals, research board our cruises are similarly provided by independent relaxed while travelling by coach. For this reason, we do the inability of airlines to operate flights (including the leading to dismissal, from resignation or voluntary and conditions which are incorporated into this contract and statistical purposes and crime prevention. Where you contractors, which do not form part of the holiday package not allow smoking, pets or personal audio equipment on loss or restriction of rights in respect of transit, air traffic redundancy, or where a warning or notification of and available upon request may affect any compensation provide information about another person, we accept it on and for which we cannot accept any responsibility. coach journeys. or entry into an airspace), an unavailability of some redundancy was given prior to the date the optional or liability we may have towards you. the basis that you have their permission to give us access Cabins – inside/outside guarantees: With these special • We cannot guarantee the class of your rail travel. We flight routes, changes to the visa requirements of British insurance was purchased by you; Medical information: You are responsible for ensuring that to their personal data (including special category personal offer fares, you are guaranteed the minimum grade of cabin will notify you if your preference is unavailable for all or citizens and limited or no access to certain airports and (vi) suicide or attempted suicide, intentional self-injury, any existing medical conditions, disabilities or mobility data) and that you have told them who we are and what we shown in the brochure, just not the specific cabin. This will part of your journey and explain your options. ports. If we become aware of any confirmed bookings the effect of intoxicating liquors or drugs or flying restrictions affecting you or a member of your party are will use their data for, as set out above. be allocated to you later on, sometimes as you embark • In respect of VIP door-to-door service transfers, that will be affected, we will let customers know as soon other than as a passenger in a fully licensed passenger declared to us before you book or, if newly diagnosed, as If Saga has obtained your permission to do so, they the ship. If you choose not to accept your allocated cabin, customers may have to share use of the vehicle with as possible. However, as this situation is extraordinary carrying aircraft. This exclusion applies not only to the soon as possible and no later than 48 hours before your will also contact you by post, telephone, email or other which could be located anywhere on the ship, this is treated customers on different bookings save where the and outside of our control, we would treat any such insured persons but also to Close Relatives or other date of departure. means to tell you about offers, products and services as a cancellation (see section 7). There is the chance booked service is private. changes or cancellations as being due to Unavoidable persons whose health may affect your decision to If there is any change in the above circumstances for you or that may be of interest to you. At any time you can opt you may be upgraded, although this is subject to cabin • Where possible, Saga may facilitate pre-booking and Extraordinary Circumstances. Please note that travel or cut short your trip; a member of your party, or you or a member of your party out of receiving such information, revise the products you availability and in no way forms part of this offer. Note that of seats and other ancillary items where offered we do not accept any responsibility or liability for any (vii) any circumstance arising after the date of booking, develops a new medical condition, please call us to see if would like to hear about or change the method they use to twin cabins may have two single beds or a double bed. by our transport suppliers. This may be subject to consequential loss or expenses customers may incur in but prior to the date of issue of the optional insurance we can continue to offer the optional insurance and if the communicate with you. You can update these preferences Mobility and assistance: Our ships have a limited number transport supplier charges and Saga administrative these circumstances. We strongly encourage customers policy purchased by you. holiday is still suitable. The insurance company will not by calling 0800 092 3665. For further information about of cabins adapted for use by those with restricted mobility charges. Actual seat numbers booked by us cannot to take out travel insurance to cover consequential losses accept a claim as valid if you do not do this. how the Saga Group uses your personal information, and we are limited as to the number of disabled passengers be guaranteed as there may be changes for airline and expenses. 13. Our liability to you In addition, there are other instances where cover is not please visit saga.co.uk/privacy-policy or contact the or passengers with reduced mobility that we can carry. operational, safety or security reasons. However, the We are responsible for the proper performance of all available under the Medical Expenses or Curtailment Saga Group Data Protection Officer by email: travel services included in this package. You must inform sections of our Saga Travel Insurance Policy Booklet. These [email protected] or post: The Saga Building, us without undue delay of any failure to perform or include where the person(s) making the claim: Enbrook Park, Sandgate, Folkestone, Kent CT20 3SE. improper performance of the travel services included • does not follow the advice of a medical practitioner in this package. If any of the travel services included in • is travelling to get medical treatment abroad 19. Holiday information Saga Holidays is a trading name of ST&H Limited (registration no. 2174052). ST&H Limited and Saga Cruises Limited (registration no. 3267858) are subsidiaries of ST&H Group Limited your package are not performed in accordance with the • has been given a terminal prognosis by a Passports: You will need a valid passport for all overseas (registration no. 0720588). All three companies are registered in England and Wales. Registered Office: Enbrook Park, Sandgate, Folkestone, Kent CT20 3SE. contract, or are improperly performed, by us or the travel medical practitioner holidays featured. As requirements vary and can change E-mail: [email protected]. Telephone: 01303 774122. With respect to general insurance products sold in the UK, ST&H Limited is an appointed representative of Saga Services service suppliers, and this has affected the enjoyment • is expected to give birth within 12 weeks (16 weeks in without notice, we strongly advise you to ensure that your Limited, registered in England and Wales (company no. 732602), which is authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority of your travel arrangements, you may be entitled to an the case of a multiple pregnancy) of arrival home. passport is valid for at least six months after the end appropriate price reduction or compensation or both. We The Policy Booklet contains full details of the medical of your holiday. 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Departure date Cruise Offer Nights Departure port Cruise code Page Mar 23, 2021 Inaugural Cruise with The Bootleg Beatles SAVE £200pp 6 Amsterdam AN919 14 Mar 29 Undiscovered Gems of Belgium & the Netherlands SAVE £400pp 14 Amsterdam RH242 16 Apr 12 Flowers on Parade SAVE £200pp 7 Amsterdam AH611 18 Apr 19 Keukenhof & Dutch Delights SAVE £200pp ‹ Amsterdam RH244 20 Apr 19 Keukenhof & Dutch Delights – solos SAVE £200pp 7 Amsterdam AF944 20 Apr 26 Jazz & Tulips in the Netherlands SAVE £200pp 7 Amsterdam AN920 22 May 3 Keukenhof & Dutch Delights SAVE £200pp 7 Amsterdam RH244 20 May 10 From Rembrandt to Rubens SAVE £250pp 9 Amsterdam AT198 24 May 19 Mystery Cruise SAVE £200pp 8 Brussels RH248 48 May 27 The Magnificent Rhine, Main & Moselle SAVE £400pp 14 Arnhem RH249 26 Jun 10 Castles & Vineyards of the Rhine SAVE £200pp 7 Amsterdam RH250 30 Jun 10 From Amsterdam to the Alps SAVE £250pp 11 Amsterdam RH251 34 Jun 13 The Rhine & Glacier Express to St Moritz SAVE £250pp 11 Basel RH253 36 Jun 17 Castles & Vineyards of the Rhine SAVE £200pp 7 Basel RH252 30 Jun 24 Gilbert & Sullivan on the Rhine SAVE £200pp 7 Amsterdam AN917 38 Jul 1 The Magnificent Rhine, Main & Moselle SAVE £400pp 14 Arnhem RH249 26 Jul 15 Undiscovered Gems of Belgium & the Netherlands SAVE £400pp 14 Amsterdam RH242 16 Jul 29 Across the Continent SAVE £400pp 14 Amsterdam RH257 40 Aug 12 Across the Continent SAVE £400pp 14 Budapest RH258 40 Aug 26 Castles & Vineyards of the Rhine SAVE £200pp 7 Amsterdam RH250 30 Aug 26 From Amsterdam to the Alps SAVE £250pp 11 Amsterdam RH251 34 Aug 29 The Rhine & Glacier Express to St Moritz SAVE £250pp 11 Basel RH253 36 Sep 2 Castles & Vineyards of the Rhine SAVE £200pp 7 Basel RH252 30 Sep 9 Wine Festivals of the Rhine & Moselle SAVE £400pp 12 Amsterdam RH263 44 Sep 21 Wine Festivals of the Rhine & Moselle SAVE £400pp 13 Trier RH264 44 Oct 4 Castles & Vineyards of the Rhine SAVE £200pp 7 Amsterdam RH250 30 Oct 4 From Amsterdam to the Alps SAVE £250pp 11 Amsterdam RH251 34 Oct 7 The Rhine & Glacier Express to St Moritz - music SAVE £250pp 11 Basel AN921 36 Oct 11 Castles & Vineyards of the Rhine – music SAVE £200pp 7 Basel AN918 30 Oct 18 Castles & Vineyards of the Rhine SAVE £200pp 7 Amsterdam RH250 30 Oct 18 Castles & Vineyards of the Rhine – solos SAVE £200pp 7 Amsterdam AF943 30 Oct 18 From Amsterdam to the Alps SAVE £250pp 11 Amsterdam RH251 34 Oct 21 The Rhine & Glacier Express to St Moritz SAVE £250pp 11 Basel RH253 36 Oct 25 Castles & Vineyards of the Rhine SAVE £200pp 7 Basel RH252 30 Nov 1 The Magnificent Rhine, Main & Moselle SAVE £400pp 14 Arnhem RH249 26 Nov 15 Resplendent Rhine in Autumn – solos SAVE £200pp 7 Amsterdam AF942 46 Nov 22 Resplendent Rhine in Autumn SAVE £200pp 7 Dusseldorf RH275 46

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Please note: Photos are for illustration only. All plans are subject to change. Saga’s holidays and cruises are exclusively for the over 50s, but a travelling companion can be 40+. Saga Holidays is a trading name of ST&H Ltd (registration no. 2174052), which is a subsidiary of ST&H Group Ltd (registration no. 0720588). Both companies are registered in England and Wales. Registered Office: Enbrook Park, Sandgate, Folkestone, Kent CT20 3SE. With respect to general insurance products sold in the UK, ST&H Ltd is an appointed representative of Saga Services Limited, registered in England and Wales (company no. 732602), which is authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority. Please refer to the essential information, which includes details about financial protection and the ATOL Certificate. NTW-RC6365. Published November 2019. A few other details A note about special offers Animal welfare Your VIP door-to-door travel service – The offers in this brochure supersede any We strongly believe animals should be treated fairly included on all 2020 river cruises previously advertised offers and cannot within the tourism industry. As ABTA members, we have a be combined. Saga reserves the right to duty of care to ensure that the excursions we offer to our Our complimentary travel package includes a return reduce, withdraw or extend offers at any time customers meet the Animal Welfare guidelines supplied chauffeur service from your home to your international without notice. by ABTA. These guidelines include not supporting airport, return chauffeur service to your local airport for activities that involve unnatural behaviour, or those that an included domestic flight to your main departure airport, Changes to the itinerary could be perceived as unacceptable or discouraged return chauffeur service to your UK departure point Some itineraries also operate in reverse order. practices. We regularly review on-going excursions that (such as a Eurostar or ferry terminal), standard class rail Where this is the case we indicate it on the involve animals, along with any feedback from customers travel from your local station to your departure airport, holiday pages and our Travel Consultants will and outside sources. or complimentary parking at the airport if you’d prefer to be able to give you further details. As you would drive yourself. Included economy class domestic flights are expect, the excursions and entertainment Group sizes subject to availability in our designated booking class. If this are an example of what may be available and On river cruise departures which are exclusive to Saga is not available at the time of booking, we’ll advise you of are subject to demand – your Cruise Host or guests, the group size will generally be between about 40 the additional flight supplement. Depending on the time of Assistant will give you full details during your and 140 guests depending on the size of the ship. On river your domestic or international flight you may need overnight cruise. The weather can affect river levels and cruise departures where Saga guests will be travelling accommodation, which will be at your own additional cost. sometimes this impacts on an itinerary. In the with other guests, the group size could vary from very low Our VIP door-to-door travel service is available to anyone unlikely event of this happening we will do our numbers up to about 100 guests depending on the size of in mainland England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland, the utmost to ensure the cruise remains as close to the ship and the itinerary. Isle of Wight and Channel Islands. We’re not currently able to its original itinerary as possible or we will offer offer the service to those in the Scottish islands, Isle of Man, Please note: The excursions we include as part of your holiday a suitable alternative if necessary. It is also Sark or the Isles of Scilly. Saga reserves the right to select the will be operated in English – either by an English-speaking sometimes necessary to close the outside deck guide or, where necessary, through headsets. most appropriate form of transport and/or domestic airport when cruising through sections of river with very for your journey. You could be sharing the journey with up to low bridges for safety reasons. three (or very occasionally five) other Saga passengers in one of our larger MPVs. Alternatively, you can choose to have the Transfers vehicle for just you and your travelling companions at a price Our included return UK travel service On some occasions, due to the location of the of £1.85 a mile. The right to refuse the chauffeur service is at river ports to the airports, a longer coach transfer Get your holiday off to a perfect start with our our discretion. The VIP door-to-door travel service operates is necessary. return UK travel service taking you from your in the UK only. local rail or bus station to your departure airport For full details, visit saga.co.uk/vip A note about berthing or station. Alternatively, you can enjoy free car At some of the more popular ports you may find parking at the airport. Choose from: your ship berths alongside other river cruise Rail ships, which means the views from the windows We include standard class rail travel from your can become obscured and you may have to walk Insurance policy local station to your port, airport or station. through other ships to reach the riverbank. On Because it’s important to be adequately insured when you We’ll make seat reservations for you on major rare occasions the berth will be located on the travel abroad, we offer optional comprehensive travel insurance, routes, subject to rail company restrictions, and outskirts of town, a decision which is beyond our underwritten by Great Lakes Insurance SE, UK Branch, and if your journey takes you through London, your control and often made by the river authorities additional cancellation rights with all our overseas holidays, ticket will include travel by London Underground at that port. including the Channel Islands, Northern Ireland, Republic of Ireland, between mainline stations. Or, if you prefer, you the Isles of Scilly, the Isle of Man and river and ocean cruises. If Quality grading you can trust can book our cross-London car service which, for you have your own insurance, we will offer you the holiday at an extra charge of just £7 per person each way, Quality ratings vary considerably from country a lower price. will ensure that a driver meets you at your arrival to country, so we apply our own reliable ratings, station and takes you across the capital to your For holidays in mainland Britain, if you have to cancel your holiday based on the variety of food, facilities and mainline station. because of illness or death of you or a member of your party, we will standard of cabins, with representing the Coach refund all your holiday payments except for a handling fee of £60 finest. ratings are highlighted on each cruise per person, provided we receive a valid medical certificate. If you page. Similarly, we give hotel accommodation our We’ll arrange travel by National Express coach purchase the UK optional travel insurance, underwritten by Great Q rating, with QQQQQ representing the finest. from a bus station near you to the one serving your Lakes Insurance SE, UK Branch, we will also include the additional airport or station. cancellation rights. If you are suffering from, or in the last 12 Free Wi-Fi on all ships Or free parking for your car, months have suffered from, an illness that has required treatment Free Wi-Fi is included on all ships. However, the if you prefer to drive from a doctor, you must advise us and we will confirm whether you signal can be intermittent due to the moving can be covered under this insurance. A full summary of the optional nature of the ships, and there may be times when You can take advantage of free off-airport parking travel insurance will be provided with your booking confirmation. it is not available. In some cases the Wi-Fi signal if you choose to drive yourself to the airport, or Cover is available to UK residents only and subject to medical is only available in the public areas of the ship we can arrange parking close to the Eurotunnel screening. Terms and conditions apply. and not in your cabin. terminal in Folkestone. Unfortunately we are unable to arrange parking at the Eurostar terminals. JULY 2019 NHNRC6209 2020 + VIP TRADE

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