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River Cruise featuring our privately owned 140- to 164-passenger ships exclusively for American travelers ITINERARY OVERVIEW JUNE 7, 2017 The Great Rivers of Europe The Netherlands: Amsterdam • Germany: Cologne, Koblenz, Rudesheim, Day 1 • Depart U.S. Heidelberg, Wertheim, Wurzburg, Bamberg, Nuremberg, Regensburg, Passau • Austria: Melk, Vienna Day 2-3 • Amsterdam, the Netherlands Embark ship $ Port Amsterdam 16 days from 15 days from $ 5295 3695 Amsterdam with international airfare River Cruise only Included Tour from Boston Day 4-5 • Germany by Rhine Ports Cologne • Koblenz • Rudesheim Amsterdam Arrival/ Departure Included Tours Cologne • Koblenz Optional Extension Cruise Route NETHERLANDS Motor Route To tal Cruising 948 miles POPOLAND Day 6-10 • Germany by Main Cologne GERMANY Distance (1529 km) Bruges R h i Ports Frankfurt • Wertheim • Wurzburg • n Wertheim Wurzburg (Optional Extension) e BELGIUM Frankfurt Gerlachshausen Gerlachshausen • Schweinfurt • Bamberg Koblenz Prague Schweinfurt Main (Optional Extension) Rudesheim Bamberg Included Tours Heidelberg • Wertheim • LUX. CZECH REPUBLIC Nuremberg Vienna Wurzburg • Bamberg Heidelberg Rothenburg (Also Optional Extension) Regensburg Rhine-Main- Optional Tour Rothenburg Danube Canal WACHAU Kelheim Passau REGION FRANCE D Riedenburg an ube Melk Day 11-13 • Germany by Danube AUSTRIA Ports Nuremberg • Kelheim • Regensburg • Passau IT’S INCLUDED Included Tours Nuremberg • Regensburg • Passau International airfare, airport transfers, government taxes, fees, and airline fuel Optional Tour Bavaria: Baroque & Beer surcharges, unless you choose to make your own air arrangements Accommodations for 14 nights aboard a private river ship with wireless Internet Day 14-15 • Austria access now in all common areas and cabins Ports Melk • Vienna ALL meals: Daily breakfasts, 14 lunches, 14 dinners—including 3 meals in local Included Tour Vienna restaurants—plus all onboard house beer & wine, as well as soft drinks Optional Tour Musical Vienna 11 included tours with personal headsets and 6 exclusive Discovery Series events— German language lesson • German Immigration discussion • Glassblowing demonstration • Day 16 • Vienna • Return to U.S. Home-Hosted Kaffeeklatsch • Rhine-Main-Danube Canal transit & discussion • Studeten Disembark ship German discussion Local Program Directors, a Grand Circle Cruise Line exclusive: These dedicated OPTIONAL EXTENSIONS experts are with you (and no more than 47 travelers) every step of the way to provide all with FREE Single Supplements insider’s knowledge and the perspective that will enrich your experience Bruges, Belgium Gratuities for local guides and motorcoach drivers 3-night pre-trip from $695 All port charges: a value of $165 per person Vienna, Austria Baggage handling for 1 piece of luggage per person, including tips 3-night post-trip from $645 5% Frequent Traveler Credit toward your next Grand Circle trip—an average of $318 PLEASE MENTION THIS CODE WHEN BOOKING G7-27355 Reservations & Information 1-800-597-2452 • Press 2 www.gct.com/sge2017 WHAT TO EXPECT Pacing • Travelers using walkers, crutches, or • Travel by 140- to 164-passenger • 15 days, with 14 nights other mobility aids must travel with river ship and 49-seat coach aboard a river ship a companion who can assist them • Changes in water-level depths may • Return flights often require • Program Directors reserve the right require adjustments to your itinerary departing in early morning hours to modify participation or send travelers home if their limitations Climate Physical Requirements impact the group’s experience • Daytime temperatures range from 40-73°F during cruising season • Walk 1-3 miles unassisted and Terrain & Transportation participate in 2-3 hours of physical • June-August are the warmest months • Diverse terrain and uneven walking activities each day, including stairs • March and November weather can be surfaces, including steep and unpaved • Not accessible for travelers using unpredictable and change quickly paths, hills, riverbanks, 25-50 stairs wheelchairs or scooters without handrails, and cobblestones YOUR ITINERARY DAY 1 Depart U.S. Hohenzollern Bridge, and the Gothic DAY 7 Wertheim • Home-Hosted Cologne Cathedral. Before returning to Kaffeeklatsch DAY 2 Amsterdam, the Netherlands • your ship, enjoy free time to explore. As your ship approaches Wertheim Embark ship B,L,D— River Ship this morning, enjoy a special intro- Arriving today in the Dutch capital, duction to what awaits you there—a you’ll be greeted at the airport by a DAY 5 Koblenz • Rudesheim local glassblower will join you onboard Grand Circle representative who Today, you’ll go ashore in Koblenz, for an exclusive Discovery Series will assist you with the transfer to where the Rhine and Mosel rivers demonstration. your private river ship. Later, you’ll meet. During an included walking tour, Upon arrival, step ashore for a walking meet your Program Director and those marvel at the Old Town, rebuilt after tour of this charming fairy-tale town, travelers who took the pre-trip World War II, and stroll the famous located at the confluence of the Main extension to Bruges, Belgium. Rhine promenade. and Tauber rivers and home to a proud L,D— River Ship You’ll then rejoin your ship and continue tradition of glass production. sailing toward Rudesheim. En route, DAY 3 Amsterdam During your exploration, you’ll also you’ll pass Lorelei Rock, where, legend delve into the complex and emotional In the morning, enjoy a city tour by has it, the beautiful siren would distract topic of Judaism and German history. A boat—cruising along Amsterdam’s sailors with her melodious voice. Upon thriving Jewish community developed lovely canals. Later this afternoon, arrival in Rudesheim, you’ll disembark in Wertheim dating back to the 13th your River Cruise gets underway. for an included dinner featuring tradi- century, and numerous synagogues had Tonight, celebrate your voyage at a tional folk music at a local restaurant. been built there over time. festive Welcome Dinner. B,L,D— River Ship B,L,D— River Ship But when Kristallnacht swept through DAY 6 Frankfurt • Heidelberg Germany in 1938—the interior of DAY 4 Cologne, Germany Wertheim’s 18th-century synagogue, as This morning, you arrive in Frankfurt. well as multiple Jewish-owned stores— Enjoy a relaxing morning cruising to Join today’s included tour of Heidelberg, were demolished. In the following years, your first German port. Learn about set on the edge of the Odenwald Forest, the Jewish population disappeared— immigration in Germany and the coun- where you’ll visit the 15th-century whether they moved elsewhere or were try’s open borders for refugees during Heidelberg Castle. deported to concentration camps. You’ll an exclusive Discovery Series discussion B,L,D— River Ship learn more about this, and see public along the way. memorials tracing this history, during After lunch onboard, you’ll disembark your included tour, followed by free in Cologne for an included walking tour, time for independent discovery. where you’ll see the Roman Gate, the Reservations & Information 1-800-597-2452 • Press 2 www.gct.com/sge2017 In the early afternoon, head to the home of a local family for a traditional Kaffeeklatsch to share coffee and cake, and experience what life is like for a typical family in this section of Europe, during an exclusive Discovery Series Home-Hosted Visit. B,L,D— River Ship DAY 8 Wurzburg Early this morning, your ship will start cruising to Wurzburg. You’ll arrive this afternoon, disembarking for an included followed by an afternoon to make your Later, reminisce with your fellow trav- walking tour of this charming city—a own discoveries. elers during the Captain’s Farewell Main River port in Bavaria. B,L,D— River Ship Reception and Dinner. B,L,D— River Ship B,L,D— River Ship DAY 12 Kelheim • Optional Bavaria: DAY 9 Gerlachshausen • Optional Baroque & Beer tour • Regensburg DAY 14 Melk, Austria • Vienna • Rothenburg tour • Schweinfurt This morning, you’ll arrive in Kelheim. Optional Musical Vienna tour This morning, enjoy a full-day optional Here you can join an optional tour of Today, enjoy a guided tour of the tour to Rothenburg. Or relax onboard the Baroque-era Weltenburg Monastery, 900-year-old Melk Abbey. Then return as you cruise to Schweinfurt. where you’ll take a scenic ferry cruise to the ship and enjoy lunch as you OPTIONAL TOUR: $105 per person through the Danube Gorge and sample glide through the stunning Wachau B,L,D— River Ship some beer brewed at the monas- wine region. tery. Then transfer by motorcoach to This evening, you’ll arrive in the DAY 10 Bamberg Regensburg, where your ship awaits. Austrian capital. Join us for an Set out on a morning walking tour If you’re not joining the optional optional Musical Vienna performance. of Bamberg, which was founded in tour, you’ll have time to relax en route OPTIONAL TOUR: $90 per person AD 902, began to prosper in the twelfth to Regensburg. century, and was the center of southern B,L,D— River Ship This afternoon, enjoy a walking tour Germany’s Enlightenment in the late of historic Regensburg, one of Germany’s DAY 15 Vienna 18th century. best-preserved medieval cities. You’ll Join your Program Director for an This afternoon, begin cruising to see the twelfth-century Stone Bridge included half-day city tour, featuring Nuremberg—entering the Rhine-Main- (Steinerne Brucke) and the towering the Ringstrasse, the wide boulevard that Danube Canal en route, and learn about St. Peter’s Cathedral—Bavaria’s most circles the city center, and St. Stephen’s the history and construction of this impressive Gothic wonder and home to Cathedral. You’ll also see the Spanish engineering marvel during an exclu- a famous boys’ choir. Riding School, home of the famous sive Discovery Series discussion. Please OPTIONAL TOUR: $80 per person Lipizzaner stallions, and the well-known note: During the Rhine-Main-Danube Canal B,L,D— River Ship Hofburg Palace.