© Cameron Hewitt 2020 ACTIVE & DISCOVERY NON-STOP TRAVEL ON THE RHINE EXCLUSIVE OFFER! With Rotterdam SAVE $1,000 9 Nights / 12 Days • Travel to Frankfurt, Germany & Return from Amsterdam, Netherlands PER PERSON Avalon Expression • Featuring 200 sq. ft. Panorama Suites FROM BROCHURE FARE Enjoy a 7-Night River Cruise Mainz to Amsterdam with a 2 Night Post-Cruise in Rotterdam June 21 – July 02, 2020 • Escorted from Honolulu • Tour Manager: Mary Yoshino MUST RESERVE BY FEBRUARY 29, 2020 COUNTRIES: Germany & Netherlands RIVERS: Rhine River CRUISE OVERVIEW: Explore the Rhine River from a unique perspective on Avalon Active & Discovery river cruise. With Avalon Choice, you’ll enjoy a wide variety of included excursions to match your interests and pace. Whether you’re a history buff, a foodie, or an art lover, you’ll find COMPLETE the inclusions that speak to you! With Avalon Choice inclusions, you choose how to discover PACKAGES! fascinating sites on your Rhine River cruise. Visit the Chocolate Museum in Cologne, take a guided FROM culinary walk in Düsseldorf, and taste regional wines in Eltville. In Koblenz, take a cable car ride $ * up to Ehrenbreitstein Fortress for magnificent views of the surrounding area. Onboard, you’ll pass 7331 * through the magnificent Rhine Gorge and enjoy specialty dishes while cruising. Your Rhine River $6331 cruise ends in Amsterdam for a day full of activities. See the colorful corners of Amsterdam your INCLUDES ROUNDTRIP AIRFARE FROM way — from a canal cruise to a leisurely biking tour, or a guided jogging tour of the city — all at an HONOLULU, 7-NIGHT RIVER CRUISE, 2 NIGHT easy pace! You might choose an included painting class, instead, to recreate the masterpieces of POST-CRUISE LAND PROGRAM, MEALS AND Dutch artists. Join us for a Rhine River cruise like no other, with more included selections for every SIGHTSEEING AS INDICATED ON ITINERARY, ALL TRANSFERS, PORT CHARGES, TAXES & FEES taste, passion, and pace. Avalon Choice on Active & Discovery river cruises gives you the Active, Discovery, and Classic inclusions to see each destination your way! HIGHLIGHTS & SIGHTSEEING: • Mainz – Rüdesheim – Bingen: Choice of visit to the Eberbach • Düsseldorf: Choice of guided city EXCLUSIVE BONUS! Monastery, or Eltville guided tour with wine tasting, or nature sightseeing, or biking tour, or culinary Pre-Paid Gratuities & walk in Eltville; free time in Rüdesheim tour, or visit of Benrath Palace 2 Free Drink Vouchers • Rhine Gorge – Boppard – Engers: Cruise through the Rhine • Arnhem – Nijmegen: Choice of hike Gorge; choice of visit to Marksburg Castle, or Ehrenbreitstein in the National Park, or biking tour, or Fortress with a cable car ride; or Volcano Tour experience with guided sightseeing of Arnhem, or guided a visit to the monastery at “Maria Laach” tour of Arnhem’s Kröller-Müller Museum; • Cologne: Choice of jogging tour, or Cologne sightseeing “off free time in Nijmegen the beaten track”, or visit the chocolate museum, or Cologne • Amsterdam: Choice of painting class, or ** highlights walking tour jogging tour, or biking tour, or canal cruise INCLUDED FEATURES: • 7-Night Deluxe Cruise Accommodations in an Outside • Daily Early- and Late-Riser Breakfast Stateroom – Most with Balconies • Made-to-order Egg Station at Breakfast • 2 Nights Hotel in Rotterdam at the Room Mate Bruno • Light Al Fresco Lunches at the Sky Bistro on (or Similar) including Daily Breakfast & Dinner the Sky Deck • Included Shore Excursions with Local Guide Daily with • Chef-Inspired Regional Recipes — Locally Owned & Operated Personal Headset Included Four-Course Dinners with Open Seating Since 1985 — Mahalo Hawai‘i! • Complimentary Wi-Fi Access throughout the ship and • Alternative Dinners of Light Regional 615 Piikoi Street, Suite 102 complimentary computer use in public areas of the ship Specialties and Wines in the Panorama Bistro Honolulu, Hawai‘i 96814 • Premium L’Occitane Bath Amenities • Nordic walking sticks available onboard for • Large Bathrooms – Showers with Glass Doors complimentary check-out 593-0700 • Flat screen Satellite TV with free movie channels • AvalonGo App for your mobile device keeps or Toll-Free • Complimentary bottled water, fresh fruit, and cookies you informed and on course before and 1-800-551-1226 available throughout the day during your cruise • Complimentary sparkling wine with breakfast, wine, beer or www.nonstop.travel soft drinks with lunch and dinner are included daily on board 111219 CATEGORY FARE NETHERLANDS START CITY END CITY Cat E – Fixed Windows / Indigo Deck Forward, 172 sq. ft. $7,331 $6,331 Amsterdam Arnhem Cat D – Fixed Windows / Indigo Deck Aft, 172 sq. ft. $7,530 $6,530 Rotterdam Nijmegen Cat B – French Balcony / Sapphire Deck Aft, 200 sq. ft. $8,480 $7,480 Rhine River Cat A – French Balcony / Sapphire Deck Forward, 200 sq. ft. $8,530 $7,530 Düsseldorf Cologne GERMANY Cat P – French Balcony / Royal Deck, 200 sq. ft. $8,630 $7,630 7 Royal Suite – French Balcony / Royal Deck, 300 sq. ft. CALL Bonn Engers Final Payment Due: 02/11/20 Rhine Koblenz Gorge Rüdesheim Air & Land Deposit: $250 per person • Cruise Deposit (non-refundable): $250 per person Frankfurt Day 8: Sun, June 28 – ARNHEM – NIJMEGEN – OVERNIGHT CRUSIE TO AMSTERDAM. Go on a hike in the Boppard Eltville Bingen Hoge Veluwe National Park with a Nature Expert and discover its abundance of wildlife, including deers, wild Mainz boar and mouflons, or join a Biking Tour of Hoge Veluwe National Park and admire its diversity of scenery, Select Sightseeing is included in tour. Additional optional tours are available for purchase from dense forests to high sand dune, or join a Guided Sightseeing of Arnhem past impressive monuments through Avalon Waterways. In the event of technical or water level issues, it may be necessary to operate the and place of remembrance, or take a Guided Tour of Arnhem’s Kröller-Müller Museum with the world’s itinerary by motorcoach or alter the program, including hotel overnight when necessary. second largest Van Gogh collection. You may join a Guided Optional Excursion to the Windmill of Thorn or an Optional Cooking Workshop. The ship will cruise overnight to Amsterdam. (B, L, D) Day 1: Sun, June 21 – HONOLULU. Depart Honolulu. Day 9: Mon, June 29 – AMSTERDAM, NETHERLANDS. See the sights of Amsterdam from a unique perspective Day 2: Mon, June 22 – In Transit. by joining our Guided Jogging Tour of the city – all at an easy pace with stops for commentary, or attend a Painting Class and be inspired by the masters’ technique. Paint your own canvas and discover your inner Day 3: Tue, June 23 – FRANKFURT, GERMANY – MAINZ – EMBARK AVALON EXPRESSION. Welcome to Germany! artist. A Guided Walking Tour will complete your experience, or join a Biking Tour through the Dutch After completing arrival formalities meet the transfer to the pier for embarkation on the Avalon Expression. countryside past polders, dykes, and quaint centuries-old villages, or enjoy a Guided Canal Cruise to explore The day is yours to explore Mainz. Meet the crew and fellow travelers at a welcome reception and dinner. The ship the iconic waterways and sites of Amsterdam. This afternoon you might take an Optional Culinary Walk in will be docked in Mainz overnight. (D) one of Amsterdam’s famous districts, or an Optional Kayaking Excursion. Alternatively take an Optional Day 4: Wed, June 24 – MAINZ – EXCURSION TO ELTVILLE – RÜDESHEIM – BINGEN. For some exercise before Guided Excursion to the Netherland’s beautiful medieval Muiderslot Castle. Spend free time strolling at lunch, join a Guided Nature Walk along one of the Rheinsteig walking trails through Eltville’s idyllic forest leisure through the galleries and cafés of Amsterdam. The ship will be docked in Amsterdam overnight. (B, L, D) and vineyards, or join a Guided Walk through the historic Old Town of Eltville am Rhein, well known as the Day 10: Tue, June 30 – AMSTERDAM – DISEMBARK AVALON EXPRESSION – ROTTERDAM. Disembark Avalon City of Wine, with wine tastings included, or visit the Romanesque Beauty of Eberbach Monastery, Expression. Meet your Tour Director and travel down the west coast of the Netherlands to the city of Den Haag the location of almost all the interior scenes from the film version of Umberto Eco’s dark medieval murder (the Hague), the seat of the Dutch Government and the International Court of Justice. Enjoy an orientation mystery “The Name of the Rose.” Enjoy the remaining free time in Mainz before sailing to Rüdesheim this tour including a photo stop at Peace Palace, one of the most important sights in the Hague and known for afternoon, where you will have time to discover this picturesque village. In the evening enjoy dinner on board its amazing architecture. Continue to MADURODAM, a mini-replica of Holland which allows you to tour the while cruising to Bingen. The ship will be docked in Bingen overnight. (B, L, D) Netherlands in one afternoon. It is home to a range of 1:25 scale model replicas of famous Dutch landmarks, Day 5: Thur, June 25 – BINGEN – RHINE GORGE – BOPPARD – ENGERS. Enjoy breakfast on board as you cruise historical cities and large developments. The park was opened in 1952 and has since been visited by tens of through the spectacular Rhine Gorge on your way to Boppard. Take a Guided Tour of Marksburg Castle, visit millions of visitors. Continue to the quaint town of Delft for a visit of the historical city center, where monumental its battlements overlooking the Rhine, and take a scenic walk down the surrounding hillside back to your ship, or houses are an explicit memory of Delft’s rich past. Visit the world-renowned ROYAL DELFT POTTERY FACTORY For a unique experience, join us on an excursion to the “Lava City” of Mendig for a Volcano Encounter, with its magnificent collection of hand-painted earthenware pieces, and see skilled craftsmen at work.