Active & Discovery on the Rhine (Southbound)

Highlights

• Onboard welcome reception
• Choice of off-the-beaten path walking tour, or kayak tour or street art museum visit with workshop or canal cruise
• Choice of guided city sightseeing, or biking tour, or culinary tour
• Choice of Koblenz walking tour and Ehrenbreitstein Fortress with cable car ride, or Volcano Tour experience, or e-biking tour in the vineyards; cruise through the scenic Rhine Gorge with breath-taking views of ancient castles, towering cliffs, and the legendary Rock of the Lorelei; private reception at Rheinstein Castle
• Choice of guided tour of Heidelberg Castle with tasting of local specialties, see the Great Vat, or a hike up Philosophers’ Way, or beer tour
• Choice of guided sightseeing, visit La Petite France district and the Gothic cathedral or culinary walk, or active walk along the river
• Choice of excursion to Black Forest, or e-bike tour in the Black Forest or bike tour or Freiburg guided tour
• Fairytale settings await on every Rhine River cruise, but an Active & Discovery cruise with Avalon immerses you in new, interactive ways
• As you glide from untouched villages to touching cities throughout Holland, Germany and France, our range of excursions, from Classic to Discovery to Active options, presents the opportunity to move at your desired pace and be moved at every turn

What's this trip about?

Fairytale settings await on every Rhine River cruise, but an Active & Discovery cruise with Avalon immerses you in new, interactive ways. As you glide from untouched villages to touching cities throughout Holland, Germany and France, our range of excursions, from Classic to Discovery to Active options, presents the opportunity to move at your desired pace and be moved at every turn. Clifftop castles, rolling vineyards, and cobblestone lanes become even more enchanting when you experience them from the seat of a bicycle or an artist’s stool. From culinary walks and beer tours to caves, castles and kayaking explorations, you choose exactly how to toast the joys of the Rhine and your moving journey on it. Move. Enjoy a little get-up-and-go on your cruising vacation when you: •Paddle through the canals of Amsterdam on a kayak. •Take an E-Bike tour surrounded by beautiful vineyards at the confluence of the Rhine and Moselle rivers. •Follow the road less traveled on an exciting hike along Heidelberg’s Philosophers’ Way. And Be Moved. Get off the beaten path and relish the world when you: •Discover your inner street artist with a graffiti workshop in Amsterdam. •Explore the lava caverns on a one-of-a-kind volcano encounter below the town of Mendig. •Join a foodie tour through Strasbourg to discover the cuisine of France’s Alsace region. Plus, Classic sightseeing is always available in every port along the way. Activate your senses and discover a world of wonder in all-new, entirely “you” ways on your personal, passion-packed cruise along the Rhine.

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