Romance of the Rhine and Mosel

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Overview
Highlights
- Best way to travel through Europe
- Discover five different countries
- Relaxing and rewarding experience
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Destinations
Activities
Trip includes
- Accommodations: 14 nights aboard a private Grand Circle river ship in an outside cabin
- ALL meals, including Captain’s Welcome and Farewell Receptions and Dinners: 14 breakfasts, 14 lunches, and 14 dinners (and beverages—including beer, wine, and soft drinks—during all onboard lunches and dinners)
- 13 exclusive, included tours with personal headsets: Antwerp • Kinderdijk Windmills • Nijmegen • Bonn • Cochem & Reichsburg Castle • Bernkastel • Trier • Zell • Boppard • Speyer • Strasbourg • Baden-Baden • Basel
- Exclusive Discovery Series events: German language lesson • Winery tour & tasting • Home-Hosted Kaffeeklatsch • Informative discussions on the European Union and Switzerland Today
- Airport transfers upon arrival and departure with the purchase of Grand Circle's airfare
- All port charges—a value of $165 per person
- Gratuities for local guides and motorcoach drivers on your main trip
- Baggage handling for 1 piece of luggage per person, including tips
- 5% Frequent Traveler Credit toward your next Grand Circle trip—an average of $300
Itinerary

Meals: Lunch and Dinner
Discover the beauty of the Rhine River
Arrive today in Brussels. A Grand Circle representative will meet you at the airport and assist with your transfer to the pier in Antwerp. There, you'll be joined by those who took our option...
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
View the Cathedral of Our Lady in Antwerp
After breakfast, attend an orientation briefing. Your Program Director will go over the details of your upcoming trip and answer any questions you may have. Then set off on a wa...
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Discover the beauty of the Rhine River
Your morning is at leisure in Willemstad to relax or explore on your own. Or, if you choose the optional Delta Works tour, you'll ride by motorcoach to see a restoration project kn...
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
After breakfast, you'll join your Program Director for a walking tour of 2,000-year-old Nijmegen—the Netherlands' oldest city. Located in the eastern part of the country near the German border, Nijmegen was built on seven hill...
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Discover St Martin while exploring Bonn
After breakfast, enjoy a walking tour of Bonn's Old Town, where you’ll see the Baroque City Hall, Romanesque Basilica, and Beethoven’s memorial. Founded by the Romans, Bonn was th...
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Explore the medieval Reichsburg Castle
Disembark this morning for a tour of Reichsburg Castle, believed to have been originally constructed some time in the eleventh century. Burned to the ground by King Louis XIV of Fr...
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Encounter relaxing German outdoor cafes in Berkastel
This morning, join your Program Director for a stroll around Bernkastel, one of the prettiest towns in the Mosel Valley. Actually, Bernkastel is two towns; its sister...
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Explore Trier's main plaza
After breakfast, join us for a tour of Trier. There were settlements here in the third millennium before Christ, and the Roman Emperor Augustus founded a thriving city here in 15 BC.
Du...
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
See a German church while touring Luxembourg
Disembark this morning in Zell for an informational walk—and experience the heart of one of the biggest wine-producing regions of Germany. Founded by the Romans in the first ...
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
View passing landscapes while relaxing on the ship deck
Join us on an optional excursion to one of the most beautiful castles standing on the hills that line the Rhine River, Marksburg Castle. The only 13th-century cast...
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Discover local culture at a Home-Hosted meal
After breakfast, enjoy a walking tour of Speyer, a town founded by the Romans in approximately AD 50 that flourished during the Middle Ages. Unfortunately, much of Speyer was...
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Encounter beautiful views of Strasbourg
Early this morning, we dock in Strasbourg, France. This morning, you can enjoy a sightseeing tour by boat along Strasbourg's canals. Strategically important since ancient times, S...
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Explore the Alsatian Wine Road in France
This morning after breakfast onboard, you visit the spa town of Baden-Baden, nestled in the thick, deep green forests. Baden-Baden has been renowned for its thermal baths since R...
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Basel is Switzerland’s second-largest city—and one with a split personality. On the one hand, the city is dominated by giant, modern chemical concerns and pharmaceutical companies. On the other, a network of narrow alleys weav...
Meals: Breakfast
After breakfast, disembark in Basel and transfer to the airport for your flight home. Or, begin your optional extension to Lucerne, Switzerland.
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Dates & Availability
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The total tour cost includes the tour price (regular or promotional) and the compulsory local payment. The promotional price is subject to change. Check directly with the operator for the latest price offer. The tour operator requires you to pay only the tour price to purchase your travel. The compulsory local payment will be paid when you join the trip. All prices are based on double, twin or triple share occupancy. Solo passengers will be accommodated in a double, twin or triple room according to availability with a passenger(s) of the same gender. Single supplement only needs to be paid if the passenger does not want to share and requests their own room. Discounts can only be applied at the time of booking and cannot be added at a later date, regardless of any changes made to the original booking.
Prices may vary due to local taxes and trip seasonality. Click "Request Info" to inquire directly with the tour operator for the final trip price.

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Accommodation
Private Grand Circle River Ship All of our Rhine, Main & Danube river ships made Condé Nast Traveler’s “Top 40 River Cruise Ships in the World” 2014 Readers’ Poll. Custom-built for Grand Circle with our travelers’ needs in mind, your private river ship has a passenger capacity of 140-164, with all outside cabins. Complimentary wireless Internet access is available in select common areas, but connectivity is limited in certain locations. Your cabin features a flat-screen TV, direct-dial telephone, individual heating and air-conditioning controls, twin beds that convert to sofas, and private bath with shower and hair dryer.
Cancellation charges will be calculated as of the date we receive your cancellation. Cancellation charges and refunds shall be calculated in accordance with the terms of this Passenger Agreement. If you are due a refund, you first must return your air tickets and, if applicable, cruise tickets to Operator. Any applicable refunds will be returned to you in the manner in which payment was made, and processed within 30 days of receipt of your cancellation.
b) Processing Fee: All cancellations made later than twenty-one days after booking are subject to a non-refundable fee of $300 and additional cancellation charges per the schedule below. Cancellations made within 21 days after booking will be subject to the same fee, unless the reason for canceling given at the time of cancellation is your rejection of these Terms and Conditions prior to acceptance. This $300 fee reflects only Operator's costs of administering a reservation.
c) Cancellation Charges Generally: Unless otherwise stated next to the program’s rate chart, you will receive a refund equal to your Trip Price less the following per-person charges. Charges shown include the $300 administrative fee.
Cancellation Charges for River Cruises and Small Ships:
If Prior to departure is 121 days or more, then charge is $300
If Prior to departure is 120-90 days, then charge is 10% of selling price or $300—whichever is greater
If Prior to departure is 89-60 days, then charge is 40% of selling price
If Prior to departure is 59-30 days, then charge is 65% of selling price
If Prior to departure is 29 days–departure, then charge is 100% of selling price
iii. Cancellation Charges for Last Minute Bookings: Last Minute Bookings are defined as any booking at or inside 45 days prior to departure. Space is limited and all arrangements—cabin selection, hotel rooms, air carriers and routing, etc.—are subject to availability. Flights are contingent on confirmation by the airline(s); additional fees from the airline(s) may apply. If flights can be confirmed without additional fees from the airline(s), you are subject to the standard cancellation charges for your trip. If flights incur additional fees from the airline(s), you will be offered the choice of either paying the additional fees or cancelling your reservation for a full refund of your Trip Price plus any cost you paid for the Travel Protection Plan. If flights cannot be confirmed, you will be offered an alternative departure date or trip. If we are not able to agree upon a suitable alternative, you will be entitled to cancel your reservation and receive a full refund of your Trip Price plus any cost you paid for the Travel Protection Plan.
d) If you are a no-show, if you cancel your trip after the departure date, or if you leave a trip already in progress, you will not receive any refund for any unused portion of your trip.
e) If you reserved a double room and are sharing with a friend or family member, and that person cancels prior to departure, you may be subject to additional single supplement and travel protection fees.
14 Breakfasts, 14 Lunches and 14 Dinners
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