Summary
Step aboard your Avalon Suite Ship® festively decorated and beautifully dressed in Christmas colors of the season. Embark on this festive Christmastime river cruise from Switzerland to Austria. Experience the holiday season like never before, from the beauty of the Black Forest to the glistening lights of Strasbourg’s Christmas markets. Discover traditions and tastes that warm the heart. With views like no other, your Avalon Suite Ship® is decked out for the holidays, brimming in holiday spirit. See the shining stalls with crafts, cuisine, and curios come alive with music, peace, and merriment. Visit glowing German Christkindlesmarkt stalls as you cruise on the Rhine and Main Rivers from Heidelberg to Passau—and quaint villages in between. Continue in the holiday glow in Austria to visit the magnificent Benedictine Abbey in Melk, then spectacular Vienna for a tour through the Christmas markets to get a taste of all the best flavors Austria offers during this sparkling time of year on the Danube River. A perfect ending to a festive river cruise showing you some of the best that Germany and Austria have to offer this time of year!
Short Itinerary / Route
- Day 1
- Basel, Switzerland
- Day 2
- Breisach, Germany. Excursion To Black Forest
- Day 3
- Strasbourg, France
- Day 4
- Speyer, Germany. Heidelberg Excursion
- Day 5
- Frankfurt. Excursion To Rudesheim
- Day 6
- Main River Village
- Day 7
- Würzburg
- Day 8
- Bamberg
- Day 9
- Nuremberg
- Day 10
- Nuremberg
- Day 11
- Nuremberg
- Day 12
- Regensburg
- Day 13
- Passau
- Day 14
- Melk, Austria
- Day 15
- Vienna
- Day 16
- Vienna
Countries (4): Austria, France, Germany, Switzerland
Travel Cities (17): Bamberg, Basel, Breisach, Colmar, Frankfurt am Main, Heidelberg, Linz, Munich, Nuremberg, Passau, Regensburg, Rothenburg ob der Tauber, Rüdesheim, Salzburg, Strasbourg, Vienna, Zurich