10-Night Europe Cruise from Berlin

1. Day

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     Berlin

     Germany's capital, a sprawling city on the river Spree. Once divided by its wall, it keeps the Brandenburg Gate, Museum Island and remnants of the Cold War alongside a renowned arts and nightlife scene reached on cruise extensions to the interior.

     • Brandenburg Gate
     • Museum Island
     • Berlin Wall remnants
2. Day

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     Berlin

     Germany's capital, a sprawling city on the river Spree. Once divided by its wall, it keeps the Brandenburg Gate, Museum Island and remnants of the Cold War alongside a renowned arts and nightlife scene reached on cruise extensions to the interior.

     • Brandenburg Gate
     • Museum Island
     • Berlin Wall remnants
3. Day

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     Berlin

     Germany's capital, a sprawling city on the river Spree. Once divided by its wall, it keeps the Brandenburg Gate, Museum Island and remnants of the Cold War alongside a renowned arts and nightlife scene reached on cruise extensions to the interior.

     • Brandenburg Gate
     • Museum Island
     • Berlin Wall remnants
4. Day

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     Berlin

     Germany's capital, a sprawling city on the river Spree. Once divided by its wall, it keeps the Brandenburg Gate, Museum Island and remnants of the Cold War alongside a renowned arts and nightlife scene reached on cruise extensions to the interior.

     • Brandenburg Gate
     • Museum Island
     • Berlin Wall remnants
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     Frankfurt

     Germany's financial capital on the river Main, a skyline of glass towers that locals nickname Mainhattan. River cruises along the Main and Rhine often begin here, with the reconstructed half-timbered Römer square and a cluster of riverside museums close to the old centre.

     • Römer square
     • Museumsufer
     • Main riverfront
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     Mainz

     A city on the Rhine in western Germany, where the river meets the Main. It is the birthplace of Gutenberg and movable-type printing, with a Romanesque red sandstone cathedral and a market square at the heart of the old town.

     • Mainz Cathedral
     • Gutenberg Museum
     • Old town market
5. Day

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     Rüdesheim

     A small wine town on the Rhine, set where the river enters its dramatic gorge. River ships call here for the half-timbered lanes of the Drosselgasse, the vineyards of the Rheingau and the cable car up to the Niederwald monument above.

     • Drosselgasse
     • Rheingau vineyards
     • Niederwald monument
6. Day

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     Koblenz

     A German city at the meeting of the Rhine and Moselle rivers, the point known as the Deutsches Eck or 'German Corner'. A cable car climbs from the headland to the Ehrenbreitstein fortress, and the town marks the northern end of the Rhine Gorge.

     • Deutsches Eck
     • Ehrenbreitstein Fortress
     • Rhine cable car
7. Day

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     Mannheim

     A city in southwest Germany where the Neckar meets the Rhine, laid out on a grid of numbered blocks rather than street names. The baroque palace is among Europe's largest, and the water tower anchors a green boulevard through the centre.

     • Mannheim Palace
     • Wasserturm
     • Squares grid
8. Day

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     Rastatt

9. Day

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     Strasbourg

     The capital of France's Alsace, set on the Rhine close to the German border. Its Grande Île old town centres on a soaring pink-sandstone cathedral and the canal-laced lanes of Petite France, while the modern European Parliament sits across the city.

     • Strasbourg Cathedral
     • Petite France
     • European Parliament
10. Day

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      Breisach

      A small town on the Rhine at the edge of Germany's Kaiserstuhl wine country, just across the river from France's Alsace. It is crowned by the St. Stephan minster on its hilltop and serves as the river gateway to Freiburg and the southern Black Forest.

      • St. Stephan minster
      • Kaiserstuhl vineyards
      • Black Forest gateway
11. Day

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      Basel

      A Swiss city on the Rhine where Switzerland, France and Germany meet, and a common starting point for Rhine cruises. Its old town climbs from the river to a red sandstone cathedral and a medieval market square ringed by guild houses.

      • Basel Münster
      • Old town
      • Rhine starting point
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      Zurich

      Switzerland's largest city, set at the north end of Lake Zurich where the Limmat River flows out. Zurich is known for the Old Town's medieval lanes, the Bahnhofstrasse shopping street, and the twin towers of the Grossmünster church.

      • Bahnhofstrasse
      • Grossmünster
      • Lake Zurich

• 8 Jul 2027
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• 13 Aug 2027
• 3 Sep 2027
• 3 Sep 2027
• 5 Sep 2027

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