Unforgettable Douro - Porto to Amsterdam Cruise

Day 1 - Porto, Portugal

Arrive: Fri 04 October 2024

Porto is a coastal city in northwest Portugal known for its stately bridges and port wine production. In the medieval Ribeira (riverside) district, narrow cobbled streets wind past merchants’ houses and cafes. São Francisco Church is known for its lavish baroque interior with ornate gilded carvings. The palatial 19th-century Palácio de Bolsa, formerly a stock market, was built to impress potential European investors.

Day 2 - Porto, Portugal

Depart: Sat 05 October 2024

Porto is a coastal city in northwest Portugal known for its stately bridges and port wine production. In the medieval Ribeira (riverside) district, narrow cobbled streets wind past merchants’ houses and cafes. São Francisco Church is known for its lavish baroque interior with ornate gilded carvings. The palatial 19th-century Palácio de Bolsa, formerly a stock market, was built to impress potential European investors.

Day 3 - Entre-Os-Rios, Portugal

Arrive: Sun 06 October 2024 / Depart: Sun 06 October 2024

Day 4 - Regua

Arrive: Mon 07 October 2024

Peso da Régua commonly known as Régua, is a municipality in northern Portugal, in the district of Vila Real.

Day 5 - Regua

Depart: Tue 08 October 2024

Peso da Régua commonly known as Régua, is a municipality in northern Portugal, in the district of Vila Real.

Day 5 - Vega de Terron

Arrive: Tue 08 October 2024

Day 6 - Vega de Terron

Depart: Wed 09 October 2024

Day 6 - Salamanca

Arrive: Wed 09 October 2024 / Depart: Wed 09 October 2024

Salamanca, in northwestern Spain, is the capital of Salamanca province, part of the Castile and León region. With a history dating back to the Celtic era, it’s known for its ornate sandstone architecture and for the Universidad de Salamanca. Founded in the 1100s and a key intellectual center in the 15th-16th centuries, the university continues to add to the city’s vibrancy with its international student population.

Day 7 - Pocinho, Portugal

Arrive: Thu 10 October 2024 / Depart: Thu 10 October 2024

Pocinho is a village in northern Portugal, located in the Vila Nova de Foz Côa Municipality. The Pocinho Dam and the River Douro are nearby. Pocinho railway station is the eastern terminus of the Douro railway line; the community developed with the arrival of the railway in 1887.

Day 7 - Pinhao, Portugal

Arrive: Thu 10 October 2024

Pinhão, Paraná is a municipality in the state of Paraná in the Southern Region of Brazil.

Day 8 - Pinhao, Portugal

Pinhão, Paraná is a municipality in the state of Paraná in the Southern Region of Brazil.

Day 9 - Pinhao, Portugal

Depart: Sat 12 October 2024

Pinhão, Paraná is a municipality in the state of Paraná in the Southern Region of Brazil.

Day 9 - Porto, Portugal

Arrive: Sat 12 October 2024

Porto is a coastal city in northwest Portugal known for its stately bridges and port wine production. In the medieval Ribeira (riverside) district, narrow cobbled streets wind past merchants’ houses and cafes. São Francisco Church is known for its lavish baroque interior with ornate gilded carvings. The palatial 19th-century Palácio de Bolsa, formerly a stock market, was built to impress potential European investors.

Day 10 - Porto, Portugal

Porto is a coastal city in northwest Portugal known for its stately bridges and port wine production. In the medieval Ribeira (riverside) district, narrow cobbled streets wind past merchants’ houses and cafes. São Francisco Church is known for its lavish baroque interior with ornate gilded carvings. The palatial 19th-century Palácio de Bolsa, formerly a stock market, was built to impress potential European investors.

Day 11 - Porto, Portugal

Depart: Mon 14 October 2024

Porto is a coastal city in northwest Portugal known for its stately bridges and port wine production. In the medieval Ribeira (riverside) district, narrow cobbled streets wind past merchants’ houses and cafes. São Francisco Church is known for its lavish baroque interior with ornate gilded carvings. The palatial 19th-century Palácio de Bolsa, formerly a stock market, was built to impress potential European investors.

Day 11 - Zurich

Arrive: Mon 14 October 2024 / Depart: Mon 14 October 2024

The city of Zurich, a global center for banking and finance, lies at the north end of Lake Zurich in northern Switzerland. The picturesque lanes of the central Altstadt (Old Town), on either side of the Limmat River, reflect its pre-medieval history. Waterfront promenades like the Limmatquai follow the river toward the 17th-century Rathaus (town hall).

Day 12 - Breisach

Arrive: Tue 15 October 2024 / Depart: Tue 15 October 2024

Breisach is a town with approximately 16,500 inhabitants, situated along the Rhine in the Rhine Valley, in the district Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald, Baden-Württemberg, Germany, about halfway between Freiburg and Colmar — 20 kilometres away from each — and about 60 kilometres north of Basel near the Kaiserstuhl.

Day 13 - Kehl

Arrive: Wed 16 October 2024 / Depart: Wed 16 October 2024

Kehl is a town in southwestern Germany in the Ortenaukreis, Baden-Württemberg. It is located on the river Rhine, directly opposite the French city of Strasbourg.

Day 13 - Strasbourg

Arrive: Wed 16 October 2024 / Depart: Wed 16 October 2024

Strasbourg is the capital city of the Grand Est region, formerly Alsace, in northeastern France. It's also the formal seat of the European Parliament and sits near the German border, with culture and architecture blending German and French influences. Its Gothic Cathédrale Notre-Dame features daily shows from its astronomical clock and sweeping views of the Rhine River from partway up its 142m spire.

Day 14 - Mannheim

Arrive: Thu 17 October 2024 / Depart: Thu 17 October 2024

Mannheim is a city in southwest Germany, on the Rhine and Neckar rivers. The baroque 18th-century Mannheim Palace houses historical exhibits, plus the University of Mannheim. In the grid-like center, called the Quadrate, Marktplatz Square features a baroque fountain with statues. Planken shopping street leads southeast to the Romanesque Water Tower, in the art nouveau gardens of Friedrichsplatz.

Day 15 - Rhine Gorge

Arrive: Fri 18 October 2024 / Depart: Fri 18 October 2024

The Rhine Gorge is a popular name for the Upper Middle Rhine Valley, a 65 km section of the Rhine between Koblenz and Bingen in the states of Rhineland-Palatinate and Hesse in Germany.

Day 15 - Rudesheim

Arrive: Fri 18 October 2024 / Depart: Fri 18 October 2024

Rüdesheim am Rhein is a town in the Rhine Valley, Germany. It’s known for winemaking, especially of Riesling wines. In the center, Drosselgasse is a lane lined with shops, taverns and restaurants. Nearby, Siegfried’s Mechanical Music Cabinet is a museum of automated musical instruments. Medieval Brömserburg Castle is home to the Rheingau Wine Museum, exhibiting wine paraphernalia from ancient times to the present.

Day 16 - Cochem

Arrive: Sat 19 October 2024 / Depart: Sat 19 October 2024

Cochem is the seat of and the biggest town in the Cochem-Zell district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. With just over 5,000 inhabitants, Cochem falls just behind Kusel, in the Kusel district, as Germany's second smallest district seat. Since 7 June 2009, it has belonged to the Verbandsgemeinde of Cochem.

Day 17 - Bernkastel

Arrive: Sun 20 October 2024 / Depart: Sun 20 October 2024

Bernkastel-Kues is a town on the Middle Moselle in the Bernkastel-Wittlich district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It is a well-known winegrowing centre.

Day 18 - Moselle Valley Cruising

Day 19 - Koblenz

Arrive: Tue 22 October 2024 / Depart: Tue 22 October 2024

Koblenz, spelled Coblenz before 1926, is a German city on the banks of the Rhine and of the Moselle, a multi-nation tributary. Koblenz was established as a Roman military post by Drusus around 8 B.C. Its name originates from the Latin c?nfluent?s, meaning " confluence".

Day 20 - Dusseldorf

Arrive: Wed 23 October 2024 / Depart: Wed 23 October 2024

Düsseldorf is a city in western Germany known for its fashion industry and art scene. It's divided by the Rhine River, with its Altstadt (Old Town) on the east bank and modern commercial areas to the west. In the Altstadt, St. Lambertus Church and Schlossturm (Castle Tower) both date to the 13th century. Streets such as Königsallee and Schadowstrasse are lined with boutique shops.

Day 21 - Arnhem

Arrive: Thu 24 October 2024 / Depart: Thu 24 October 2024

Arnhem is a city and municipality situated in the eastern part of the Netherlands. It is the capital of the province of Gelderland and located on both banks of the rivers Nederrijn and Sint-Jansbeek, which was the source of the city's development.

Day 22 - Antwerp

Arrive: Fri 25 October 2024 / Depart: Fri 25 October 2024

Antwerp is a port city on Belgium’s River Scheldt, with history dating to the Middle Ages. In its center, the centuries-old Diamond District houses thousands of diamond traders, cutters and polishers. Antwerp’s Flemish Renaissance architecture is typified by the Grote Markt, a central square in the old town. At the 17th-century Rubens House, period rooms display works by the Flemish Baroque painter Peter Paul Rubens.

Day 23 - Veere

Arrive: Sat 26 October 2024 / Depart: Sat 26 October 2024

Veere

Day 24 - Utrecht

Arrive: Sun 27 October 2024 / Depart: Sun 27 October 2024

Day 25 - Amsterdam

Arrive: Mon 28 October 2024 / Depart: Mon 28 October 2024

Amsterdam is the Netherlands’ capital, known for its artistic heritage, elaborate canal system and narrow houses with gabled facades, legacies of the city’s 17th-century Golden Age. Its Museum District houses the Van Gogh Museum, works by Rembrandt and Vermeer at the Rijksmuseum, and modern art at the Stedelijk. Cycling is key to the city’s character, and there are numerous bike paths.