AMSTERDAM, HOLLAND (EMBARKATION)
Welcome to Holland.
Your Suite Ship® is Ready for Boarding.
Flights into Amsterdam must arrive by 3:30 pm.
Guests must be on board ship by 5 pm. Your day in Amsterdam is free to explore at your leisure.
You may choose to join a Guided Optional Excursion to beautiful Zaanse Schans where you’ll see a wonderful collection of wellpreserved historic windmills and Dutch houses.
Enjoy dinner and explore the ship on your rst night on board.
EVENING/OVERNIGHT CRUISE TO ROTTERDAM
Dinner
While we include your choice of many excursions on your trip, you may wish to explore other options to enhance your free time.
Below is a selection of excursions that may be available for purchase on your cruise.
Zaanse Schans & the Symbols of Holland
Tour a working windmill, watch wooden clogs being made, and visit a cheese farm on this exciting half-day guided excursion to Zaanse Schans!
ROTTERDAM
Dutch Treats and Flowers Sweet.
Visit the Adventure Center for today’s activities with your Adventure Host.
ACTIVE EXCURSION
Experience Rotterdam by foot with your Adventure Host, OR:
CLASSIC EXCURSION
Join a full- or half-day Guided Tour of breathtaking Keukenhof—known as the “Garden of Europe”—for its 70 acres of lush parkland, lakes, and the world’s largest ower gardens—with more than seven million tulips, daodils and hyacinths as well as other bulbs, planted each year.
Take some free time to relax on the harbor-side in Rotterdam with an artisan beer, a slice of appeltaart (Dutch apple pie), and a koe verkeerd, a typical Dutch drink with equal parts coee and milk. Take a bike from your ship to explore Rotterdam and the surrounding area.
Before dinner, enjoy a cruise through Rotterdam harbor. Later, enjoy live entertainment on board.
EVENING/OVERNIGHT CRUISE TO ANTWERP
Breakfast Lunch Dinner
ANTWERP, BELGIUM
Cathedrals, Carats and Crêpes
ACTIVE EXCURSION
Explore Antwerp by bike with your Adventure Host, OR:
CLASSIC EXCURSION
Take a Guided Tour of this sophisticated city to visit the central Grote Markt, lined with 16th-century guildhall houses.
You’ll also see the beautiful city hall, the Cathedral of Our Lady with its stunning altarpiece paintings by Rubens.
Alternatively, you may choose to join a Guided Optional Excursion to the nearby capital, Brussels—considered home to the European Union, and admire its magnicent palaces and cathedrals. You might prefer to take time on your own to indulge in Antwerp’s signature Belgian waes and crêpes—or explore this bikefriendly city from its old wharfs to its legendary diamond district.
EVENING/OVERNIGHT CRUISE TO GHENT
Breakfast Lunch Dinner
While we include your choice of many excursions on your trip, you may wish to explore other options to enhance your free time.
Below is a selection of excursions that may be available for purchase on your cruise.
Brussels: Europe’s Secret Capital
Discover Brussels, the “Unocial Capital of Europe”, on this guided sightseeing tour featuring Grand’Place, one of Europe’s most dramatic medieval squares; the impressive guild houses; 15th-century Hôtel de Ville; and the tiny yet world-famous stat…
GHENT
Medieval Masterpieces and Flemish Finery
ACTIVE EXCURSION
Explore a dierent side of Ghent by bike with your Adventure Host, OR:
CLASSIC EXCURSION
Explore Ghent—“e Diamond of Flanders”—with a Guided Sightseeing Tour of this showcase of medieval Flemish wealth. You’ll visit St.Bavo’s Cathedral—with its remarkable Flemish artwork.
Alternatively, you may choose to join a full-day Guided Optional Excursion of Bruges to explore its canals, cobbled streets, and medieval buildings. You’ll see its crisscrossed canals, the 13th-century belfry of Market Square, and charming patrician houses.
You won’t miss the opportunity to explore Ghent since this Optional Excursion ends with an orientation walk of the “Diamond of Flanders.” Later, enjoy live entertainment on board.
EVENING/OVERNIGHT CRUISE TO MIDDELBURG
Breakfast Lunch Dinner
While we include your choice of many excursions on your trip, you may wish to explore other options to enhance your free time. Below is a selection of excursions that may be available for purchase on your cruise.
Bruges, Venice of the North with Ghent orientation walk – Full day
Discover medieval Bruges, one of Belgium’s true crown jewels, on this captivating full-day guided walking tour and canal cruise.
Conclude the experience with an orientation walk of Ghent, the “Diamond of Flanders”.
8h 30m Price Range: $$
Sights, Bites & Delights of Ghent
The treasures of Ghent await on this exciting excursion featuring a canal cruise through the Old Town, and tastings of authentic Belgian beer and delectable chocolate at a family-run chocolaterie!
3h 30m Price Range: $$
MIDDELBURG, HOLLAND – VEERE
A Spicy History in Middelburg’s Dutch Harbor Town Join your Adventure Host for today’s special activities.
CLASSIC EXCURSION
Join a Guided Walking Tour through the winding cobblestones and canals of Middelburg. See the 15th-century Gothic Town Hall and learn about its important role in the spice trade and Dutch East India trading.
Spend some free time biking or walking through Middelburg to sample Babbelaar cookies, fries, or beer before cruising to Veere.
During lunchtime enjoy a short sailing from Middelburg to Veere.
ACTIVE EXCURSION
Alternatively bike from Middelburg to Veere with your Adventure Host.
VEERE
History and Scottish Houses
CLASSIC EXCURSION
Join a Guided Walking Tour of Veere—a delightful historic town full of interesting sights dating back to the 15th and 16th centuries.
Immerse yourself in its rich heritage, explore charming streets, and uncover hidden gems.
EVENING/OVERNIGHT CRUISE TO WILLEMSTAD
Breakfast Lunch Dinner
WILLEMSTAD
Willemstad’s Windmills and Historic Harbor
ACTIVE EXCURSION
See Willemstad by bike with your Adventure Host, OR:
CLASSIC EXCURSION
Join a Guided Walking Tour of Willemstad and discover its many beautifully restored buildings from the 17th and 18th Century.
DISCOVERY EXCURSION
Later, enjoy a Cheese Tasting on board as you prepare to sail to Amsterdam.
AFTERNOON/OVERNIGHT CRUISE TO AMSTERDAM
Breakfast Lunch Dinner
AMSTERDAM
Canals of Colorful Amsterdam
ACTIVE EXCURSION
Start your day joining your Adventure Host on an early morning walk in Amsterdam, OR:
DISCOVERY EXCURSION
Discover Aalsmeer Flower Auction—the largest in the world, where around 20 million owers are sold every day. Later enjoy a typical Dutch breakfast, OR:
DISCOVERY EXCURSION
Discover the true beauty of Amsterdam with an o-the-beaten-path Guided Walking Tour through its cobblestone streets for a captivating look at this legendary city, OR:
CLASSIC EXCURSION
Explore the iconic waterways of Amsterdam on a Guided Canal Cruise past stately homes of Amsterdam’s “Golden Age.” is afternoon choose among the many Guided Optional Excursions available.
Take some free time to explore Amsterdam’s colorful streets and canal houses, galleries, and shops.
OVERNIGHT DOCKING IN AMSTERDAM
Breakfast Lunch Dinner
While we include your choice of many excursions on your trip, you may wish to explore other options to enhance your free time. Below is a selection of excursions that may be available for purchase on your cruise.
Medieval Muiderslot Castle
From Golden Age paintings to 13th-century arms and armor, discover the wonders of Muiderslot Castle, one of Holland’s most beautiful medieval castle fortresses, on this captivating half-day guided tour.
4h 0m Price Range: $$
Bites & Highlights of Amsterdam
Discover Amsterdam’s charming Jordaan district, and taste the authentic foods the locals know and love on this enjoyable guided foodie walking tour.
3h 30m Price Range: $$
AMSTERDAM (DISEMBARKATION)
Your cruise ends with breakfast this morning.
Breakfast
Javakade 766
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SuperiorFirst-Class Hotel as shown or similar
A unique sustainable hotel in Amsterdam, where two worlds connect. At the former location where ships left for Jakarta, lies a green oasis in the centre of the city. Hotel oers 200 luxurious rooms with a Indonesian inuenced style. Enjoy breakfast, lunch and dinner at Café Jakarta or get a drink at the Malabar. Be pampered in luxury and relax in our wellness and swimming pool with views towards the river IJ.
Piet Heinkade 11
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SuperiorFirst-Class Hotel as shown or similar
A stylish 408-room hotel in the perfect location, this waterfront property oers Free Wi-Fi internet access throughout. e chic restaurant serves creative international cuisine and there is a fabulous bar serving drinks and light snacks which is also a great spot for a nightcap. For relaxation there is a Lifestyle Studio featuring a gym, Finnish sauna, bio sauna & ice fountain.
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