TAUCK VALUE INCLUDES:
• Gratuities to ship staff, drivers, local guides, Tauck Directors and Tauck Cruise Director
• All private Tauck shore excursions – $720 Value!
• Overnight stay in Brussels at the 5-star Hotel Amigo, centrally located in the heart of the city
• A Tauck Exclusive: Interactive culinary experience at Château Neercanne, a UNESCO World Heritage Site
• Visits to Keukenhof Gardens, the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam, and Museum Het Valkhof in Nijmegen; and a scenic luncheon canal cruise in Amsterdam
• A cheese-making demonstration and a visit to a 17th-century windmill museum in the Alkmaar region
River cruising is all about the cultural connections ashore, whether exploring places like the Grote Markt in Nijmegen (above) or learning all about Dutch cheese at a demonstration on the Zeezicht cheese farm
• Visits to the World War II Airborne Museum in Oosterbeek, or Arnhem’s Kröller-Müller Museum
• A poignant visit to the Netherlands American Cemetery • Airport transfers upon arrival and departure as noted
• 25 meals (9 breakfasts, 7 lunches, 9 dinners); wine with dinner on the riverboat; service charges, taxes, porterage, and applicable fuel surcharges
1. ARRIVE AMSTERDAM
Tour begins: 4:00 PM, Amsterdam, Netherlands. A transfer is included
from Schiphol Airport to your riverboat. Settle into your cabin and join us for a Dutch Gin tasting this evening that is sure to whet your thirst for a fun-filled Tauck river cruise from Holland to Belgium. Meet your fellow travelers at our welcome dinner tonight. Meals D
2. DISCOVER AMSTERDAM / KEUKENHOF
Begin your day with an excursion to Keukenhof Gardens in Lisse, where millions of tulips, daffodils and hyacinths are in various stages of bloom at this time of the year. Back in Amsterdam, enjoy a luncheon cruise along the city’s tree-lined canals, then visit the Rijksmuseum, one of the world’s most beloved museums. Your expert guide will share fascinating insights about the world-famous art you will see here, including Rembrandt’s The Night Watch, as well as paintings by the Old Dutch Masters Jan Vermeer, Frans Hals, and Jan Steen. More than 400 17th-century masterpieces are on display in the museum, along with a wealth of antique Delftware and silver. Your riverboat charts a course for Hoorn tonight. Meals BLD
3. HOORN / ALKMAAR / ENKHUIZEN
A typical Zuiderzee port village, Hoorn was once a prosperous 17th-century sea-trading port and capital of West Friesland. Today it is the center of the Netherlands’ farming region. Discover its history, past and present, on a guided walking tour or journey with us to
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the Alkmaar region in the Schermer polder. There you will visit the 17th-century Schermer Museum Windmill for a look at how windmills created the polder, then it’s on to the family-owned Zeezicht cheese farm for an interactive cheese-making demonstration. Your riverboat continues on to Enkhuizen. The former center of herring fishing, this pretty town is laced with canals and historic buildings including the open-air Zuiderzee Museum, recreating life in a Zuiderzee (south sea) fishing village between the 1880s and the 1930s. Dock in Kampen tonight. Meals BLD
4. AIRBORNE MUSEUM / DE HOGE VELUWE
On-board commentary by your Tauck Director enriches your cruise down the Lek and the Neder Rijn to Zutphen, where you’ll disembark for a choice of sightseeing in Arnhem or De Hoge Veluwe National Park. Arnhem made headlines in World War II when its strategic bridge over the Lower Rhine became the target of a massive airborne assault. Tour the battlegrounds and see the “John Frost Bridge” before visiting the Airborne Museum. Or, travel to nearby De Hoge Veluwe National Park. The largest nature reserve in the Netherlands, it is home to scenic forests, drifting sand dunes, grassy plains, deer and wild boar – and the Kröller-Müller Museum (subject to weekly closures). Inside you will find over 275 works by Vincent van Gogh, including the famous Café Terrace in Arles; outside, a sculpture garden hosts works by Rodin and other renowned artists. Rejoin your riverboat in Arnhem early this evening and listen to classical music by La Strada as the ship cruises to ancient Nijmegen. Meals BLD
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