RIVER CRUISING
In Conclusion
Throughout the land and cruise portions of the trip, three outstanding tour guides accompanied us and provided for all arrangements and personally saw to the needs of every guest. Our final impression was that the
friends who recommended Tauck were spot on. The quality of service and dining, excellent guided tours, information provided aboard ship, special experiences and meals ashore, and all-inclusive pricing, as well as the overall attention to passenger needs, definitely set this cruise experience above the competition.
glass-blowing demonstrations, galley visits and organised card and board games. Our tour of Nuremberg included sites associated with World War II, including the Documentation Center for a pictorial review of the rise and fall of the Third Reich. There was a walking tour of the walled medieval Old Town and Kaiserberg Castle, as well as a typical Bavarian lunch at a local restaurant along with entertainment. Other excursions included similar combination of bus/walking tours of the major points of interest. What was special with Tauck tours – not available with many of the other river trips I have taken – were special events ashore enabling us to obtain a better feel for the country and its culture. They included: a visit to a typical pub for a beer and sausage-tasting in Bamberg;
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dinner in a wine cellar at the Residenz Palace with a wine tasting and entertain- ment in Wurzburg; an inland tour to the romantic town of Heidelberg, with a visit to Heidelberger Schloss, Germany’s oldest Gothic-Renaissance Castle, and lunch at a typical local restaurant; and another tour to the acclaimed Black Forest spa town of Baden-Baden with its luxury hotels and shops. Our tour terminated at the famous Casino, where Tauck arranged for a special party with champagne and hors d’oeuvres. Finally, we disembarked in the lovely
French town of Strasbourg, for two nights at the Sofitel Hotel. Our tours here included a canal ride and bus tour along The Alsatian Wine Road, with stops for lunch in the quaint town of Obernai, as well as wine, cheese and foie gras tastings.
FACT FILE Built:
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Passenger decks: Registry:
Itineraries: autumn,
Mediterranean, transatlantic; winter/spring, Caribbean, Panama Canal, World Cruise (110 nights, Los Angeles-Dover); summer, N Europe, Mediterranean.
More info: Call (in the US) 1800 788 7885 or visit
www.tauck.com.
Swiss Sapphire
2008 361ft 37ft 4ft
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