Maximum Elevation: 1,411 ft. At-A-Glance
8 Days aboard ms Swiss Jewel or ms Treasures
1 Arrive Vienna, Austria / Visit to Vienna Rathausplatz Christmas Market / Embark Riverboat / Captain’s Welcome Dinner
2 Vienna sightseeing / Schönbrunn Palace tour & Christmas Market visit
3 Awaken in Melk / Visit Melk Abbey / Continue cruising to Linz
4 Explore Linz or join an excursion to Salzburg for Christmas Market visit / Lunch at Stiftskeller St. Peter / Visit Linz Christmas Market
5 Arrive Passau / Gingerbread-making demonstration at Café Simon / Passau walking tour & Christmas Market visit
6 Visit to Regensburg Christmas Market / Exclusive visit to Thurn und Taxis Palace & private Christmas Market
7 Choice of Nürnberg sightseeing and free time to visit Christmas Market / Captain’s Farewell Dinner
8 Depart Nürnberg, Germany 6 ITALY
Vienna Images of St. Nicholas – with his devilish nemesis, Krampus – Advent wreaths, twinkling lights, roasting chestnuts, sausages and kartoffelpuffer (potato cakes), hot glühwein and fruity punsch... all signs of Christmastime in Vienna! Many Christkindlmarkts big and small grace Austria’s capital at yuletide, and you’ll explore two of the major ones. Magic’s in the air at the Wiener Christkindlmarkt on the Rathausplatz in front of the city hall, Vienna’s oldest and largest Christmas market... live music, tastefully lit trees, holiday arts and crafts, tempting treats and smiling faces are everywhere. And at opulent Schönbrunn Palace, you’ll tour rooms that the Habsburgs once lived in, and browse through lovely hand-blown glass ornaments, red Viennese hearts, Victorian-style sweets and other treasures in the palace’s own, equally impressive Christmas Market... guaranteed to warm your heart.
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Christmas Market on the Rathausplatz, Vienna
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