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Spreading along the banks of Europe’s great rivers like a brilliant blanket, autumn brings with it more than just the vivid red, orange and gold hues that transform the countryside through which the Rhine, Danube, Main and Moselle flow, dotted with castles, monasteries and vineyards. Autumn in these parts is a time of festivals, celebrating the bounty of the harvest and the creation of new vintages. There are wine festivals galore, where federweisser – fermented, freshly pressed grape juice – is traditionally paired with zweibelkuchen, a tasty onion tart. Between July and October, historic cities like Trier, Bonn, Rüdesheim, Koblenz, Boppard and a host of smaller villages and towns come alive with harbor festivals, music festivals, balloon festivals, culture festivals, farmers and craftsmens markets... and the “Rhine in Flames,” a unique German tradition where communities large and small along the Rhine and Moselle erupt in dramatic nighttime pyrotechnic displays of fire and light.


by Riverboat Romantic treasures of the Rhine, Main, and Danube rivers are waiting to be discovered on Tauck’s riverboat cruise from Amsterdam to Budapest aboard ms Swiss Jewel, ms Swiss Sapphire or ms Treasures. Wind your way through five countries – Germany, Austria, Slovakia, Hungary, and the Netherlands... where castles, monasteries, cathedrals and vineyards are strung like jewels along threads of waterways... like the neo-Gothic Parliament Building in Budapest, teeming with spires and arches... majestic residences of Vienna, where you can choose between visits to the Hofburg, once the Hapsburgs’ Imperial Palace and now Austria’s presidential residence, or Schönbrunn Palace – and a private palace where you’ll attend an exclusive Imperial Evening complete with a magnificent dinner, classical music and a little opera. Discover the Baroque architecture of Bratislava... charming Dürnstein and the fertile wine country of the Wachau Valley... 900-year-old Melk Abbey, rich in frescoes and early manuscripts... ancient Nürnberg, with its medieval “old town” and sites associated with World War II... soaring Kölner Dom (Cologne Cathedral) in Köln, the tallest Gothic structure in the world... the canals of Amsterdam and the art treasures of the Rijksmuseum. Cruising to all this aboard Tauck’s riverboats, with their intimate, club-like atmosphere, regional cuisine and onboard cultural entertainment, makes treasure hunting a pleasure.


NETHERLANDS Amsterdam Nijmegen Köln


BELGIUM LUX.


Koblenz Rüdesheim FRANCE Würzburg


Miltenberg Marksburg


Castle Lohr


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Rothenburg


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Bamberg Nürnberg


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Dürnstein Vienna


Bratislava Budapest HUNGARY GERMANY Maximum Elevation: 1,332 ft. POLAND 26


Amsterdam to Budapest


15 DAYS FROM $5,990* (14 Breakfasts, 13 Lunches & 14 Dinners)


BEGINS AMSTERDAM OR BUDAPEST PRICE PER PERSON (DOUBLE) Category 1 double price per person Jul 17* $5990


Jul 31 $5990 Aug 28* $6590


Jul 31 $7290 Aug 28* $7890


Sep 11 $6790 Oct 9* $6590 Oct 23 $5990


Category 3 double price per person Jul 17* $7290


Sep 11 $8090 Oct 9* $7890


Oct 23 $7290 = Sold Out


Special Single Savings – $1000 per cabin – on Aug 28 & Oct 23 departures. Certain restrictions apply; ask at time of booking.


*Airfare is additional. Go to www.tauck.com for space availability and day-by-day itinerary; cruise


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