facilities include whirlpools, waterfalls, counter-current pools, massage jets, and pools of warm water sourced from natural springs. Add in a sauna complex with both hot and cold rooms (some wellness treatments are at additional cost) and you’ll feel like a million bucks at the end of your visit. If spas don’t interest you, choose to take a walking tour of Baden-Baden with a local guide. You’ll discover a charming town popular in the 19th-century among society types and celebrities who were drawn here to take the waters, attend the horse races, and visit the casino. Tolstoy, for instance, set part of Anna Karenina here. Enjoy free time in town before heading back to your riverboat, where an onboard performance awaits. Meals BLD
A TAUCK EXCLUSIVE EVENING
AT EHRESHOVEN CASTLE Built in the 14th century and later expanded in the grand style of a Baroque manor house, the Schloss Ehreshoven is surrounded by a moat, gracious 18th-century French gardens, and a castle park. The castle – today a charitable foundation and home for retired nuns – is frequently used as a film location... It provides an elegant setting for our Tauck Exclusive cocktail reception and dinner, with entertainment, that caps off our day in Köln.
7. MT. PILATUS OR WINE TASTING / BASEL Welcome to Switzerland! Mountain scenery, shimmering Lake Lucerne, and forests and meadows are in store for you today if you choose to come along on our excursion to Lucerne. In this “city of lights,” you’ll see its landmark sights: the Kapellbrücke – Chapel Bridge – a covered wooden footbridge crossing the Reuss River that dates back to the 1330s; an octagonal Water Tower once used as a prison; and lovely squares, like the Kornmarkt, Weinmarkt and Hirschenplatz. In Altstadt Lucerne, narrow cobblestone lanes lead to town squares lined with houses painted with frescoes. From town, you’ll ascend to the heights of Mt. Pilatus on the world’s steepest cogwheel train ride, climbing nearly 7,000 feet from Kriens at the edge
PROST! Centuries of brewing
tradition lie behind the clean, subtle taste of a Kölsch, the beer brewed only in Köln and served in tall, narrow glasses, by a köbe, a waiter wearing a long, blue apron and a leather money
pouch. Moderately alcoholic, it’s said to be a beer meant to be drunk quickly, which is why glasses will keep coming until you tell him to stop! It’s a Köln tradition – so lift your glass and wish your fellow travelers, prost!
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Ascend Mt. Pilatus by cogwheel train – and soak up the incredible views
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