Europe's Rivers & Castles -Luxembourg to Nuremberg Cruise

Day 1 - Luxembourg

Arrive: Tue 13 September 2022 / Depart: Tue 13 September 2022

Luxembourg is a small European country, surrounded by Belgium, France and Germany. It’s mostly rural, with dense Ardennes forest and nature parks in the north, rocky gorges of the Mullerthal region in the east and the Moselle river valley in the southeast. Its capital, Luxembourg City, is famed for its fortified medieval old town perched on sheer cliffs.

Day 2 - Schweich, Germany

Arrive: Wed 14 September 2022 / Depart: Wed 14 September 2022

Schweich is a town in the Trier-Saarburg district, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It is situated on the river Moselle, approx. 10 km northeast of Trier. Schweich is the seat of the Verbandsgemeinde Schweich an der Römischen Weinstraße

Day 2 - Trier

Arrive: Wed 14 September 2022 / Depart: Wed 14 September 2022

Trier is a southwestern German city in the Moselle wine region, near the Luxembourg border. Founded by the Romans, it contains several well-preserved Roman structures like the Porta Nigra gate, the ruins of Roman baths, an amphitheater just outside the center and a stone bridge over the Moselle River. The Archaeological Museum displays Roman artifacts. Among Trier’s many Catholic churches is Trier Cathedral.

Day 2 - Bernkastel

Arrive: Wed 14 September 2022 / Depart: Wed 14 September 2022

Bernkastel-Kues is a town on the Middle Moselle in the Bernkastel-Wittlich district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It is a well-known winegrowing centre.

Day 3 - Alken

Arrive: Thu 15 September 2022 / Depart: Thu 15 September 2022

Alken is a municipality in the district of Mayen-Koblenz in Rhineland-Palatinate, western Germany. Above the village on a hill spur stand the ruins of Thurant Castle.

Day 3 - Cochem

Arrive: Thu 15 September 2022 / Depart: Thu 15 September 2022

Cochem is the seat of and the biggest town in the Cochem-Zell district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. With just over 5,000 inhabitants, Cochem falls just behind Kusel, in the Kusel district, as Germany's second smallest district seat. Since 7 June 2009, it has belonged to the Verbandsgemeinde of Cochem.

Day 3 - Rudesheim

Arrive: Thu 15 September 2022

Rüdesheim am Rhein is a town in the Rhine Valley, Germany. It’s known for winemaking, especially of Riesling wines. In the center, Drosselgasse is a lane lined with shops, taverns and restaurants. Nearby, Siegfried’s Mechanical Music Cabinet is a museum of automated musical instruments. Medieval Brömserburg Castle is home to the Rheingau Wine Museum, exhibiting wine paraphernalia from ancient times to the present.

Day 4 - Rudesheim

Depart: Fri 16 September 2022

Rüdesheim am Rhein is a town in the Rhine Valley, Germany. It’s known for winemaking, especially of Riesling wines. In the center, Drosselgasse is a lane lined with shops, taverns and restaurants. Nearby, Siegfried’s Mechanical Music Cabinet is a museum of automated musical instruments. Medieval Brömserburg Castle is home to the Rheingau Wine Museum, exhibiting wine paraphernalia from ancient times to the present.

Day 5 - Wertheim, Austria

Arrive: Sat 17 September 2022 / Depart: Sat 17 September 2022

Wertheim is a town in southwestern Germany, in the state of Baden-Württemberg with a population of around 23,400. It is located on the confluence of the rivers Tauber and Main. Wertheim is best known for its landmark castle and medieval town centre.

Day 6 - Wurzburg

Arrive: Sun 18 September 2022 / Depart: Sun 18 September 2022

Würzburg is a city in Germany's Bavaria region. It's known for lavish baroque and rococo architecture, particularly the 18th-century Residenz palace, with ornate rooms, a huge fresco by Venetian artist Tiepolo and an elaborate staircase. Home to numerous wine bars, cellars and wineries, Würzburg is the center of the Franconian wine country, with its distinctive bocksbeutel

Day 7 - Eltmann

Day 8 - Nuremberg

Arrive: Tue 20 September 2022 / Depart: Tue 20 September 2022

Nuremberg is the largest city of the German federal state of Bavaria after its capital Munich, and its 518,370 inhabitants make it the 14th-largest city in Germany.