Festive Cruising the Rhine

Your Holiday Includes

Just You Holiday Director

Return rail travel from London St Pancras on the Eurostar to Brussels

Overseas transfers, other transportation and porterage

3 nights onboard Nicko cruises - Rhein Symphonie

8 included meals 3 breakfasts, 2 lunches and 3 dinners

Unlimited drinks package*

All gratuities and WIFI onboard

All port fees

Itinerary

Day 1 London - Brussels - Cologne

Make your own way to London St Pancras for the Eurostar to Brussels. On arrival, we will transfer by coach to Cologne, where you will have time at the Christmas Markets before joining your Nicko Cruises ship. After time to settle into your cabin, meet your travelling companions over a welcome drink prior to dinner onboard. Meals included: D

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Day 2 Rüdesheim

We'll start the day with a leisurely morning onboard, enjoying the views before arrival into Rüdesheim.
After lunch, we'll go ashore and join a guided walk through the pretty half-timbered houses of romantic Rüdesheim, with free time for you to shop for seasonal gifts, local delicacies and authentic brandy punch, at one of the most popular Christmas markets in Germany.
Afterwards you'll have the chance to admire the artistic and musical inventions of the past over a glass of wine in Siegfried’s Mechanical Music Cabinet - one of the largest collections of mechanical instruments in Europe! Meals included: B,L,D

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Day 3 Koblenz

We'll continue to sail on the upper middle Rhine, where we pass the famous Lorelei Rock before arriving into Koblenz.
Here we'll enjoy a guided tour through the city, on the “Deutsches Eck” (German Corner) where the Rhine and Mosel meet, for sights including the Town Hall, Schängel Fountain and the Church of Our Lady.
To round the day off, we'll enjoy a warming glass of traditional Glühwein as we explore the final Christmas market of the cruise. Meals included: B,L,D

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Day 4 Cologne - Brussels - London

After breakfast onboard we'll disembark the ship and transfer to Brussels railway station for the Eurostar back to London St Pancras. Meals included: B

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