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£x ne w pr ic 7 nights from £1245 Cruise - 7 nights key vjv features · Excursions Included · Early Booking Offer · No Single Supplement · Drinks with Meals · Extension Option · Walking Content: 2 (see page 145) · Guaranteed Departure · Group Size: 1 ­ 27 per person in a Lower deck twin cabin British Airways from Gatwick es sh ow NETHERLANDS GERMANY P s re ri a d c v u e e c s u e P d to xx n in re d CoLoGne May 9 (Wed) £1395 Aug 24 (Fri) ...£1345 Jun 7 (Thu) ..£1395 Sep 11(Tue)....£1395 Jul 8 (Sun)...£1295 2012 Early Booking Offer For all bookings made by 22nd Feb 2012, deduct £50 per person. Supplements per person amsTerDam & The romanTiC rhine A classic Rhine cruise visiting Amsterdam, Cologne, Dusseldorf and more NO SINGLE SUPPLEMENT Jul 8 (limited availability) Single supplement .....................£275 Main deck cabin ..........................£70 Upper deck cabin.........................£95 British Airways from Heathrow ...£10 KLM from Bristol, Birmingham, Glasgow and Manchester.............£35 easyJet from Luton....................... Nil Marriott Hotel ­ 2 nights ..........£345 Single supplement .....................£195 F Extension ­ Amsterdam Price includes Air travel, UK departure taxes, overseas airport taxes, transfers, 7 nights' accommodation, full board on cruise vessel, itinerary as described, services of a cruise director and local guides. Not included Travel insurance, optional excursions, tipping, any government taxes or compulsory charges introduced after publication. Independent Arrival (see page 144) Notes Price reduction ............. deduct £150 Beer, house wine, fruit juice, tea, coffee and water are included during lunch and dinner. The programme may be altered due to navigational factors with locks, water levels or congestion at certain sites. Cabins are available from 5pm on arrival and until 9am on departure (before/after this, luggage storage on board and access to the public lounge). or a long time the Rhine was the border between the Day 3 Visit the Kröller-Müller Museum which displays a large Roman Empire and the German barbarian tribes collection of works by Van Gogh. Cruise towards Cologne. to the east, so many long-established Day 4 Arrive in Cologne for a guided visit including settlements line the west bank. Until the Town Hall, Jewish quarter and the Romanesque the 18th century Germany Great St. Martin Church. Cruise to Koblenz. NETHERLANDS was generally split into many Day 5 Cruise past ruined castles, quaint ·AMSTeRdAM individual principalities, often in riverside towns and beautiful scenery. Arrive dispute, leading to a large number of Rotterdam · Rüdesheim early afternoon for a wine tasting GERMANY castles, especially along the Rhine and tour of the Museum of Mechanical ·düsseldorf where barons could fix and levy Music. Turn northwards to Boppard, an old · Cologne tolls almost at will. Nowadays of imperial town. ·Koblenz course the Rhine lends itself to gentler Day 6 Cruise to Düsseldorf for a walking tour. Boppard · ·Rüdesheim pursuits ­ a leisurely perambulation Day 7 Cruise to Amsterdam, arriving in the along the riverbank or a relaxing cruise, early afternoon for a city tour. a pursuit popularised by Queen Victoria and Day 8 Disembark for the return flight. English gentlemen on the Grand Tour. In effect exTensIon ­ amsTerdam the Rhine cruise could be considered the pioneer of Two nights on bed and breakfast basis at the centrally river cruises as a leisure activity. located 5-star Marriott Hotel. Restaurant, bar and rooms This new cruise on a new ship allows copious cruising with private facilities, hairdryer, safe, mini-bar and satellite time and easy access from a choice of UK airports to TV. Extension is unavailable in June. Amsterdam, as it travels from the North Sea to the Romantic Rhine, thus linking the artistic heritage of the Netherlands with the castles, scenery and wine of the Rhine. Amsterdam in the 17th century saw the `Golden Age' of the Netherlands when great canals were built and art and architecture flourished as never before. The great wealth created by their trading in the Indonesian archipelago and the New World was the foundation of a great Fine Art heritage. The Kröller-Müller is a remote and beautifully spacious museum which houses over 250 drawings and paintings by Van Gogh and works by Seurat, Monet, Gauguin, Picasso and Mondrian. Rh in m s To m I u n g e r e r A brand new ship to be launched in early 2012 by Frenchoperated CroisiEurope, sister ship to the popular MS Vivaldi. Lounge bar, sun deck, one-sitting restaurant and 80 airconditioned cabins over three decks with picture windows, private facilities, hairdryer, safe and TV. ITInerary Day 1 Fly from your chosen airport to Amsterdam. Embark on the vessel. Evening Amsterdam canal cruise. Day 2 Visit the windmills of Kinderdijk, a UNESCO world heritage site. Cruise past Rotterdam, arriving in Nijmegen at night. iv e R er AMSTeRdAM RHeinSTein CASTLe 16 0845 166 7008 www.vjv.com