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While there is an included excursion in every port on Viking’s Rhine River cruise, there are also many optional excursions. Below I share with you a list of all the Rhine River excursions and whether I think each is worth your time and money. Amsterdam My Rhine River cruise began in Amsterdam, and headed south […]
Day seven of our Rhine River Cruise began in Breisach, Germany. While the final destination of the day was The Black Forest, a couple of members of my family set off for the optional “Medieval Village of Colmar” tour to start the day. For this we loaded onto a bus and drove into France. Colmar […]
Day six of our Rhine River Cruise was spent mainly in France. Our boat docked in Kehl, Germany, and so we loaded into buses to cross the bridge and head to the French side of the Rhine, for a day in Strasbourg. Strasbourg is in France’s Alsace region, known for both German and French traditions. […]
Day five of our Rhine River Cruise was spent in Germany. The boat docked in Mannheim, and then we boarded buses headed to Heidelberg. Heidelberg is Germany’s oldest university town and home to Heidelberg Castle. Although we didn’t visit the university, our tour guide was a grad student at the university. We did visit the castle […]
Day four of our Rhine River Cruise showed us the scenic views of the middle Rhine. We started our day in Koblenz, Germany, where we disembarked the boat and loaded onto buses to head to Marksburg Castle. Marksburg holds the distinction of the only castle in the Rhine Valley to never have been destroyed. Built […]
