Netherlands Tulip Time Cruise for Garden & Nature Lovers Tour Package (7 Nights / 8 Days)

Canals of Colorful Amsterdam

Activity active:
Start your day joining your Adventure Host on an early morning walk in Amsterdam, OR:

Activity discovery:
Access Amsterdam’s secret gardens hidden behind the brick façades – a unique opportunity as they are normally closed to public, OR:

Activity classic:
Explore the iconic waterways of Amsterdam on a Guided Canal Cruise past stately homes of Amsterdam’s “Golden Age.”

This afternoon choose among the many Guided Optional Excursions available. Take some free time to explore Amsterdam’s colorful streets and canal houses, galleries, and shops.

Overnight:
EVENING/OVERNIGHT CRUISE TO ROTTERDAM
Overnight:

Meals:
Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Dutch Treats and Flowers Sweet

Visit the Adventure Center for today’s activities with your Adventure Host.

Activity active:
Experience Rotterdam by foot with your Adventure Host, OR:

Activity classic:
Join a full- or half-day Guided Tour of breathtaking Keukenhof—known as the “Garden of Europe”—for its 70 acres of lush parkland, lakes, and the world’s largest flower gardens—with more than seven million tulips, daffodils and hyacinths as well as other bulbs, planted each year.

Take some free time to relax on the harbor-side in Rotterdam with an artisan beer, a slice of appeltaart (Dutch apple pie), and a koffie verkeerd, a typical Dutch drink with equal parts coffee and milk. Take a bike from your ship to explore Rotterdam and the surrounding area.

Before dinner, enjoy a cruise through Rotterdam harbor.

Later, enjoy live entertainment on board.

Overnight:
EVENING/OVERNIGHT CRUISE TO ANTWERP

Meals:
Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Cathedrals, Carats and Crêpes

Activity discovery:
Visit a Botanical Garden, where you will admire an amazing variety of plants, tree and flowers.

Activity active:
Explore Antwerp by bike with your Adventure Host, OR:

Activity classic:
Take a Guided Tour of this sophisticated city to visit the central Grote Markt, lined with 16th-century guildhall houses. You’ll also see the beautiful city hall, the Cathedral of Our Lady with its stunning altarpiece paintings by Rubens.

Alternatively, you may choose to join a Guided Optional Excursion to the nearby capital, Brussels—considered home to the European Union, and admire its magnificent palaces and cathedrals. If you are a garden lover, you can continue your experience and visit a Communal Garden in the area.

You might prefer to take time on your own to indulge in Antwerp’s signature Belgian waffles and crêpes—or explore this bike-friendly city from its old wharfs to its legendary diamond district.

Activity discovery:
Join your garden expert for a botany lecture onboard.

Later, enjoy live entertainment on board.

Overnight:
EVENING/OVERNIGHT CRUISE TO GHENT

Meals:
Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Medieval Masterpieces and Flemish Finery

Activity active:
Explore a different side of Ghent by bike with your Adventure Host, OR:

Activity classic:
Explore Ghent—“The Diamond of Flanders”—with a Guided Sightseeing Tour of this showcase of medieval Flemish wealth. You’ll visit St. Bavo’s Cathedral—with its remarkable Flemish artwork.

Alternatively, you may choose to join a full-day Guided Optional Excursion of Bruges to explore its canals, cobbled streets, and medieval buildings. You’ll see its crisscrossed canals, the 13th-century belfry of Market Square, and charming patrician houses. You won’t miss the opportunity to explore Ghent since this Optional Excursion ends with an orientation walk of the "Diamond of Flanders."

Overnight:
EVENING/OVERNIGHT CRUISE TO MIDDELBURG

Meals:
Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

A Spicy History in Middelburg’s Dutch Harbor Town

Join your Adventure Host for today’s special activities.

Activity active:
Explore Middelburg by bike with your Adventure Host, OR:

Activity classic:
Join a Guided Walking Tour through the winding cobblestones and canals of Middelburg. See the 15th-century Gothic Town Hall and learn about its important role in the spice trade and Dutch East India trading.

Spend some free time biking or walking through Middelburg to sample Babbelaar cookies, fries, or beer before cruising to Veere.

Location:
VEERE

The Delta Works Stand Strong as a Technical Marvel

Activity active:
Join an hiking experience in the Domburg area on a scenic route through history and landscapes, OR.

Activity active:
Bike your way to the beach from Veere with your Adventure Host, OR:

Activity discovery:
Visit the fascinating Flood Museum to hear and see the stories of the flood of 1953, reconstruction, the Delta Works, and flood risk management – told by the people who have experienced it. Later, explore the town of Veere.
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EVENING/OVERNIGHT CRUISE TO WILLEMSTAD

Willemstad’s Windmills and Historic Harbor

ACTIVE See Willemstad by bike with your Adventure Host., OR:

Activity classic:
Join a Guided Walking Tour of Willemstad and discover its many beautifully restored buildings from the 17th and 18th Century.

Activity discovery:
Later, enjoy a Cheese Tasting on board as you prepare to sail to Amsterdam.

Activity discovery:
Join a lecture to learn about the importance of botany and nature in the country you are visiting.

Overnight:
AFTERNOON/OVERNIGHT CRUISE TO AMSTERDAM

Meals:
Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Your cruise ends with breakfast this morning.

Meals:
Breakfast