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Tour Code: TWAM
Tour Length: 11 days
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Tulips & Windmills
Day 1 - Depart Home Gateway City to Amsterdam
Day 2 - Amsterdam (embark) Arrive at Amsterdam Schiphol Airport where you will be greeted by a Uniworld representative and transferred to your ship. (Dinner)
Day 3 - Amsterdam Featured Excursion: City Tour including Rijksmuseum visit
Spend your first full day in Holland's largest city, Amsterdam. Your scenic tour will take you through canal-lined streets as you enjoy the sights of Mint Tower, Dam Square, the Royal Palace and Museum Square. Visit the renowned Rijksmuseum, with priceless works of art by Vermeer, Rembrandt and other Dutch Masters of the Golden Age. In the afternoon, enjoy leisure time to explore this fascinating city on your own. (Breakfast, Lunch, Captain's Welcome Dinner)
Day 4 - Amsterdam and Hoorn Featured Excursions: Keukenhof Gardens and Hoorn walking tour
During the morning, enjoy a visit to the Keukenhof Gardens, a 70-acre showcase of seven million flowers, before your floating hotel cruises to the rich seafaring town of Hoorn, once the leading port on the Zuider Zee. As you walk along the attractive 17th-century streets lined with gabled houses, listen to your guide provide insight on history and famous natives like Abel Tasman. (Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner)
Day 5 - Hoorn and Enkhuizen Featured Excursion: Visit to Zuider Zee Open Air Museum
Irresistible Optional Tour: Visit a local bulb growing farm
Cruise to Enkhuizen, a lively trading center since the 17th century. Visit the outstanding Zuider Zee Open Air Museum, a museum village with gardens, canals and houses portraying Dutch life on the Old Zuider Zee. (Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner)
Day 6 - Nijmegen Featured Excursion: Kröller-Müller Museum
Spend the morning cruising before reaching Nijmegen. From here, you - ll head to the famed Kröller-Müller Museum, home to 278 of Van Gogh's paintings, as well as pieces by Monet, Gauguin and Picasso. You - ll also see the museum's beautiful sculpture garden, which is the largest in Europe and features works by Rodin. (Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner)
Note: On Mondays, the Liberation Museum will be visited instead.
Day 7 - Rotterdam (Kinderdijk) and Dordrecht Featured Excursion: Kinderdijk Windmills
Irresistible Optional Tour: Visit famous Delft, home to Dutch Master Vermeer and to Delft Blue Pottery
Sail to Rotterdam, and cruise through its harbor, since 2004 the world's third largest after Shanghai and Singapore. Then head to Kinderdijk, where you will discover 19 astonishingly well-preserved windmills dating back to the 1500s and listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Later in the afternoon sail to quaint Dordrecht, one of Holland's oldest cities, and enjoy leisure time to explore this charming town. (Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner)
Day 8 - Veere, Middelburg Featured Excursions: Middelburg walking tour and the Delta Works
In the morning, stroll through charming Veere before visiting the engineering marvel known as the Delta Works. At noon, sail to Middelburg, the capital of Zeeland. Admire old mansions and storehouses on your walking tour. Your guide will take you to the 12th-century abbey complex, with three churches, an herb garden and office space for the regional government. You - ll sail to Antwerp in the evening. (Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner)
Day 9 - Antwerp Featured Excursion: Walking tour of Antwerp with cathedral visit
Irresistible Optional Tour: Experience bustling Brussels
Spend a full day in the exciting diamond capital of the world, Antwerp. You will be guided to the Cathedral of Our Lady that houses four masterpieces by Peter Paul Rubens, who was born in Antwerp; visit Market Square, where you - ll see the Brabo Fountain; and discover charming hidden sidestreets. In the afternoon, you may choose to take a shuttle to Diamondland, Antwerp's largest diamond manufacturer and shop. (Breakfast, Lunch, Captain's Farewell Dinner)
Day 10 - Antwerp (Bruges) Featured Excursion: Full-day Bruges with canal cruise
Your second day docked in Antwerp takes you to Bruges, one of the best-preserved medieval cities in Europe and a UNESCO World Heritage Site. See the town as its original visitors did — aboard a canal boat — and discover why Bruges is often called the "Venice of the North." (Breakfast, Dinner)
Day 11 - Antwerp (disembark) Disembark the ship in Antwerp and transfer to the airport in Brussels for your flight home.
Day 12 - Cruise Ships operating this itinerary: River Queen & River Duchess
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