Highlights of Europe

Welcome to London. After checking into your hotel, the afternoon is free to enjoy a city that is famous for its pomp and pageantry. Perhaps relax with a walk along the Serpentine in Hyde Park or window shop in the elegant boutiques of Knightsbridge. Alternatively, you may want to stroll along the Thames to the iconic Tower Bridge and Tower of London.

Meet your Travel Director and transfer to London's St. Pancras Station to board the high-speed Eurostar. Your comfortable rail journey takes you through the Channel Tunnel to Brussels, en route to Amsterdam. Later, join your Travel Director and fellow travelers for a cruise along the canals, exploring the heart of the Old City before a pleasant evening of dinner at a local restaurant.

This morning, you’ll travel from Amsterdam into Germany before boarding your midday Rhine cruise from Boppard to Sankt Goar, catching a glimpse of the steep Lorelei Rock that has inspired stories for centuries. Sip a glass of local wine on board as the river curves past vineyards draped across terraced hills and punctuated by historic stone castles. Continue to Heidelberg, following the Neckar River into the heart of this university town. You’ll join a Local Expert for a walk through its cobbled lanes and lively old quarter, taking in views that shape Heidelberg’s romantic character.

Skirt the northern Black Forest and head towards the rolling Bavarian Alps. Stop beneath the royal castles of Hohenschwangau and King Ludwig’s Neuschwanstein, rumored to have inspired Walt Disney's iconic castle. Once over the Austrian border, continue to the Tyrolean capital of Innsbruck. See the architectural jewels of the city, including the Imperial Palace, Golden Roof and the 14th-century houses of the Old Town.