The Great Rivers of Europe (2012)

Amsterdam, the Netherlands • Germany: Cologne, Koblenz, Bamberg, Nuremberg, Passau • Vienna, Austria
  • 15 days
  • from only:
  • $2295
  • $153 per day
    River Cruise Only
  • 16 days
  • from only:
  • $3095
  • $194 per dayIncludes international airfare and government taxes
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Pre- & Post-Trip Extensions
Brussels & Bruges, Belgium
Prague, Czech Republic
Vienna, Austria
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Learn how to customize your River Cruise, or view standard air routing and travel times. The choice is yours with our True Choice program.

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Customize your trip

With our True Choice Program, you can choose to stay longer before or after your trip on your own, or combine two vacations to maximize your value. Here are more ways to create the Grand Circle Cruise Line River Cruise that’s right for you:

  • Choose our standard air routing, or work with us to select the airline and routing you prefer
  • Make your own international flight arrangements directly with the airline, applying frequent flyer miles if available
  • International airport transfers to and from your ship or hotel are available for purchase
  • Stay overnight in a connecting city before or after your trip
  • Request to arrive a few days early to get a fresh start on your vacation
  • Choose to “break away” before or after your trip, spending additional days or weeks on your own
  • Extend your vacation with our optional pre- and post-trip extensions
  • Combine your choice of Grand Circle Cruise Line vacations to maximize your value
  • Upgrade to business or premium economy class

The air options listed above will involve an additional fee of $100 per person for confirmed requests (as well as incremental airfare costs based on your specific choice). This service fee will be waived for Inner Circle/Sir Edmund Hillary Club members.

Or, when you make your reservation, you can choose our standard air routing, for which approximate travel times are shown below.

(Vienna)

GATEWAY

TRAVEL TIME*

Atlanta, Detroit, Newark, Philadelphia, Washington, DC (Dulles)

13hrs

Boston, Chicago, New York (JFK)

12hrs

Dallas, Los Angeles, San FranciscO

15hrs

Denver

20hrs

Houston, Miami

14hrs

Minneapolis, Portland, OR

16hrs

* Estimated total time, including connection and layover. Actual travel time may vary.

The information above reflects approximate flight times from the gateway cities listed to Vienna, Austria. Routing is based on availability and subject to change. You will receive your final air itinerary approximately 14 days prior to departure.

(Amsterdam)

GATEWAY

TRAVEL TIME*

Atlanta, Detroit, Newark, Philadelphia, Washington, DC (Dulles)

13hrs

Atlanta, Miami, Minneapolis

9hrs

Boston, Houston

10hrs

Chicago, Dallas, Denver

13hrs

Detroit

8hrs

Los Angeles, Newark, New York (JFK), Portland, OR, San Francisco, Washington, DC (Dulles)

11hrs

Philadelphia

12hrs

San Diego

14hrs

* Estimated total time, including connection and layover. Actual travel time may vary.

The information above reflects approximate flight times from the gateway cities listed to Amsterdam, Netherlands. Routing is based on availability and subject to change. You will receive your final air itinerary approximately 14 days prior to departure.

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Pre- & Post-Trip Extensions

Prices Reduced: Save up to $2200 per couple on select
July-September 2012 departures

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Pre-Trip: Brussels & Bruges, Belgium
3 nights from only $595
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Join us on an optional pre-trip extension to one of Europe's great bustling cities and to one of its most charming. Brussels is a thriving urban center city full of fine museums and classic architecture, and features a compact and carefully preserved 17th-century city center. Then discover Bruges: originally a ninth-century fortress built to protect the Flemish coast from marauding Vikings, it retains its reputation as one of Europe’s best-preserved Old World cities.

Single Supplement: FREE.

Please note: This extension may not be available on all departures. Ask your Travel Counselor for details.

Brussels & Bruges is a pre-trip extension on the Amsterdam to Vienna itinerary and a post-trip extension on the Vienna to Amsterdam itinerary.

Post-Trip: Vienna, Austria
3 nights from only $595
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Explore Vienna, a magnificent, culture-rich city that retains the grace and charm that has for centuries helped it stand out among great European cities. This is a city of museums and music, art and architecture, and famous people from a storied past. Walk the streets where Mozart, Beethoven, Schubert, Brahms, and Freud strolled about on their daily business. Once the capital of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, Vienna came to symbolize the splendor of an age. You can recapture some of that feeling while wandering among the city’s Baroque palaces and other stunning architecture. Vienna is a feast for the senses that you will not soon forget.

Single Supplement: FREE.

Please note: This extension may not be available on all departures. Ask your Travel Counselor for details.

Vienna is a post-trip extension on the Amsterdam to Vienna itinerary and a pre-trip extension on the Vienna to Amsterdam itinerary.

Post-Trip: Prague, Czech Republic
4 nights from only $595

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Join us on our optional post-trip extension and visit the “City of a Hundred Spires,” the name given to Prague for its many hilltop neighborhoods where rows of steeples stand out against the city’s skyline. This is an ancient city that is a new cultural capital for Eastern Europe. Prague is now a vibrant city, but much of its Old World charm remains. Wander about the city’s twisting cobblestone streets and old neighborhoods, where ancient houses crowd each other along narrow lanes. Experience the museums and cathedrals that make Prague stand out as one of Europe’s finest cities.

Single Supplement: FREE.

Please note: This extension may not be available on all departures. Ask your Travel Counselor for details.

Prague is a post-trip extension on the Amsterdam to Vienna itinerary and a pre-trip extension on the Vienna to Amsterdam itinerary.

Pre-Trip: Vienna, Austria
3 nights from only $595
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Join us on an optional pre-trip extension as we explore Vienna, a magnificent old-world city that retains the grace and charm that has for centuries helped it stand out even in the dazzling company of other great European cities. This is a city of museums and music, art and architecture, and famous people from a storied past. Walk the streets where Mozart, Beethoven, Schubert, Brahms, and Freud strolled about on their daily business. Once the capital of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, Vienna came to symbolize the splendor of an age. Today the visitor to Vienna can recapture some of that feeling while wandering among the city’s Baroque palaces and other stunning architecture. Vienna is a feast for the senses that you will not soon forget.

Single Supplement: FREE.

Please note: This extension may not be available on all departures. Ask your Travel Counselor for details.

Vienna is a pre-trip extension on the Vienna to Amsterdam itinerary and a post-trip extension on the Amsterdam to Vienna itinerary.

Pre-Trip: Prague, Czech Republic
4 nights from only $595
G16210N

Join us on our optional pre-trip extension and visit the “City of a Hundred Spires,” the name given to Prague for its many hilltop neighborhoods where rows of steeples stand out against the city’s skyline. This is an ancient city that is a new cultural capital for Eastern Europe. Prague is now a vibrant city, but much of its Old World charm remains. Wander about the city’s twisting cobblestone streets and old neighborhoods where ancient houses crowd each other along narrow lanes. Experience the museums and cathedrals that make Prague stand out as one of Europe’s finest cities.

Single Supplement: FREE.

Please note: This extension may not be available on all departures. Ask your Travel Counselor for details.

Prague is a pre-trip extension on the Vienna to Amsterdam itinerary and a post-trip extension on the Amsterdam to Vienna itinerary.

Post-Trip: Brussels & Bruges, Belgium
3 nights from only $595
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Join us on an optional post-trip extension to one of Europe's great bustling cities and to one of its most charming. Brussels is a thriving city full of fine museums and outstanding classic architecture, and features a compact and carefully preserved 17th-century city center. Then discover Bruges; originally a ninth-century fortress built to protect the Flemish coast from marauding Vikings, it retains its reputation as one of Europe’s best-preserved Old World cities.

Single Supplement: FREE.

Please note: This extension may not be available on all departures. Ask your Travel Counselor for details.

Brussels is a post-trip extension on the Vienna to Amsterdam itinerary and a pre-trip extension on the Amsterdam to Vienna itinerary.