Rhine-Main Discovery & Munich – Generations Family River Cruise

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- All transfers on arrival & departure days
- 7 nights cruise in a riverview stateroom on-board the River Ambassador
- 2 nights accommodation at Le Meridien Munich or similar in Munich
- Breakfast daily, selected lunches & dinners
- All dining & unlimited beverages on-board including fine wine, beer, spirits, soft drinks, specialty coffee & tea & bottled water
- Captains Welcome & Farewell Receptions
- Welcome & Farewell Gala Dinners
- 8 excursions including "Choice is Yours" options, all fully hosted by English speaking local expert
- Guided “Go Active,” “Village Day,” and “Gentle Walking” programs
- Assistance of an experienced Uniworld Cruise Manager
- Visit 3 UNESCO World Heritage sites
- On-board local entertainment
- Cultural enrichment including a Signature Lecture: “AD1517 Martin Luthers Revolution and the Quest to build a Modern World”
- Exclusive insight with Uniworld’s Jewish Heritage programme
- Exclusive Generations Family programme on slected summer departures
- Exciting shore excursions tailor-made for families and hosted by local experts
- Two dedicated Family Hosts to oversee all activities for young travellers
- On-board activities & amenities just for kids, including a game room, film nights, live the lingo in various languages, dessert making workshops, young travellers menu & more.
- Port charges & taxes

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Cologne (embark)

Arrive at Cologne Airport & be transferred to the ship.

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Cologne

FEATURED EXCURSIONS: Cologne walking discovery tour with choice of Cologne Cathedral OR Kölsch beer tasting OR Museum Ludwig OR Jewish Heritage, Cologne’s Jewish Quarter

You have an array of choices for how you wish to experience Cologne. Those interested in history & architecture will want to stroll with a local expert through Old Town to the UNESCO-designated Gothic Cologne Cathedral. Beer connoisseurs will want to go to a brewery to taste the traditional local brew of the city, Kölsch. Lovers of art won’t want to miss one of the most important contemporary museums in Europe, Museum Ludwig & for those who wish for more exploration of Germany’s significant Jewish heritage, visit the oldest Jewish community in Europe north of the Alps. Cap off the day at the Captain’s Welcome Reception & Gala Dinner.

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Braubach, cruising the romantic Rhine River

FEATURED EXCURSIONS:Choice of Marksburg Castle visit OR exclusive guided “Go Active” Marksburg Castle mountain hike

Visit one of the only castles on the Rhine that has never been destroyed, Marksburg Castle. If you would like a more invigorating excursion, hike from Braubach through the mountains to the castle.

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Cruising the Main River, Miltenberg (Frankfurt, Wertheim)

FEATURED EXCURSIONS: Miltenberg walking discovery tour with exclusive “Village Day” & choice of Jewish Heritage, Frankfurt Jewish Museum & the legacy of the Rothschild family OR Jewish Wertheim

Get a glimpse of village life in enchanting Miltenberg with a choice of excursions—meet an artist at her atelier, taste beer at a local brewery, try your hand at lawn bowling or visit a nearby family-owned vineyard. You may prefer to go to Frankfurt to learn more about its Jewish heritage, as well as visit the former palace of the Rothschild family, which is now home to the Jewish Museum, depicting how the community lived over the centuries. Alternatively, you can stroll through quaint Wertheim, where you’ll see commemorative reminders—embedded stones of the names of the victims from the Nazi regime; in fact, in 300 other places in Germany, you can see these reminders as well.

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Würzburg

FEATURED EXCURSIONS: Würzburg Residence & choice of Weikersheim “Village Day” OR exclusive guided “Go Active” cycling through the romantic Tauber Valley

The opulent Würzburg Residence, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, offers a true sense of the history of this region through the European Renaissance, containing the world’s largest ceiling fresco by Tiepolo. Later, visit Weikersheim, a dreamy village in the romantic Tauber Valley. Here, visit the “mini Versailles” palace along with its glorious baroque gardens. Be treated to a tasting of local wine & other regional products, or choose to enjoy a guided bike ride through the Tauber Valley.

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Wurzburg (Rothenburg), cruising the Main River

FEATURED EXCURSIONS: Choice of the Romantic Road—medieval Rothenburg OR exclusive guided “Go Active” Tauberhase vineyard hike & barbecue

Travel along the “Romantic Road” to Germany’s best-preserved walled city, Rothenburg, with half-timbered houses & charming shops. For a more active adventure, hike through the Tauberhase vineyards & enjoy a barbecue lunch with Franconian wine.

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Erlangen (Nuremberg), Bamberg

FEATURED EXCURSIONS: Nuremberg city tour & Bamberg walking discovery tour OR choice of Jewish Heritage Nuremberg WWII & Documentation Center visit OR exclusive guided “Go Active” bicycle ride along the Main & Regnitz

Choose how you wish to experience this area with either a tour of Nuremberg & Bamberg, or a visit to Nuremberg’s Documentation Centre & Courtroom 600, where the famed Nuremberg trials took place. For a more active adventure, enjoy a bike ride along the Main & Regnitz rivers. Cap the day off at the festive Captain’s Farewell Reception & Gala Dinner.

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Nuremberg (disembark), transfer to Munich

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Munich

FEATURED EXCURSIONS: Choice of fairytale Bavaria OR Hitler’s alpine lair OR Jewish Heritage visit to Dachau Concentration Camp

Not far from Munich, in the Bavarian Alps region, lie historically significant yet vastly contrasting sites. Choose how you wish to experience this region. Wishing to relive fairytales? You’ll want to visit “Mad” King Ludwig’s picture-book Castle Neuschwanstein. WWll history buffs may prefer to visit Hitler’s alpine lair, Eagle’s Nest, the historic survivor of the Third Reich where Hitler, Eva Braun & Himmler entertained foreign diplomats. Another historic & haunting reminder of Hitler &  the atrocities of the Third Reich is the Dachau Concentration Camp Memorial, which you have the choice to visit. Note: Eagle’s Nest is only available on May–October departure dates.

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Munich, transfer to the airport