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Price from $7,795* per person, twin share, including port charges of $380. Based on category E suite, departing 10 May 2012.

Book any specified tour before 30 April 2011 and you’ll enjoy SuperDeal Savings of up to $2,200 per couple off the advertised brochured price. Available for suite Cat. C and above when tarvelling April to September.

Cruise over both the Rhine and Rhone rivers in one unique holiday experience. Join your cruise in Arles as you travel north to Lyon. Board your second ship and continue to Amsterdam.

Arles • Avignon • Tournon • Lyon • Base • Breisach • Heidelberg • Rüdesheim • Cologne • Rhine River • Amsterdam

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Itinerary

Day 1. Arles, Embark

Join the tour on arrival in Arles and transfer to ship

Stay: Seven Nights: APT’s luxurious Aria Class ship – the ms Amadagio

Daily Meal Included:  • Dinner

Day 2. Arles, Freedom of Choice Touring, Avignon

From Arles this morning, perhaps visit the village Les Baux. Or you may like to take a walking tour – In the Steps of Van Gogh, which will take you around Arles and show you the locales and vistas that inspired the famous artist. Alternatively, take a Roman walking tour and discover why Arles is noted for its Roman and Romanesque heritage.

Daily Meals Included:  • Breakfast • Lunch • Dinner

Day 3. Avignon, Freedom of Choice Touring, Viviers

Today in Avignon, choose from our Freedom of Choice Touring options. Perhaps take a tour to the Papal Palace, which served as a fortress, a church and a residence to the Popes that once governed the Christian world. Alternatively, embark on an excursion to the historically intriguing commune of Uzès. After dinner on board, in the largely abandoned town of Viviers this evening, enjoy a ‘ghost walk’.

Daily Meals Included:  • Breakfast • Lunch • Dinner

Day 4. Viviers – Tournon

After breakfast, enjoy an excursion to Grignan, a hilltop village dominated by a majestic castle. The ship sails for Tournon during lunch and arrives in the early evening. Here, enjoy a wine tasting.

Daily Meals Included:  • Breakfast • Lunch • Dinner

Day 5. Tournon – Vienne, Freedom of Choice Touring

Enjoy a choice of gourmet activities in Tournon today. Savour regional cheese during a tasting experience, or indulge in locally-made chocolates. Enjoy lunch back on board the ship as you cruise to Vienne this afternoon. Situated between the wine regions of Burgundy and Beaujolais, Vienne has a significant Roman history.

Daily Meals Included:  • Breakfast • Lunch • Dinner

Day 6. Vienne – Trévoux, Freedom of Choice Touring

Take a mini train-ride and see the first-century Roman Temple of Augustus, and the medieval churches of St Andre-Le-Bas and Abbey St Pierre, before we cruise to Trévoux. Enjoy a walking tour or bike ride here.

Daily Meals Included:  • Breakfast • Lunch • Dinner

Day 7. Trévoux – Lyon

Your tour today takes you through Beaujolais. Enjoy a visit to a local wine maker and sample the famous Beaujolais Nouveau. Then, relax on board as you cruise along the picturesque Saône River to Lyon, which is famously considered the gastronomic capital of France. Here, discover the art of French cuisine during a fascinating cookery demonstration.

Daily Meals Included:  • Breakfast • Lunch • Dinner

Day 8. Disembark, Lyon, Basel, Embark

Travel to the beautiful Lake Geneva region today. Take a cable car ride and enjoy lunch with spectacular views before departing for Gruyères, where you’ll enjoy a cheese tasting and a visit to the castle. Then, continue to Basel.

Stay: Seven Nights: APT’s luxurious Aria Class ship – the ms Amacello

Daily Meals Included:  • Breakfast • Lunch • Dinner

Day 9. Breisach, Freedom of Choice Touring

Today, choose between two activities. Take a city tour of medieval Colmar, situated along the Alsatian Wine Route and the self-proclaimed ‘Capital of Alsatian Wine’. Alternatively, take an excursion through the famous Black Forest region of Germany. Drive through a scenic forested area and stop at a cuckoo clock factory.

Daily Meals Included:  • Breakfast • Lunch • Dinner

Day 10. Speyer

On arrival in the city of Speyer today, you’ll disembark for a brief tour, including a visit to the Technik Museum Speyer, Europe’s largest private technology museum.

Daily Meals Included:  • Breakfast • Lunch • Dinner

Day 11. Speyer, Heidelberg, Worms

Depart Speyer for an excursion to Heidelberg’s red-walled castle. Return to the ship at Worms, one of Germany’s oldest cities. Enjoy a tour.

Daily Meals Included:  • Breakfast • Lunch • Dinner

Day 12. Rüdesheim – Koblenz

Arrive in Rüdesheim. Ride a mini-train to Siegfried’s Mechanical Musical Instrument Museum for a tour. Then enjoy a wine tasting followed by a cruise through the beautiful Rhine Gorge.

Daily Meals Included:  • Breakfast • Lunch • Dinner

Day 13. Koblenz – Cologne

Today cruise to Cologne for a tour that includes the fabled 13th century Gothic Cathedral.

Daily Meals Included:  • Breakfast • Lunch • Dinner

Day 14. Amsterdam, Freedom of Choice Touring

In vibrant Amsterdam, choose from a selection of activities. Explore the city’s winding canals with a tour, or discover the work of a celebrated artist at the Van Gogh Museum.

Daily Meals Included:  • Breakfast • Lunch • Dinner

Day 15. Amsterdam, Paris

After breakfast today, disembark your ship and are transferred to the airport.

Daily Meal Included:  • Breakfast

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Conditions

*Conditions apply. Strictly limited offer on set departures. Subject to availability at time of booking. Only one SuperDeal applies & cannot be combined with any other offer unless stated. Offers may be withdrawn at anytime.*SUPERDEALS. A limited number of SuperDeals are available on all itineraries.All offers available until 30 April 2011 unless sold out prior. Limited cabins on set departures and may be withdrawn at anytime.*Fly Free to Europe SuperDeal – Available on bookings in Suite Category E & D all year round. – Available on bookings in Suite Category C and above in March, October, November & December 2012. Fly Free offer includes air taxes to the value of $200 per person. Flights are in economy class with Malaysian Airlines, Lufthansa or airline at APT’s discretion and are subject to availability of airline booking class. Once class sold out surcharges apply. Flights must be booked by APT.A non-refundable deposit of $3,000 per person is due within seven days of booking and final payment is due 30 November 2011. Saving of up to $5,400 per couple is based on an airfare of $2,700 per person including $700 taxes when booking EUMC15. All Fly Free air is ticketed from deposit received. Any changes may incur an amendment fee. *SuperDeal Savings – SuperDeal Savings available in Suite Category C and above between April and September 2012. SuperDeal saving of $2,200 per couple (twin share) available when clients book Italy & Magnificent Europe in Category C between April and September. A non-refundable deposit of $1,000 per person is due within seven days and final payment due 30 Nov. 2011. *2012 at 2011 Prices Travel in 2012 and pay 2011 prices available on all Magnificent Europe tour codes and suite upgrades contained within this publication (please note select Paris dates will incur a surcharge). May be combined with above Fly Free & SuperDeal Saving offers. Limited availability on set departures and may be withdrawn at any time. Offer available until 30 April 2011, deposit conditions as per offers above,and full payment due 30 November 2011. For full terms & conditions please refer to APT 2012 Europe River Cruising Preview Brochure.

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