Rhine City Experiences (Royal Glamour)

5 nights from £684pp departing Saturday 2nd Nov 2024

Beurs voor Diamanthandel, the Belgian diamond bourse, has north-facing windows, because it’s important to keep sunlight to a minimum when evaluating the colour and purity of the stones. Antwerp is an old diamond-trading city, but it also has a more down-to-earth side. The city’s most famous chip shop is Frituur N°1 where Maria subjects the truly exquisite chips to a dual-fry process. Amsterdam’s treasures include its diverse range of museums, its glittering canals and, most importantly, its relaxed multicultural society, where every visitor immediately feels at ho...

ROYAL GLAMOUR with MICHAEL BEGASSE - Get the royal treatment on board! High society expert Michael Begasse will share the latest stories about Europe’s royal families. He will take you on a journey rife with scandal, drama and emotion - and, of course, a hint of gossip. Be it weddings and coronations or births and farewells, there's no royal affair that eludes his keen eye. So let yourself be taken into the world of the most popular royals - by an insider who is always close to the action.

Itinerary

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					Arrive	Depart
	2nd02	NovNov	202424	Cologne, Germany, embark on the A-ROSA SENA		17:00
Cologne is a city in western Germany located across the Rhine river. It is the oldest in Germany, dating back 2000 years and is considered the region’s cultural hub. The city is known for its iconic landmark of the twin-spired Cologne Cathedral set against the reconstructed Old Town buildings. When in Old Town, visit the historic Old Town Hall and the Roman Church Great St Martin, or take time out and sit at one of the traditional breweries and enjoy the scenery around you. Historical sites such as the Roman Dionysus mosaic and the medieval Overstolzenhaus are worth a visit too. Another iconic sight in Cologne is at Hohenzollern Bridge. Here, local and tourist couples affix padlocks to the railings of the bridge and swear their loyalty to each other, they then throw the key into the Rhein to ensure everlasting love. Cologne is home to over 30 stages providing cabaret, free ensembles, theatre and dance and also celebrates its openly gay culture.
	3rd03	NovNov	202424	Rotterdam, Netherlands	13:00	23:59
Rotterdam is a city that's a long way removed from most people's stereotypical notion of the Netherlands. There are few, if any, canals to be found here nor are there any quaint windmills. There is, however, a thriving modern city which is one of the busiest ports in the entire world.
	4th04	NovNov	202424	Amsterdam, Netherlands	09:00	23:30
Amsterdam combines the unrivaled beauty of the 17th-century Golden Age city center with plenty of museums and art of the highest order, not to mention a remarkably laid-back atmosphere. It all comes together to make this one of the world's most appealing and offbeat metropolises in the world. Built on a latticework of concentric canals like an aquatic rainbow, Amsterdam is known as the City of Canals—but it's no Venice, content to live on moonlight serenades and former glory. Quite the contrary: on nearly every street here you'll find old and new side by side—quiet corners where time seems to be holding its breath next to streets like neon-lit Kalverstraat, and Red Light ladies strutting by the city's oldest church. Indeed, Amsterdam has as many lovely facets as a 40-carat diamond polished by one of the city's gem cutters. It's certainly a metropolis, but a rather small and very accessible one. Locals tend to refer to it as a big village, albeit one that happens to pack the cultural wallop of a major world destination. There are scores of concerts every day, numerous museums, summertime festivals, and, of course, a legendary year-round party scene. It's pretty much impossible to resist Amsterdam's charms. With 7,000 registered monuments, most of which began as the residences and warehouses of humble merchants, set on 160 man-made canals, and traversed by 1,500 or so bridges, Amsterdam has the largest historical inner city in Europe. Its famous circle of waterways, the grachtengordel, was a 17th-century urban expansion plan for the rich and is a lasting testament to the city’s Golden Age. This town is endearing because of its kinder, gentler nature—but a reputation for championing sex, drugs, and rock ’n’ roll does not alone account for Amsterdam's being one of the most popular destinations in Europe: consider that within a single square mile the city harbors some of the greatest achievements in Western art, from Rembrandt to Van Gogh. Not to mention that this is one of Europe's great walking cities, with so many of its treasures in the untouted details: tiny alleyways barely visible on the map, hidden garden courtyards, shop windows, floating houseboats, hidden hofjes(courtyards with almshouses), sudden vistas of church spires, and gabled roofs that look like so many unframed paintings. And don’t forget that the joy lies in details: elaborate gables and witty gable stones denoting the trade of a previous owner. Keep in mind that those XXX symbols you see all over town are not a mark of the city's triple-X reputation. They're part of Amsterdam's official coat of arms—three St. Andrew's crosses, believed to represent the three dangers that have traditionally plagued the city: flood, fire, and pestilence. The coat's motto ("Valiant, determined, compassionate") was introduced in 1947 by Queen Wilhelmina in remembrance of the 1941 February Strike in Amsterdam—the first time in Europe that non-Jewish people protested against the persecution of Jews by the Nazi regime.
	5th05	NovNov	202424	Utrecht, Netherlands	04:00
	6th06	NovNov	202424	Utrecht, Netherlands		03:00
	7th07	NovNov	202424	Cologne, Germany, disembark the A-ROSA SENA	06:00
Cologne is a city in western Germany located across the Rhine river. It is the oldest in Germany, dating back 2000 years and is considered the region’s cultural hub. The city is known for its iconic landmark of the twin-spired Cologne Cathedral set against the reconstructed Old Town buildings. When in Old Town, visit the historic Old Town Hall and the Roman Church Great St Martin, or take time out and sit at one of the traditional breweries and enjoy the scenery around you. Historical sites such as the Roman Dionysus mosaic and the medieval Overstolzenhaus are worth a visit too. Another iconic sight in Cologne is at Hohenzollern Bridge. Here, local and tourist couples affix padlocks to the railings of the bridge and swear their loyalty to each other, they then throw the key into the Rhein to ensure everlasting love. Cologne is home to over 30 stages providing cabaret, free ensembles, theatre and dance and also celebrates its openly gay culture.

A-ROSA SENA

Launch Year

2022

Capacity

280

Cabins

140

Accessible

Deck 5

Deck 4

Deck 3

Deck 2

Deck 1

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2-bed balcony suite, F

Price guides

Grade Code		From	To
F	2-bed Balcony Suite (with Extra Bed)	£1,971	£1,971

Generously sized Balcony Suite with balcony, sofa, bathroom with daylight and walk-in closet. Elegant design and first-class materials ensure an atmosphere of well-being. Additional services: check-in and personal welcome from 12.00 h, Suite cocktail with the hotel manager, room service, free use of the mini bar, fresh flowers and fruit, laundry and ironing service, butler service.

2-bed family cabin, G

Generously sizes and comfortable family cabins with two extra beds. Elegant design and first-class materials ensure an atmosphere of well-being. Cabin facilities: safe, air-conditioning, TV, hair dryer, bathroom with shower and toilet, sauna towel, wool blanket, telephone, bathrobe.

2-bed outside cabin, B

Spacious and comfortable outside cabin with a balcony. Elegant design and first-class materials ensure an atmosphere of well-being. Cabin facilities: safe, air-conditioning, TV, hair dryer, bathroom with shower and toilet, sauna towel, wool blanket, telephone, bathrobe.

2-bed outside cabin, C

Price guides

Grade Code		From	To
C	2-bed Outside Cabin with Juliette Balcony	£684	£1,399

2-bed outside cabin, D

Price guides

Grade Code		From	To
D	2-bed Outside Cabin with Balcony	£779	£1,542

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	5 nights cruising on the Rhine
	Port Taxes and Fees
	ABTA and ATOL Protection*

	Oceanview	Balcony
	(All prices are £GBP per person)
Thu 7th Nov 202407 Nov 24	541	684
Tue 12th Nov 202412 Nov 24	665	1,094
Sun 17th Nov 202417 Nov 24	856	1,094
Wed 27th Nov 202427 Nov 24	951	1,189
Mon 2nd Dec 202402 Dec 24	951	1,189
Sat 7th Dec 202407 Dec 24	951	1,189
Thu 12th Dec 202412 Dec 24	856	1,094
Tue 17th Dec 202417 Dec 24	856	1,094
Sun 5th Jan 202505 Jan 25	855	1,093
Fri 10th Jan 202510 Jan 25	855	1,093
Wed 15th Jan 202515 Jan 25	855	1,093
Mon 20th Jan 202520 Jan 25	855	1,093
Sat 25th Jan 202525 Jan 25		1,093
Tue 4th Mar 202504 Mar 25	903	1,093
Sun 9th Mar 202509 Mar 25	903	1,093
Fri 14th Mar 202514 Mar 25	903	1,093
Wed 19th Mar 202519 Mar 25	903	1,093
Mon 24th Mar 202524 Mar 25	998	1,189
Sat 1st Nov 202501 Nov 25	903	1,093
Thu 6th Nov 202506 Nov 25	903	1,093
Tue 11th Nov 202511 Nov 25	903	1,093
Sun 16th Nov 202516 Nov 25	903	1,093
Fri 21st Nov 202521 Nov 25	903	1,093
Wed 26th Nov 202526 Nov 25	903	1,093
Mon 1st Dec 202501 Dec 25	903	1,093
Sat 6th Dec 202506 Dec 25	903	1,093
Thu 11th Dec 202511 Dec 25	903	1,093
Tue 16th Dec 202516 Dec 25	903	1,093
Sun 4th Jan 202604 Jan 26	903	1,093
Fri 9th Jan 202609 Jan 26	903	1,093
Wed 14th Jan 202614 Jan 26	903	1,093
Mon 19th Jan 202619 Jan 26	903	1,093
Sat 24th Jan 202624 Jan 26	903	1,093
Thu 29th Jan 202629 Jan 26	903	1,093