Day 1: Arrive Amsterdam, Embark Ship

Welcome to Amsterdam. We’ll meet you on arrival and transfer you to your luxurious floating hotel for the next 15 days, where you’ll have time to unpack and get ready for everything that’s about to come.

Stay: 14 nights, APT Solara 

Meals: Dinner

Day 2: Amsterdam

After your chosen activity, we have left the afternoon free so you can get out and explore more on your own. Tonight, enjoy a gala welcome dinner.

Freedom of Choice

Perhaps admire Amsterdam’s canals from a glass-top boat as you glide past 17th-century homes, churches and merchant houses. Otherwise, gourmet lovers will enjoy a culinary journey through Jordaan to visit a fishmonger, bakery and cheese store.

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner

Day 3: Arnhem

Once again, select the activity that appeals to you today.

Freedom of Choice

In Arnhem, history buffs will love the Airborne Museum, viewing a depiction of the Battle of Arnhem in which the Allied Forces attempted to form a bridgehead on the northern banks of the Rhine River in September 1944. Or discover Arnhem on a guided tour and see the Sabelspoort (medieval city gate), the Mandela bridge and the Eusebius Church. You may like to take part in the Eusebius Experience and view Arnhem from 60 metres in the air on a glass balcony. Alternatively, stay on board and partake in a fun Dutch language lesson.

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner

Day 4: Nijmegen

Choose your experience today.

Freedom of Choice

Visit the Kroller-Muller Museum and see its sculptural art collection, including pieces by Claude Monet and Pablo Picasso. Or maybe visit the residence of the last German Emperor Wilheim II, Huis Doorn. After the German defeat in World War I, Wilheim II fled to the neutral Netherlands, where he lived on this estate in the Utrecht province from 1920 to 1941.

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner

Day 5: Maastricht

Tour Maastricht, renowned for its maze of tunnel caves, Roman history and historic architecture. Afterwards, enjoy free time.

Signature Experience

Savour a Michelin-starred lunch at Chateau Neercanne, which commands impressive vistas across the Jeker Valley from its terraces.

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner

Day 6: Antwerp

Today you’ll arrive in Antwerp. You might like to spend today visiting the Battlefields of Fromelles, including the Flanders Field Museum, Pheasant Wood Cemetery and the VC Corner Australian Cemetery. Alternatively, enjoy a day at leisure to relax and explore Antwerp.

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner

Day 7: Antwerp

Join a culinary walk to sample Belgium’s renowned waffles and chocolate, and taste for yourself why they’re considered the world’s finest.

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner

Day 8: Ghent, Ypres

Today, visit the Memorial Museum Passchendaele, Tyne Cot Cemetery – the largest Commonwealth War Graves site in the world – and the Polygon Wood battlefield.

Signature Experience

Visit the Passchendaele Memorial Gardens, where each country that participated in the war has planted a small commemorative garden. Here, locals will share stories, music and poetry about World War I.

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner

Day 9: Ghent

Today presents two very different sightseeing choices. Afterwards, return to your ship for dinner.

Freedom of Choice

Explore the Somme Battlefields, including the 1st and 2nd Australian Division Memorials and the John Monash Centre at Villers-Bretonneux. Alternatively, enjoy a guided discovery of Ghent, including a canal cruise.

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner

Day 10: Ghent, Bruges

Enjoy a full day to soak up the historic wonders of Bruges, including the Markt plaza and medieval bell tower. 

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner

Day 11: Veere, Delta Works

Cruise into the Zeeland region, home to one of the world’s most complex modern engineering projects, the Delta Works, an incredible series of flood protection systems that took more than 30 years to complete.

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner

Day 12: Willemstad, Kinderdijk

Take a tour of Willemstad. After a midday sail, visit the World Heritage-listed Kinderdijk, known for having the country’s greatest concentration of 18th-century windmills.

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner

Day 13: Rotterdam

After your morning activity, maybe head off and explore Rotterdam on your own. Later, enjoy dinner on board your luxurious river ship.

Freedom of Choice

Enjoy a guided exploration of The Hague and see the Dutch Parliament building and the Peace Palace. Alternatively, tour Gouda.

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner

Day 14: Amsterdam

Wake early this morning for a special Anzac Day commemorative service on your ship’s sun deck. Later, visit the Keukenhof Gardens, encompassing more than 70 acres of renowned gardens and parklands. Relish the chance to admire the spectacular display of bulb flowers in bloom, including colourful tulips. Tonight, sit down to the Captain’s farewell dinner.

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner

Day 15: Disembark Ship, Depart Amsterdam

Sadly today, your journey draws to a conclusion. Say your farewells, disembark your ship and be transferred to the airport.

Meals: Breakfast

Departures: 28 March 2025 and 11 April 2025

*Terms and Conditions apply. Price based on EUWC15: 28 March 2025 (Cat. E). Book by 30 April 2024, unless sold out prior. Prices are per person (pp), AUD, twin share and include port charges and saving amounts. Offers are available for travellers departing from Australia. All pricing and save amounts are in Australian Dollars. Information corrects as at 08 March 2024 but may fluctuate due to changes in surcharges, taxes or currency. A strictly limited number of offers are available on selected itineraries and departure dates in selected suites/staterooms/cabins/room categories. Offers are subject to availability, not combinable unless specified, available on new bookings only and may be withdrawn at any time.

^Flights included + Save $1000 per couple: Book by 30 April 2024 or until sold out. Offer valid when booking select itineraries departing year round in 2025 in all cabin categories. Offer includes airfare and taxes up to the value of $2200 per person. Offer is based on wholesale airfares in economy class with an airline of APT’s choosing depending on routing. Flights are available from Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide, Brisbane or Perth. All offers are subject to availability of airline and booking class. Once class is sold out, surcharges apply. A non-refundable deposit of $2000 per couple ($1000 per person) is due within 7 days of booking. Final payment is due 100 days prior to the tour's departure date. Prices include an Early Payment Discount of $1000 per couple ($500 per person), valid when you pay in full 10 months prior to departure.
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General Information and Conditions: Offers are available for travellers departing from Australia. All pricing and save amounts are in Australian Dollars. A strictly limited number of offers are available on selected itineraries and departure dates in selected suites/staterooms/cabins/room categories. Offers are subject to availability, not combinable unless specified, available on new bookings only and may be withdrawn at any time.  Further APT terms and conditions apply, please enquire with your RAC travel consultant.

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