AmaWaterways’ Latin Contact program gives a particular crusing devoted to Spanish-speaking vacationers yearly. Because of its continued sturdy progress, AmaWaterways is including a second itinerary for 2025—the Swiss Alps & Rhine & Fort Christmas cruise, which joins the beforehand introduced Latin Contact’s Engaging Douro. Departing Basel, Switzerland on December 15, 2025, this eight-day luxurious cruise aboard the 162-guest AmaVenita sails by Switzerland, France, Germany, and the Netherlands, taking in cities and cities brimming with stunning decor, glittering Christmas bushes and thriving vacation markets.
Pricing begins at $4,198 per individual, double, for a twin balcony stateroom, and friends can add a three-night pre-cruise Lake Como land choice, inclusive of luxurious lodging, each day excursions, each day breakfast and a devoted cruise supervisor, priced at $1,650 per individual, double.
Hosted by a bilingual Cruise Supervisor, the Latin Contact crusing includes a each day tour with Spanish-speaking guides, each day cruise applications, the each day e-newsletter, and menus of beautiful dishes of native origin and first-class gastronomy – all in Spanish. The crusing may even boast Zumba courses and two evenings of festive Latin-inspired leisure.
This enchanting crusing takes friends from the shores of Lake Lucerne to the banks of the Rhine Gorge, residence to greater than 40 castles. Christmas markets, provided in each port of name, are actually the focus on this crusing. Prime picks embrace the Market of Cologne Cathedral, the town’s largest with greater than 200 stalls unfold throughout two flooring and providing all kinds of conventional Christmas meals, drinks, and items; Marché de Noël de Baden-Baden, a winter fairy story website in entrance of the the town’s architectural jewel, Kurhaus; and Heidelberg’s Marktplatz, one of many largest markets on this historic metropolis.
For friends excursions past the markets, AmaWaterways’ gives a strolling tour that takes you thru three international locations: Switzerland, France and Germany; a wine tasting to exhibits off the flavors of Rüdesheim’s iconic vineyards. a panoramic strolling tour in Strasbourg that features the gorgeous Parc de l’Orangerie, the European Parliament, the Place de la République and the fairytale district of “La Petite France”; and a guided hike up Ludwigshafen’s Thinker’s Path, aptly named in the course of the Romantic Interval, with panoramic views of the town. A guided tour in Cologne’s takes within the Cologne Cathedral , a Thirteenth-century Gothic marvel and UNESCO World Heritage Web site that was the tallest constructing on the planet on the time of its completion; and in Amsterdam, friends can select from a canal cruise alongside a number of the metropolis’s 165 canals or a strolling tour that provides a style of native taste, passing iconic canals, gabled homes, slender bridges and home boats whereas tasting Dutch specialties at considered one of Amsterdam’s grand cafes.
AmaVenita options spacious, elegantly appointed staterooms, most of which embrace balconies to soak up views of the holiday-decorated cities and villages alongside the Rhine River Valley. Staterooms additionally embrace Leisure-On-Demand, that includes free high-speed Web entry, limitless Wi-Fi, motion pictures, music and TV; climate-controlled air con; and an in-room secure. The ship’s Panoramic Lounge is a classy and alluring area to take pleasure in a glass of wine or a cocktail together with the nightly leisure. The ship additionally includes a therapeutic massage room, health room, sun-deck swimming pool, a present store, a fleet of complimentary bicycles, and the corporate’s famend delicacies on the Fundamental Restaurant, serving regionally-inspired dishes and hand-selected wines.
For extra info or to order an AmaWaterways river cruise and land package deal, contact your most popular Journey Advisor, name 1.800.626.0126 or go to AmaWaterways.com.
About AmaWaterways
Household-owned and operated for 22 years, AmaWaterways gives unparalleled river cruise experiences with 31 custom-designed ships crusing Europe’s main rivers; Southeast Asia’s Mekong River; Africa’s Chobe River; Egypt’s Nile River and Colombia’s Magdalena River (2025). Co-founded by pioneering river cruise executives Rudi Schreiner, Kristin Karst and Jimmy Murphy, the corporate is famend for its heat and welcoming crew; modern and sustainable ship design; wellness actions (together with a large selection of included small group shore excursions that includes biking and climbing choices); and award-winning, regionally sourced delicacies paired with complimentary high-quality wine. Fashionable, spacious and tastefully embellished, most AmaWaterways ships welcome a mean of simply 150 friends and have onboard facilities reminiscent of a shocking Fundamental Lounge, specialty Chef’s Desk restaurant, hair and therapeutic massage salons, Solar Deck strolling observe and heated outside swimming swimming pools with swim-up bars. AmaWaterways leads the river cruise business in innovation, highlighted by the launch of the revolutionary AmaMagna. The corporate additionally gives a wide range of themed sailings and model relationships, with sailings geared in the direction of energetic vacationers and households, in addition to group and constitution choices.