Name: Cities Of Light - Paris to Prague Cruise
Brand: Viking
Availability: InStock

Itinerary
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Day 1 - Paris

Arrive: Wed 13 November 2024

Paris, France's capital, is a major European city and a global center for art, fashion, gastronomy and culture. Its 19th-century cityscape is crisscrossed by wide boulevards and the River Seine. Beyond such landmarks as the Eiffel Tower and the 12th-century, Gothic Notre-Dame cathedral, the city is known for its cafe culture and designer boutiques along the Rue du Faubourg Saint-Honoré.

Day 2 - Paris

Depart: Thu 14 November 2024

Day 3 - Reims

Arrive: Fri 15 November 2024 / Depart: Fri 15 November 2024

Reims is a city in northeastern France's Grand Est region. It's the unofficial capital of the Champagne wine-growing region, and many of the champagne houses headquartered there offer tastings and cellar tours. For more than 1,000 years, French kings were crowned at its Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Reims. This grand cathedral is known for its stained-glass windows and Gothic carved portals, including the Smiling Angel.

Day 3 - Trier

Arrive: Fri 15 November 2024

Trier is a southwestern German city in the Moselle wine region, near the Luxembourg border. Founded by the Romans, it contains several well-preserved Roman structures like the Porta Nigra gate, the ruins of Roman baths, an amphitheater just outside the center and a stone bridge over the Moselle River. The Archaeological Museum displays Roman artifacts. Among Trier’s many Catholic churches is Trier Cathedral.

Day 4 - Trier

Depart: Sat 16 November 2024

Day 4 - Bernkastel

Arrive: Sat 16 November 2024 / Depart: Sat 16 November 2024

Bernkastel-Kues is a town on the Middle Moselle in the Bernkastel-Wittlich district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It is a well-known winegrowing centre

Day 5 - Cochem

Arrive: Sun 17 November 2024 / Depart: Sun 17 November 2024

Cochem is the seat of and the biggest town in the Cochem-Zell district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. With just over 5,000 inhabitants, Cochem falls just behind Kusel, in the Kusel district, as Germany's second smallest district seat. Since 7 June 2009, it has belonged to the Verbandsgemeinde of Cochem

Day 6 - Koblenz

Arrive: Mon 18 November 2024 / Depart: Mon 18 November 2024

Koblenz, spelled Coblenz before 1926, is a German city on the banks of the Rhine and of the Moselle, a multi-nation tributary. Koblenz was established as a Roman military post by Drusus around 8 B.C. Its name originates from the Latin c?nfluent?s, meaning " confluence".

Day 7 - Heidelberg

Arrive: Tue 19 November 2024 / Depart: Tue 19 November 2024

Heidelberg is a town on the Neckar River in southwestern Germany. It’s known for venerable Heidelberg University, founded in the 14th century. Gothic Heiliggeistkirche church towers over the cafe-lined Marktplatz, a town square in the Altstadt (Old Town). The red-sandstone ruins of Heidelberg Castle, a noted example of Renaissance architecture, stand on Königstuhl hill.

Day 8 - Wurzburg

Arrive: Wed 20 November 2024 / Depart: Wed 20 November 2024

The Würzburg Residence is a palace in Würzburg, Germany. Johann Lukas von Hildebrandt and Maximilian von Welsch, representatives of the Austrian/South German Baroque style, were involved in the construction, as well as Robert de Cotte and Germain Boffrand, who were followers of the French Style.

Day 9 - Bamberg

Arrive: Thu 21 November 2024 / Depart: Thu 21 November 2024

Bamberg is a town in northern Bavaria, Germany, laid out over 7 hills where the Regnitz and Main rivers meet. Its old town preserves structures from the 11th to 19th centuries including the muraled Altes Rathaus (town hall), which occupies an island in the Regnitz reached by arched bridges. The Romanesque Bamberg Cathedral, begun in the 11th century, features 4 towers and numerous stone carvings.

Day 10 - Nuremberg

Arrive: Fri 22 November 2024 / Depart: Fri 22 November 2024

Nuremberg is the second-largest city of the German state of Bavaria after its capital Munich, and its 518,370 inhabitants make it the 14th-largest city in Germany

Day 11 - Prague

Arrive: Sat 23 November 2024

Prague, capital city of the Czech Republic, is bisected by the Vltava River. Nicknamed “the City of a Hundred Spires,” it's known for its Old Town Square, the heart of its historic core, with colorful baroque buildings, Gothic churches and the medieval Astronomical Clock, which gives an animated hourly show. Completed in 1402, pedestrian Charles Bridge is lined with statues of Catholic saints.

Day 12 - Prague

Depart: Sun 24 November 2024

Cities Of Light - Paris to Prague

Viking Idi 20 November 2024 11 nights

Itinerary: Paris - Reims - Trier - Bernkastel - Cochem - Koblenz - Heidelberg - Wurzburg - Bamberg - Nuremberg...