Bucket-List Cruise Adventure

21-Night Basel to B Cruise Adventure

Avalon · Avalon View · from Basel

$15,903 per person · next sails Sep 28, 2027 Book this cruise@ Cruisebound · same fare
Get there

Fly into Basel (ZRH)

Your gateway to the voyage. Arrive a day or two early — the best of the trip starts before you board.

Open-jaw · fly into ZRH, home from BNE · $7,558 for two est.
Before you sail

Bucket-list days near Basel

Fly in at least a day early — every seasoned cruiser does, so a delay never costs you the ship. Here’s what’s worth that day, within reach of your port — not just the city you fly into.

62 mi from Basel

Jungfraujoch - Top of Europe

48 mi from Basel

Jungfraujoch Day Trip

Your voyage · 21 nights, day by day

Day by day — the unforgettable thing at every port

Your whole sailing in order: the day you board, every port it calls — each with the single bucket-list experience there, the private, expert-led way, not the ship’s coach — any days at sea, and the day you step off.

Day 1
Basel Embark
Board in the afternoon — fly in at least a day early (your day ashore here is just above).
Day 2
Breisach am Rhein
Colmar & the Alsace Wine Route · $38 for twohow to make it yours → ·
Day 3
A Grand Cathedral and La Petite France<SPAN CLASS=active>ACTIVE Discover Strasbourg by bike with your Adventure Host
⚙ Curating A Grand Cathedral and La Petite France<SPAN CLASS=active>ACTIVE Discover Strasbourg by bike with your Adventure Host’s bucket-list experience — check back shortly.
Day 4
Ludwigshafen am Rhein
Heidelberg Castle & Altstadt · $612 for twohow to make it yours → ·
Day 5
Eat
⚙ Curating Eat’s bucket-list experience — check back shortly.
Day 6
Cologne
Climb the Cathedral South Tower · $9 for twohow to make it yours → ·
Day 7
Amsterdam
Walk Into the Secret Annex - Anne Frank House · $2 for twohow to make it yours → ·
Day 8
Off to ParisThis morning
⚙ Curating Off to ParisThis morning’s bucket-list experience — check back shortly.
Day 9
Vernon
Monet's Giverny · $16 for twohow to make it yours → ·
Day 10
Caudebec-les-Elbeuf
Giverny · $27 for twohow to make it yours → ·
Day 11
Heroic Bravery on Normandy Beaches and French Farming Traditions <SPAN CLASS=classic>CLASSIC Join a Guided Tour of Normandy’s WWII landing beaches
⚙ Curating Heroic Bravery on Normandy Beaches and French Farming Traditions <SPAN CLASS=classic>CLASSIC Join a Guided Tour of Normandy’s WWII landing beaches’s bucket-list experience — check back shortly.
Day 12
Rouen
Normandy D-Day Beaches · $637 for twohow to make it yours → ·
Day 13
Conflans-Sainte-Honorine
Palace of Versailles · $22 for twohow to make it yours → ·
Day 14
Paris
Eiffel Tower · $79 for twohow to make it yours → ·
Day 15
On to DijonTake a High-Speed Train from Paris to Dijon
⚙ Curating On to DijonTake a High-Speed Train from Paris to Dijon’s bucket-list experience — check back shortly.
Day 16
Lyon
Vieux Lyon & Fourvière · $370 for twohow to make it yours → ·
Day 17
Fine Silk and French SweetsVisit the Adventure Center for today’s activities with your Adventure Host.<SPAN CLASS=classic>CLASSIC Explore Lyon’s silk heritage with a museum visit
⚙ Curating Fine Silk and French SweetsVisit the Adventure Center for today’s activities with your Adventure Host.<SPAN CLASS=classic>CLASSIC Explore Lyon’s silk heritage with a museum visit’s bucket-list experience — check back shortly.
Day 18
Wine on the Stunning Saône Visit the Adventure Center for today’s activities with your Adventure Host.<SPAN CLASS=discovery>DISCOVERY Travel into the rolling landscapes of the Mâconnais region to learn about its world-famous Chardonnay vineyards and
⚙ Curating Wine on the Stunning Saône Visit the Adventure Center for today’s activities with your Adventure Host.<SPAN CLASS=discovery>DISCOVERY Travel into the rolling landscapes of the Mâconnais region to learn about its world-famous Chardonnay vineyards and’s bucket-list experience — check back shortly.
Day 19
Tournon
Vivarais Steam Train · $48 for twohow to make it yours → ·
Day 20
Avignon
Palais des Papes · $846 for twohow to make it yours → ·
Day 21
A Brush with Genius<SPAN CLASS=active>ACTIVE Get your daily dose of exercise through a Power Walk in Arles with your Adventure Host
⚙ Curating A Brush with Genius<SPAN CLASS=active>ACTIVE Get your daily dose of exercise through a Power Walk in Arles with your Adventure Host’s bucket-list experience — check back shortly.
Day 22
Your cruise ends with breakfast this morning.Flights should not leave Marseille airport before 10 am.<SPAN CLASS=meals>(B) Disembark
Disembark in the morning.
Home

Fly home from B (BNE)

What this adventure runs estimated · for two
Your hotel
Flights open-jaw · fly into ZRH, home from BNE · 2 travelers $7,558 est.
Hotel before you sail1 night · Basel · River~$186
Cruise fare21 nights · Avalon · 2 guests$31,806
Shore excursions12 bucket-list things, booked direct · for 2 · more as they curate · swap any at its port above ↑~$2,706
Transfersairport ↔ ship, private car~$180
Trip total$42,436
Flights are estimated from our best gateways (refine from your own airport above) — an open-jaw trip: out to the embark port, home from where you disembark; the cruise fare is this sailing’s lead-in price for two; the hotel scales with the style you pick above; shore excursions are real book-direct operator prices, added as each port is curated; transfers are an estimate. We always build in at least one night ashore before you sail.
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