Bucket-List Cruise Adventure

7-Night Basel to Amsterdam Cruise Adventure

AmaWaterways · AmaCerto · from Basel

$5,249 per person · next sails Nov 25, 2026 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 AMS · $2,292 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 · 7 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 and the operator who runs it — 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 Rheinport guide →
★ Colmar & the Alsace Wine Route — how to make it yours →
Day 3
Strasbourgport guide →
Full-Day Alsace Wine Route · $298 for two with Ophorushow to make it yours → ·
Day 4
Ludwigshafen am Rheinport guide →
Heidelberg Castle & Altstadt · $612 for two with GetYourGuide (local private guide, Heidelberg)how to make it yours → ·
Day 4
Rudesheim am Rheinport guide →
★ Seilbahn Rüdesheim — how to make it yours →
Day 5
Marksburg Castle · $17 for two with Deutsche Burgenvereinigung – Marksburg (Official)how to make it yours → ·
Day 5
Rudesheim am Rheinport guide →
★ Seilbahn Rüdesheim — how to make it yours →
Day 6
Dusseldorfport guide →
Königsallee Fashion & Art Private Shopping Experie… · $214 for two with Withlocals Düsseldorf (Private Local Experts)how to make it yours → ·
Day 6
★ Climb the Cathedral South Tower — how to make it yours →
Days 7–8
Amsterdam Disembark
Disembark in the morning — or stay on for the days just below.
After you disembark

Bucket-list days near Amsterdam

You end in a different port — stay on, and add what’s within reach before you fly home.

0 mi from Amsterdam

Anne Frank House

1 mi from Amsterdam

Rijksmuseum

Before you sail

Make it longer — by land from Basel

The ship is the spine, not the whole trip. These are full land adventures within reach of your port.

46 mi from Basel · fly ZRH

Lucerne: Alpine Culture, Sacred Art & a Lake Worth Crossing

Swiss Lake & Mountain Culture

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46 mi from Basel · fly ZRH

Matterhorn at Your Feet: A Zermatt Guide Worth Its Altitude

Alpine Peaks & Swiss Wine

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After you disembark

Make it longer — by land from Amsterdam

The ship is the spine, not the whole trip. These are full land adventures within reach of your port.

7 mi from Amsterdam · fly AMS

Golden Age Villages & North Sea Oysters: Amsterdam Done Right

Dutch Heritage & Culinary Coast

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236 mi from Amsterdam · fly LHR

Churchill's Kent, Glyndebourne at Dusk & London's Secret Side

English Country Culture & City Grit

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Home

Fly home from Amsterdam (AMS)

What this adventure runs estimated · for two
Your hotel
Flights open-jaw · fly into ZRH, home from AMS · 2 travelers $2,292 est.
Hotel before you sail1 night · Basel · River~$186
Cruise fare7 nights · AmaWaterways · 2 guests$10,498
Shore excursions4 bucket-list things, booked direct · for 2 · swap any at its port above ↑~$1,141
Transfersairport ↔ ship, private car~$180
Trip total$14,297
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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