Bucket-List Cruise Adventure

7-Night Amsterdam to Basel Cruise Adventure

Viking River · Viking Sigrun · from Amsterdam

$2,799 per person · next sails Oct 28, 2026 Book this cruise@ Cruisebound · same fare
Get there

Fly into Amsterdam (AMS)

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

Open-jaw · fly into AMS, home from ZRH · $2,292 for two est.
Before you sail

Bucket-list days near Amsterdam

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.

0 mi from Amsterdam

Anne Frank House

1 mi from Amsterdam

Rijksmuseum

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
Amsterdam Embark
Board in the afternoon — fly in at least a day early (your day ashore here is just above).
Day 2
Kinderdijkport guide →
Add a Real Farmhouse-Gouda Tasting · $20 for two with Booij Kaasmakers (working farmhouse-Gouda dairy in Streefkerk, ~9 km along the polder; for a stop within ~1 km of the mills, Biokaas Kinderdijk)how to make it yours →
Day 3
★ Climb the Cathedral South Tower — how to make it yours →
Day 4
The Rhine River flows through one of Germany’s most scenic regions. As you sail its most picturesque stretch
⚙ Curating The Rhine River flows through one of Germany’s most scenic regions. As you sail its most picturesque stretch’s bucket-list experience — check back shortly.
Day 4
Rudesheim am Rheinport guide →
★ Seilbahn Rüdesheim — how to make it yours →
Day 4
★ Glass-Floor Cable Car to Ehrenbreitstein Fortress — how to make it yours →
Day 5
Speyer Cathedral · $173 for two with Visit Speyer – Official City Tourism & Guided Tourshow to make it yours →
Day 6
Strasbourgport guide →
Full-Day Alsace Wine Route · $298 for two with Ophorushow to make it yours → ·
Day 7
Breisach am Rheinport guide →
★ Colmar & the Alsace Wine Route — how to make it yours →
Day 8
Basel Disembark
Disembark in the morning — or stay on for the days just below.
After you disembark

Bucket-list days near Basel

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

62 mi from Basel

Jungfraujoch - Top of Europe

48 mi from Basel

Jungfraujoch Day Trip

Before you sail

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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236 mi from Amsterdam · fly LHR

Cornwall's Wild Coast: Tin Mines, Tidal Castles & Beach Bars

Rugged Coastal Heritage Adventure

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After you disembark

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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Home

Fly home from Basel (ZRH)

What this adventure runs estimated · for two
Your hotel
Flights open-jaw · fly into AMS, home from ZRH · 2 travelers $2,292 est.
Hotel before you sail1 night · Amsterdam · River~$366
Cruise fare7 nights · Viking River · 2 guests$5,598
Shore excursions3 bucket-list things, booked direct · for 2 · more as they curate · swap any at its port above ↑~$491
Transfersairport ↔ ship, private car~$180
Trip total$8,927
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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