Bucket-List Cruise Adventure

14-Night Basel to Paris Cruise Adventure

Avalon · Avalon View · from Basel

$7,060 per person · next sails Nov 3, 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 CDG · $2,244 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 · 14 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
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
Private Expert Walking Tour of Mainz's Historic Ol… · $432 for two with Mainz Tours (local expert guide)how to make it yours → ·
Day 5
Eat
⚙ Curating Eat’s bucket-list experience — check back shortly.
Day 6
★ Climb the Cathedral South Tower — how to make it yours →
Day 7
★ Walk Into the Secret Annex - Anne Frank House — how to make it yours →
Day 8
This morning
⚙ Curating This morning’s bucket-list experience — check back shortly.
Day 9
Normandy D-Day Beaches · $300 for two with Normandy Victory Tours (official)how to make it yours →
Day 10
Caudebec-les-Elbeufport guide →
Rouen · $410 for two with Ophorus Private Shore Excursionshow 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
Normandy D-Day Beaches · $637 for two with Loire Secrets – Rouen Shore Excursionshow to make it yours → ·
Day 13
Conflans-Sainte-Honorineport guide →
★ Palace of Versailles — how to make it yours →
Days 14–15
Paris Disembark
Disembark in the morning — or stay on for the days just below.
After you disembark

Bucket-list days near Paris

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

0 mi from Paris

Louvre Museum

1 mi from Paris

L'Arpège

Three-Michelin-star establishment where Chef Alain Passard grows vegetables on his own farms and creates plant-forward tasting menus—a singular vision…

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 Paris

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

14 mi from Paris · fly CDG

Paris Beyond the Postcard: A Perfume-and-Palace Itinerary

Luxury Culture & Sensory Indulgence

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219 mi from Paris · 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 Paris (CDG)

What this adventure runs estimated · for two
Your hotel
Flights open-jaw · fly into ZRH, home from CDG · 2 travelers $2,244 est.
Hotel before you sail1 night · Basel · River~$186
Cruise fare14 nights · Avalon · 2 guests$14,120
Shore excursions4 bucket-list things, booked direct · for 2 · more as they curate · swap any at its port above ↑~$1,779
Transfersairport ↔ ship, private car~$180
Trip total$18,509
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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