Bucket-List Cruise Adventure

15-Night Vienna to Basel Cruise Adventure

Avalon · Avalon Vista · from Vienna

$9,742 per person · next sails Dec 5, 2026 Book this cruise@ Cruisebound · same fare
Get there

Fly into Vienna (VIE)

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

Open-jaw · fly into VIE, home from ZRH · $2,590 for two est.
Before you sail

Bucket-list days near Vienna

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.

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Schloss Ambras

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Spanish Riding School

Your voyage · 15 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.

Days 1–2
Vienna Embark
Board in the afternoon — fly in at least a day early (your day ashore here is just above).
Day 3
Frescoes above the Wachau Valley<SPAN CLASS=classic>CLASSIC Take a Guided Tour of Melk’s magnificent Benedictine Abbey to marvel at its frescoed ceilings.
⚙ Curating Frescoes above the Wachau Valley<SPAN CLASS=classic>CLASSIC Take a Guided Tour of Melk’s magnificent Benedictine Abbey to marvel at its frescoed ceilings.’s bucket-list experience — check back shortly.
Day 4
Passau
Three Rivers · $32 for twohow to make it yours → ·
Day 5
Regensburg
Walhalla by Danube riverboat · $8 for twohow to make it yours → ·
Day 6
Nuremberg
Private WWII History Tour · $230 for twohow to make it yours → ·
Day 7
<SPAN CLASS=classic>CLASSIC Enjoy a Guided City Tour which will show you the highlights of fascinating Munich. See Nymphenburg Palace—a former residence of Bavarian monarchs
⚙ Curating <SPAN CLASS=classic>CLASSIC Enjoy a Guided City Tour which will show you the highlights of fascinating Munich. See Nymphenburg Palace—a former residence of Bavarian monarchs’s bucket-list experience — check back shortly.
Day 8
Nuremberg
Private WWII History Tour · $230 for twohow to make it yours → ·
Day 9
Bamberg
Private Walking Tour · $304 for twohow to make it yours → ·
Day 10
Wurzburg
Würzburg Residenz · $10 for twohow to make it yours → ·
Day 11
Miltenberg
Miltenberg Private Walking Tour with Castle Visit… · $194 for twohow to make it yours → ·
Day 12
Eat
⚙ Curating Eat’s bucket-list experience — check back shortly.
Day 13
Winter Wonders and a Wine Barrel Fit for a King <SPAN CLASS=discovery>DISCOVERY Take a Guided Tour that includes the magnificent Heidelberg Castle and the Great Vat—the world’s largest wine barrel. After the tour
⚙ Curating Winter Wonders and a Wine Barrel Fit for a King <SPAN CLASS=discovery>DISCOVERY Take a Guided Tour that includes the magnificent Heidelberg Castle and the Great Vat—the world’s largest wine barrel. After the tour’s bucket-list experience — check back shortly.
Day 14
Strasbourg
Climb Strasbourg Cathedral's Spire Platform + Catc… · $6 for twohow to make it yours → ·
Day 15
Breisach am Rhein
Colmar & the Alsace Wine Route · $38 for twohow to make it yours → ·
Day 16
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

Home

Fly home from Basel (ZRH)

What this adventure runs estimated · for two
Your hotel
Flights open-jaw · fly into VIE, home from ZRH · 2 travelers $2,590 est.
Hotel before you sail1 night · Vienna · River~$174
Cruise fare15 nights · Avalon · 2 guests$19,484
Shore excursions9 bucket-list things, booked direct · for 2 · more as they curate · swap any at its port above ↑~$1,052
Transfersairport ↔ ship, private car~$180
Trip total$23,480
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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