Bucket-List Cruise Adventure

7-Night Basel to Amsterdam Cruise Adventure

AmaWaterways · AmaSiena · from Basel

$4,179 per person · next sails Aug 19, 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 AMS · $2,550 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

The voyage · 7 nights

The unforgettable thing at every port

We’ve found the single bucket-list experience at 8 of your 8 ports — the private, expert-led way, not the ship’s coach.

Rudesheim am Rhein
Seilbahn Rüdesheim · $26 for twohow to make it yours → ·
Breisach am Rhein
Colmar & the Alsace Wine Route · $38 for twohow to make it yours → ·
Strasbourg
Climb Strasbourg Cathedral's Spire Platform + Catc… · $6 for twohow to make it yours → ·
Ludwigshafen am Rhein
Heidelberg Castle & Altstadt · $612 for twohow to make it yours → ·
Lahnstein
Eltz Castle · $26 for twohow to make it yours → ·
Dusseldorf
Altstadt Altbier Safari · $69 for twohow to make it yours → ·
Amsterdam
Walk Into the Secret Annex - Anne Frank House · $2 for twohow to make it yours → ·
Basel
Float the Rhine through the medieval Old Town with… · $22 for twohow to make it yours → ·
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

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 $2,550 est.
Hotel before you sail1 night · Basel · River~$186
Cruise fare7 nights · AmaWaterways · 2 guests$8,358
Shore excursions8 bucket-list things, booked direct · for 2 · swap any at its port above ↑~$801
Transfersairport ↔ ship, private car~$180
Trip total$12,075
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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