Bucket-List Cruise Adventure

7-Night Amsterdam to Basel Cruise Adventure

Avalon · Avalon Envision · from Amsterdam

$4,851 per person · next sails Mar 30, 2027 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 · $2,550 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, the private, expert-led way, not the ship’s coach — any days at sea, and the day you step off.

Days 1–2
Amsterdam Embark
Board in the afternoon — fly in at least a day early (your day ashore here is just above).
Day 3
Cologne
Climb the Cathedral South Tower · $9 for twohow to make it yours → ·
Day 4
Eat
⚙ Curating Eat’s bucket-list experience — check back shortly.
Day 5
Printing Halls
⚙ Curating Printing Halls’s bucket-list experience — check back shortly.
Day 6
A Grand Cathedral and La Petite FranceAsk about today’s energizing or relaxing Adventure Host activities.<SPAN CLASS=active>ACTIVE Discover Strasbourg by bike with your Adventure Host
⚙ Curating A Grand Cathedral and La Petite FranceAsk about today’s energizing or relaxing Adventure Host activities.<SPAN CLASS=active>ACTIVE Discover Strasbourg by bike with your Adventure Host’s bucket-list experience — check back shortly.
Day 7
Breisach am Rhein
Colmar & the Alsace Wine Route · $38 for twohow 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

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 $2,550 est.
Hotel before you sail1 night · Amsterdam · River~$366
Cruise fare7 nights · Avalon · 2 guests$9,702
Shore excursions2 bucket-list things, booked direct · for 2 · more as they curate · swap any at its port above ↑~$47
Transfersairport ↔ ship, private car~$180
Trip total$12,845
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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