Western Front Explorer (14 nights) | 28 Mar 2025 | APT Solara | 2145910 (2024)

Upon arrival, transfer to your 5★ award-winning luxury river ship for your 14 night all-inclusive river cruise (D)

★Freedom of Choice★ Admire the canals from a glass-top boat as you glide past 17th century homes, churches and merchant houses. Or, for gourmet lovers enjoy a culinary journey through Jordaan and visit a fishmonger, bakery and cheese store. Tonight, enjoy a gala welcome dinner (B,L,D)

★Freedom of Choice★ Enjoy a guided exploration of The Hague, the Dutch Parliament building & the Peace Palace. Or, visit the cheese mecca of Gouda to sample the regions finest. Afterwards, discover Rotterdam at your leisure (B,L,D)

Visit World Heritage-listed Kinderdijk, known for its concentration of 18th century windmills

★Signature Experience★ In Willemstad, enjoy a private organ recital at the oldest Protestant church in the Netherlands (B,L,D)

Cruise into the region of Zeeland, home to one of the world’s most complex modern engineering projects, the Delta Works, a series of flood protection systems including storm surge barriers that took more than 30 years to complete (B,L,D)

★Freedom of Choice★ Explore the Somme Battlefields, including the 1st and 2nd Australian Division Memorials and the John Monash Centre. Alternatively, enjoy a guided discovery of Ghent, including a canal cruise (B,L,D)

★Freedom of Choice★ Experience a full day visiting the Battlefields of Fromelles, including the Flanders Field Museum, Pheasant Wood Cemetery, the VC Corner Australian Cemetery. View The Last Post at Menin Gate or enjoy a full day to soak up the historic wonders of Bruges, including Markt Plaza and Belfry (B,L,D)

Enjoy a full day at leisure and take one of the on board bikes out and explore the town (B,L,D)

Join a culinary walk to sample Belgium’s renowned waffles and chocolate (B,L,D)

A visit to the Belgium battlefields takes you to Tyne Cot Cemetery, Polygon Wood and the Memorial Museum Passchendaele (B,L,D)

★Signature Experience★ Savour a Michelin starred lunch at Château Neercanne, which commands impressive vistas across the Jeker Valley from its terraces.

Later, tour Maastricht, renowned for its maze of tunnel caves, Roman history and historic architecture (B,L,D)

★Freedom of Choice★ Visit the Kroller-Muller Museum showcasing masterpieces by Claude Monet and Pablo Picasso. Or visit the residence of the last German Emperor Wilheim II, Huis Doorn. After World War I, he fled to neutral Netherlands, where he lived on this estate from 1920 to 1941 (B,L,D)

★Freedom of Choice★ Visit the Airborne Museum, which depicts the Battle of Arnhem in which the Allied Forces attempted to form a bridgehead on the northern banks of the Rhine river in September 1944. Or, discover the Open Air Museum where a number of Dutch houses, farms and windmills have been expertly recreated (B,L,D)

Visit the Keukenhof Gardens and admire the spectacular display of bulb flowers in bloom, including colourful tulips (Spring departure). Tonight, sit down to the captain’s farewell dinner (B,L,D)

Amsterdam, the enchanting capital of the Netherlands, is a city of idyllic canals, historic brick buildings and a rich artistic heritage.

Amsterdam, the enchanting capital of the Netherlands, is a city of idyllic canals, historic brick buildings and a rich artistic heritage.

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Amsterdam, the enchanting capital of the Netherlands, is a city of idyllic canals, historic brick buildings and a rich artistic heritage.