Admire Rhine Valley vistas from a 900-year-old castle. Sample the culinary delights of Austria’s Wachau Valley. Learn the Viennese waltz, visit Melk’s Benedictine Abbey and ponder Nuremberg’s World War II history. Indulge your senses on this 15-day journey spanning the best of Europe, tracing the Rhine, Main and Danube Rivers between the windmill-dotted waterways of Holland and the stunning landscapes of Hungary, with engaging encounters at every bend.

Experience the soothing waters of a traditional thermal bath in Budapest, learn to waltz at a Viennese dance school and sample Austro-Hungarian cuisine. Cruise through spectacular scenery and admire the Wachau Valley’s vineyard-laden hillsides. Gain rare insight into daily monastic life during an exclusive visit to Göttweig Abbey, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, and explore lesser-known Central European cities like Bratislava and Passau.

Discover the ports, vineyards, farms and forests of Aquitaine, once Europe’s richest kingdom. See Bordeaux’s fountains and cellars. Hunt for truffles in Périgord, and create your own personal blend of Cognac at the Camus distillery. Savor France’s finest oysters fresh from the bay at Arcachon. Sip Saint-Émilion, Médoc and Sauternes in their own terroir on an eight-day cruise through Bordeaux-a region synonymous with fine wine and finer living.

Explore Avignon’s Palace of the Popes and savor Lyon’s culinary heritage. Toast centuries-old vineyards and luxuriate in Paris’s sophistication. Walk in Joan of Arc’s footsteps at Rouen. Pay your respects at Normandy’s World War II beaches. Art, cuisine, style, joie de vivre-if you love everything français, this is for you: a 15-day journey that combines our popular Lyon & Provence and Paris & the Heart of Normandy cruises into one tour de force.

Uncover the glories of the Venetian and Hellenic Empires on a voyage to spectacular Adriatic shores. Discover Croatia’s Dalmatian Coast, explore the palace at Split and stroll the medieval streets of the walled city of Dubrovnik. Sail through scenic fjords to the remarkably preserved Kotor, Montenegro’s historic gem. On Greek shores, call at Corfu, with its inviting old town, and Katakolon, gateway to the Peloponnese and Olympia.