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Departs: December 23, 2026

Returns: December 30, 2026

Departure Port: Basel

Ship: AmaCerto

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AmaCerto

Three rivers in one schedule, and a calendar that does not stop for winter

Aboard

  • Christened at Vilshofen in May 2012 by Christine Duffy, then the president of CLIA
  • 443 feet on a 38-foot beam, the largest hull a European river lock will take
  • Nine stateroom categories, most with the twin balcony, a French and a step-out in one room
  • Heated Sun Deck pool with a swim-up bar, a walking track and bicycles carried aboard
  • Sails the Rhine, the Main and the Moselle, and boards at Luxembourg and Wasserbillig
  • Departures in January, February and March, when most European river ships are laid up
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Ashore

Where You Stop

Basel

Breisach

Strasbourg

Ludwigshafen

Rüdesheim

Europe

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