8 DAYS HOLLAND & BELGIUM TULIP CRUISE

This afternoon, you will embark your ship to begin your 7-night cruise.

Cruise via Ijsselmeer to Hoorn for a choice of 3 excursions:

• Tulip Family Farm with over 1 million tulips
• Hoorn Walk & Zuiderzee Museum for maritime history and culture
• Countryside Biking

Cruise via scenic Delta to Middelburg for a choice of 3 excursions:

• Middelburg Walking Tour, the medieval city was once the Dutch East India Company’s second largest trading city
• Delta Works & Flood Museum to learn how a unique storm surge barrier keep Netherlands away from flood disaster
• Middelburg Biking

Cross into Belgium’s 3^rd largest city with the following excursion choices:

• Ghent & Bruges Highlights
• Ghent Walk, visiting Castle of the Counts and Ghent Cathedral followed by leisure time to admire its canal-side architectures
• Bruges Full Day, including Church of Our Lady, home to Michelangelo’s marble sculpture of Madonna and Child
• Belgian Chocolate Workshop

Explore Belgium’s 2^nd largest metropolitan with one of the below choices:

• Antwerp Walk, including Steen Castle, Grote Market, Brabo Mountain & Cathedral of Our Lady (UNESCO)
• Antwerp Biking
• Rubens House, former home of 17^th century Flemish Baroque painter

In the afternoon, you may participate in one of below excursions:

• Floralia Flower Show, annual show featuring 1 million bulbs planted by the castle staffs
• Chocolate, beer and waffle tasting

Back in Netherlands, choose one of the below excursions to explore Rotterdam, famed as the “Gateway to Europe”:

• Rotterdam Walk, including tasting local specialties
• Rotterdam Architectural Biking
• Delfshaven, where Pilgrim fathers departed for epic Speedwell journey
• Delft, home of painter Johannes Vermeer, Delft Blue earthernware and Royal House, including visit to Royal Delft Porcelain Factory & Museum

This afternoon, venture in the UNESCO World Heritage Site of Kinderdijk with one of the below choices:

• Kinderdijk Tour, discover Netherlands’ highest concentration of 18^th century windmills
• Kinderdijk Biking

Start your day at Keukenhof with millions of flowering tulips over 70 acres, dubbed the “Garden of Europe” and opens only 9 weeks annually. This afternoon, cruise Amsterdam canal (UNESCO) with its historic homes and fabled Skinny Bridge.

Today, you will disembark the ship for your onwards adventure or transfer to the airport for your flight home.