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Amsterdam, the Rhine & Paris 2025

17 Sep – 18 Oct 2025 Past trip

A week in Amsterdam, an AmaWaterways cruise up the Rhine and Moselle to Basel, then ten days in Paris.

Booked with Etihad AmaWaterways Booking.com Hannah from 241 Get your Guide Viator

  • Length 32 days
  • Days written up 27
  • Places 16
  • Stops on the map 51

Amsterdam first, then by river through Germany and Alsace to Switzerland, and the train to Paris to finish.

Where we went

Day by day

  1. 1 Airport night Wed 17 Sep Melbourne
  2. 2 Melbourne to Amsterdam Thu 18 Sep Amsterdam
  3. 3 Pancakes and canals Fri 19 Sep Amsterdam
  4. 4 Red Light District tour Sat 20 Sep Amsterdam
  5. 5 Zaanse Schans, Volendam and Giethoorn Sun 21 Sep Netherlands
  6. 6 Bruges Mon 22 Sep Belgium
  7. 8 Boarding the river cruise Wed 24 Sep Amsterdam
  8. 10 Cologne Fri 26 Sep Cologne
  9. 11 Lahnstein Sat 27 Sep Lahnstein
  10. 12 The Moselle and Cochem Sun 28 Sep Moselle Valley
  11. 13 Trier Mon 29 Sep Trier
  12. 14 Bernkastel Tue 30 Sep Moselle Valley
  13. 15 Rhine Gorge and Rüdesheim Wed 1 Oct Rhine Gorge
  14. 16 Ludwigshafen and Heidelberg Thu 2 Oct Rhineland
  15. 17 Strasbourg Fri 3 Oct Alsace
  16. 18 Breisach Sat 4 Oct Breisach
  17. 19 Basel Sun 5 Oct Basel
  18. 20 Biel Mon 6 Oct Switzerland
  19. 22 Basel to Paris Wed 8 Oct Paris
  20. 23 Paris top sights Thu 9 Oct Paris
  21. 24 Galeries Lafayette Fri 10 Oct Paris
  22. 25 Chocolate and pastry tour Sat 11 Oct Paris
  23. 26 Versailles Sun 12 Oct Versailles
  24. 27 The Louvre Mon 13 Oct Paris
  25. 28 Notre-Dame and Île de la Cité Tue 14 Oct Paris
  26. 31 Flying home Fri 17 Oct Paris
  27. 32 Home Sat 18 Oct Melbourne