Excursion Choice: Mount Pilatus & Lucerne:*YES VOX
Drive to the base of Mount Pilatus, and travel by cogwheel to the summit reaching 6,983 feet (2,128 m). After free time, we descend the mountain and meet our coaches for a short drive to Lucerne, where your Tauck Directors will give you a short orientation walk with free time to explore of the town before returning to the ship. As a Tauck Treat, enjoy lunch as you please at a venue of your choice with lunch money from your Tour Directors.
Optional Choice: Full Day of Sailing to Basel
Should you wish to enjoy a relaxing day onboard as we sail to Switzerland, lunch will be served in Arthur's.
Dancing & Listening music with our Resident Musician
PAULO plays for your listening and dancing pleasure along with a nightcap or two. What a perfect way to enjoy the rest of the evening with tunes of your choice. Come on in and ask him to play songs that bring back memories, make you smile and enjoy the night away.
“For without words, in friendship, all thoughts, all desires, all expectations are born and shared,
with joy that is unacclaimed.”
-Kahlil Gibran-
Today, we kindly ask that you bring your passports with you. Keep them in a safe place.
Border Patrol may or may not stop us. it is better to be prepared. Thank you!
TODAY IS A BIG TRAVELING DAY OF SIGHTSEEING;
A choice of excursions await you today upon your arrival in Switzerland, commonly referred to as "the Playground of Europe."
EXCURSION CHOICE: MOUNT PILATUS & LUCERNE:*YES VOX
On one, you'll head out for the heights of Mt. Pilatus aboard a gondola, climbing from Kriens to the very top (Oberhaupt) – nearly 7,000 ft. high; return via Alpnachstad, at the edge of Lake Lucerne, aboard the world's steepest cogwheel train and enjoy an orientation tour of Lucerne, Switzerland's "City of Lights." "Taste-of-the-Town" lunch money will be given to you from your Tauck Director to enjoy a venue of your choice.
EXCURSION CHOICE: HAUT KOENIGSBOURG & RIQUEWIHR:*YES VOX
Alternatively, you may prefer the pleasures of lunch and a wine tasting along the Alsatian wine route. If so, you'll head to Château Haut-Koenigsbourg, originally built in the 1200s. Burned, abandoned and restored to its former glory in 1899, the castle presents a picture of a mountain fortress of the Middle Ages; after your visit, head to the French Alsatian town of Riquewihr, a charming medieval town where we have lunch -- your Tauck Director will give you lunch money to enjoy dining at a venue of your choice, followed by wine tasting at a local winery. Regardless of your choice, your day ends in Basel – a major crossroads of travel and thought since the 15th century.
BASEL:
The city of Basel is know for her parks, museums, galleries, and restaurants; the Rhine Promenade; 14th-century Münster Cathedral; and modern buildings by architects like Frank Gehry and Yoshio Taniguchi.
DOCKING LOCATION
Morning: CroisiEurope, Breisach
Afternoon: Steiger 3 Dreiländereck
WEATHER
BOTH LUCERNE
& ALSACE
(approximately the same weather
PRECIPITATION: 3-50 %
LOW: 52F // 11C
HIGH: 59F // 15C
IMPORTANT SHIP INFORMATION:
Ship: MS Grace
Reception #: +31 655 453855
Captain: Hendrik Liemberg
Hotel Manager: Marina Van Oevelen
Cruise Director: Joyce Gleeson-Adamidis
Excursion Choice: Mount Pilatus & Lucerne:*YES VOX
Drive to the base of Mount Pilatus, and travel by cogwheel to the summit reaching 6,983 feet (2,128 m). After free time, we descend the mountain and meet our coaches for a short drive to Lucerne, where your Tauck Directors will give you a short orientation walk with free time to explore of the town before returning to the ship. As a Tauck Treat, enjoy lunch as you please at a venue of your choice with lunch money from your Tour Directors.
Optional Choice: Full Day of Sailing to Basel
Should you wish to enjoy a relaxing day onboard as we sail to Switzerland, lunch will be served in Arthur's.
Dancing & Listening music with our Resident Musician
PAULO plays for your listening and dancing pleasure along with a nightcap or two. What a perfect way to enjoy the rest of the evening with tunes of your choice. Come on in and ask him to play songs that bring back memories, make you smile and enjoy the night away.
“For without words, in friendship, all thoughts, all desires, all expectations are born and shared,
with joy that is unacclaimed.”
-Kahlil Gibran-
Today, we kindly ask that you bring your passports with you. Keep them in a safe place.
Border Patrol may or may not stop us. it is better to be prepared. Thank you!
TODAY IS A BIG TRAVELING DAY OF SIGHTSEEING;
A choice of excursions await you today upon your arrival in Switzerland, commonly referred to as "the Playground of Europe."
EXCURSION CHOICE: MOUNT PILATUS & LUCERNE:*YES VOX
On one, you'll head out for the heights of Mt. Pilatus aboard a gondola, climbing from Kriens to the very top (Oberhaupt) – nearly 7,000 ft. high; return via Alpnachstad, at the edge of Lake Lucerne, aboard the world's steepest cogwheel train and enjoy an orientation tour of Lucerne, Switzerland's "City of Lights." "Taste-of-the-Town" lunch money will be given to you from your Tauck Director to enjoy a venue of your choice.
EXCURSION CHOICE: HAUT KOENIGSBOURG & RIQUEWIHR:*YES VOX
Alternatively, you may prefer the pleasures of lunch and a wine tasting along the Alsatian wine route. If so, you'll head to Château Haut-Koenigsbourg, originally built in the 1200s. Burned, abandoned and restored to its former glory in 1899, the castle presents a picture of a mountain fortress of the Middle Ages; after your visit, head to the French Alsatian town of Riquewihr, a charming medieval town where we have lunch -- your Tauck Director will give you lunch money to enjoy dining at a venue of your choice, followed by wine tasting at a local winery. Regardless of your choice, your day ends in Basel – a major crossroads of travel and thought since the 15th century.
BASEL:
The city of Basel is know for her parks, museums, galleries, and restaurants; the Rhine Promenade; 14th-century Münster Cathedral; and modern buildings by architects like Frank Gehry and Yoshio Taniguchi.
DOCKING LOCATION
Morning: CroisiEurope, Breisach
Afternoon: Steiger 3 Dreiländereck
WEATHER
BOTH LUCERNE
& ALSACE
(approximately the same weather
PRECIPITATION: 3-50 %
LOW: 52F // 11C
HIGH: 59F // 15C
IMPORTANT SHIP INFORMATION:
Ship: MS Grace
Reception #: +31 655 453855
Captain: Hendrik Liemberg
Hotel Manager: Marina Van Oevelen
Cruise Director: Joyce Gleeson-Adamidis