View allWe had a great time with all the staff and excursions and no complaints at all.
kiernin, traveled in June
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- Gold Operator
- Lueftner Cruises
- River Cruise
- Scenic waterways and effortless exploration
- Group Tour
- Join a group and forge lifelong friendships
- Fully Guided
- An experienced guide will be with you for the entire tour
- Guided in English, German
- Group Size 20 - 150
- Age range 8 to 99
Places You’ll See
Highlights
- Visit France, Germany, Switzerland and the Netherlands
- Glide past The Lorelei, the mythical rock of the sirens
- Dine on board in the elegant Panorama-Restaurant
- Sip Riesling in Rüdesheim and explore charming Koblenz
- Explore the waterways of Bohemian Amsterdam
Itinerary
- Introduction
- Day 1 Basel
- Day 2 Strasbourg
- Day 3 Speyer,Mannheim
- Day 4 Mannheim,Rüdesheim,Koblenz
- Day 5 Koblenz,Cochem
- Day 6 Cologne
- Day 7 Amsterdam
- Day 8 Amsterdam
What's Included
- Accommodation
- Guide
- Meals
- Additional Services
- Transport
- Free eSIMTourRadar offers the lead traveler (the person who booked) a free 1GB eSIM for the trip. The eSIM is redeemable only through the TourRadar app 72 hours before departure.
What's Not Included
- Flights
- Insurance
- Optional
- Additional Services
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Operated by
Lueftner Cruises
Number of tours
85
Age Range
8 to 99 years old
Response time
within 3 days
Response rate
80%
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Lueftner Cruises Ship
Amadeus CaraThe new ship offers a total of 72 spacious deluxe cabins and 12 AMADEUS Suites. Similar to our other ships, the cabins on the Mozart and Str… Read more
Customer Reviews
- Overall RatingExcellent
- ItineraryExcellent
- GuideExcellent
- TransportExcellent
- AccommodationExcellent
- FoodExcellent
- Federico Antonio· June 21st, 2025Automatic translation available in English. View in EnglishWe loved it. Everything, no quibbles. From our perspective it was a dream come true and we will definitely take a river cruise with this company again.Show more
Trip date: June 2025 - GMGraham· June 17th, 2025Amazing, well organised and high quality cuisine.Show moreTrip date: June 2025
- Patrick· May 10th, 2025Our tour of Turkyie was exceptional. Well organised with great drivers and super tour guides. We explored so much or the country’s history and culture. We were impressed with all aspects of the tour.Show moreTrip date: May 2024
- Renate· October 17th, 2024Excellent service. The staff was unfailingly polite and very helpful. The food, both quality and presentation were outstandingShow moreTrip date: October 2024
- SBShelley· October 13th, 2024Great cruise with many interesting stopsTrip date: October 2024
- RRREBECKA· October 11th, 20241st time cruiser of any sort and can't wait to do a second! Our Amadeus Star Rhine River Cruise was incredible. The boat was like a 4 star hotel in every way. White linen service for every meal. The suite was spectacular - and the showers amazing:) The staff was polite and generous. The views were breathtaking. What was most surprising was that it seemed like we had the river to ourselves and had it not been for the need to slow down for locks and docking we would have never known we were on a ship. Another pleasant surprise was the ability to do your own thing. We didn't feel like we had to be somewhere or do something because we were part of a group. Often times we choose to take the bikes (both standard and ebikes - the electric assist was a godsend for the ride through the Rhine's vertical vineyards.) to go exploring on our own. But in a few cases - we choose to do the arranged tours which brought us to sites which would have been a bit more inaccessible (and we would have missed seeing) or see the sites in a bigger city like Cologne in a short amount of time. The cruise director was so accommodating -we were able to signup (and in one case cancel) once on board which I was concerned about because we had booked the trip last minute. The audio assist headsets were great to hear the guide without having to crowd around a person to hear. In port - I was able to eyeball several competitors ships and thought that the Amadeus Star's suites, dining areas and brightwork above deck was superior to its competitors. Our suite was bright and airy with large with expansive windows, a sliding glass door and a small balcony . A walk-in closet, coffee/refrigerator nook and seating area to take in the sunshine and sites made this a very unexpected pleasure - as I had heard about the small quarters on cruise ships that made me leery about sailing. Another pleasant surprise was the diversity of the guests. We shared our adventure with a group from Japan, another from Germany, and of course - the Canadians (who lived up to their reputation of friendliness and "adopted" those of us who were traveling solo - including someone from Austrailia) The ages ranged from about 40 to sprite 90 year olds - although the majority were in our age group (60s) I highly recommend this cruise and the Amadeus ships!Show moreTrip date: September 2024
- Lara· July 30th, 2024Organisation was excellent. Quick answers to all my questionsShow moreTrip date: July 2024
- DNDavid· July 28th, 2024We have a lovely trip on the Amadeus Cara.Show moreTrip date: July 2024
- kiernin· June 1st, 2024We had a great time with all the staff and excursions and no complaints at all.Show moreTrip date: May 2024
- L· April 25th, 2024It's every bit of luxury without the price tag of some better known names. You have your own and very comfortable sailing hotel and dining rooms, great food, with the ability to sightsee at different places every day. The choice is between self guided or group tours. In hindsight, I would have probably done the sightseeing by myself.Show moreTrip date: April 2024
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- From Tuesday21 Oct, 2025To Tuesday28 Oct, 2025From:NZ $4,629
What our customers ask about this tour
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Nancy
Asked on November 18th, 2024How much are the optional excursion packages?
Lueftner CruisesOperator•Written November 2024Package A is Euro 294/- per person. Package B is Euro 417/- per person. Package C is Euro 501/- per person. You don't have to take a package if you don't want to. You may select excursions on a A La Carte basis as well.
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Brian
Asked on May 7th, 2024Actually, I prefered to book Classical Rhine Cruise, but last step making payment always end with payment failure since 4 days ago. Yesterday we tried similar cruise and had still payment failed
- Lueftner CruisesOperator•Written May 2024
We will check the payment issue and help you resolve the problem with your cruise booking
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Paula
Asked on March 17th, 2024Do you have available dates for September 2024?
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Paula
Traveler•Written March 2024Could you provide them with the name of the ship?
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Paula
Traveler•Written March 2024Could you explain to them the difference between the cabins?
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Paula
Traveler•Written March 2024I would like to see the Strauss room and Amelie Suite pictures. Where can I find them?
- Lueftner CruisesOperator•Written March 2024
The ship that will be sailing on both dates is known as the MS Amadeus Star. Each deck has different cabin types with the ones towards the front considered premium and hence the higher price as compared to the cabins located towards the back end. The higher the deck the better the view and vantage point and hence cabins on higher decks are more expensive.
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Paula
Traveler•Written March 2024Any charges if an agent booking for us? Do you have C-4 and B-4 2 rooms for 4 people on September 7 to 14 ,2024 ? Also September 21 to 28, the same one C4 room and one B4 room. I would like to have both prices please. I want to compare September 2024 with 3/26/2025 C4 and B4 before we book the rooms for 4.
- Lueftner CruisesOperator•Written March 2024
If you are looking to book via a Travel agent, any fees will need to be discussed with them as they are the ones providing this service. We are unable to advise of the fees that a travel agent will charge you.
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Sylvia
Asked on September 16th, 2023Any trip departures in the first week of December?
- Lueftner CruisesOperator•Written September 2023
This cruise is not available in December 2023. We do have many lovely cruises on the Rhine available during that time!
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Kylie
Asked on September 15th, 2023Are you offering any Danube cruises next Summer?
- Lueftner CruisesOperator•Written September 2023
Yes indeed we do offer cruises on the Danube for next Summer. Request you to kindly find a few of our popular ones.
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Jacqueline
Asked on July 17th, 2023Are there balcony cabins available?
- Lueftner CruisesOperator•Written July 2023
The only cabin that offered an outside balcony is the suite and it is currently sold out. We can offer you these next available cabins: Cabin A-1 (17.5m²) with lowerable panoramic window front (On the Mozart Deck), Cabin B-1 (17.5m²) with lowerable panoramic window front (On the Strauss Deck).
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Sophie
Asked on January 19th, 2023I have interest in booking one of your canel tours but would like to see pictures of the boat and rooms. Will this be possible?
- Lueftner CruisesOperator•Written January 2023
Cabin Categories: As this cruise is operated by AMADEUS Star you can see here all available cabin pictures. Per ship per deck different cabin categories. The difference is simply the location of the cabin on each deck. You can see here the detailed deck plan.
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Jacqueline
Asked on January 17th, 2023Are excursions includes or not? If it's not include, How much?
- Lueftner CruisesOperator•Written January 2023
Regarding shore excursions, they have an additional price and you can select either between two packages or individual excursions. The packages have a cost of around $500 Euros per person.
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Denise
Asked on December 12th, 2022Please send a quote in a 'B-4 Cabin - Double'
- Lueftner CruisesOperator•Written December 2022
We can offer you a quote on the other categories C1, B1, A1 or the Suite
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Ann
Asked on August 10th, 2022Looking at 8 day Classic Rhine cruise from Basel to Amsterdam. What would the price be for a SOLO traveler? Happy with the smaller room, as long as it has a window to see the scenery from and not under the water level.
- Lueftner CruisesOperator•Written August 2022
The total comes to AUD $ 2,923.14, this includes the Early Bird Discount of AUD $ 448.54. Please note this price does not include international flights, shore excursions, airport transfers, or gratuities.
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