DiscoverMORE If you’re looking to explore even more of the continent’s rich cultural tapestry, our extra-special DiscoverMORE excursions have been created specially to grant you rare insights that venture beyond the ordinary travel encounters. Available at an additional cost, these optional tours compliment our extensive daily included tours as well as our EmeraldPLUS and EmeraldACTIVE programmes. We’d advise you to book before you travel to ensure you secure your place on your chosen activities, just look out for the DiscoverMORE icon across our itineraries.
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Českỳ Krumlov Tour of Českỳ Krumlov
From €62 per person
A UNESCO World Heritage Site, Český Krumlov is famous for its Old Town, with its picturesque medieval centre located in South Bohemia, Czech Republic.. Includes: Coach transfers • Local guide Please note: This tour happens at the same time as the included Passau walking tour and Salzburg excursion optional tour
Germany Please enquire for cost
Includes: Wine tasting
Please enquire for cost
Enjoy a walking tour of Colmar, during which you’ll discover Little Venice, and visit a local winery for a wine tasting and a cellar tour. Includes: Local guide • Coach transfer • Wine tasting
Cologne Please enquire for cost
Tour the old town before stepping into the world of Giovanni Maria Farina, the legendary Italian perfumer and learn about the perfume-making process.
Rhine, Main, Moselle & Danube Rivers Austria
Includes: Local guide • Entrance to Farina Duft Museum
Melk
Enjoy an orientation tour of the small French town of Riquewihr, along the Alsace Wine Route. You’ll also have the opportunity to taste the wines of a local winery.
Visit to Schallaburg Castle
Please enquire for cost
See 1000 years of architecture and how 3 architectural styles exist beside each other, try longbow-archery and taste typical pear and apple ciders. Includes: Coach transfer • Local guide • Castle entrance
Viennese Evening Concert
From €74 per person
Emerald Cruises invite you to a private concert exclusively for you to enjoy favourites such as the “Blue Danube Waltz” and the “Radetzky” March. Includes: Coach transfer • Concert ticket • Glass of sparkling wine
Schönbrunn Palace
From €57 per person
The former summer residence of the Habsburg Empire is considered one of the most beautiful Baroque palaces in Europe. Follow our local expert and hear the fascinating tales surrounding this UNESCO World Heritage-listed cultural icon. Includes: Coach transfer • Local guide • Entrance
Tour of Salzburg
From €62 per person
A full day tour to the birthplace of Mozart and the picturesque setting for the theatrical masterpiece The Sound of Music. Your guide will showcase the highlights of this unique city with all its Baroque architecture and Alpine charm. Includes: Coach transfer • Local guide
Tastes of Vienna
Includes: Coach transfer • Local guide • Wine tasting
From €49 per person
Vienna is known for its culture and delicious pastries. Enjoy a tour where you will learn more about the food culture in the city of Waltz.
Take an insightful walking tour of the town including a visit to the magnificent Reichsburg Castle, boasting impressive views of the Moselle Valley. Includes: Coach transfer • Local guide • Castle entrance
Learn traditional German gingerbread making techniques during a demonstration with a local chef, before tasting for yourself. Includes: Coach transfer • Local chef • Tasting
Belgium
Passau
Antwerp
Bavaria Live Please enquire for cost
Includes: Coach transfer • Entrance to the Cathedral • Entrance to Reuben's house
Czech Republic From €36 per person
Discover some of the city’s interesting hidden corners before arriving at a local restaurant. Meet your sommelier and enjoy a welcome drink of Czech sparkling wine followed by a selection of red, white and rose wines all accompanied by traditional charcuterie and cheeses. Includes: Coach transfers • Local guide • Wine tasting Please note: This tour is only for passengers on the Prague (city) extension
Includes: Local guide • Entertainment & Beer
Please enquire for cost
Walk among the treetops upto 25 meters above the forest floor, and experience nature from a 1,300 meter elevated pathway and a 44 meter tree tower.
Rastatt
Please note - All details and prices ‘From’ are correct at the time of going to print. DiscoverMORE excursions are subject to availability and may not take place if minimum attendees are not met. Emerald Cruises reserve the right to change or cancel DiscoverMORE excursions at any time.
Includes: Coach transfers • Local guide
Paris Tastes of Paris
Jewish Heritage Tour
From €46 per person
Includes: Local guide • Tasting Please note: This tour cannot be offered when falling on a Monday due to market closure. Alternative tour will be offered instead.
Includes: Coach transfer • Local guide
Retro car tour of Paris
Please note: The Jewish heritage tour will be replaced by a tour of Szentendre on Friday & Saturday Please note: This excursion happens at the same time as the excursion to Szentendre.
Excursion to Szentendre
From €32 per person
Includes: Coach transfer • Local guide • Entrance to Micro Museum Please note: This excursion happens at the same time as the DiscoverMORE Jewish Heritage tour.
Netherlands
Includes: Side car ride • Local guide
Viviers Fishing class on the Rhône
Please enquire for cost
On the banks of the Rhône river, guests will have the opportunity to experience a static fishing lesson with a qualified fishing instructor. Learn all you need to know, and put your skills to the test in the most picturesque of settings. Includes: Fishing class with qualified instructor • Equipment hire
From €48 per person
This compact community provides a wonderful insight into quintessential Holland. Enjoy a guided tour of this hidden gem and indulge in a beer tasting. Includes: Coach transfers • Local guide • Beer tasting
Douro River Portugal Lisbon Excursion to Sintra
From €58 per person
Learn about one of the most popular forms of earthenware in the Netherlands, Delft pottery, during a visit to a functioning factory. Hear about how the local people maintain this rich tradition, dating back to the 1500s. Includes: Coach transfers • Local guide • Entrance
Includes: Coach transfer • Local guide • Sintra Palace entrance Please note: This tour can only be done by passengers on the Lisbon (city extension) + cruise
Pocinho Archaeological Tour 4x4 Coa Museum
Belgrade National Opera Theatre tour
From €54 per person
Just north of Lisbon, enjoy a guided tour of Sintra, a UNESCO World Heritage-listed site which dates back to Moorish times, including a tour of Sintra Palace.
From €29 per person
The home of opera, ballet and drama, tour the backstage area, the dressing room, make up rooms and costumes areas. Stand on the stage as the professionals do, and enjoy a concert at the end, given by two singers in the Museum Area. Includes: Coach transfer • Tour guide • Entrance • Glass of sparkling wine
Switzerland
Includes: Coach transfer • Guide • 4x4 tour
Porto Taylors Port Wine tour
Lucerne
From €38 per person
Canada do Inferno is located on the left bank of the Côa, in the municipality and parish of Vila Nova de Foz Côa. The tour begins at the Côa Museum. Board your jeep and drive to the area where the abandoned Côa dam was being built, and onwards through a landscape marked by the construction work that determined the recent history of the Côa rock art. The final part of the tour is on foot.
From €38 per person
Includes: Train to the top + cable car
Taylor’s is one of the oldest of the founding Port houses and is dedicated entirely to the production of Port wine. Tour the wine cellars with your guide and taste three delicious premium Ports. Following the tour, move to a tasting room and enjoy three delicious premium Ports styles
Please note: This tour can only operate on the Lucerne / Zurich (city extension) + cruise
Includes: Coach transfer • Guide • Tasting
Rhône & Saône Rivers France
Please note: This tour happens at the same time as Visit to Quinta da Aveleda
From €49 per person
Enjoy an unguided visit to Mount Rigi, one of the most iconic mountains in central Switzerland. Take a train to the top and a cable car back down the mountain.
Visit to Quinta da Aveleda
Arles Excursion to Camargue
Please enquire for cost
Tour the estate and learn of Le Mas de Peint and the 500 hectare estate’s agricultural and cattle breeding history. Enjoy home-made cake and coffee.
Includes: Coach transfer • Guide • Tasting Please note: This tour happens at the same time as Taylors Port Wine Tour
Régua Visit to Mateus Manor House
Guided Tour of the Pont du Gard
From €49 per person
The UNESCO World Heritage-listed aqueduct is technically and architecturally impressive. Marvel at the three-level, 48-metre-high Roman structure, which served as an aqueduct until the 6th century, transporting 20,000m3 of water a day.
We visit one of the many local breweries in Regensburg, to see where Germany’s much-loved beer is brewed. You’ll see how traditional brewery techniques have merged with latest industry technology before having the opportunity to taste various beers for yourself.
Includes: Coach transfers • Guide • Entrance to Pont du Gard site & museum
Includes: Beer tasting • Expert guide
Includes: Concert entry
Classical Concert
From €34 per person
Explore the fairy-tale like property of Quinta Aveleda, a renowned sparkling wine producer set on an estate boasting incredible gardens. A highlight of this tour are the enchanting gardens.
Avignon
From €57 per person
From €91 per person
Today, embark on an adventure by sidecar from your hotel through Paris, where you will experience some of the main sites of the City of Lights.
Tour of the Festspielhaus, see backstage and enjoy a delightful short-performance whilst you sip a glass of bubbly.
Regensburg
From €21 per person
Discover the city’s Jewish heritage on a guided tour with a local expert. You’ll learn about significant events from history which have shaped Budapest’s culture.
Baden Baden Opera House behind the scenes Please enquire for cost Includes: Local guide • Coach transfer • Drink • Short performance
From €49 per person
Embark on a guided tour of this medieval town, including the Colombe d’Or hotel and restaurant, the houses of James Baldwin and Marc Chagall, as well as the 13th century Collegiate church. Afterwards, admire the views of the Côte d’Azur.
Includes: Coach transfer • Guide • Tractor-drawn wagon ride
Visit to a local brewery
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From €44 per person
Enjoy a wonderful traditional gathering. A local will inform the guests about the 800-year-old history of Passau beer and introduce them to the Bavarian Taverne traditions in an entertaining way.
Excursion to the Bavarian forest
Budapest
Train & cable car ride to Mt. Rigi & Weggis
Includes: Coach transfer • Local guide • Entrance to the Baumwipfelpfad
Prague Taste of Czechia
Please enquire for cost
Walk through the city, passing sights such as the Courtroom 600 and the Nazi Rally grounds. Take an audio self-guided tour of the Documentation Center. Includes: Coach transfers • Local guide • Entrance
Walking tour of Antwerp old town- entrance of the main Cathedral to admire Ruben's artworks before heading to Ruben's House's where an art historian will be guiding through the Museum.
From €43 per person
Includes: Coach transfers • Local guide
Join your tour director on a walking tour to the local market often frequented by locals. You will have the opportunity to learn about some French culinary traditions as well as taste some of the region's best and most authentic ingredients.
Serbia
Nuremberg
Includes: Coach transfer • Local guide • Tasting
Ruben's Museum and Cathedral Tour
Please enquire for cost
Includes: Coach transfer • Classical concert
World War II tour with courtroom visit
Hungary
Delft Pottery factory visit
Bruchsal Palace is a stunning Baroque Palace. In one of the most beautiful rooms in the palace known as Kammermusiksaa, guests will enjoy a one hour classical concert.
Gingerbread Cooking Demonstration
Includes: Coach transfer • Local guide • Local sausage tasting
Rotterdam
Mannheim Evening concert at Bruchsal Palace
The best-preserved medieval town in Germany, walk the wall that encircles Rothenburg, climb to the top of the town hall tower and admire the beautiful Gothic, Renaissance, and Baroque houses and fountains.
Haarlem Discovery Visit From €64 per person
From €39 per person
Overlooking the Ain river valley, this medieval walled town thrives on its wine and weaving industries. Explore from the upper gate to the 15th century church, passing the 33-metre-deep well and the Maison du Sergent de Justice.
Visit to Saint Paul de Vence From €58 per person
Amsterdam
Koblenz Moselle Valley & Cochem Castle visit
Vienna
From €58 per person
Excursion to Pérouges
Nice
Explore the pretty cobblestone streets, shops and café’s, and experience a Mediterranean atmosphere that continues to inspire local artists.
Kehl Excursion to Riquewihr
Includes: Coach transfer • Guided tour • Wine tasting
Please note: This DiscoverMORE operates at the same time as included excursions.
Breisach
Visit to the Eau de Cologne museum
Please enquire for cost
Bruchsal Palace, also know as the Damiansburg, is a breathtaking Baroque Palace, noted for its fine Roccoco decoration. In one of the most beautiful rooms in the palace known as Kammermusiksaa, guests will enjoy a one hour evening classical concert.
Excursion to Rothenburg
Discover one of the oldest Riesling wineries in the Moselle Valley region, learn of German viticulture and enjoy a delicious wine tasting.
Excursion to Colmar
Lyon
Wine tasting at Schloss Johannisberg
Würzburg
Bernkastel Wine tasting at Dr Thanisch winery
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From €38 per person
Built in the 18th century, Mateus Manor House is one of the finest representations of Baroque architecture in Portugal. Consisting of the main house, the gardens, a winery and a chapel, you may recognise these wonderful dwellings from the label of Portugal’s famous rosé wine Includes: Coach transfer • Local guide • Entrance to palace
From €74 per person
Enjoy a wonderful evening classical concert within the halls of one of the Provençal city’s churches, and just a short stroll from your Star-Ship.
To book contact your local travel agency or email info@emeraldcruises.eu
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