YOUR ITINERARY

2nd May departing SOUTHAMPTON, UK

3rd May CRUISING NIEUWE MAAS, NETHERLANDS

Nieuwe Maas is a 15-mile distributary of the Rhine River located in Rotterdam in the Netherlands. It runs from the meeting of the Noord and Lek rivers, flowing west through some of the country’s most densely populated areas and ends west of Rotterdam, where it meets the Oude Maas. Points of interest along the Nieuwe Maas include the Erasmusbrug Bridge and the innovative Cube houses of Rotterdam.

5th - 6th May AMSTERDAM, NETHERLANDS

City of canals and bikes, historic Amsterdam is a network of waterways lined with elegant merchant homes, museums and friendly cafés. The iconic Canal Ring is best explored by glass-topped boat, passing significant monuments and seeing the city from a different perspective; or the poignant Anne Frank House, where Anne and her family hid from the Germans during the Second World War.

3rd - 4th May ROTTERDAM, NETHERLANDS

The words innovative and inspiring sum up Rotterdam, a major port in the Dutch province of South Holland, as the Netherlands’ second largest city has a diverse community, a captivating maritime history, and an abundance of excellent museums. When you arrive, you will see the city is an exhibition of futuristic architecture, an achievement even more remarkable considering Rotterdam was literally razed to the ground during World War II.

6th May CRUISING NORTH SEA CANAL, NETHERLANDS

The North Sea Canal (or Noordzeekanaal) is Amsterdam’s direct link to the North Sea and is one of the country’s busiest and most important shipping lanes. Despite its industrial importance, there’s a lot more to this winding waterway than just container ships. Along the banks of the 16-mile-long canal –from the mouth at Ijmuiden, to the end in Amsterdam – there are an abundance interesting fortifications from World War Two, huge power plants, beaches and nature reserves.

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