DAY 1: AMSTERDAM

Boarding in Amsterdam at 6.00 pm and time to settle comfortably in your cabins before meeting the crew during a welcome cocktail reception. Dinner on board followed by an optional river tour of Amsterdam (on a shuttle boat), known as “Venice of the North”

Day 2: AMSTERDAM - VOLLENDAM

Breakfast on board and departure of the cruise on one of Holland’s largest inland sea. Lunch on board and call in at Vollendam, at 1:00 pm. In the 19th century, artists used to come there and paint everyday life scenes, coloured by traditional costumes. Let’s take part to an optional sightseeing tour to Zaanse Schans, an outdoor museum : this village owns mills that are still working, houses of the 17th and the 18th century, a cheese and a clog factory. Return on board

around 6:00 pm. Dinner and traditional Dutch evening on board.

Day 3: VOLLENDAM - HOORN

After breakfast, let’s enjoy an optional coach tour to Alkmaar and a visit to its cheese museum, consecrated to the fabrication of cheese and butter. Return on board at Volledam. Lunch on board. Departure of the boat to Hoorn, a village which became flourishing thanks to shipping trade and herring fishing. Call in at Hoorn at 3:00 pm where you will enjoy some time on your own. The original name of "Cape Horn" came from a well-known sailor born in this town, who was the first navigator to overtake the southern cape. Return on board. Dinner and

evening with the crew.

DAY 4: HOORN – ENKHUISEN

Breakfast on board and morning spent cruising on the Ijsselmeer towards Enkhuizen. Aperitif games will be organised in the dining room before lunch is served on board. Arrival in Enkhuisen around lunch. Enjoy time at leisure to discover the city and its Renaissance 17th centuries buildings. The Zuiderzee Museum will give you a glimpse of everyday life in those former harbour (entrance fees). Return for dinner on board followed by a gala evening.

DAY 5: ENKHUISEN – AMSTERDAM

Breakfast and lunch on board while cruising on towards Amsterdam to arrive around 2.00 pm. Choose to leave on the coach trip to Keukenhof Gardens (optional/ open only at spring time) to admire the wide variety of tulips, narcissi and daffodils. Return to the ship for dinner and either enjoy some free time or ask to be dropped off in the city centre for a walk round the Red Light District.

DAY 6: AMSTERDAM

Breakfast on board before disembarking at 9.00 am. End of this pleasurable cruise full of wonderful Dutch memories.