Experience the heart of Europe along the great rivers that shaped its borders and traditions. Unpack once and enjoy an intimate look at five countries, three storied rivers and timeless cities on one exclusively chartered, first-class ship. Tour medieval Germany; explore Bratislava, Vienna and Budapest; and marvel at the incredible beauty of the Rhine Gorge and Wachau Valley. Plus, personalize your experience with a choice of included shore excursions in select ports, including Amsterdam! Adventure awaits on this once-in-a-lifetime journey!
Day 1: Depart
Day 2: Budapest, Hungary
Day 3: Budapest
Day 4: Bratislava, Slovakia
Day 5: Vienna, Austria
Day 6: Dürnstein | Melk
Day 7: Passau, Germany
Day 8: Regensburg
Day 9: Nuremberg
Day 10: Bamberg
Day 11: Würzburg
Day 12: Miltenberg
Day 13: Koblenz
Day 14: Cologne
Day 15: Amsterdam
Day 16: Return
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Faculty
Steve Swayne, the Jacob H. Strauss 1922 Professor of Music at Dartmouth College, teaches courses in art music from 1700 to the present day, opera, American musical theater, Russian music, and American music. He has written two books—How Sondheim Found His Sound (University of Michigan Press, 2005) and Orpheus in Manhattan: William Schuman and the Shaping of America's Musical Life (Oxford University Press, 2011; winner of the 2012 ASCAP Nicolas Slonimsky Award for Outstanding Musical Biography)—and served as the 2022 president of the American Musicological Society, the premier organization for musicologists in the English-speaking world. He held the 2020 Kluge Chair in Modern Culture at the Library of Congress and received an inaugural Professor John Rassias Faculty Award in 2017 for his exceptional educational outreach to alumni. He specializes in making classical music intelligible to non-musicians and in linking the history of music to larger political, cultural, socioeconomic, and historical trends.
