8 Night Cruise from Amsterdam to Antwerp aboard Swiss Sapphire. 1 night hotel stay post-cruise in Brussels.

Tauck treats you to a ringside seat for nature's spectacular annual springtime show on a memorable 10-day riverboat cruise through the inland waterways of Belgium and Holland aboard ms Swiss Sapphire. Taste Belgian chocolate and beer. Check out Keukenhof Gardens in the Netherlands' bulb country. Take a scenic boat cruise through Amsterdam's canals and experience the past at the Zuiderzee Museum. Visit a windmill museum and observe cheese-making in Holland's Alkmaar region. Enjoy an interactive culinary experience at Château Neercanne - a Tauck Exclusive! Tour renowned art museums and World War II sites, and visit Bruges or Ghent, Brussels, Amsterdam, Antwerp and more on one of our most popular European river cruises.

Day 1 Amsterdam
This most memorable of Belgium and Holland cruises begins at 4:00 PM in Amsterdam, Netherlands. After settling into your cabin, enjoy a Dutch Gin tasting followed by our welcome dinner this evening aboard the riverboat.

Day 2 Amsterdam
Wake up aboard your riverboat in the Dutch capital of Amsterdam, a vibrant blend of the historic and the contemporary, from its medieval core to the bustling shops, cafes and rich cosmopolitan life of a 21st-century European metropolis. Depart the city this morning for a journey to Keukenhof Gardens in Lisse, where millions of blooming tulips, daffodils, hyacinths, lillies, crocuses and bluebells create colorful carpets of flowers every spring. After lunch aboard your riverboat, take a private canal cruise through Amsterdam's network of centuries-old waterways dating back to the Renaissance era. Then admire masterpieces by Rembrandt (including The Night Watch) and works by more of the Old Dutch Masters, along with a wealth of silver, Delftware and other treasures at the world-renowned Rijksmuseum. Your riverboat sets out for Hoorn this evening.

Day 3 Hoorn and Enkhuizen
Start your day in the 650-year-old port city of Hoorn in the Netherlands' farming region - birthplace of explorer Willem Schouten, who named South America's southern tip Cape Horn in honor of his hometown. Choose from a guided walking tour of Hoorn and its many intact 16th- and 17th-century house facades, or a journey to Alkmaar in the Schermer polder. In Alkmaar, visit the Schermer Museum Molen (windmill), dating from 1634, for a look at how windmills created the polder, and the family-owned Zeezicht cheese farm for a tasty cheese-making demonstration and tour. Continue your most memorable of Holland cruises to lovely Enkhuizen for a walking tour and a visit to the open-air Zuiderzee Museum, recreating life in a Zuiderzee (south sea) fishing village between the 1880s and the 1930s. Set off for Kampen, where you'll enjoy a walking tour this evening.

Day 4 Arnhem
Cruise down the Lek and the Neder Rijn to Zutphen, and disembark for a choice of sightseeing in Arnhem. You can explore De Hoge Veluwe National Park - the country's largest nature reserve and home to scenic forests, drifting sand dunes and grassy plains - then have a chance to peruse works by Vincent van Gogh (there are over 275 of them) and others at the Kröller-Müller Museum (subject to weekly closures) set right within the park. Or take a walking tour of battle sites associated with the World War II airborne assault on Arnhem and visit the Airborne Museum, located in a former Allied divisional headquarters in Oosterbeek. Rejoin your riverboat for a performance of classical music this evening as this most delightful of Holland cruises continues to the ancient town of Nijmegen.

Day 5 Nijmegen
Arise this morning in Nijmegen, reputed to be the Netherlands' oldest city. Ancient ruins and intact historic buildings alike document Nijmegen's storied past - from the 8th-century Valkhof to the 14th-century church of Sint-Stevenskerk - on a walking tour; visit the Museum Het Valkhof to see Roman artifacts and Nijmegen silver. Then spend the afternoon and evening enjoying your riverboat as you cruise the Maas River through the scenic Dutch countryside, bound for Maastricht.

Day 6 Maastricht
Another of the Netherlands' oldest cities, Maastricht entices with more than 1,000 historic buildings and monuments. On a walking tour, explore its Old Town, including Helpoort, a steep-roofed entry through the medieval town wall built in 1229; the central Vrijthof Square and the 1,000-year-old Sint-Servaasbasiliek (Basilica of St. Servatius), one of the oldest churches in the country; and the 16th-century Spanish Government House, housing the intriguing Museum aan het Vrijthof. Spend the remainder of the day as you please in Maastricht.

Day 7 Antwerp
Drive from Maastricht to Margraten to pay your respects at the Netherlands American Cemetery, final resting place of thousands of U.S. World War II soldiers. As a Tauck Exclusive, lunch today is a memorable culinary experience at Château Neercanne, a castle whose terraced gardens are protected by UNESCO; you'll don a chef's hat, visit the kitchen where your meal is being prepared, and dig into an extraordinary lunch served in a Roman grotto within the castle. This afternoon, cruise the entire length of the Albert Canal from the Netherlands into Belgium, enjoying the views from the riverboat's Sun Deck or lounge. Arrive in the important port of Antwerp, and savor Belgian specialties at dinner.

Day 8 Antwerp
Wake up in Antwerp for a taste of daily life in this key Belgian port city, yours to discover on foot this morning. Walk through Grote Markt (the historic market square) and visit the Rubenshuis - housed in the reconstructed Renaissance-Baroque home of 17th-century Flemish painter Peter Paul Rubens, it displays many of his original works and those of his contemporaries. Taste fine Belgian chocolate on a delicious visit to a local chocolatier and sample locally produced "bier" at a specialty beer pub known for its beer expertise. Then spend some free time exploring more of Antwerp as you please before reboarding the riverboat for a farewell reception and Captain's dinner, as this most remarkable of Belgium and Holland cruises nears its end.

Day 9 Antwerp (Disembark) to Brussels
Disembark this morning in Antwerp where you'll have a choice of how you'll spend your day. Visit Bruges, in the heart of Belgium's Flanders region; a UNESCO World Heritage Site, Bruges is renowned for its medieval Gothic architecture and its reputation as the birthplace of Flemish painting. This remarkably preserved city enjoyed its "golden age" between the 12th and 15th centuries when it was a wealthy and vital port linking Flanders with the lucrative Mediterranean Sea trade, and it still enchants today with a graceful fairy-tale ambiance that includes flower-rimmed canals, cobbled streets, half-timbered houses and ancient arched bridges. Or visit Ghent and discover a wealth of Gothic architectural details on a visit to St. Bavo's Cathedral, home to one of Europe's most remarkable paintings - Jan van Eyck's 1432 masterwork, The Adoration of the Mystic Lamb. Wind up this most delightful of Belgium and Holland cruises in Brussels, Belgium's capital city, where you'll overnight at the stylishly elegant Hotel Amigo in the heart of the city. Savor a taste of regional cuisine at tonight's farewell dinner, a fitting finale to one of Tauck's most popular Belgium and Holland cruises.

Day 10 Brussels