15 Day Western Front

Welcome to Amsterdam. We’ll meet you on arrival and transfer you to your ship – your luxurious floating hotel for the next 15 days – where you’ll have time to unpack and get ready for everything that’s about to come.

FREEDOM OF CHOICE™ Perhaps admire Amsterdam’s canals from a glass-top boat as you glide past 17th-century homes, churches and merchant houses. Otherwise, gourmet lovers will enjoy a culinary journey through Jordaan to visit a fishmonger, bakery and cheese store.

After your chosen activity, we have left the afternoon free so you can get out and explore more on your own. Tonight, enjoy a gala welcome dinner.

FREEDOM OF CHOICE™ Enjoy a guided exploration of The Hague and see the Dutch Parliament building and the Peace Palace. Alternatively, visit the cheese mecca of Gouda, or stay on board and partake in a fun Dutch language lesson.

After your morning activity, maybe head off and explore Rotterdam on your own. Later, enjoy dinner on board your luxurious river ship.

SIGNATURE EXPERIENCE In Willemstad, enjoy an incredible private organ recital at the oldest Protestant church in The Netherlands.

Visit World Heritage-listed Kinderdijk, known for having the country’s greatest concentration of 18th-century windmills. Then stop in Willemstad, where we have prepared something special for you.

Cruise into the Zeeland region, home to one of the world’s most complex modern engineering projects, the Delta Works, an incredible series of flood protection systems that took more than 30 years to complete.

FREEDOM OF CHOICE™ Explore the Somme Battlefields, including the 1st and 2nd Australian Division Memorials and the John Monash Centre. Alternatively, enjoy a guided discovery of Ghent, including a canal cruise.

Today presents two very different sightseeing choices. Afterwards, return to your ship for dinner.

Enjoy a full day to soak up the historic wonders of Bruges, including the Markt Plaza and medieval bell tower.

FREEDOM OF CHOICE™ You might like to spend today visiting the Battlefields of Fromelles, including the Flanders Field Museum, Pheasant Wood Cemetery and the VC Corner Australian Cemetery. You will also have the opportunity to view The Last Post at Menin Gate. Alternatively, enjoy a day at leisure to relax and explore Ghent.

Choose from two options today.

Arrive in Antwerp where you can join a culinary walk to sample Belgium’s renowned waffles and chocolate, and taste for yourself why they’re considered the world’s finest.

A visit to the Belgium battlefields takes you to Tyne Cot Cemetery, Polygon Wood and the Memorial Museum Passchendaele. You also have the option to take it easy with a full day at leisure. Perhaps take your APT Concierge App for a spin and explore on your own.

SIGNATURE EXPERIENCE Savour a Michelin-starred lunch at Château Neercanne, which commands impressive vistas across the Jeker Valley from its terraces.

Tour Maastricht, renowned for its maze of tunnel caves, Roman history and historic architecture. Afterwards, enjoy free time.

FREEDOM OF CHOICE™ Visit the Kroller-Muller Museum and see its sculptural art collection, including pieces by Claude Monet and Pablo Picasso. Or maybe visit the residence of the last German Emperor Wilheim II, Huis Doorn. After the German defeat in World War I, Wilheim II fled to the neutral Netherlands, where he lived on this estate in the Utrecht province from 1920 to 1941.

Choose your experience today.

FREEDOM OF CHOICE™ In Arnhem, history buffs will love the Airborne Museum, which depicts the Battle of Arnhem in which the Allied Forces attempted to form a bridgehead on the northern banks of the Rhine river in September 1944. Or discover The Netherlands Open Air Museum, where a number of Dutch houses, farms and windmills have been expertly recreated to appear as they were centuries ago.

Once again, select the activity that appeals to you today.

On spring departures, visit the Keukenhof Gardens, encompassing more than 70 acres of renowned gardens and parklands. Relish the chance to admire the spectacular display of bulb flowers in bloom, including colourful tulips. Otherwise, on our September departures, visit the Van Gogh Museum and discover the largest collection of his works, including more than 200 paintings. Tonight, sit down to the Captain’s farewell dinner.

Sadly today, your journey draws to a conclusion. Say your farewells, disembark your ship and be transferred to the airport.