As the days turn cooler and the summer crowds fade, explore the cultural landscapes along three legendary European rivers—the Danube, Main, and Rhine. Enjoy a choice of daily excursions and tour World Heritage sites from Austria’s Wachau Valley to the Bavarian old town of Regensburg. 

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Budapest, one of Europe's most beautiful cities, situated along the Danube River

Fisherman's Bastion, overlooking the Danube, Budapest

Interior of Dohany Street Synagogue, Budapest

Great Market Hall, Budapest

Bratislava, Slovakia

View of Bratislava Castle, main square, and St. Martin's Cathedral

Hofburg Palace. Credit: Austrian National Tourist Office/Andreas Tischler

View of the Schönbrunn Palace in Vienna

The Wachau Valley of the Danube, a World Heritage site, Austria

The village of Durnstein, along the Wachau Valley, Austria

Historic Melk Abbey, Austria

Interior of Melk Abbey, the renowned Benedictine monastery overlooking the Danube

The beautiful rococo design of St. Stephan's Cathedral in Passau

The idyllic Rhine River, near Kaub

The picturesque town of Bamberg

Town of Wurzburg and the Wurzburg Residenz (foreground), Germany

Wurzburg, Germany

Miltenberg, Germany

Main square of Miltenberg

Hilltop medieval castle overlooking the Rhine River near Oberwesel

View of Cologne along the Rhine River

The medieval town of Rüdesheim, located along the Rhine

Typical canal scene in Amsterdam

Bikes along the canal, Amsterdam

The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

Rembrandt's <i>The Night Watch</i> at the Rijksmuseum. Credit: Netherlands Tourism Bureau

Rembrandt's The Night Watch at the Rijksmuseum. Credit: Netherlands Tourism Bureau

Amsterdam at night

Europe’s Great Rivers

Featuring the Danube, Main, & Rhine Rivers

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Oct 15 - 30, 2024 Departure

Tim Blanning

Tim Blanning is Professor Emeritus of Modern European History at the University of Cambridge. A Fellow of the British Academy since 1990, Tim has published extensively on the political and cultural history of Europe in the 17th, 18th and 19th centuries. Among his publications are The Culture of Power and the Power of Culture (2002), The Pursuit of Glory: Europe 1648-1815 (2007), The Triumph of Music (2008) and The Romantic Revolution (2010). Tim's books have been translated into Japanese, Korean, Chinese, Hungarian, German, Polish, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, Croatian and Arabic. His most recent book is a best-selling and prize-winning biography of Frederick the Great King of Prussia, published by Penguin/Random House. For his current project on the exciting if notorious Augustus ‘the Strong’ of Saxony and Poland he has expanded his area of expertise to include the Baltic countries and Eastern Europe.

Oct 8 - 23, 2025 Departure

Carol Reynolds

After a long career as a music-history professor at Southern Methodist University, Dallas, specializing in Russian and German Studies, Carol Reynolds now combines her insights on historical culture and the arts with her passion for education to create curricula empowering students and adults in their study of the Liberal Arts. Since 2011 she has spent significant time each year traveling for Smithsonian Journeys as an expert on tours across Europe and the Adriatic. She also works closely with her colleagues at Memoria Press, Classical Academic Press, and other publishers in the revival of Classical Education, speaking widely and contributing courses designed to teach history through the lens of the Fine Arts. Her publications include her signature program Discovering Music, Imperial Russia, Early Sacred Music, America’s Artistic Legacy, and A Child’s Treasure of Music. She just published a classic family songbook called Hurrah and Hallelujah.