8 Days Rhine Cruise to Switzerland - MS Oscar Wilde
Duration:
7 Nights
From €2,099pp
24th October 2025
Experience more with so much included
Marvel at the sights along the Rhine River, including passage through the Rhine Gorge and the river bend outside of Boppard.
Tour five historic towns and cities, including Strasbourg, Koblenz, Rüdesheim, Speyer and Lucerne.
Drive through the folkloric scenery of Black Forest on a visit to the idyllic Titisee.
See stunning mountain vistas on a railway journey up the Bernese Oberland Mountain range.
Enjoy a live folk music band and a classical violin soloist performance on board the luxury ship.
Glide passed the pretty towns along the Rhine River, experience the breathtaking Alpine scenery on a mountain rail journey into the spectacular Bernese Oberland and discover Switzerland’s most attractive city.
On our journey through the Rhine valley, we visit historic Koblenz where we have time to explore the old town at the confluence of both the Rhine and Moselle rivers. Next, we continue through the Rhine Gorge where the valley walls tower over 400m above our heads and onto Rüdesheim, where we enjoy another evening complemented with an excellent dinner on board. Our cruise continues south, stopping in medieval Speyer with its stunning Romanesque Basilica that dominates this pretty town. The next day we arrive at the city of Strasbourg where you enjoy a walking tour of the old town. Continuing, we drive through the typical rolling tree-clad massif of the Black Forest onto the charming town of Titisee, nestling on the shores of its namesake lake. Our final destination is Switzerland where we moor in Basel, from where we venture to stunning Lucerne and into the Bernese Oberland for unforgettable mountain vistas.
This holiday is ideal for travellers looking for a relaxing way to see stunning alpine views and visit historic European towns.
DAY 1
ARRIVAL IN COLOGNE
DAY 2
KOBLENZ
DAY 3
RHINE GORGE & RÜDESHEIM
DAY 4
SPEYER
DAY 5
STRASBOURG
DAY 6
BREISACH & BLACK FOREST OR ALSACE WINE ROUTE
DAY 7
LUCERNE & BERNESE OBERLAND
DAY 8
RETURN HOME
MS Oscar Wilde
It is extremely difficult to convey just how extraordinary this outstanding ship really is and exactly what distinguishes it from similar vessels. It would be very easy to just say ‘luxurious’ but it’s much more than that; we have deliberately avoided the current trend for a minimalist style where you could be anywhere in the world, creating instead a unique yet exquisite blend of understated taste, style and elegance at the highest level. Immediately striking is just how exceptionally spacious this new vessel is as you enter a gleaming, richly coloured marble-floored lobby flooded with natural light from a stunning atrium above. Moving inside, exceptional creativity from Europe’s finest design studio has produced a superbly balanced masterpiece of onboard style, utilising sustainable rich hardwoods, gleaming brass and polished copper, sparkling glass and intricate wrought iron. The ship is beautifully illuminated throughout – including the exterior and imaginatively furnished with harmonious colour schemes, all designed to create the serene atmosphere reflective of the golden age of cruising which time after time you tell us you adore.
The restaurant rivals the finest on shore establishments taking fine dining to another level complemented by delicate European porcelain, gleaming glassware and the intuitive service in which the Swiss excel. This superb vessel carries 44 in-house trained crew members serving just 167 guests (similar size vessels may carry well over 190 passengers) giving the ratio which our experience proves is concurrent with our first class service levels.
Furthermore your suite will easily exceed your expectations for not only will you enjoy the most discerning décor, so too the ship’s dimensions afford the ultimate in space and comfort - a minimum 17 square metres (183 square feet), with upgrades available to ‘Superior’ and ‘Deluxe’ accommodation.
Travel Concierge
Looking to add on a couple of nights pre- or post-trip? Feel like flying a day earlier or from a different airport? Or want door-to-door private transfers? Personalise your holiday with Travel Concierge.
Here's how our Travel Concierge service can help:
Add up to two nights before you sail in the destination your river cruises starts from
Add up to two nights after your cruise in the destination your river cruises ends in
Change your departure airport (depending on flight availability)
Add a stay in an airport hotel
Personalise Your Holiday
Make It Your Own
Land train tour of Strasbourg
Price: from €8pp
Duration: 30-40 mins
Hop on the Little Train and discover the charming narrow streets of Strasbourg's old town, the romantic 'Petite France', the many quays and covered bridges and the famous Cathedral Square.
Optional excursions can be done after or instead of the guided walking tour.
This excursion can be arranged with your Cruise Concierge on board and is payable locally.
Take a cruise tour of Strasbourg
Price: from €15.70pp
Duration: 1hr 10mins
Discover Strasbourg from a unique perspective - the water! As it flows through the centre of the city, you'll explore three of Strasbourg's 15 districts. Along the way, you'll spot the UNESCO-protect Grande Île, the imperial district of Neustadt, the European Parliament and more.
Optional excursions can be done after or instead of the guided walking tour.
This excursion can be arranged with your Cruise Concierge on board and is payable locally.
Useful Information
Fact File
Flight time: Approx. 1 hr 30 mins (outbound to Germany) to 2 hrs (inbound from Switzerland)
Eurostar & TGV Time: Approx. 2 hrs (outbound to Brussels) & 5 hrs 30 mins (inbound from Basel, via Paris)
Language: German, French
Country: Germany, France, Switzerland
Wi-Fi
Complimentary Wi-Fi is available throughout the ship for the duration of your cruise. Please note that speeds may vary.
Inclusions
Price Includes
Prices are per person, based on two people sharing a twin cabin with a limited number of sole occupancy cabins available, at the relevant supplement.
The price includes:
Full board during your cruise from dinner on your day of arrival until breakfast on your final day (except one lunch)
Free Superior drinks package
Complimentary on-board tea and coffee
Complimentary on-board Wi-Fi (connection speeds may vary)
All visits and excursions as mentioned
Return flights from Dublin
Coach travel as mentioned
Transfers from the airport or station to and from the port of embarkation
English-speaking expert guides
The services of a Riviera Travel Cruise Director and Concierge
92 Patrick Street, Cork, Ireland Registration No 100308
Licensed by the Irish Aviation Authority,
TA0720.
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