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Floriade 2012  - Experience World Horticulture Fair that only happens every 10 years!    From the comfort of your Boutique River Cruise. 

Floriade, officially called World Horticulture Fair, is an amazing garden exhibition, which has been organized every 10 years since the 1960's in the Netherlands.  The scale of this fair is enormous as Floriade presents hundreds of flower shows, with participants from all over the world.  The fair lasts through the changing seasons attracting more than 2 million visitors.  

 

Join us for 2012 Floriade on a relaxing Boutique River Cruise which starts in Cologne, Germany winds up the Rhine and continue on to Venlo where you experience Floriade continue on to Maastricht, Antwerp and end in Brussles with optional extensions to Brugge. 

 

 

Floriade 2012 lets you experience nature. Using the senses of sight, hearing, taste, touch and smell you can experience at first hand the influence horticulture has on the quality of our daily lives.

 

Contact Sue Thompson 800-634-7414  for Details on Special Group Rates in April 2012 on both

Floriade Departures. 

Tulips and Windmills April 4 - 13, 2012  or 

Gems of Germany April 8 - 12, 2012  

Cologne to Brussels | 8 Days

Day 1: Düsseldorf airport
Day 2: Cologne
Day 3: Königswinter, sailing the romantic Rhine River
Day 4: Venlo (Floriade)
Day 5: Maastricht
Day 6: Antwerp
Day 7: Brussels
Day 8: Brussels (disembark)
Sunday, April 01, 2012 $2,299
Sunday, April 08, 2012* $2,349
Sunday, April 15, 2012 $2,499
Sunday, April 22, 2012* $2,599
Sunday, May 13, 2012 $2,799
Sunday, May 20, 2012* $2,799
Sunday, June 10, 2012 $2,799
Sunday, June 17, 2012* $2,799
Sunday, July 08, 2012 $2,749
Sunday, July 15, 2012* $2,749
Sunday, August 05, 2012 $2,749  
Sunday, August 12, 2012* $2,749
Sunday, September 02, 2012 $2,899
Sunday, September 09, 2012* $2,899
*On these dates cruise operates from Brussels to Cologne.
†Prices exclude additional port charges of $126 and are per person, cruise-only based on double occupancy. Other restrictions may apply.
A limited number of singles are available for an additional supplement.
Discounted Rates Apply for Friends
Group departures  - Please call
Sue Thompson 800-634-7414
for accurate pricing.  
Click on Video To See All about Windmills and Tulips 2012 Floriade!

Antwerp to Amsterdam | 10 Days

Day 1: Antwerp
Day 2: Antwerp
Day 3: Ghent (Bruges or Ghent)
Day 4: Veere
Day 5: Rotterdam, Kinderdijk
Day 6: Nijmegen (Groesbeck or Venlo, Floriade)
Note: Choice to visit Floriade World Horticultural Expo in Venlo, the Netherlands is offered on cruise departures from April 5 - October 7, 2012
Day 7: Hoorn, Enkhuizen
Day 8: Zaanse Schans, Amsterdam
Day 9: Amsterdam
Day 10: Amsterdam (disembark)

Join us at the MN Landscape Arboretum

 

 

Thur. May 19th 2012

Time 2:30pm

 

 

Information on Floriade and Uniworld River Cruising.   

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