Peter Deilmann Cruises’ 2008 river sailings include cruises to help agents target guests with special interests. Deilmann’s seven to14-day packages, scheduled through October, center on themes from music to golf, gardens to hiking and biking. All theme programs include transfers, entrance fees, and meals and snacks where applicable.
Among the music-themed cruises is the 286-passenger Deutschland’s 14-night sailing Sept.r 18 from Hamburg to Monte Carlo with the Wurttemberg Chamber Orchestra on board. Baroque era and classical music is featured on the Mozart’s Oct. 5 seven-night Danube river itinerary roundtrip from Munich, which includes calls in Vienna and Budapest with shoreside performances.
Clarinetist Sebastian Manz and The Papillon Trio perform on the Dresden’s seven-night Dresden-Elbe itinerary, departing June 21, and jazz aficionados can follow the swing and Dixieland arrangements of the Addi Münster Old Merry Tale Jazz Band aboard the Mozart’s seven-night Danube River sailing July 23, roundtrip from Munich. Music cruises are priced from $1,595 cruise-only, including music onboard and ashore.
Golfers on the Danube Region’s mv Mozart Golf Cup 2008 sailings play at courses in Germany, Hungary and Austria, including one of Austria’s toughest — the Golf & Sports Club in Oberwaltersdorf. Summer on the Rhine visits the courses of Germany’s Rhine region such as the Luxembourg Golf Course on the 18th-century Domaine de Belenhaff Estate; the Saone and Rhone Golf Cup 2008 program visits France’s Chalon Sure Saone, Monthieux, Arles and Mallemort; and the Paris 2008 Golf Cup starts at Paris’ Adam Isle Golf Club, traveling on to courses in Caudebec-en-Caux and Rouen.
Four seven-night programs for gardeners — German Garden Classics, The Cottage Gardens of Holland and Belgium, Splendor Gardens of the Danube Monarchy and Dream Gardens Along the Rhône and Saone Rivers — take passengers on tours led by gardening and landscaping experts.
Cyclists can choose among four itineraries of eight nights each. The Danube River itinerary has guests pedaling around areas including Passau to the Wachau wine region and Austria’s Viennese forest. A Normandy program out of Paris showcases the Alabaster Coast, the Provence and Burgundy itinerary travels through Southern France and the Beaujolais wine region, and the Elbe region itinerary out of Hamburg includes cycling the Elbe Bend from Bad Schandau to Rathen. These special-interest cruises, ranging from eight to 14 days, are priced from $2,343.
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