Cruise Collection 2019 Brochure

Best of the Baltic ABOARD THE SERENISSIMA

This voyage brings you through eight fascinating Baltic countries: Sweden, Finland, Russia, Estonia, Poland, Lithuania, Latvia, and Denmark. You’ll walk the cobbled lanes of beautifully intact medieval Old Towns, including Riga and Tallinn, visit the famed Solidarity site of Gdansk, tour the stunning 13th century walled city of Visby on Gotland Island, and learn the history and legends of Europe’s Baltic cultures.

DAYS 1-5 STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN, TO HELSINKI, FINLAND Fly to Stockholm and join a half-day tour of this dynamic city. Board the Serenissima and cruise to Turku, the oldest city in Finland. Your tour includes the 13th-century castle and cathedral, the handicrafts museum, and lively market. Conditions permitting, board Zodiacs to cruise among verdant islands and rocky outcroppings of the scenic Turku archipelago. In Helsinki, a city tour reveals the beautiful neoclassical architecture of Senate Square, or you can choose to tour Suomenlinna Fortress, a UNESCO World Heritage Site built by Sweden in 1748 to protect Helsinki’s harbor. DAYS 6-7 ST. PETERSBURG In splendid St. Petersburg, visit St. Isaac’s Cathedral and the Winter Palace, which houses the incomparable Hermitage Museum. Enjoy an advanced entry and special guided tour that includes the Gold Room—a dazzling display of jewelry, as well as the famous Scythian and

walking tour takes in St. Peter’s Church, a superb Gothic masterpiece, the 15th century Three Brothers merchant houses, and the 13th century Dome Cathedral, whose organ concerts are legendary. The splendid city of Visby, a World Heritage Site on Gotland Island, is famous for its intact medieval architecture, especially the 44 guard towers built as part of the city walls in the 11th and 12th centuries. Walking tours of Klaipeda, Lithuania, and Gdansk, Poland, reveal a magnificent collection of Gothic, Renaissance, and Baroque buildings and monuments. Step ashore on Denmark’s serene Bornholm Island, with its sugary white-sand beaches, dramatic cliffs, thick forests, and heather-clad hills. Arrive in Copenhagen and depart on Day 15.

Greek gold. You’ll also visit Saints Peter and Paul Cathedral and drive along the Nevsky Prospect, lined with magnificent palaces, churches, and theaters. A scenic drive takes

you to the palace and gardens of Peterhof, a grand summertime residence built by Peter the Great. DAYS 8-15, TALLINN, ESTONIA, TO COPENHAGEN, DENMARK Tallinn’s Old Town is a visual feast of soaring spires, towers, and turrets. In Riga, Latvia, a

DATES Jul 4-18, 2019

TRIP COST From $13,480

Price is per person and depends on cabin type

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