The cruise on the Rhine River is wonderful. It was very relaxing while taking in the sites. It was challenging to hear the history being told over the speakers on the boat. The restaurant seating for lunch was tight and it was the same location for the wine tasting but it was fun. Our bus had an air conditioning problem and the water was leaking from the cargo shelf above. The driver and the tour guide did everything they could to make the passengers comfortable.. even handing out umbrellas!
Review by: Karen T, June 2018
It was lovely to see Rhine river from Frankfurt with this tour. Our guide was knowledgeable and funny. Lunch was at a cute decorative restaurant with yummy ice wine. It's a great way to see the highlights of Rhine River.
Review by: Lara H, May 2018
There's a lot of positive in this trip, but enough negatives to offset a really good review.
Review by: My3, April 2018
The Rhine cruise is something I had waited to do for a many years now. Finally had a chance to take this trip few weeks back. It was a 6 hour trip and we didn't expect the actual cruise boat ride to last only 1.5 hours, rest of it was only bus ride. The boat ride was amazing though! The view on both sides of the river were breath taking and the experience was memorable. the trip guide gave great insights to the history, geography of the area. The dinner was quite a let down, just one course meal. Wine tasting was also not anything major to talk off. Found the cost quite exorbitant in that sense.
Review by: Matthew B, April 2018
Great tour and great tour guide. The locations we visited were all beautiful with a rich history and great sights. Lots of opportunities for great photos both on land and on the river. _br/_ We took a bus from Frankfurt and made a few stops along the way before reaching the river. The river cruise lasted about 1 1/2 hours. The views on the river were stunning. The crowing achievement was the Lorelei rock and statue the statue is after the rock so be prepared with your camera!. Beautiful villages along the way, so much so my wife and I were trying decide which house we would want to live in!_br/_ At the city we at stopped before the river, my wife took the ski lift down to the bottom and she got some great photos of the area. It had beautiful views of the Rhine. She had to pay an extra 10 euro for that but she felt it was worth the money._br/_ The ship was great and we went on the first day they started the tours so there wasn't a ton of people on the ship. The ship also offers drinks at extra cost. We were able to go topside and get some great views and pictures of the Rhine valley and all the castles! It was the best part of the whole tour!_br/_ My only complaint comes about the food that they offer. They took us to a really cool looking restaurant. It looked like a place where the food should have been better than what we got. They served Schnitzel with fries the fries looked and tasted like American McDonalds fries that had been sitting out for a bit. The Schnitzel was medium sized, plain, and tasted like it was frozen then re-heated like a frozen dinner from the supermarket. It didn't taste bad but I thought it would have been restaurant quality not re-heated from frozen at home quality. The German food I had previously eaten even at the German train stations! was so great that I was really expecting better but instead we got more of what I would have expected from a cheap tour in the US. Also, they served Apfelstrudel for dessert but, spoiler alert, it was at extra cost, not included in the lunch. They might have mentioned this online but I don't remember reading about it and they certainly didn't say anything when they were taking orders for it so I wrongly assumed it was at no extra cost. It was around 8 euro per dessert. It was not very good. A dessert from your typical Germany bakery would knock your socks off for far less money. This tasted like a processed American pastry. So I felt overcharged and underwhelmed by the food. I would have gladly paid more money for this tour had it included a full meal that was Germany quality._br/_ Overall it was a great experience. Improve the food and this would be a great tour to take that would offer a high quality German experience that would leave me wanting more.
Review by: Kean K, April 2018
This tour was amazing!
Review by: Kean K, April 2018
What a great trip. The guide was very knowledgeable and funny. Would recommend this trip to anyone visiting Germany
Review by: Aussieblessed, March 2018
Really fun day on the Rhine.
Review by: Suthina S, March 2018
Nice tour and tour guide. well worth the money. highly recommended.
Review by: Virginia O, March 2018
The trip was very enjoyable and relaxing. Since most companies do not offer cruises until April, I was very happy that this one was offered year round. Our guide was Michael and he was great...funny, helpful, and accommodating. My only suggestion is that we had been told that dessert was extra at lunch it was good so worth it, but still would have been helpful. Also, the wine tasting at the end of the tour could have been a little more generous.
Review by: Deborah R, March 2018
Fun group with great crew on boat. Would do it again
Review by: Lynette v, February 2018
It was a beautiful drive up the Rhine Valley and Michael our tour guide was amazing with sharing information. He also had a lot of patience as the group we were with, was quite a handful. As it was winter, the boats were not running on regular schedules, but Michael managed to find one and we had a very quick trip on the river which was amazing. The food was ok, but not great - smallest portion I have ever experienced in Germany, but was enough for me and the wine tasting is not really worth mentioning as a feature of the tour, but at least you get to taste a little sip of each of the local wines. I think the trip will be amazing during summer months when the weather is better and you can make the most of the boat cruise, but I would not recommend winter tours unless you like driving around the whole day. The scenery was still beautiful and Michael informative, but you do not get to do much.
Review by: Sandra H, January 2018
tour was ok - until the tour guide took the hat up and down the aisle asking for his tips. Rude!!!
Review by: Rachel Westlake, December 2017
I never complain but felt compelled to write a personal review of the Rhine Tour we participated in. Our tour guide Michael was very pleasant and entertaining however the trip itself was a disappointment due to the following reasons:
Review by: tony a, December 2017
The time on the boat was far too short. The tour started in Frankfurt at 11:15. It could have started earlier, with extra time on the boat. We did not even see Die Lorelei._br/_ Most important, the bus ride to the River was horrible. If you are an average sized American, you can not fit on the bus. The only people who were able to walk down the bus were those under 120 pounds. It was painful and embarrassing to try and walk on the aisles. Makes an airline look huge.
Review by: VANESSA N, December 2017
Our favorite day in Germany was when we did the Rhine River Cruise. This was a lovely, information filled day. It included a zipline ride down a mountain side to the river, a great meal, wine tasting and of course the Rhine River cruise. We saw vineyards, castles, cute German townships, businesses, shops and some of the friendliest folks. This was a great tour for the money. We highly recommend this tour.
Review by: Carin S, December 2017
I booked the trip to go and see the Lorelei Rock but then only found out on the boat trip that it was not going to go that far - they should have informed me beforehand!
Review by: suevardy64, December 2017
We went on this trip on Sunday 03 Dec, the first day it snowed this year in a Frankfurt which made the trip more magical, our guide was very knowledgeable and entertaining. The only thing I would change was the amount of time we had at the last stop at a Christmas market, it was very busy and 30 minutes wasnt long enough. The food was ok but not great and the wine tasting was just an extra sell for the restaurant. Overall an enjoyable day.
Review by: Mark H, November 2017
The tour itself is worth it for the cruise down the Rhine River. Absolutely beautiful! If the time of year is right and the chair lift is open, this was a lot of fun too. My only criticism was the wine tasting. Very average wines served out of plastic thimbles. Very hard to swirl and sniff out of a thimble.
Review by: Pekka T, November 2017
The tour was actually excellent. The car used for transport was new and spacoius and the driver/guide excellent and very fluent in English. The boat trip was good with magnificent views on both sides with lot of castles and small cities. Bar/cafeteria on boat was nice and it was nice to enjoy the scenery together with coffee and drinks. Lunch in Assmannshausen was good and big enough. The only disappointment was the wine tasting and therefore I gave only 3 stars to the tour. Wines were excellent, but to taste excellent icewine and other wines from small plastic mugs didnt make good for the wines. I Hope that next groups will taste the wines from real wineglasses.
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