Maxfli

We did two nights on our own in Amsterdam prior to a Rhine cruise in November. I think that the cruise lines may vary their blocks of rooms based on the time of year and volume. In November I believe that Ama was using either the Movenpick City Center that is very close to docking location for the ship, but they also were using the Radisson Blu further south in the middle of town on Rusland.

Both are in the city and with Trams and a very walkable city, the locations are good.

We loved Amsterdam and having three nights there (with the first night on the boat, included), we thought it was a great start to a great trip for us.

Have fun,

Jeff

My wife and I disembarked AmaPrima in November in Basil, and we used Uber to get a car to the train station. Worked out very well, and it was a Tesla that showed up. Amawaterways will arrange for a cab if you like prior to docking (they asked the night before if anyone wanted assistance, and many did). I recall the Uber ride was quite a bit less than the cab fare, but don't recall the exact amounts.

Enjoy your trip!

Jeff

My wife and I were on the AmaPrima this past November that sailed down the Rhine from Amsterdam to Basel. Our cruise was a wine cruise with a lot of great folks from the Dry Creek Valley in Sonoma, CA. We had a wonderful trip.

We signed up for each of the three bike tours, but only ended up doing the first one in Rudesheim. In both Strasbourg and Briesach, the weather turned colder, cloudier and windy and it just wasn't hospitable to be on bike for 10 to 14 miles.

Our ride in Rudesheim was just about 14 miles long. We rode with about 20 or so fellow cruisers, and there were 2 guides the lead the group. The route we took went east along north side of the river on paved paths that were not crowded, except for a few walkers with dogs, etc. About six miles out we went up away from the river through a small town called Winkel. There were a few hills involved here as we climbed up into some vineyard areas. The views were great. We took mainly paved paths back through the vineyards and past the Schloss Johannisberg. Nice pictures along the way here. Then back down into another little town called Geisenheim and back down to retrace our tracks along the river and back to the ship. The ride took almost two hours, so the pace wasn't real fast. My wife and I had plenty of time in Rudesheim that afternoon and early evening to tour around the town there, but we did not do the gondola ride to the top of the hill over the vineyards.

About 8 to 10 folks took the Strasbourg ride and the route into town and back was much more urban and was about 10 miles round trip. Those bike riders had less time in Strasbourg as well because of the time it took to ride back the ship, and they were pretty chilly from what they told us. By the time we got to Briesach, it was even colder and everyone had opted out of the bike rides by then. We opted instead to take the bus tour to Riquewihr, France, so we didn't see the countryside along the route to Briesach much past the dock areas.

Have a great trip.