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Highlights, aboard the River Princess ship, include a tour of Nuremberg and a visit to the city’s Christmas market – the largest and grandest in Germany, famed for its gingerbread.The itinerary also includes a walking tour of medieval town Rothenburg, with its timber-framed houses, cobbled streets and tiny squares, plus visits to Würzburg, Wertheim and Frankfurt.
The three-night Christmas Spirit on the Danube cruise on board the Riverside Mozart costs from £1,108pp, departing on December 5. It’s also the first stop on the Ambassador line’s ship Ambience, which departs from Essex port of London Tilbury.The Dutch city of Rotterdam takes Christmas very seriously, lighting up the streets in a spectacle of colour