Flowers for Days: Experience Floriade 2022 with Tauck
Lovers of flowers and plants, look no further. We have your ticket to a once-in-a-decade horticultural event, The Netherlands’ Floriade Expo 2022, with our trusted friends at Tauck River Cruising.
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Those with green thumbs or—if you’re not so blessed—those who simply enjoy admiring everything lush, green, and flowery won’t want to miss this one. Our friends at Tauck have some European river cruise itineraries for 2022 that will delight every flower-loving one of you, including an exclusive visit to Floriade Expo 2022.
Floriade Expo 2022
Floriade is a world-renowned horticultural exhibition that takes place in the Netherlands once every ten years, and Tauck has some fabulous small-ship itineraries that will get you right in the middle of the plant action. The 2022 Floriade Expo is going green to showcase innovative environmental solutions in a 148-acre arboretum that is sustainable and poised to lay the groundworks for Growing Green Cities of the future. Floriade is called “The World’s Fair of Horticulture” by many, so it is not to be missed.
The expo has been built, fittingly enough, on land reclaimed from the sea, and it will feature a stunning collection of trees, shrubs, plants, crops, and flowers from over forty countries. Your itinerary with Tauck and Poe Travel will allow you to explore as you please, meeting celebrated experts along the way who will share their insights with you about growing green cities. Plus, you’ll get to visit plenty of other delightful European cities along the way.
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There are several Tauck small-ship cruising itineraries that include a stop at Floriade 2022, including around 25 departures in total. We’ll give you a short overview of the itineraries that include the expo, and you can decide which one is best for you. While some departures are already sold out, there is still availability for these cruises, but it will go fast. Choose your favorite itinerary and let us know which one tickles your fancy so we can get you booked in!
Belgium & Holland in Spring
Amsterdam to Bruges (or reverse), 8 days
April to May
The landscape between Brussels and Amsterdam is wonderfully and quintessentially Dutch, and this itinerary will immerse you in all its splendor. Visit Keukenhof Gardens to admire the springtime blanket of tulips, hyacinths, and more. Cruise Amsterdam’s storied canals, admire windmills in Kinderdijk, visit world-famous art museums, and, of course, explore the green city at Floriade 2022.
Tauck Exclusive: Enjoy a private gala dinner and tour at the Mauritshuis museum in The Hague, where you can view famous works by many artists, including Vermeer’s famous The Girl with the Pearl Earring.
The Rhine & The Moselle
Amsterdam to Baden-Baden (or reverse), 15 days
April to May, August to October
If you don’t believe in magic, that’s likely to change after this enchanting cruise. This classic 15-day itinerary will see you gliding through the castle-lined Rhine and Moselle rivers through the heart of Old World Europe. Along with your visit to Floriade, you’ll experience wine tastings, walking tours, bicycle rides, and sightseeing in charming villages and towns along the way. This is the perfect way to immerse yourself in Europe’s loveliness.
Tauck Exclusive: Enjoy an exclusive evening at a moated castle, Schloss Ehreshoven, including a private dinner.
Cruising the Dutch Waterways
Amsterdam to Amsterdam, 8 days
April to June, August to October
The inward waterways of the Netherlands are steeped in history, local color, and cultural delights. Along with your once-in-a-lifetime visit to Floriade, tour Friesland’s Lake District towns or an historic pumping station, cruise the Ijsselmeer on a century-old sailboat, and enjoy a private early visit to the Zuiderzee Museum. View world-famous art in Arnhem, explore by bicycle, or tour World War II sites and the Airborne Museum. In Rotterdam, discover the excellent food scene on foot or by bike, or perhaps visit the Royal Delft factory.
Tauck Exclusives: Enjoy an early-opening visit to the open-air Zuiderzee Museum, a private evening at the Mauritshuis museum with dinner and live music, and cruise the Ijsselmeer on a century-old sailboat.
Budapest to Amsterdam by Riverboat
Budapest to Amsterdam (or reverse), 15 days
May to October
This five-country river cruise will see you covering some serious ground on the Danube, the Main, and the Rhine. Along the way, celebrate the architectural grandeur of Budapest, the traditions of ancient Bratislava, and the imperial palaces of Vienna. Hop off your ship to explore cobblestone lanes in enchanting villages, Bavarian towns, and the Netherlands’ prized gardens at Floriade 2022. With a range of shore excursions to choose from, it’s up to you whether you explore the magical stops along the way on foot or by bicycle. Either way, you’ll have the chance to view wartime sites in Nurnberg or visit romantic Rothenberg, sip delicious wines, discover art treasures on art tours, along with some private experiences that are for Tauck guests only.
Tauck Exclusive: Enjoy a private imperial evening at a traditional palace in Vienna featuring a gala dinner at Viennese performers.
Cruising with Tauck
On deck leaving Budapest, photo courtesy of Tauck
Tauck riverboats were deliberately built to carry fewer guests in order to enhance your onboard experience. Their fleet averages 104 guests, with many of the ships carrying even fewer than that, ensuring optimal space for you to enjoy your time onboard in a safe way with more space and privacy in public areas and roomy accommodations and suites.
In addition to already having plenty of space to yourself onboard, Tauck also takes the health and safety of their guests seriously, so there will be a medical professional onboard every cruise, available 24 hours a day.
You’ll also be able to enjoy your luxurious surroundings onboard in peace without having to worry about being nickeled and dimed because Tauck’s small-ship cruising itineraries are all wonderfully all-inclusive. All meals and beverages onboard, transfers, shore excursions, and even gratuities to onboard staff, drivers, and guides are included, so you truly won’t have to worry about a thing after you’ve departed.
These itineraries have us ready to tiptoe through the tulips, wake up and smell the roses, and whatever other flowery phrases you can think of! Our long relationship with Tauck will ensure that, as a Poe Travel client, you will be looked after like a family friend, above and beyond the already-excellent Tauck experience.
If you would like to get away to Floriade 2022 with Tauck and Poe Travel (or get away to anywhere else in the world), simply contact us, and we will set you on your way.