Most Amadeus guests have a night or two in Amsterdam around their cruise. The family-owned fleet, with ships such as Amadeus Queen, Amadeus Star and Amadeus Cara, often begins or ends its Rhine and Dutch itineraries here, so there is usually time to enjoy the city before you board or after you step off. Below you can follow the Amadeus fleet live, check the 2026 and 2027 docking dates and find the exact quay your ship uses.
We turn those days into a private tour built around you: the canals, the Rijksmuseum and Van Gogh Museum, or a day out to Keukenhof in spring and the Zaanse Schans windmills. Your own guide, your own pace, no coach and no fixed group.
Back on board in good time, guaranteed. We plan to your ship’s all-aboard time and keep a margin in hand, and we are glad to run the day in English or German, whichever suits you. Get in touch with your dates.
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Sailing the Rhine? Low water can change or cancel itineraries at short notice. See our live Rhine water level tracker before you travel.
Not sure which Amadeus ship or sailing is yours? Find my river cruise matches your line and dates to the ship, its Amsterdam berth and how long you are alongside.
If Amsterdam is a call during your Rhine itinerary rather than the start or finish, we shape the day around your hours alongside.
Every Amadeus call below is drawn live from our Amsterdam river cruise calendar, so the dates and berths update themselves.
The level of the Rhine is the usual reason an Amadeus itinerary changes, and our Rhine water-level updates track the five gauges that matter most for cruising.
Amadeus ships berth centrally in Amsterdam. These are the quays used for Amadeus calls, each with a map so you know exactly where to meet:
Piet Heinkade, city centre · 20 min walk to Centraal
Right on the IJ waterfront in the city centre, a 10 minute walk or one tram stop from Central Station. LP is your berth number, and “via Muziekgebouw” or “via Vriesseveem” simply tells you which walkway leads to your gangway.
Behind Central Station, west side · 5 min walk to Centraal
Behind Amsterdam Central Station, on the west side, so you are inside the station within 5 minutes of stepping ashore. The Dam, the canal ring and the Jordaan are all within an easy and very pleasant walk.
Western harbour · 15 min taxi or ship shuttle
A working harbour about 4 kilometres west of the centre, used when the central berths are full. Nothing lies in walking distance, so plan on a ship shuttle, a 15 minute taxi, or a private pickup right at the gangway.
Western IJ waterfront · 12 min walk to Centraal.
On the western IJ bank, a 12 minute walk from Central Station. The berth borders the Jordaan, which puts the Noordermarkt, the Nine Streets and the Anne Frank House all within a 20 minute stroll of your gangway.
Behind Central Station, east side · 8 min walk to Centraal
Just east of Central Station, 10 minutes on foot from the main station hall. NEMO Science Museum, the OBA library and the Maritime Museum are close by, around Oosterdok, and the old centre starts a 10 minute walk away.
Amadeus sails bilingual, so its own excursions are often delivered twice over, in German and then in English. It works perfectly well, but it is a slow way to see a city, and the commentary has to be pitched at everybody at once.
A private guide means the day is in your language, at your level, and about whatever actually interests you, whether that is the Golden Age, the war years, or simply where to eat well tonight.
The Lüftner fleet is family-run and berths centrally here, usually at the Passenger Terminal, along De Ruijterkade or at Coenhaven. Dutch itineraries generally pair Amsterdam with the Rhine, so a half or full day ashore is easy to arrange around your timings.
Sailing with Amadeus? Send us your dates and we will plan the day around your ship.
Header photo: Amadeus Queen by Vagabond-PRVienna (CC BY-SA 4.0), via Wikimedia Commons.
Cruising with Amadeus? Alongside your tours, we can arrange a private Schiphol airport transfer or a chauffeur between the airport, your hotel and your Amadeus ship, timed around your embarkation and disembarkation. Arrange a private Schiphol transfer.
We look after guests from every river and ocean line calling in the Netherlands. Pick your cruise line to see the tours, berths and docking details that apply to your ship:
Amadeus ships berth centrally, most often at the Passenger Terminal, along De Ruijterkade, at Coenhaven or at Westerdoksdijk, a short walk or transfer from the old town. Your exact berth is shown in the schedule above.
Whichever you prefer. Your guide works only for you, so the whole day runs in your language, with no need to sit through the same commentary twice.
Amadeus Queen, Amadeus Star, Amadeus Riva, Amadeus Brilliant, Amadeus Cara and Amadeus Imperial are among the regulars. The schedule above shows which ship is in on which date.
Yes. Your private guide meets you at the gangway, the terminal or your hotel, and the whole day runs on your timing.
The sooner the better for spring and peak dates, but we can often arrange a private guide at shorter notice too.