River Cruises to Veerse Meer

Sailing into the Veerse Meer with Celebrity River Cruises, the landscape shifts from the broad channels of the Rhine to something quieter and altogether more unexpected. Formed when the Delta Works sealed off the tidal inlet in 1961, the Veerse Meer is an inland lake stretching across the Zeeland province of the southwestern Netherlands, sheltered from the North Sea and framed by flat green polders, wide open sky, and reed-lined shores. It is one of the most distinctive sailing environments in Europe, and one of the least expected stops on a Rhine river cruise itinerary.   Along the northern shore, the medieval harbour town of Veere rises above the waterline, its Gothic Grote Kerk and 15th-century Campveerse Toren tower reflected in the still water of the lake. Once one of the most important Scottish wool trading ports in northern Europe, Veere retains the quiet grandeur of its mercantile past, with 16th-century Scottish merchant houses lining the quayside and cobblestone streets leading up through the old town. Beyond the harbour, cycle paths follow the Veerse Meer shoreline through the Zeeland delta landscape, and in April the surrounding bulb fields come into full bloom, making this one of the most visually striking stops of the tulip season sailing.

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