Find out about the top luxury river cruise lines and their ships. You'll find information on their cabins and suites, onboard facilities, dining and entertainment options, enrichment programmes and river routes.
As well as information on specific river cruise specialists, we also have information on specific river cruise destinations such as European River cruises including Baltic, Danube & Rhine river cruises. We also have information and expertise in further a field river cruises in the likes of the Mekong, Nile & Yangtze River cruises.
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Amawaterways is the leading European river cruise operator. Founded in 2002, the cruise line boasts the newest fleet sailing on Europe's Danube, Rhine, Main and Mosel rivers.
APT runs rivership tours using Amawaterways vessels - each custom designed to offer the foremost modern river cruising experience. Boasting the finest ships on Europe's rivers, the elegant interiors house a wealth of recreational options and suites are well appointed.
Avalon Waterways operates one of the youngest fleets in river and small ship cruising, while being supported by more than 80 years experience in organising travel itineraries and holidays around the world.
European Waterways provides cruises along European inland waterways in nine countries aboard luxury hotel barges. The all-inclusive voyages along canals, rivers, lakes and lochs are the perfect way to unwind.
Oberoi Hotels and Resorts, internationally recognised for all-round excellence and fantastic service, offers luxury cruise journeys on the Nile and the Kerala backwaters.
Sea Cloud Cruises, formed in 1979, cruises to exotic destinations in Europe and the Caribbean with two impressive tall ships, as well as providing luxurious river cruises along European waterways.
The Sonesta Collection comprises upscale hotels, resorts and cruise ships, each emphasising the local culture in their surrounds. In all, there are 25 hotels and resorts in the collection and five cruise ships sailing down the Nile - which is where White Star Cruises comes in.
Uniworld’s European fleet of 11 riverboats sail the Danube, the Duoro, the Main, the Moselle, the Rhine, the Rhône, the Saône and the Seine, with optional flight excursions to Istanbul to reach Europe’s eastern edge.
Viking River Cruises sail the great rivers and waterways of Europe, Russia and China, visiting bustling cities, tranquil villages, historic sites and natural wonders.
The Baltic really is best seen on a cruise. The communities here reach back to Viking times and beyond, when the waterways were the only way to navigate the region - and today they still make the most sense. Travelling through the night to allow the maximum amount of time in the day to explore the towns, cities and countryside of this enthralling region....
Explore Old Europe on a Danube River cruise, passing by medieval towns and verdant vineyards as you travel through countries such as Germany, Austria and Hungary. You'll likely begin your Danube cruise holiday by spending a couple of days exploring the vibrant Hungarian capital, Budapest, which is split in two, literally as Buda and Pest, by the wide Danube....
The Mekong River connects the countries of Indochina - Laos, Cambodia and Vietnam - and so is unsurprisingly one of the most important waterways and trade routes in the region. Cruising along the Mekong unveils a way of life dating back centuries and provides an insight into a number of interesting cultures, rural villages and lively cities....
For more than 5,000 years the River Nile has been the lifeblood of Egypt, and today there remains no better way to explore the wealth of history, culture and architecture than along the same waterway that gave rise to it originally....
The Rhine is Germany‘s longest river, which starts high up in the Alps in Switzerland and flows though France, Luxembourg and the Netherlands into the North Sea. Luxury Rhine river cruises start from a number of historical cities along its banks, including Basel, Trier, Cologne, Amsterdam, and Düsseldorf....
A river cruise along China's formidable Yangtze will often begin with a few days hopping between various cultural highlights in the rest of the country, from the shiny metropolises of Beijing and Shanghai to the terracotta warriors of Xian and the Tibetan monks of Lhasa....
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UK Cruise Stats 2011
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