River Cruises Christmas and New Year

Christmas cruises 2024, 2025, 2026, 2023 New Year's Eve

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All River Cruises Christmas and New Year cruise offers listed here are just itineraries and not cruise deals for sale. Vessels are ordered alphabetically. Comparing all the ships in the River Cruises fleet is a most convenient way to select the best for you Holiday voyages as departures (homeports, dates), destinations (regions, visited countries), itineraries (ports of call, arrival dates, port times) and also to compare cruise prices.

CruiseMapper shows cruise prices per person. These are only indicative fares on the ship's lowest category staterooms. All rates are based on double occupancy (twin share) and don't include cruise line or travel agency promotions, group booking rates or any other special offers and discounts.

DateShipItineraryPrice from
2023 Dec 23River Cruises Cruises cruise line DCS Amethyst 11 days, round-trip Danube $1620
2023 Dec 23River Cruises Cruises cruise line DCS Amethyst Classic 10 days, round-trip Rhine
2023 Dec 26River Cruises Cruises cruise line DCS Amethyst Classic 7 days, round-trip Rhine
2023 Dec 27River Cruises Cruises cruise line MS Lady Diletta 6 days, round-trip Rhine
2023 Dec 27River Cruises Cruises cruise line MS Lady Cristina 7 days, round-trip Rhine
2023 Dec 27River Cruises Cruises cruise line DCS Amethyst 7 days, round-trip Danube
2023 Dec 28River Cruises Cruises cruise line MS Elegant Lady 6 days, round-trip Rhine
2024 Dec 20River Cruises Cruises cruise line MS Lady Cristina 7 days, round-trip Rhine $1296
2024 Dec 20River Cruises Cruises cruise line MS Sans Souci 7 days, round-trip Elbe $1512
2024 Dec 20River Cruises Cruises cruise line DCS Amethyst 7 days, one-way from Linz to Passau $1134
2024 Dec 22River Cruises Cruises cruise line DCS Amethyst 5 days, round-trip Danube $755
2024 Dec 22River Cruises Cruises cruise line DCS Amethyst 12 days, round-trip Danube
2024 Dec 22River Cruises Cruises cruise line DCS Amethyst Classic 11 days, round-trip Rhine $1674
2024 Dec 22River Cruises Cruises cruise line DCS Amethyst Classic 4 days, round-trip Rhine $528
2024 Dec 26River Cruises Cruises cruise line DCS Amethyst Classic 7 days, round-trip Rhine
2024 Dec 27River Cruises Cruises cruise line MS Lady Diletta 6 days, round-trip Rhine
2024 Dec 27River Cruises Cruises cruise line MS Sans Souci 7 days, round-trip Elbe
2024 Dec 27River Cruises Cruises cruise line MS Elegant Lady 6 days, round-trip Rhine
2024 Dec 27River Cruises Cruises cruise line DCS Amethyst 7 days, round-trip Danube
2025 Dec 19River Cruises Cruises cruise line Viking Sobek 7 days, round-trip 11 Night Pharaohs and Pyramids Cruise and Land Tour $7499
2025 Dec 26River Cruises Cruises cruise line Viking Sobek 7 days, round-trip 11 Night Pharaohs and Pyramids Cruise and Land Tour $7499
2026 Dec 18River Cruises Cruises cruise line Viking Sobek 7 days, round-trip 11 Night Pharaohs and Pyramids Cruise and Land Tour $7999
2026 Dec 25River Cruises Cruises cruise line Viking Sobek 7 days, round-trip 11 Night Pharaohs and Pyramids Cruise and Land Tour $7999

Christmas river cruises are among Europe's top-selling Holiday travel deals. The riverboats operate on the most popular European rivers and major inland waterways, including Rhine, Danube, Main, Main-Danube Canal, Moselle, Seine. All larger-sized river ships depart from homeports in famous cities and operate voyages to popular regions in France, Germany, Holland, Belgium, Austria, Hungary, Czech Republic, Serbia, Bulgaria, Romania.

Generally operated with all-inclusive fares, European riverboats provide premium hotel amenities, comfort, boutique-style interior, spacious staterooms (many with French Balconies), gourmet meals, complimentary tours, and boat transfers. Some river cruise deals are also inclusive of airfare (one-way or roundtrip international flights).

European River Cruises Christmas and New Year - CruiseMapper

Christmas river cruises in Europe generally include the following amenities - all meals (formal dinners and cocktail receptions), beverages (European wines, beer and soft drinks during lunch and dinner), bottled water (in stateroom), 24-hour beverage station (specialty tea/coffee, juices, snacks), tours and excursions (guided by English-speaking experts, and mainly to UNESCO sites), Holiday-themed guided programs, onboard enrichment and live entertainment (by guest lecturers, resident pianist, local performers), gratuities, taxes, ashore use of Nordic walking sticks, bicycles and Quietvox devices (portable audio headset system).

Next, are listed the most visited European river port cities by destination.

  • Rhine River - Basel, Kehl (to Strasbourg), Germersheim (to Heidelberg), Mainz, Rudesheim, Cologne, Koblenz, Mannheim, Dusseldorf, Nijmegen, Utrecht, Arnhem, Breisach, Speyer, Worms.
  • Danube River -  Budapest, Vienna, Krems, Linz (to Salzburg and Oberndorf), Durnstein, Passau (to Munich), Grein, Melk Abbey, Bratislava, Deggendorf (to Theresienthal), Regensburg, Esztergom, Visegrad, Mohacs, Novi Sad, Belgrade, Vidin, Ruse, Giurgiu (to Bucharest), Oltenita, Braila, Tulcea.
  • Main River - Nurnberg (Rhine–Main–Danube Canal), Bamberg, Kitzingen, Wurzburg (to Rothenburg), Wertheim, Frankfurt, Rothenfels.
  • Elbe River - Lutherstadt Wittenberg, Meissen, Dresden, Bad Schandau, Decin.
  • (France) Seine River - Paris, Conflans-Sainte-Honorine, Vernon, Les Andelys, Rives-en-Seine, Honfleur, Rouen, Giverny,  Auvers-sur-Oise, Poissy, Le Havre.
  • (France) Rhone River - Lyon, Chalon-sur-Saone, Beaune, Vienne, Tournon-sur-Rhone, Viviers-sur-Rhone, Valence, Macon, Arles, Pont du Gard, Avignon.
  • (France) Garonne RIver - Bordeaux, Pauillac, Blaye, Bourg-sur-Gironde, Saint-Emilion, Libourne, Cadillac, Cubzac-les-Ponts, Gironde Estuary.
  • (Portugal) Douro RIver - Porto, Bitetos, Regua, Pinhao, Barca d'Alva, Vega de Terron (to Salamanca).
  • In Ukraine (Dnieper River) and Russia (Volga River) cruises during Christmas and New Year are not available.

To search for Christmas and New Year river cruises by departure port, country, and company, you can use the CruiseMapper's Xmas cruise finder. Be sure to select "River" in the "Ship Type" box.

Next tables show all River Christmas New Year cruise itineraries as ships, departure ports, call ports (dates and arrival/departure times) and regions.