Rising in Germany’s Black Forest and meandering 1,170 miles through 10 countries and four capital cities – Vienna, Budapest, Bratislava and Belgrade – to the Black Sea, the Danube offers countless ...

From VIP after-hours tours to personal butlers trained at Buckingham Palace standards, here are the best Danube river cruises for 2025. Founded in 1997, Viking River Cruises was designed for curious ...

From Mozart’s Salzburg to Vienna’s waltzes and Budapest’s steaming thermal baths, a Danube River cruise is the best way to ...

Looking for a shortlist of the best river cruises in Europe for Christmas markets? You have more choices than you might think ...

Europe is a continent built on its rivers, with many having played a vital role in the formation and development of its most important cities. From the Thames to the Tiber, they are a ever-flowing ...

Taking a vacation with a celebrity? It may sound like a fantasy, but Avalon Waterways is making this dream a reality with its popular Storyteller Series of European river cruises. The newest cruise in ...

The river cruise company Avalon Waterways sails on 13 rivers around the world. It has a strong European focus, but also offers sailings in Asia, South America, and Egypt. Excursions and activities ...

Click HERE to see the photos in larger format. Scheduled to sail this year on the Danube, Passion is the latest of Avalon's Panorama class of ships, which began debuting in 2011 and feature a large ...

Avalon Waterways is celebrating record-breaking bookings for its 2026 river cruises. This week, the cruise line revealed that 2026 sales are 17 percent higher than 2024 and seven percent higher than ...

As the setting sun tinges the passing vineyards in a golden hue, I’m on deck with a Blue Danube, a fittingly azure-coloured cocktail mixed with gin, elderflower liqueur and curacao. Later that night, ...