Riviera River Cruises announced it will offer new cruises on Europe’s Danube and Rhine rivers over Christmas and New Year’s during the 2020-21 holiday season.
On Christmas cruises, explore festive markets then enjoy a Christmas Day gala dinner and Christmas musical performances back on board the ship. On New Year’s cruises, ring in 2021 with drinks and canapés on board the ship at midnight New Year’s Eve, then wake to a New Year’s Day brunch.
Highlights of Christmas and New Year’s cruises on the Danube and Rhine rivers include:
- Christmas on the Blue Danube: Aboard a ship adorned with garlands and a Christmas tree, cruise from Budapest, Hungary, to Linz, Austria, and back with guided tours of Bratislava, Melk, Linz or Salzburg, Vienna and Budapest, and visits to the Esztergom Basilica, Melk Abbey and Schönbrunn Palace. Enjoy time to explore Christmas markets, as well as a Christmas Day gala dinner, a Christmas classical quartet recital and a Hungarian Christmas folklore show on board. Eight-day cruise starts at $3,019 per person based on double occupancy.
- Christmas on the Rhine: Aboard a ship adorned with garlands and a Christmas tree, cruise through the Rhine Gorge from Cologne, Germany, to Strasbourg, France, and back with guided tours of Koblenz, Rüdesheim, Speyer, Strasbourg, Boppard and Cologne. Enjoy time to explore Christmas markets, as well as a Christmas Day gala dinner, a Christmas musical performance, a folklore show and a classical music concert on board. Eight-day cruise starts at $3,039 per person based on double occupancy.
- New Year on the Blue Danube: Cruise from Budapest, Hungary, to Bratislava, Slovakia, and Vienna, Austria, and back, with guided tours of all three as well as a visit to Schönbrunn Palace. Enjoy New Year’s Eve drinks and canapés at midnight, a New Year’s Day brunch, a classical music recital and a Hungarian folklore show on board. Six-day cruise starts at $2,049 per person based on double occupancy.
- New Year on the Rhine: Cruise through the Rhine Gorge from Cologne, Germany, to Frankfurt and back with guided tours of Rüdesheim, Frankfurt, Koblenz and Cologne. Enjoy New Year’s Eve drinks and canapés at midnight, a New Year’s Day brunch, a folklore show and a classical music concert on board. Six-day cruise starts at $2,079 per person based on double occupancy.
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