- Avalon Waterways has several Christmas cruises available on the Danube.
- You can also spend Christmas on the Nile with Abercrombie & Kent.
- AmaWaterways has several Christmas sailings available with complimentary pre-and post-cruise hotel stays.
If you are dreaming of a white Christmas in Europe this year, it’s still not too late to book a river cruise to celebrate the yuletide season.
You will be able to visit the iconic Christmas Markets, sip warm mulled wine, taste lots of stroopwafels, listen to heart- warming carols and leave all the washing up to someone else. It will be a chilly Christmas to remember for a long time to come and a great way to cap off the year.
Here’s what still available to book:
Avalon Waterways
Avalon Waterways has a seven-day Vienna to Nuremburg cruise aboard Avalon Impression on the Danube departing 16 December 2025 with prices starting from $4055 per person. You will visit Passau, Regensburg and Nuremberg where you will disembark. But hurry bookings have to be made by 8 November.
There’s also a six-day cruise from Budapest to Vienna visiting the iconic Christmas markets at Bratislava, the city of music, Vienna where you can wander around it’s historic squares and Budapest’s thermal baths. The river cruise departs on 17 December 2025 with prices starting from $5169pp. Bookings have to be made by 8 November.
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Abercombie & Kent
Abercrombie & Kent still has available cabins for a small group journey on the sought-after Nile cruises.
There’s a 13-day itinerary from Petra to the Pyramids with a Nile yacht cruise departing on 20 December. Your adventure starts in Amman in Jordan and visits Wadi Rum, Petra, the Dead Sea, Cairo, a four-night cruise on the Nile before disembarking at Kom Ombo. You will then spend two nights in Cairo to take in Abu Simbel and the marvels of Giza.
Prices start from $27,270 per person.
There’s also a 13-day, small group journey on Egypt and the Nile, departing 20 December. You will visit and learn about Cairo’s ancient treasures, the Pyramids of Giza before boarding the Sanctuary Sun Boat IV for a cruise on the Nile and disembark in Aswan. You will then spend a couple of nights in Cairo to take in the sights of Abu Simbel and the National Museum of Egyptian Civilisation. Prices start from $16,050 pp.
A&K also has some suites left to celebrate Christmas on the Danube River with a nine-day, small group journey aboard Amadeus Riva departing on 21 December from Munich. You will visit Salzburg, Melk, Vienna, Bratislava, Linz and disembark in Munich. . Prices start from $13,770pp.
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AmaWaterways
AmaWaterways also has availability for a few Christmas Markets cruises with complimentary pre-and post-cruise hotel stay included. There’s a seven-night cruise on the legendary Danube River from Nuremberg to Budapest departing 24 December 2025.
There’s also a seven-night cruise from Budapest to Vilshofen departing on 24 December with a complimentary one-night pre-cruise hotel stay and three-night hotel stay post cruise. Your cruise will visit Bratislava, Vienna, Austria, Linz, Passau and Prague. Prices start from $8,535pp in a twin balcony stateroom.
AmaWaterways also has a festive cruise on the Best of Holland & Belgium – a seven-night roundtrip from Amsterdam departing 25 December. You will have a complimentary one-night pre-cruise hotel stay and a one-night onboard AmaLucia in Amsterdam on 1 January.
The line also has a seven-night Colours of Provence cruise from Arles to Lyon departing on 25 December with a complimentary one-night pre-cruise hotel stay and a one-night onboard stay on AmaKristina in Lyon. You will visit Avignon, Viviers, Tournon, Vienne and Lyon.
There’s also availability on the seven-night cruise aboard AmaSiena from Basel to Amsterdam departing on 25 December. A complimentary one-night pre-cruise hotel stay and a one-night onboard the ship stay in Amsterdam are included. You will visit Strasbourg, Rudesheim and Cologne.
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