Luxury River Cruises

River cruises fully immerse you in the culture and ports of some of the world’s most spectacular destinations. On-board stunning small ships, river cruises sail to both far-flung and iconic waterways that ocean cruise ships simply can’t reach, offering classic nautical discovery and a more intimate travel experience.


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Milan, Venice & the Jewels of Veneto
Milan | Milan | Verona | Venice | Venice | Chioggia | Chioggia | Venice | Venice | Venice
01 Aug 2025
9 Nights
Mediterranean

Inspired by their destinations, each ship in the fleet has a uniquely beautiful design
THE MOST ALL-INCLUSIVE AMENITIES finely tailored to your tastes.
Fly Cruise From
Was £3149pp
Now: £3023
pp
REF: UNIWORLD51599
Enticing Douro
Porto | Régua | Vega de Terron, Portugal | Vega de Terron, Portugal | Pinhão | Régua | Porto | Porto
01 Aug 2025
7 Nights
Iberian Peninsula

Fly Cruise From
Was £3462pp
Now: £3323
pp
REF: AMAPC250801DO
Bordeaux Affair
Bordeaux | Bordeaux | Saint-Émilion | Blaye | Libourne | Blaye | Cussac-Fort-Médoc | Bourg | Cadillac | Bordeaux | Bordeaux
02 Aug 2025
7 Nights
West Med

Fly Cruise From
Was £2930pp
Now: £2812
pp
REF: SCENICBORD020825-1
Spectacular South of France
Lyon | Chalon-sur-Saône | Lyon | Tournus | Tournon-sur-Rhône | Avignon | Avignon | Arles | Viviers | Lyon | Lyon
02 Aug 2025
10 Nights
West Med

Fly Cruise From
Was £3995pp
Now: £3835
pp
REF: SCENICFRAC020825-1
Rhine, Moselle & Belgium Grand Discovery
Basel | Lucerne | Strasbourg | Speyer | Rüdesheim | Koblenz | Bernkastel-Kues | Trier | Cochem | Cologne | Düsseldorf | Roermond | Maastricht | Antwerp | More...
02 Aug 2025
14 Nights
Europe

Inspired by their destinations, each ship in the fleet has a uniquely beautiful design
THE MOST ALL-INCLUSIVE AMENITIES finely tailored to your tastes.
Fly Cruise From
Was £6019pp
Now: £5778
pp
REF: UNIWORLD51807
Delightful Douro
Porto | Porto | Pinhão | Barca d’Alva | Pinhão | Barca d’Alva | Pocinho | Régua | Pocinho | Porto | Régua | Porto | Porto
02 Aug 2025
7 Nights
Iberian Peninsula

Fly Cruise From
Was £3845pp
Now: £3691
pp
REF: SCENICDOUS020825-1
Wonders of Colombia
Cartagena | Palenque | Calamar | Pinto | Santa Cruz de Mompox | Santa Cruz de Mompox | Santa Cruz de Mompox | El Banco | Magangué | Barranquilla | Nueva Venecia | Barranquilla
02 Aug 2025
7 Nights
South America

Fly Cruise From
Was £5190pp
Now: £4982
pp
REF: AMASA250802CB
Gems of the Danube with Prague
Prague | Prague | Prague | Budapest | Prague | Budapest | Bratislava | Vienna | Dürnstein | Melk | Passau | Brandstatt | Regensburg | Nuremberg | More...
03 Aug 2025
10 Nights
Europe

Fly Cruise From
Was £2645pp
Now: £2539
pp
REF: SCENICPNB030825-2
A Portrait of Majestic France
Bordeaux | Pauillac | Cadillac | Blaye | Libourne | Libourne | Bordeaux | Bordeaux | Vernon | Rouen | Caudebec-en-Caux | Rouen | Mantes-la-Jolie | Paris | More...
03 Aug 2025
14 Nights
West Med

Inspired by their destinations, each ship in the fleet has a uniquely beautiful design
THE MOST ALL-INCLUSIVE AMENITIES finely tailored to your tastes.
Fly Cruise From
Was £8079pp
Now: £7755
pp
REF: UNIWORLD50330
Brilliant Bordeaux
Bordeaux | Pauillac | Cadillac | Blaye | Libourne | Libourne | Bordeaux | Bordeaux
03 Aug 2025
7 Nights
West Med

Inspired by their destinations, each ship in the fleet has a uniquely beautiful design
THE MOST ALL-INCLUSIVE AMENITIES finely tailored to your tastes.
Fly Cruise From
Was £3009pp
Now: £2888
pp
REF: UNIWORLD50027
Delightful Danube
Budapest | Budapest | Vienna | Krems | Engelhartszell an der Donau | Regensburg | Nuremberg | Nuremberg
03 Aug 2025
7 Nights
Europe

Inspired by their destinations, each ship in the fleet has a uniquely beautiful design
THE MOST ALL-INCLUSIVE AMENITIES finely tailored to your tastes.
Fly Cruise From
Was £2659pp
Now: £2552
pp
REF: UNIWORLD50261
Delightful Danube & Prague
Budapest | Budapest | Vienna | Krems | Engelhartszell an der Donau | Regensburg | Nuremberg | Nuremberg | Prague | Prague
03 Aug 2025
9 Nights
Europe

Inspired by their destinations, each ship in the fleet has a uniquely beautiful design
THE MOST ALL-INCLUSIVE AMENITIES finely tailored to your tastes.
Fly Cruise From
Was £3009pp
Now: £2888
pp
REF: UNIWORLD50192
Douro River Valley
Porto | Régua | Pocinho | Salamanca | Barca d’Alva | Porto | Porto | Porto
03 Aug 2025
7 Nights
Iberian Peninsula

Inspired by their destinations, each ship in the fleet has a uniquely beautiful design
THE MOST ALL-INCLUSIVE AMENITIES finely tailored to your tastes.
Fly Cruise From
Was £3709pp
Now: £3560
pp
REF: UNIWORLD50461
Enchanting Danube
Passau | Passau | Linz | Dürnstein | Vienna | Bratislava | Budapest | Budapest
03 Aug 2025
7 Nights
Europe

Inspired by their destinations, each ship in the fleet has a uniquely beautiful design
THE MOST ALL-INCLUSIVE AMENITIES finely tailored to your tastes.
Fly Cruise From
Was £3999pp
Now: £3839
pp
REF: UNIWORLD50175
Paris & Normandy
Paris | Vernon | Rouen | Caudebec-en-Caux | Rouen | Mantes-la-Jolie | Paris | Paris
03 Aug 2025
7 Nights
West Med

Inspired by their destinations, each ship in the fleet has a uniquely beautiful design
THE MOST ALL-INCLUSIVE AMENITIES finely tailored to your tastes.
Fly Cruise From
Was £3359pp
Now: £3224
pp
REF: UNIWORLD50081
Rome, Venice & the Jewels of Veneto
Venice | Venice | Venice | Chioggia | Chioggia | Venice | Venice | Rome | Rome | Rome | Rome
03 Aug 2025
10 Nights
Mediterranean

Inspired by their destinations, each ship in the fleet has a uniquely beautiful design
THE MOST ALL-INCLUSIVE AMENITIES finely tailored to your tastes.
Fly Cruise From
Was £4239pp
Now: £4069
pp
REF: UNIWORLD51569
Ultimate France
Bordeaux | Pauillac | Cadillac | Blaye | Libourne | Libourne | Bordeaux | Bordeaux | Vernon | Rouen | Caudebec-en-Caux | Rouen | Mantes-la-Jolie | Paris | More...
03 Aug 2025
21 Nights
West Med

Inspired by their destinations, each ship in the fleet has a uniquely beautiful design
THE MOST ALL-INCLUSIVE AMENITIES finely tailored to your tastes.
Fly Cruise From
Was £15799pp
Now: £15167
pp
REF: UNIWORLD50351
Venice & the Jewels of Veneto
Venice | Venice | Venice | Chioggia | Chioggia | Venice | Venice | Venice
03 Aug 2025
7 Nights
Mediterranean

Inspired by their destinations, each ship in the fleet has a uniquely beautiful design
THE MOST ALL-INCLUSIVE AMENITIES finely tailored to your tastes.
Fly Cruise From
Was £3079pp
Now: £2955
pp
REF: UNIWORLD50524
Wine Roads of France & Portugal
Bordeaux | Pauillac | Cadillac | Blaye | Libourne | Libourne | Bordeaux | Bordeaux | Régua | Pocinho | Salamanca | Barca d’Alva | Porto | Porto | More...
03 Aug 2025
17 Nights
West Med

Inspired by their destinations, each ship in the fleet has a uniquely beautiful design
THE MOST ALL-INCLUSIVE AMENITIES finely tailored to your tastes.
Fly Cruise From
Was £12099pp
Now: £11615
pp
REF: UNIWORLD50938
Castles along the Rhine
Basel | Breisach | Strasbourg | Speyer | Rüdesheim | Koblenz | Cologne | Amsterdam
03 Aug 2025
7 Nights
Europe

Inspired by their destinations, each ship in the fleet has a uniquely beautiful design
THE MOST ALL-INCLUSIVE AMENITIES finely tailored to your tastes.
Fly Cruise From
Was £3639pp
Now: £3493
pp
REF: UNIWORLD51876
Magna on the Danube
Vilshofen | Passau | Linz | Grein | Spitz | Melk | Vienna | Bratislava | Budapest | Budapest
03 Aug 2025
7 Nights
Europe

Fly Cruise From
Was £3212pp
Now: £3083
pp
REF: AMAAM250803BF
Rhine Highlights
Amsterdam | Amsterdam | Cologne | Koblenz | Mannheim | Rastatt | Kehl | Strasbourg | Basel
04 Aug 2025
7 Nights
Europe

Fly Cruise From
Was £3295pp
Now: £3163
pp
REF: SCENICAMBS040825-1
Rhine Highlights with Switzerland
Amsterdam | Amsterdam | Cologne | Koblenz | Mannheim | Rastatt | Kehl | Strasbourg | Basel | Montreux | Montreux | Montreux | Bern | Gstaad | More...
04 Aug 2025
11 Nights
Europe

Fly Cruise From
Was £5130pp
Now: £4924
pp
REF: SCENICAMSW040825-1
Danube in Depth with Ljubljana & Zagreb
Nuremberg | Nuremberg | Regensburg | Passau | Linz | Dürnstein | Krems | Vienna | Bratislava | Budapest | Budapest | Ljubljana | Ljubljana | Zagreb | More...
04 Aug 2025
13 Nights
Europe

Fly Cruise From
Was £3795pp
Now: £3643
pp
REF: SCENICGHNZ040825-1
Jewels of Europe
Budapest | Budapest | Vienna | Vienna | Dürnstein | Krems | Passau | Brandstatt | Regensburg | Nuremberg | Bamberg | Würzburg | Wertheim | Miltenberg | More...
04 Aug 2025
14 Nights
Europe

Fly Cruise From
Was £5045pp
Now: £4843
pp
REF: SCENICSTC040825-2

Why choose a luxury river cruise?

River cruises fully immerse you in the culture and ports of some of the world’s most spectacular destinations. On-board stunning small ships, river cruises sail to both far-flung and iconic waterways that ocean cruise ships simply can’t reach, offering classic nautical discovery and a more intimate travel experience. You will be lulled into complete relaxation; enjoying butler service with Scenic, the best in-suite accommodations with Uniworld Cruises Cruises, and even more luxurious facilities packaged with all-inclusive meals, drinks, transfers and excursions. Combined with deluxe décor and sumptuous styling, you will want for absolutely nothing.

Luxury river cruises in Europe and beyond

Made for scenic cruising and destination-focused sailings, river ships place you right in the thick of the action with natural beauty on all sides. Enjoy the diverse French landscape on Seine river cruises, or explore the cultural heart of Austria, Hungary and Romania on Danube river cruises. Take part in complimentary excursions offering authentic experiences in each destination on your itinerary; gaining unforgettable insights into each ports history and heritage.

Luxury river cruise lines

We believe that the following luxury cruise lines offer the very best in luxury river cruises: Scenic River Cruises and Uniworld Boutique River Cruises

What can you expect from your luxury river cruise?

Are you ready for a serene river adventure? Watch the sights change through your balcony window as you sail into ports like Paris, Vienna and even Siem Reap. Wave goodbye to days at sea and say hello to holistic travel bound together by immersive itineraries. From the cathedrals and Christmas markets of Cologne to the palatial grandeur of Ho Chi Minh City, it is time to discover hidden gems and iconic sights along some of the world’s best-known rivers.

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