Maximize your Christmas experience by embarking at the height of the holiday market season with daily or near-daily visits to Christmas Markets.
Get "just a taste" of the holidays in mid-November or late December with visits to one or two Christmas Markets during your river cruise.
We are pleased to offer guests the opportunity to experience Floriade in 2022 while sailing along the Rhine River and Dutch and Belgian Waterways between April 14 and October 9. Right outside Amsterdam, this rare experience calls for its visitors to “explore, touch and change” as part of their journey into Floriade – which is set to feature stunning gardens, innovative sustainable gardening exhibits, live entertainment, talk shows, souvenirs and food stalls.
We invite you to join our incredible cruise on the Rhône with a Latin Touch, featuring bilingual cruise managers, daily tours with Spanish-speaking guides, Latin-inspired music nights and other distinctive elements.
Based on the overwhelmingly positive response received from the announcement of our first-ever “Soulful Experience” on the Rhône River in 2023, we are delighted to announce four new opportunities for guests to celebrate their heritage and discover Black history and culture along the rivers with us in 2024.
Join award-winning television host and travel expert, Samantha Brown, Godmother of AmaMagna, as we cruise through four countries along the Danube River. Special events and Travel Talks are included on this exclusive sailing.
We invite you to join our incredible cruise on the Danube with a Latin Touch, featuring bilingual cruise managers, daily tours with Spanish-speaking guides, Latin-inspired music nights and other distinctive elements.
Explore the rich history of classical music along the Danube River where famous composers lived, worked and performed. Plus, be treated to a variety of live performances on this melodious journey.
Based on the overwhelmingly positive response received from the announcement of our first-ever “Soulful Experience” on the Rhône River in 2023, we are delighted to announce four new opportunities for guests to celebrate their heritage and discover Black history and culture along the rivers with us in 2025
Join award-winning television host and travel expert, Samantha Brown, Godmother of AmaMagna, as we cruise through five countries along the Danube River. Special events and Travel Talks are included on this exclusive sailing.
We invite you to join our incredible cruise on the Douro with a Latin Touch, featuring bilingual cruise managers, daily tours with Spanish-speaking guides, Latin-inspired music nights and other distinctive elements.
We invite our loyal past guests to join us once again on these special Loyalty Cruises, offering unique experiences in multiple ports, commemorative gifts, and many more surprises and delights.
Imagine if there was a way to combine luxury river cruising on the Danube with the opportunity to indulge your passion and play golf? We have created the perfect package to enable you to do just that! Our exclusive Concierge Golf Programme includes 7 nights onboard one of the highest rated ships in Europe, complete with award winning cuisine, a choice of excursions in every port and our unique Twin Balconies, as well as up to 5 rounds of golf at some of the leading championship courses on the continent. Our Programme takes you straight from your ship to the course and back making your golfing experience seamless – Golf and River Cruise truly is a marriage made in heaven.
Hello! "I'm Kristin Karst, Co-Founder and Executive Vice President of AmaWaterways and I'm passionate about river cruising. Each month, I love to share with you my thoughts, personal stories, travel tips and latest news on the people and places that help turn every mile of our guests' river cruise experience into one of their most cherished memories!"
....of chocolates, macarons, brioches aux pralines, terrines, scallop mousse, andouille sausages, quenelles, charcuterie, sauces, truffles, sweets, cheeses and breads – of every shape, size and variety – elevated into perfection, sophistication and the world’s most delicious and satisfying of art forms. Lyon is certainly the city to indulge in all of your French foodie fantasies, decadent dreams and love of adventurous cuisine.
This UNESCO-designated historic city is the gastronomic capital of France – and the French would probably argue (and possibly be right), the entire world. The best known chefs all encourage gourmands-in-the-making to make the pilgrimage to beautiful Lyon, nestled in between the Burgundy and Provence regions of France. Many top chefs train here, attending culinary schools or gaining prestigious work under any of the city’s renowned rockstar chefs. There are nearly 2,000 restaurants here, including 11 with Michelin stars, to cater to half a million residents and hungry visitors.
Lyon is known for its variety of fresh market food, signature dishes and bouchons. A bouchon is a very Lyonnaise type of restaurant with a fun, convivial setting that offers traditional, almost homey fare -- which are usually meat-centric. Think a boisterous family gathering with pork and organ meats – andouille sausages, blood sausages, and even intestines. (Yes, you read that right). Because to fully taste and embrace all of Lyon’s magic, you’re invited to bring your most adventurous palate. This is a city that enjoys artful cuisine with a twist and plenty of surprises. Forget meat and potatoes or chain restaurants with standard fare menus. Perhaps even forget haute cuisine, (which Lyon also offers) -- because traditional Lyon food fare is often a hearty and adventurous experience. Specialties include intestines, brains, andouille, old-fashioned pig-snout salad, beef muzzle, calf’s foot and quenelles (airy, breaded fish dumplings bathed in a creamy sauce).
And, of course, cheese plates and French bread. St. Marcellin is a local cheese specialty – a soft unpasteurized, mold ripened cheese which is made with cow’s milk. Rumored to be King Louis XI’s favorite, it is known as a king among cheeses with a texture varying from firm to very runny with a mild slightly salty taste and an intensely rustic, nutty, fruity flavor. Pair it with a baguette – plain, poppy seed, sesame seed, the choice is yours! Of course, there’s never a lack of choices for cheese in France – be it delicate, creamy, soft, hard, pungent, gooey, cow, goat, sheep – a cheesemonger will be sure to help guide you through.
Along with cheese, you’re sure to get your fill of sweets in Lyon. Macarons of all inventive varieties are readily available – skip the chocolate and mint as you may find everything from foie gras to mushroom to tarragon flavors. Perhaps a signature brioche aux praline. Or a savory sandwich. Or your choice of charcuterie, dried sausages, patés and hams.
The late Paul Bocuse is one chef whose name is often spoken of in Lyon – and seen – as his portrait graces many murals in the city. If there’s time, it’s fun to either snap a photo at any of these locations or pop into one of his restaurants.
Enjoy France's culinary capital for yourself on our Essence of Burgundy & Provence, Flavors of Burgundy or Colors of Provence river cruises!