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.
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Easter Markets spring up in a number of cities throughout Europe in celebration of the holiday. Two of our wonderful Cruise Managers share their favorite Easter traditions, culinary delights and souvenirs below.
Cruise Manager Martina, Czechoslovakia
Favorite Easter Market:
In Prague, Czech Republic, there are lovely markets with local food, handicrafts and colorful decorations representing the flowers of spring. There is also a stage on the main square with live performances. In Zurich, the Sechseläuten is a spring holiday typically celebrated on the 3rd Monday of April. There is an incredible promenade with people dressed in traditional guild costumes all over the city and lots of activities – including the burning of the Böögg, a snowman, to drive out winter and welcome spring!
Favorite Easter Delights:
The medovina (honey wine or mead) or the Tatranský čaj, a spirit of 160 proof. It is the perfect drink to have in the evenings, when the weather turns chilly while strolling around the Easter Markets of Prague. A must is at least one small beránek, an iced cake in the shape of a lamb, or chlebíčky, a small open-faced sandwich akin to tapas.
Best Souvenirs:
There are beautiful handmade decorations all over Prague. I love the traditionally painted Easter eggs and I always buy beautiful lace embroidery with colorful spring flowers for my friends.
Unique European Easter Tradition:
In former Czechoslovakia, today known as the Czech Republic and Slovakia, young men visit every house in which single young women live and “sprinkle” – or, in reality, douse – them with water, or playfully “whip” them with willow branches. This old custom is meant to bring good health and youth to the women throughout the year.
Cruise Manager Rachel, Spain
Prague’s Easter Markets are set by the Old Town Square and are just a feast for the eyes!
All the egg decorations in different sizes and colors, and the chicken decorations as well.
Mona de Pascua (Easter cake) typically only served in Catalonia, Spain. You can find these in all nice bakeries in Barcelona and I always buy one to share with the guests after our Colors of Provence land package there. It is usually a Sunday and many guests buy fresh mona to take back home to celebrate with their families on Monday as well.
Unique European Easter Traditions:
The Monday after Easter Sunday is a holiday in Catalonia during which godparents visit their godsons/goddaughters and bring them a very colorful delicious chocolate cake with all kinds of toppings and decorations to celebrate a new life and new opportunities.
Visit Easter Markets with AmaWaterways in the days leading up to the holiday during select 2024 & 2025 journeys such as Romantic Danube, Melodies of the Danube, Gems of Southeast Europe and Colors of Provence while visiting Prague, Czech Republic; Vienna, Austria; or Barcelona, Spain.
Easter Sunday Dates (Gregorian Calendar)
March 31, 2024
April 20, 2025
Orthodox Easter Dates (Julian Calendar)*
May 5, 2024
*Celebrated prominently in select Lower Danube destinations during our Gems of Southeast Europe and Grand Danube Cruise sailings
Contact your preferred travel advisor or visit each city’s tourism department website for dates, times and details.