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!"
AmaWaterways offers immersive hands-on special interest tours that allow guests to take a deeper dive into local culture – and these unforgettable excursions are all included in your river cruise fare. Three of our Cruise Managers share some of their favorites below.
Pretzel Baking in Wertheim, Germany
Cruise Manager Reka
Description: You’ll learn how to shape the perfect bretzel (as it is called in Germany). It has to be fat in the middle and thin at the edges. You will also learn the story of the bretzel and the significance of its shape, formed as two arms in prayer.
I always buy a large basket full of warm bretzels, enough for all guests, even the ones who do not go on the tour. The baker brings it in a large basket and as guests walk to the ship I wait for them at the entrance, so everyone can take one.
Highlight: Hearing the personal stories of baker Mr. Fritz Frischmuth, as he traveled the world to teach people how to prepare traditional German baked goods, including bretzels and sourdough. He has traveled from Dubai to Asia and teaches high-class chefs about baking.
How do they taste? Yummy!
Available on the following itineraries: Europe’s Rivers & Castles, Treasures of the Main & Rhine, and Medieval Treasures
Truffle Hunting in Avignon, France
Cruise Manager Rachel
Description: It’s not an excursion but an experience. The drive between the ship and the truffle farm is a moving postcard where you can see the Provençal landscape you have always imagined: quaint little villages, blooming fields, sunshine, and, if you are lucky, miles of lavender! On this experience you will learn more about the truffle business from the perspective of the actual truffle farm owner, visit their house and meet their family. They will make you feel cozy and welcome! And when you think things couldn’t be better, the star of the show comes: “LE” DOG.
What do the dogs do when they find a truffle? That would spoil the surprise! You will have to come and see it! But let’s say they are very well compensated.
Highlight: You will be smelling truffles until you get back home and there is truffle tasting to put your palate in heaven. You can even buy delicious truffle products to take back home and show your friends and family what they have missed.
Available on the following itineraries: Colors of Provence and Essence of Burgundy & Provence
Kölsch Beer Tasting in Cologne, Germany
Cruise Manager Raul
Description: Taste Cologne’s famous beer, which combines the two most popular brewing methods in a unique way to produce a filtered, crystal-clear beer. Kölsch is light in color, but with a strong flavor and hops intensity, and distinctive “pearl string” bubbles.
It’s so unique it needs a glass of its own, the socalled “stange,” a relatively small and thin beer glass replenished every time a waiter spots an empty one! You’ll also learn the unique nature of the local culture in Cologne, which is so different from the German stereotype, and find out about their constant competition with their neighbors in Düsseldorf.
Highlight: The potato pancakes and applesauce are delicious, but I confess, I am biased – my Grandma used to make them for me as a child. Every time I have the crispy hot potato pancakes with cold, sweet applesauce, I am instantly taken back to my Grandma’s kitchen table. I can hardly think of anything better!
Available on the following itineraries: Captivating Rhine, Enchanting Rhine, Rhine & Moselle Delights, Rhine & Moselle Fairytales, Christmas Markets on the Rhine