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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A collaboration of different cultures originated this special pastry. In German, strudel translates to “whirlpool,” in reference to its swirly interior. The iconic thin layers of the traditional Viennese apple strudel attribute their origin to the Turkish baklava pastry – using a technique that crossed from the Silk Road, a famous ancient trade route, to the Danube River. While both the strudel and baklava pastries are prepared similarly, their only differences appear to be the final look and filling.
Strudels are typically filled with a region’s ingredients, hence the apples, raisins and pine nuts from the Austrian region. Austria led the surge in popularity for this pastry in the Danube region, and variations – sweet and savory – from other European countries came along afterwards. Vienna’s City Library holds the first known handwritten recipe from the 17th century.
Crisp apple strudels are just one of AmaWaterways’ many “favorite things.” Our expert chefs have lovingly prepared a recipe for this classic Austrian dessert that is well worth your while.
Ingredients
For the Strudel Dough*
*For the dough, we recommend measuring the flour by weight in grams if you are able, since it is more accurate than measuring by volume.
For the Filling
Preparation
To Make Dough
To Make Filling
Stretching Dough
Filling the Dough
Baking the Strudel
Taste one of the region’s most popular delicacies on our Danube River cruises or make this crowd-pleaser for yourself at home!