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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Gems of the Danube with Nuremberg
Budapest | Budapest | Bratislava | Vienna | Dürnstein | Melk | Passau | Brandstatt | Regensburg | Nuremberg | Regensburg | Nuremberg | Nuremberg
13 Aug 2025
9 Nights
Europe

Custom-designed ships offer you space to relax and indulge
Ultra-luxury cruising in a class of its own
Save up to 30% and FREE flights on 2025 Europe sailings
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Was £4300pp
Now: £4128
pp
REF: SCENICNREB130825-2
Gems of the Danube with Prague
Nuremberg | Regensburg | Regensburg | Passau | Schlögen | Dürnstein | Melk | Vienna | Bratislava | Budapest | Budapest | Prague | Prague | Prague | More...
13 Aug 2025
10 Nights
Europe

Custom-designed ships offer you space to relax and indulge
Ultra-luxury cruising in a class of its own
Save up to 30% and FREE flights on 2025 Europe sailings
Fly Cruise From
Was £2845pp
Now: £2731
pp
REF: SCENICPNB130825-1
Peruvian Amazon & Machu Picchu Exploration
Lima | Lima | Iquitos | Nauta | Nauta | Urubamba | Cusco | Cusco | Cusco | Lima | Lima
13 Aug 2025
15 Nights
South America

SixStarCruises Exotic Sale Event - Save up to £400 per couple*
Fly Cruise From
Was £11789pp
Now: £11317
pp
REF: UNIWORLD50622
Peruvian Rivers & Rainforest Discovery
Lima | Lima | Iquitos | Nauta | Nauta | Lima
13 Aug 2025
10 Nights
South America

SixStarCruises Exotic Sale Event - Save up to £400 per couple*
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Was £10709pp
Now: £10280
pp
REF: UNIWORLD50633
Unforgettable Douro with Lisbon & Madrid
Lisbon | Lisbon | Lisbon | Porto | Lisbon | Porto | Entre-os-Rios | Régua | Régua | Régua | Vega de Terrón | Salamanca | Vega de Terrón | Pinhão | More...
13 Aug 2025
16 Nights
Iberian Peninsula

Custom-designed ships offer you space to relax and indulge
Ultra-luxury cruising in a class of its own
Save up to 30% and FREE flights on 2025 Europe sailings
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Was £6425pp
Now: £6168
pp
REF: SCENICLDOM130825-1
Unforgettable Douro with Lisbon
Lisbon | Lisbon | Lisbon | Porto | Lisbon | Porto | Entre-os-Rios | Régua | Régua | Régua | Vega de Terrón | Salamanca | Vega de Terrón | Pinhão | More...
13 Aug 2025
13 Nights
Iberian Peninsula

Custom-designed ships offer you space to relax and indulge
Ultra-luxury cruising in a class of its own
Save up to 30% and FREE flights on 2025 Europe sailings
Fly Cruise From
Was £5425pp
Now: £5208
pp
REF: SCENICLDOU130825-1
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
13 Aug 2025
7 Nights
South America

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Was £4900pp
Now: £4704
pp
REF: AMASB250813CB
Best of the Danube
Budapest | Bratislava | Melk | Linz | Vienna | Vienna | Budapest | Budapest
13 Aug 2025
7 Nights
Europe

Fly Cruise From
Was £2854pp
Now: £2740
pp
REF: AMAAF250813DB
Castles along the Rhine
Basel | Breisach | Strasbourg | Speyer | Rüdesheim | Koblenz | Cologne | Amsterdam
14 Aug 2025
7 Nights
Europe

Fly Cruise From
Was £3689pp
Now: £3541
pp
REF: UNIWORLD51892
Grande Italia
Milan | Milan | Verona | Venice | Venice | Chioggia | Chioggia | Venice | Venice | Rome | Rome | Rome | Rome
15 Aug 2025
12 Nights
Mediterranean

Fly Cruise From
Was £5489pp
Now: £5269
pp
REF: UNIWORLD51540
Milan, Venice & the Jewels of Veneto
Milan | Milan | Verona | Venice | Venice | Chioggia | Chioggia | Venice | Venice | Venice
15 Aug 2025
9 Nights
Mediterranean

Fly Cruise From
Was £3869pp
Now: £3714
pp
REF: UNIWORLD51601
Enticing Douro
Porto | Régua | Vega de Terron, Portugal | Vega de Terron, Portugal | Pinhão | Régua | Porto | Porto
15 Aug 2025
7 Nights
Iberian Peninsula

Fly Cruise From
Was £4112pp
Now: £3948
pp
REF: AMAPC250815DO
Jewels of Europe with Majestic Britain & Ireland and Edinburgh Military Tattoo
Dublin | Dublin | Dublin | Killarney | Galway | Killarney | Belfast | Galway | Belfast | Belfast | Edinburgh | Edinburgh | Inverness | Edinburgh | More...
15 Aug 2025
33 Nights
United Kingdom

Custom-designed ships offer you space to relax and indulge
Ultra-luxury cruising in a class of its own
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Was £14285pp
Now: £13713
pp
REF: SCENICBAIC150825-1
Normandy & Gems of the Seine
Paris | Les Andelys | Rouen | Rouen | Honfleur | Honfleur | Caudebec-en-Caux | Vernon | La Roche-Guyon | Paris | Conflans-Sainte-Honorine | Paris | Paris
16 Aug 2025
10 Nights
West Med

Custom-designed ships offer you space to relax and indulge
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Was £3545pp
Now: £3403
pp
REF: SCENICSEI160825-1
Essence of Cambodia, Vietnam & Luxury Mekong
Hanoi | Hanoi | Cát Bà Island | Hanoi | Cát Bà Island | Cát Bà Island | Hanoi | Hanoi | Hue | Hoi An | Hue | Hoi An | Hoi An | Hoi An | More...
16 Aug 2025
23 Nights
Asia & Indian Ocean

Custom-designed ships offer you space to relax and indulge
Ultra-luxury cruising in a class of its own
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Was £8620pp
Now: £8275
pp
REF: SCENICVIMC160825-29
Gems of the Danube with Munich
Nuremberg | Nuremberg | Nuremberg | Regensburg | Regensburg | Passau | Schlögen | Dürnstein | Melk | Vienna | Bratislava | Budapest | Budapest
16 Aug 2025
9 Nights
Europe

Custom-designed ships offer you space to relax and indulge
Ultra-luxury cruising in a class of its own
Save up to 30% and FREE flights on 2025 Europe sailings
Fly Cruise From
Was £4515pp
Now: £4334
pp
REF: SCENICMREB160825-1
Gems of the Seine & Beautiful Bordeaux
Paris | Les Andelys | Rouen | Rouen | Honfleur | Honfleur | Caudebec-en-Caux | Vernon | La Roche-Guyon | Paris | Conflans-Sainte-Honorine | Paris | Paris | Bordeaux | More...
16 Aug 2025
20 Nights
West Med

Custom-designed ships offer you space to relax and indulge
Ultra-luxury cruising in a class of its own
Save up to 30% and FREE flights on 2025 Europe sailings
Fly Cruise From
Was £13070pp
Now: £12547
pp
REF: SCENICSEBO160825-1
Gems of the Seine & Unforgettable Douro
Paris | Les Andelys | Rouen | Rouen | Honfleur | Honfleur | Caudebec-en-Caux | Vernon | La Roche-Guyon | Paris | Conflans-Sainte-Honorine | Paris | Porto | Paris | More...
16 Aug 2025
20 Nights
West Med

Custom-designed ships offer you space to relax and indulge
Ultra-luxury cruising in a class of its own
Save up to 30% and FREE flights on 2025 Europe sailings
Fly Cruise From
Was £10690pp
Now: £10262
pp
REF: SCENICSEDO160825-1
Rhine, Moselle & Belgium Grand Discovery
Brussel (Bruxelles) | Antwerp | Maastricht | Roermond | Düsseldorf | Cologne | Cochem | Trier | Bernkastel-Kues | Koblenz | Rüdesheim | Speyer | Strasbourg | Lucerne | More...
16 Aug 2025
14 Nights
Europe

Fly Cruise From
Was £7559pp
Now: £7256
pp
REF: UNIWORLD51805
Unforgettable Douro with Madrid
Porto | Porto | Entre-os-Rios | Régua | Régua | Régua | Vega de Terrón | Salamanca | Vega de Terrón | Pinhão | Pocinho | Pinhão | Porto | Pinhão | More...
16 Aug 2025
13 Nights
Iberian Peninsula

Custom-designed ships offer you space to relax and indulge
Ultra-luxury cruising in a class of its own
Save up to 30% and FREE flights on 2025 Europe sailings
Fly Cruise From
Was £5645pp
Now: £5419
pp
REF: SCENICDOMO160825-1
Unforgettable Douro
Porto | Porto | Entre-os-Rios | Régua | Régua | Régua | Vega de Terrón | Salamanca | Vega de Terrón | Pinhão | Pocinho | Pinhão | Porto | Pinhão | More...
16 Aug 2025
10 Nights
Iberian Peninsula

Custom-designed ships offer you space to relax and indulge
Ultra-luxury cruising in a class of its own
Save up to 30% and FREE flights on 2025 Europe sailings
Fly Cruise From
Was £4645pp
Now: £4459
pp
REF: SCENICDOUR160825-1
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
16 Aug 2025
7 Nights
South America

SixStarCruises Exotic Sale Event - Save up to £400 per couple*
Fly Cruise From
Was £4900pp
Now: £4704
pp
REF: AMASA250816CB
Treasures of the Mekong Meandering Cruise
Ho Chi Minh City | Ho Chi Minh City | Ho Chi Minh City | Cái Bè | Sa Déc | Tân Châu | Phnom Penh | Phnom Penh | Phnom Penh | Phnom Penh | Oudong | Angkor Ban | Kampong Cham | Kampong Cham | More...
17 Aug 2025
14 Nights
Asia & Indian Ocean

Custom-designed ships offer you space to relax and indulge
Ultra-luxury cruising in a class of its own
SixStarCruises Exotic Sale Event - Save up to £400 per couple*
Fly Cruise From
Was £5486pp
Now: £5266
pp
REF: SCENICVIMS170825-19
A Portrait of Majestic France
Bordeaux | Pauillac | Cadillac | Blaye | Libourne | Libourne | Bordeaux | Bordeaux | Vernon | Rouen | Caudebec-en-Caux | Rouen | Mantes-la-Jolie | Paris | More...
17 Aug 2025
14 Nights
West Med

Fly Cruise From
Was £8909pp
Now: £8552
pp
REF: UNIWORLD50332
Brilliant Bordeaux
Bordeaux | Pauillac | Cadillac | Blaye | Libourne | Libourne | Bordeaux | Bordeaux
17 Aug 2025
7 Nights
West Med

Fly Cruise From
Was £3419pp
Now: £3282
pp
REF: UNIWORLD50029

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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