Christmas Markets on the Romantic Danube 2026
Vilshofen, Germany → Budapest, Hungary
Seven nights of glühwein, gingerbread, and golden light along the Danube.
View the journeyEuropean river cruises hosted personally by your advisor — Danube, Rhine, Seine. Slow travel, fine wine, walkable old towns.
Vilshofen, Germany → Budapest, Hungary
Seven nights of glühwein, gingerbread, and golden light along the Danube.
View the journeyFrom private tastings in the cellars of Saint-Émilion to teeing off at championship courses along the Danube, we specialize in river journeys that fuel your passions.
Private cellar tastings in Saint-Émilion, harvest-season Bordeaux sailings, and Wachau Valley Riesling pairings led by sommeliers and vineyard owners aboard AmaWaterways and Avalon.
• Expert Tipbook harvest-season sailings (late Sept–Oct) on the Bordeaux or Rhône a full year out. That's when vineyard owners host onboard tastings and the river is at its most cinematic.
Curated tee times at championship courses — Adamstal in Austria, GC Mainz-Mombach along the Rhine — with transfers, club rental, and hosted dinners coordinated end-to-end.
• Expert Tipthemed golf sailings on the Danube and Rhine sell out 12–18 months ahead. We block group tee times the moment AmaWaterways releases the calendar.
AmaMagna's first-on-the-river pickleball court, daily group rides on AmaWaterways' fleet bicycles, hiking excursions in the Wachau, and onboard wellness for travelers who don't sit still.
• Expert Tiponly the AmaMagna carries a full-sized pickleball court on the river. Reserve a stateroom on her by name; do not let an agent default-book you onto a smaller AmaWaterways ship.
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