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2025 Rhine River Cruise
A river cruise from Amsterdam to Budapest with Avalon Cruises.


Budapest Day 2 - 5/22/2025
We moved from our ship to the Intercontinental where we will spend out final night before heading to the hotel tomorrow. We left our...
May 21


Sailing into Budapest Day 1 - 5/21/2025
As we sailed down the Danube towards Budapest we were treated to several castles, churches and bridges before reaching Budapest. Sights...
May 20


Vienna - 5/20/2025
Today we took a walking tour of Vienna. We got a bus into the old city center and walked around with a guide to see the sights. Rose...
May 20


Melk and Arrive in Vienna - 5/19/2025
This morning we decided to skip our originally planned power walk in Melk for a visit to the Melk Abbey, which we're so glad we did. The...
May 18


New ship and Passau - 5/18/2025
This morning they took our luggage and we departed the Avalon Expression ship as it can't go any further than Regensburg due to low water...
May 17


Regensburg - 5/17/2025
Today we woke up docked in Regensburg. We had a walking tour of the town which was nearby and just down the waterfront. Our quide was...
May 17


Nuremburg - 5/16/2025
Today we took a bus ride about 40 minutes from our docking location in the city of Roth to Nuremburg. We had a very good guide who took...
May 16


Bamberg - 5/15/2025
We took a bus ride into the city of Bamberg and took a walking tour around the old part of the city. We walked through the streets of...
May 15


Rothenburg and Volkach - 5/14/2025
We took a tour of Rothenburg in the morning that was included in the cruise. our guide Karl was very good and gave us the highlights of...
May 14


Wurzburg - 5/13/2025
We took a tour of The Residence in Wurzburg which was built by Prince-Bishop Johann Philipp Franz. It looked a lot like Versaille inside....
May 13


Miltenberg Germany - 5/12/2025
Today we are sailing towards Miltenberg where we will have some free time to enjoy the town. We arrived into port during lunch and as we...
May 11


Rhine River Gorge and Rudesheim - 5/11/2025
We had a long sail through the Rhine River Gorge this morning, which was a collection of beautiful villages who each had their own...
May 10


Cologne Germany 5/10/2025
Today we traveled to Cologne Germany. The morning was sailing on canals leading to the Rhine river and then the afternoon was spent in...
May 9


Zaandam - Friday 5/9/2025
We were docked overnight in Zaandam and had only an afternoon excursion so we took a walk around the town. We were on a canal and there...
May 8


Amsterdam Day 2 - 5/8/2025 Boarding our ship
We took an Uber from Amsterdam City center to the docking location of our ship which was in Zaandam. It was about 30 minutes out of the...
May 7
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