Rising in Germany’s Black Forest and meandering 1,170 miles through 10 countries and four capital cities – Vienna, Budapest, Bratislava and Belgrade – to the Black Sea, the Danube offers countless ...

Avalon President Pam Hoffee says the line's most popular river is the Rhine, and its most popular itinerary there is Romantic Rhine . This eight-day cruise travels between Amsterdam and Basel, ...

Guests head for the top deck as AmaCerto sails out of Budapest and on toward Bratislava. // All photos by Susan J. Young First-time river cruisers often take European cruises to cities they have ...

Onion-domed churches, vineyards chiseled into hills, ancient castles and grand palaces: a river cruise on the Danube is a scenic affair. In August I joined Viking River Cruise's Romantic Danube trip ...

As idyllic scenes rolled slowly by my window — terraced vineyards, red-roofed villages, turreted castles, all set against a background of craggy green mountains — I watched contentedly from my bed.

From Mozart’s Salzburg to Vienna’s waltzes and Budapest’s steaming thermal baths, a Danube River cruise is the best way to see Europe, says Lewis Nunn. The journey begins in Passau, a Bavarian town ...

Prague’s Old Town is bathed in the glow of the setting sun. The city is a popular draw on Danube River cruises. Photo Credit: TW photo by Michelle Baran For many river cruisers (first-timers and ...

The Danube runs neck and neck with the Rhine as the most popular waterway for a river cruise. It connects 10 countries, either running through their territories or marking a border – in fact, the ...