Avalon Waterways is offering Christmas cruises 2023 along the Rhine and Danube. Five-day Christmastime In Alsace & Germany sails the former packing in mulled wine, spice cakes, and biscuits in Heidelberg and Strasbourg, Breisach, the gateway to Germany’s Black Forest and Basel, Switzerland. Prices from, £1,445pp
Eight-day Festive Season on the Blue Danube Discovery takes in Austria and Germany, starting in Budapest and ending in historic Nuremberg. Enjoy these cities in full festive flow, tuck into gingerbread and visit the Christmas markets. Prices from £2,645 pp.
Ten-day Christmastime from Nuremberg to Basel offers a Christmas market cruise 2023 on the Main Danube Canal as well as the Main and Rhine River. You’ll visit the wine town of Rüdesheim, the unique Siegfried’s Mechanical Musical Instrument Museum and Heidelberg Castle to name a few highlights. Prices from £3,529 pp.