Cruises on the Rhine River

Euro River Cruises

• Euro River Cruises features trips along the Rhine lasting two to 31 days. Departure points include Amsterdam, Cologne (Germany), Antwerp (Belgium) and Paris. For the six-day Romantic Rhine trip, you'll start in Strasbourg, France, and travel to the German towns of Frankfurt, Cochem, Koblenz, Rüdesheim and Mannheim. Spotlighting Christmas grandeur, the nine-day Rhine Holiday Markets cruise kicks off in Basel, Switzerland, and takes you to Christmas markets in Strasbourg and Heidelberg and Cologne, Germany. The Euro River Cruises crew offers excursions at each stop, or you may explore on your own.

  Euro River Cruises
  365 Route 304, Suite 206
  Nanuet, NY 10954
  845-623 - 6279
  eurorivercruises.com

KD Rhine

• KD Rhine offers several one-day sightseeing cruises along the river. There's the Nostalgic Route, an 11-hour voyage departing from Koblenz, Germany, and visiting destinations including St. Goar, Kaub and Rüdesheim. A KD Rhine Pass allows you to depart from Bonn, Cologne, Koblenz or Mainz, and you can get off and on at any destination the company's boats serve for one day. Stopping points include: Bad Godesberg, Unkel, St. Goarshausen and Bingen. KD Rhine advises making online reservations, as boats are frequently sold out.

  KD Rhine
  KD Agentur Koblenz
  Konrad -Adenauer- Ufer
  56068 Koblenz
  Germany
  kdrhine.com

Premicon Queen

• If you're looking for a luxury, five-star cruising experience, the Premicon Queen has you covered, sailing nearly every Rhine mile where cruise ships are allowed. The six-day Tulips, Canals, Windmills tour starts in Cologne, Germany, with stops in the Dutch ports of Utrecht, Amsterdam, Hoorn, Volendam and Nijmegen, before returning to in Cologne. The six-day Fortresses, Castles, Legends tour leaves Cologne for stops in Gernsheim, Mannheim, Speyer, Kehl, Mainz and Braubach, all in Germany. The company's land excursions include wine tastings, helicopter trips and golf---and its website promises that the crew will accommodate your every wish.

  Premicon Queen
  Frankenwerft 35
  D-50667 Cologne
  Germany
  premiconqueen.com