Riviera Travel is offering its largest-ever river cruise programme for 2026, with 428 sailings on 13 river ships to destinations across Europe and further afield. The season features 31 dedicated solo departures.
The company has also frozen 2026 departures at 2025 prices until 15 December this year.
As well as traditional destination favourites such as the Rhone, Seine, Rhine, Danube and Douro, new for 2026 are five specially themed itineraries, an additional Mekong river cruise and a Medieval Germany solo-dedicated departure.
In addition, a free all-inclusive drinks package is on offer for all European cruises. Available daily from 10am until midnight, the package includes wines, beers, cocktails and mocktails, soft drinks and juices, spirits, and tea and coffee.
The new themed cruises, all eight days in length, comprise:
- Gardens & Natural Beauty of the Rhine, departing May – October 2026, priced from £2,249pp.
- Gastronomy of the Danube, including a stop at Budapest, pictured, departing April – October 2026, priced from £2,149pp.
- Gastronomy of the Rhine & Moselle, departing April – August 2026, priced from £2,299pp.
- Gastronomy of the Seine, departing April – October 2026, priced from £1,999pp.
- Music & Art of the Blue Danube, departing April – October 2026, priced from £1,999pp.
A new 16 days upstream or 15 days downstream Vietnam, Cambodia & Hidden Treasures of the Mekong cruise and tour, departis January to November 2026, with priced from £4,599pp, while an eight-day ‘Medieval Germany for Solo Travellers’ cruise will visit Mainz, Würzburg, Rothenburg, Miltenberg, Wertheim, Bamberg and Nuremberg, departing August 2026, priced from £3,249pp.
For full details visit visit rivieratravel.co.uk or call them on 01283 523431