Avalon River Cruises

Avalon European River Cruises

When you step on to an Avalon river cruise, your breath will be taken away by the magic that separates you from everyday life on dry land. You'll glide past imposing medieval castles, lush riverbank vineyards, colorful native wildlife, and remarkable ancient wonders on your European river cruise. Every gentle bend of the river reveals another fascinating sight as your luxurious river cruise ship winds its way through scenic landscapes, delivering you right to where many of Europe's most celebrated cities were born.

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(Prices listed are per person with total savings based on double occupancy per stateroom.)

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A Taste of the Danube

2014 Sailings

8 days - Budapest to Vienna

Starting From: $1,339

Ship(s): Avalon Affinity, Avalon Vista

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Promos: $1,000 Off Sale
(Promotion price shown is per person, double occupancy.)

Austrian Highlights & Bavaria

2013 Sailings

9 days - Vienna to Munich

Starting From: $2,079

Ship(s): Avalon Affinity

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Promos: $1,000 Off Sale
(Promotion price shown is per person, double occupancy.)

2014 Sailings

9 days - Vienna to Munich

Starting From: $2,139

Ship(s): Avalon Artistry II

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Promos: $1,000 Off Sale
(Promotion price shown is per person, double occupancy.)

Balkan Discovery

2013 Sailings

10 days - Bucharest to Budapest

Starting From: $2,659

Ship(s): Avalon Imagery, Avalon Tranquility

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Promos: $1,000 Off Sale
(Promotion price shown is per person, double occupancy.)

10 days - Budapest to Bucharest

Starting From: $2,859

Ship(s): Avalon Imagery, Avalon Tranquility

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Promos: $1,000 Off Sale
(Promotion price shown is per person, double occupancy.)

2014 Sailings

10 days - Budapest to Bucharest

Starting From: $2,459

Ship(s): Avalon Luminary, Avalon Illumination

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Promos: $1,000 Off Sale
(Promotion price shown is per person, double occupancy.)

10 days - Bucharest to Budapest

Starting From: $2,559

Ship(s): Avalon Luminary, Avalon Illumination

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Promos: $1,000 Off Sale
(Promotion price shown is per person, double occupancy.)

Blue Danube to the Black Sea

2014 Sailings

14 days - Vienna to Bucharest

Starting From: $4,139

Ship(s): Avalon Luminary, Avalon Illumination

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Promos: $1,000 Off Sale
(Promotion price shown is per person, double occupancy.)

14 days - Bucharest to Vienna

Starting From: $4,139

Ship(s): Avalon Luminary, Avalon Illumination

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Promos: $1,000 Off Sale
(Promotion price shown is per person, double occupancy.)

Burgundy & Provence

2014 Sailings

11 days - Côte d'Azur to Paris

Starting From: $2,649

Ship(s): Avalon Scenery

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Promos: $1,000 Off Sale
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11 days - Paris to Côte d'Azur

Starting From: $2,799

Ship(s): Avalon Scenery

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Promos: $1,000 Off Sale
(Promotion price shown is per person, double occupancy.)

Capitals of Central Europe

2013 Sailings

10 days - Prague to Budapest

Starting From: $2,489

Ship(s): Avalon Tranquility, Avalon Affinity, Avalon Vista

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Promos: $1,000 Off Sale
(Promotion price shown is per person, double occupancy.)

2014 Sailings

10 days - Prague to Budapest

Starting From: $2,239

Ship(s): Avalon Panorama, Avalon Illumination, Avalon Impression

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Promos: $1,000 Off Sale
(Promotion price shown is per person, double occupancy.)

12 days - Budapest to Prague

Starting From: $2,569

Ship(s): Avalon Panorama, Avalon Illumination, Avalon Impression

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Promos: $1,000 Off Sale
(Promotion price shown is per person, double occupancy.)

Central European Experience

2014 Sailings

12 days - Prague to Paris

Starting From: $3,279

Ship(s): Avalon Poetry II

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Promos: $1,000 Off Sale
(Promotion price shown is per person, double occupancy.)

12 days - Paris to Prague

Starting From: $3,279

Ship(s): Avalon Poetry II

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Promos: $1,000 Off Sale
(Promotion price shown is per person, double occupancy.)

European Splendor

2013 Sailings

13 days - Amsterdam to Vienna

Starting From: $3,749

Ship(s): Avalon Tranquility, Avalon Imagery

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Promos: $1,000 Off Sale
(Promotion price shown is per person, double occupancy.)

13 days - Vienna to Amsterdam

Starting From: $3,849

Ship(s): Avalon Imagery, Avalon Tranquility

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Promos: $750 Off Per Person (double occupancy)$1,000 Off Sale
(Promotion price shown is per person, double occupancy.)

2014 Sailings

13 days - Amsterdam to Vienna

Starting From: $3,749

Ship(s): Avalon Luminary, Avalon Illumination

Vacation Details

Promos: $1,000 Off Sale
(Promotion price shown is per person, double occupancy.)

13 days - Vienna to Amsterdam

Starting From: $3,749

Ship(s): Avalon Luminary, Avalon Illumination

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Promos: $1,000 Off Sale
(Promotion price shown is per person, double occupancy.)

Grand France

2014 Sailings

16 days - Côte d'Azur to Paris

Starting From: $4,709

Ship(s): Avalon Scenery, Avalon Creativity

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Promos: $1,000 Off Sale
(Promotion price shown is per person, double occupancy.)

16 days - Paris to Côte d'Azur

Starting From: $4,759

Ship(s): Avalon Creativity, Avalon Scenery

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Promos: $1,000 Off Sale
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Highlights of Germany

2013 Sailings

13 days - Munich to Basel

Starting From: $3,379

Ship(s): Avalon Affinity

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Promos: $750 Off Per Person (double occupancy)
(Promotion price shown is per person, double occupancy.)

2014 Sailings

13 days - Munich to Basel

Starting From: $3,689

Ship(s): Avalon Artistry II

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Promos: $1,000 Off Sale $500 Off Sale
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Magnificent Europe

2013 Sailings

15 days - Amsterdam to Budapest

Starting From: $3,899

Ship(s): Avalon Vista, Avalon Expression, Avalon Panorama, Avalon Tranquility

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Promos: $1,000 Off Sale $2,000 Off Sale
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15 days - Budapest to Amsterdam

Starting From: $3,499

Ship(s): Avalon Expression, Avalon Panorama, Avalon Tranquility, Avalon Vista, Avalon Visionary

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Promos: $2,000 Off Sale $1,000 Off Sale
(Promotion price shown is per person, double occupancy.)

2014 Sailings

15 days - Amsterdam to Budapest

Starting From: $3,499

Ship(s): Avalon Impression, Avalon Expression, Avalon Panorama, Avalon Vista, Avalon Illumination, Avalon Affinity

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Promos: $1,000 Off Sale
(Promotion price shown is per person, double occupancy.)

15 days - Budapest to Amsterdam

Starting From: $3,999

Ship(s): Avalon Panorama, Avalon Affinity, Avalon Vista, Avalon Impression, Avalon Expression, Avalon Illumination

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Promos: $1,000 Off Sale
(Promotion price shown is per person, double occupancy.)

Paris to Normandy's Landing Beaches

2013 Sailings

8 days - Paris to Paris

Starting From: $1,899

Ship(s): Avalon Creativity

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Promos: $1,000 Off Sale
(Promotion price shown is per person, double occupancy.)

2014 Sailings

8 days - Paris to Paris

Starting From: $1,799

Ship(s): Avalon Creativity

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Promos: $1,000 Off Sale
(Promotion price shown is per person, double occupancy.)

Romantic Rhine

2014 Sailings

8 days - Zürich to Amsterdam

Starting From: $1,499

Ship(s): Avalon Visionary, Avalon Affinity, Avalon Felicity, Avalon Artistry II, Avalon Vista

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Promos: $1,000 Off Sale
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The Blue Danube Discovery

2013 Sailings

13 days - Budapest to Prague

Starting From: $2,689

Ship(s): Avalon Visionary, Avalon Luminary, Avalon Imagery, Avalon Expression, Avalon Tranquility, Avalon Vista

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Promos: $750 Off Per Person (double occupancy)$599 Airfare $1,000 Off Sale
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2014 Sailings

13 days - Budapest to Prague

Starting From: $2,829

Ship(s): Avalon Vista, Avalon Impression, Avalon Expression, Avalon Poetry II, Avalon Panorama, Avalon Luminary, Avalon Illumination

Vacation Details

Promos: $1,000 Off Sale
(Promotion price shown is per person, double occupancy.)

The Legendary Danube

2013 Sailings

11 days - Prague to Budapest

Starting From: $2,509

Ship(s): Avalon Luminary, Avalon Visionary, Avalon Imagery, Avalon Expression, Avalon Tranquility, Avalon Vista

Vacation Details

Promos: $750 Off Per Person (double occupancy)
(Promotion price shown is per person, double occupancy.)

2014 Sailings

11 days - Prague to Budapest

Starting From: $2,259

Ship(s): Avalon Luminary, Avalon Vista, Avalon Impression, Avalon Poetry II, Avalon Expression, Avalon Panorama, Avalon Illumination

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Promos: $1,000 Off Sale $500 Off Sale
(Promotion price shown is per person, double occupancy.)

The Rhine & Moselle

2014 Sailings

13 days - Amsterdam to Basel

Starting From: $3,799

Ship(s): Avalon Affinity, Avalon Artistry II

Vacation Details

Promos: $1,000 Off Sale
(Promotion price shown is per person, double occupancy.)

13 days - Zürich to Amsterdam

Starting From: $3,799

Ship(s): Avalon Artistry II, Avalon Affinity

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Promos: $1,000 Off Sale
(Promotion price shown is per person, double occupancy.)

The Upper Rhine to the City of Music

2014 Sailings

12 days - Zürich to Vienna

Starting From: $3,549

Ship(s): Avalon Affinity, Avalon Artistry II

Vacation Details

Promos: $1,000 Off Sale
(Promotion price shown is per person, double occupancy.)

Tulip Time Cruise

2014 Sailings

8 days - Amsterdam to Amsterdam

Starting From: $1,499

Ship(s): Avalon Poetry II, Avalon Impression, Avalon Artistry II, Avalon Expression

Vacation Details

Promos: $1,000 Off Sale
(Promotion price shown is per person, double occupancy.)

Tulips of Northern Holland

2014 Sailings

8 days - Amsterdam to Amsterdam

Starting From: $1,739

Ship(s): Avalon Poetry II, Avalon Artistry II

Vacation Details

Promos: $1,000 Off Sale
(Promotion price shown is per person, double occupancy.)

Windmills, Vineyards & Paris

2014 Sailings

10 days - Paris to Amsterdam

Starting From: $2,779

Ship(s): Avalon Poetry II

Vacation Details

Promos: $1,000 Off Sale
(Promotion price shown is per person, double occupancy.)

10 days - Amsterdam to Paris

Starting From: $2,779

Ship(s): Avalon Poetry II

Vacation Details

Promos: $1,000 Off Sale
(Promotion price shown is per person, double occupancy.)

River Cruises

River cruising is quite simply, the best way to travel through many of the world's most fascinating places. Comfortable and convenient, it offers a greater variety of destinations than you could encounter any other way - and lets you get in-depth exposure to the culture and history of each region. It's no wonder river cruising is the fastest growing segment of the travel industry.

Here's Why:

SEE THE WORLD'S GREAT CITIES - Many of the world's great cities and towns like Paris, Vienna, and Moscow developed along waterways, they were literally made to be accessible by river. You can't get there by ocean cruising and why spend precious hours on the highway, and checking in and out of hotels.

HASSLE-FREE TRAVEL - After boarding the ship, unpack - just once - and relax in comfort. No need to worry about maps or traffic congestion. It is stress free.

NEW SCENERY - ALL DAY, EVERY DAY - You can enjoy breathtaking scenery from just about everywhere on the ship because river cruise vessels keep moving. See new vistas and explore new destinations throughout the day, every day.

THE HEART OF YOUR DESTINATION - River cruises provide easy access to city centers. Sail directly to the heart of every destination and dock in the middle of town. You spend less time getting there - and more time being there.

A MORE INTIMATE EXPERIENCE - River cruise vessels are typically designed to accommodate between 150 to 300 guests so it's easy to make new friends over drinks or at dinner. Forget about long lines to embark, debark or waiting for meals.

TRAVEL YOUR WAY - Enjoy the guided walks, in-depth tours and excursions included with your cruise at each destination - or sightsee on your own, with time allocated for independent activities.