Riviera's New Ships and Grand Voyages

The 178-guest Riviera Radiance launches in March 2025 and features all the facilities you’d expect to find in a boutique hotel. The split-level lounge and dining in the main restaurant rivals the finest onshore establishments with delicious food complemented by delicate European porcelain, gleaming glassware and the intuitive service of the onboard staff. Two additional specialty restaurants, open for lunch and/or dinner, offer a more intimate dining experience and showcase an array of regional flavours, enhancing your destination immersion. Guests will be able to choose from the Market menu, comprising of meat and fish dishes, or the vegetarian or vegan focused Garden menu. You will never go hungry on board! Plus, you can enjoy unlimited house wine, draft beer and a selection of soft drinks and juices at lunch, plus unlimited cocktails, mocktails, house spirits and mixers from 6 p.m. to midnight. 

Floor-to-ceiling French balconies available in over 80% of the ship’s staterooms and suites, make your private cocoon feel light and airy. For the ultimate in space and comfort, check out the impressive 32 square metres Grand Suite, the biggest suite on any Riviera ship, featuring separate living and sleeping space, and a private balcony complete with outdoor seating, absolutely perfect for enjoying an “al fresco” breakfast or a pre-dinner “sundown” cocktail in the privacy of your own suite. Other facilities on board include a swimming pool, spa and a wellness area. MS Riviera Radiance qualifies for the Gold Standard in the Green Awards programme, which sets out independently verified standards in safety and environmental performance. She sails from Budapest on March 31, 2025 on her inaugural voyage along the beautiful Danube.  

The beautifully crafted Riviera Rose is the perfect place to unwind between your onshore adventures. Carrying just 114 guests, the ship offers 57 staterooms and suites across three of her four decks, including four Balcony Suites with floor to ceiling windows and outside seating, the perfect place to sit and watch the scenery go by. Just like all other Riviera ships, Riviera Rose offers fine dining with meals prepared by professional chefs and served by attentive international staff, engaging and informative excursions included in your fare and led by experienced tour leaders and local guides, complimentary bicycles for you to take on shore explorations, and Wi-Fi throughout the ship to stay connected to your family and friends. Riviera Rose’s inaugural season starts on April 1, 2025 in Porto, Portugal, sailing the Douro Valley & Salamanca River itineraries. 

There's no better way to explore Europe than on a river cruise. Sail through the heart of Europe, from the North Sea to the Black Sea and fall in love with some of the world's most scenic landscapes, grand cities and charming countryside. Due to popular demand for more immersive departures, between June and October 2025, Riviera brings you a specially curated selection of longer “grand” cruises ranging from 17 to 29 nights, where you get to explore multiple destinations in one trip without having to pack and unpack more than once. 

Here is a small selection of Grand Voyages currently available for sale:

Grand Cruise of the Moselle, Rhine, Luxembourg & Switzerland 
17-nights Basel to Cologne
From the pristine landscapes of the Swiss Alps to the gravity-defying sides of the Rhine Gorge, from villages where time-stood-still to the historic cities along the river, this cruise has the perfect balance of time spent in natural beauty and a good dose of history and culture. And if all that wasn’t enough, this Grand Cruise of the Moselle and Rhine rivers also includes a mountain rail journey into the Alpine wonderland of the Bernese Oberland, a definite highlight of the trip, as well as wine tasting in Bernkastel, and a Rhinish folklore night plus a violin soloist on board. Also enjoy 15 included guided tours: Koblenz, Rüdesheim, Speyer, Strasbourg, the Bernese Oberland mountain rail journey, the Black Forest, Titisee, Luxembourg, Trier, Cochem, Worms, either Heidelberg or Schwetzingen Palace Gardens, Marksburg Castle and Cologne.  

Grand Cruise of the Rhine Gorge, Medieval Germany & Switzerland 
17-nights Basel to Nuremberg
Pack your sense of adventure (and your camera, you’ll want to document this!) as you embark on a classic journey through the Rhine valley, where the historic cities you visit are only surpassed by the river scenery surrounding you. From Switzerland’s most distinguished timber-framed towns to Middle Rhine’s prettiest spots, embark on a leisurely river adventure that includes a drive through the rolling tree-clad massif of Germany’s Black Forest, a mountain rail journey into the dazzling alpine landscape of Bernese Oberland in Switzerland, a scenic drive on the legendary Romantic Road through some of Germany’s most exceptional wineland scenery and visits to castles, vineyards, cobbled alleys of old towns and 16 included guided tours in Koblenz, Rüdesheim, Speyer, Strasbourg, the Bernese Oberland with mountain railway, Black Forest, Titisee, Cologne, Andernach, Mainz, Miltenberg, Wertheim, Würzburg, Ochsenfurt, Bamburg and Nuremberg. 

Grand Cruise through the Heart of Europe to the Black Sea 
28-nights from Cologne to Budapest
Embark on the ultimate European river cruise sailing through seven fascinating countries (Germany, Austria, Hungary, Slovakia, Serbia, Romania and Bulgaria) and visiting five of Europe’s most beautiful capital cities (Vienna, Bratislava, Budapest, Belgrade and Bucharest) along the way. Witness history unfold as you sail from Cologne in Germany through the mighty Rhine Gorge, each day waking up to new sights, visiting the heart of quintessential medieval Germany, passing through the Main-Danube Canal, followed by 1,500 miles (of the total 1,770-mile length) of the Danube. Visit historic monasteries and elegant cities, enjoy breathtaking views of the Iron Gates cruising all the way to Tulcea, the gateway to the vast Danube Delta on the edge of the Black Sea. The Danube Delta, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, is the best preserved and second largest river delta in Europe, consisting of miles of rivers, marshes, lakes and reed islands where thousands of animals, bird and fish species, and plants make their home. Visit the ancient city of Constanta, described by the Roman poet Ovid as the “end of the world” and with history dating back over two thousand years. Situated on several trade routes, it became a thriving commercial center during Roman times and still is today. More recently, it became one end of the shortest navigable route between the North and Black Seas, when the Main-Danube Canal opened in 1992. Enjoy 22 included guided tours: Koblenz, Bobbard, Rüdesheim, Mainz, Miltenberg, Wetheim, Würzburg, Bamberg, Nuremburg, Regensburg, Passau, Melk Abbey, Vienna, Bratislava and Budapest, Kalocsa, Belgrade, Pleven, Bucharest, Constanța, Novi Sad, Vukovar and Osijek. 

•    All meals on board from dinner on your day of arrival through to breakfast on departure day
•    Unlimited house wine and beer at lunch and dinner 
•    Unlimited cocktails, mocktails, house spirits and mixers from 6pm to midnight
•    Welcome dinner and the Captain’s Dinner
•    A packed lunch during full day sightseeing trips
•    Five-star service from an English-speaking crew and knowledgeable local guides
•    Complimentary on-board tea, coffee and water
•    Complimentary on-board Wi-Fi
•    Services of a Riviera Travel cruise director and concierge
•    All port charges and taxes
 

Riviera offers a selection of carefully crafted river cruises for every type of traveller, including those looking to explore Europe on their own, or simply want their own staterooms while travelling with other family members or friends. In addition to their annual selection of single-supplement-free departures, where every stateroom and suite across the whole ship is available with no single supplement, Riviera makes a limited number of staterooms available with no single supplement on every ship and every departure throughout the year. Check out all these solo travel options here.