TUI River Cruises unveiled a sequence of winter season voyages on the Danube and Rhine rivers, the place visitors can rejoice the vacations with visits to conventional Christmas markets in a number of European cities. 4-, five-, and seven-night sailings are supplied on three river ships beginning in November 2025.
All instructed, 15 cruises are featured onboard TUI Maya, TUI Isla, and TUI Skyla, every with a capability for 155 visitors. The seasonal voyages, working via the 2026 New Yr vacation, opened on the market on July 18, 2024.
Europe’s Christmas markets are widespread for his or her festive ambiance, as they typically characteristic many native distributors promoting distinctive, handcrafted items at out of doors stalls. The markets are held in cities and small villages, the place old-world ambiance, carol singing, and cobblestone streets add to the appeal.
Pattern cruises on TUI Maya embrace the five-night “Yuletide Delights,” calling at Vienna, Austria; Budapest, Hungary; and Bratislava, Slovakia. The “Festive Danube Delights” cruise is also 5 nights and calls in Austria and Slovakia, whereas the four-night “Austrian Christmas Flavours” visits the Austrian ports of Vienna, Dürnstein, Melk, and Linz.
Different four-night sailings that can supply the festive vacation spirit might be operated onboard TUI Isla, together with the “Christmas Carols and Castles” cruise. The itinerary options visits to the German cities of Düsseldorf, Cologne, Rüdesheim, and Koblenz.
TUI Skyla will sail four-night vacation cruises, similar to “Glühwein on the Rhine,” an itinerary that calls at Cologne, Düsseldorf, and Koblenz.
“We’re excited to be launching new winter sailings down the Danube for our winter 2025 program. We’re giving prospects the prospect to discover much more cities throughout the festive interval for the very first time,” mentioned Katy Berzins, head of river cruises at TUI River Cruises.
“By introducing the brand new four-night sailings down the Danube and Rhine, it would supply an opportunity for new-to-cruise prospects to expertise our fleet for the primary time for a shorter period,” Berzins added.
Seven-night cruises are supplied on each the Danube and the Rhine. TUI Maya will sail “Danube Christmas Treasures,” calling at ports in Germany, Austria, Hungary, and Slovakia, whereas “A Danube New Yr” visits Vienna and Dürnstein, Austria; Budapest and Esztergom, Hungary; and Bratislava.
Crusing the Rhine, TUI Isla will characteristic the seven-night itinerary “North Rhine Noel,” which is able to go to Christmas market cities within the Netherlands, Germany, and Belgium.
One other seven-night crusing, onboard TUI Skyla, is “Festive Fairy Story,” visiting the German market cities of Cologne, Rüdesheim, Speyer, Kehl (for Strasbourg), Mainz, and Koblenz.
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River cruises specializing in the brand new 12 months vacation embrace TUI Isla’s “A New Yr Sail Away,” which is able to embrace a festive fireworks show in Koblenz, Germany, and TUI Skyla’s “A New Yr on the Rhine,” which begins in Cologne and visits different ports in Germany plus the Netherlands.
Egypt Cruises to Return in Winter 2025
TUI River Cruises introduced that the road’s latest ship, the 145-guest TUI Al Horeya, scheduled to debut in November 2024, might be deployed to Luxor, Egypt, throughout winter 2025 for a sequence of Nile River sailings. The cruise line gives air-cruise packages from London Gatwick Airport and Manchester Airport to Luxor.
The seven-night “Legends of the Nile” cruise operates roundtrip from Luxor and calls on the Egyptian ports of Edfu, Kom Ombo, and Aswan.
TUI Group is the guardian firm of TUI River Cruises and the ocean ship division, TUI Cruises. The corporate obtained off to a sturdy monetary begin in 2024, posting enhancements in income, earnings, and occupancy charges.
TUI Cruises operates two cruise strains, Mein Schiff and Hapag Lloyd. Mein Schiff lately launched a brand new ocean ship, Mein Schiff 7, in June 2024.
