River Cruise Ports

Practical guides to river cruise ports, docking locations, embarkation cities, transportation, and planning details for days ashore.

Dürnstein Cruise Port: Rafting, Ruins and Wine

Melk Cruise Port: The Abbey, the Walk and Timing

Yangtze River Cruise Ports and the Three Gorges Ship Lift

Bratislava River Cruise Port: The Best Walk-Off on the Danube

Douro River Cruise Ports: Regua, Pinhao, Barca d’Alva and Vega de Terron

Koblenz River Cruise Port: Deutsches Eck, the Cable Car and the Moselle Turn

Paris River Cruise Port: Grenelle, Javel Bas and the Le Pecq Problem

Porto River Cruise Port: You Do Not Dock at the Ribeira

Nuremberg River Cruise Port: Europakai to the Altstadt

Rudesheim River Cruise Port: The Easiest Walk-Off on the Rhine

Rouen River Cruise Port: Normandy’s Walk-In Capital

Mississippi River Cruise Ports: New Orleans to St. Paul

Tulip River Cruise Ports: Kinderdijk, Keukenhof, Veere and Antwerp

Avignon River Cruise Port and Arles: Provence on Foot

Budapest River Cruise Port: Which Berth Is Actually Yours

Ganges River Cruise Ports: Kolkata to Varanasi

Vienna River Cruise Port: Why Your Ship Isn’t in Vienna

Rhone River Cruise Ports: Viviers, Tournon and Vienne

Melk River Cruise Port, Durnstein and Spitz: Docking in the Wachau

Po River Cruise Ports: Why Your Venice River Cruise Is Mostly a Coach Tour

Main River Cruise Ports: Wurzburg, Miltenberg, Wertheim and Bamberg

Hotel Barge Cruise Guide: Canal du Midi, Burgundy and the Caledonian Canal

Regensburg River Cruise Port: A UNESCO Old Town You Can Walk To

Elbe River Cruise Ports: Europe’s Most Fragile River Cruise

Columbia and Snake River Cruise Ports: Portland to Clarkston

Cologne River Cruise Port: How Far the Cathedral Really Is

Honfleur Cruise Port: The Sea Lock That Is Not Your Problem

Seine River Cruise Ports: Vernon and Les Andelys for Giverny and Chateau Gaillard

Bordeaux River Cruise Ports: The Only Tide-Timed River Cruise in Europe

Magdalena River Cruise Ports: Barranquilla, Mompox and the Newest River Cruise in the Americas

Mekong River Cruise Ports: Why High Water and Low Water Change Everything

Chobe River Cruise: Kasane, Border Crossings and Game Viewing by Boat

Basel River Cruise Port: Where Rhine Cruises Start and End

Lyon River Cruise Port: Where the Saone Meets the Rhone

Breisach River Cruise Port and Strasbourg: When Your Berth Is in Another Country

Amsterdam River Cruise Port: Why You Might Start in Zaandam

Moselle River Cruise Ports: Cochem, Bernkastel-Kues, Traben-Trarbach and Trier

Passau River Cruise Port: The Three Rivers Walk-Off