Christmas market river cruises build market visits into the itinerary, which adds an ease to your visit that a do-it-yourself Christmas market cruise on the ocean doesn't have.

The best Christmas market cruises allow you to experience an assortment of European Christmas markets in various towns and countries. Here are our top picks for 2024.

I had my first taste of European Christmas markets on Viking's Danube Christmas Delights, an eight-day river cruise that stops in six places — Budapest, Bratislava, Vienna, Linz, Krems, and ...

I had my first taste of European Christmas markets on Viking's Danube Christmas Delights, an eight-day river cruise that stops in six places — Budapest, Bratislava, Vienna, Linz, Krems, and ...

Tauck has announced a new eight-day river cruise for 2025, celebrating the traditional Christmas markets and other holiday happenings along the Seine River in France. “The Seine: Holiday Magic ...

AmaWaterways is launching a new “Latin Touch” Christmas markets cruise in 2025. Designed for Spanish-speaking travelers, the voyage will be offered onboard the 162-guest AmaVenit. Departing December ...

There are thousands of Christmas markets in Europe. Rather than cobbling together an itinerary — and conducting all the research that requires — a river cruise makes planning easy.