A river cruise is one of the best ways to see Europe's cities and landscape. These are the best river cruises in all of Europe, according to research.

These are only a few of the many European river cruise companies (and some closer-to-home U.S. river cruises as well) that are making families a core part of their audience.

From exploring Germany’s medieval castles to sampling Portugal’s finest Port wines, here are 10 of the best river cruises in Europe, according to experts.

But she warns that, with the climate crisis, Europe’s traditional river cruising is “definitely going to suffer” and predicts “the industry is likely to reset as a result.” ...

Europe has no shortage of marquee tourist hot spots, but Diamond Meadows’ first river cruise there didn’t include them. The 28-year-old graduate student took a cruise along the Rhine and ...

The map instead shows existing barriers, he added. The map originally comes from the website of Amber Barrier Atlas, which identifies river barriers such as weirs, culverts and ramps.

River cruise ships are much smaller than their behemoth ocean-based counterparts, allowing Riverside to sail in waterways like Europe's Rhine, Rhone, Danube, Main, Moselle, and Saône rivers.

European Inland navigation: Precious riverine landscapes threatened by massive degradation The Danube River Basin, covering 817,000 km² is the most international river basin in the world. The river ...