AmaWaterways

Let the Crew Carry the Details

AmaWaterways has sailed the world's rivers since 2002, on ships that carry an average of 156 guests. That scale shapes the day. Wine and beer come with lunch and dinner, the Sip & Sail hour fills the lounge before the evening meal, and every port offers a choice of guided excursions, from a walk through the old town to a bike ride along the bank. You decide how full each day gets, and the crew handles everything in between.

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Guests climbing the tiled baroque stairway to the Nossa Senhora dos Remédios sanctuary in Lamego, Portugal

A couple crossing the market square in Saint-Émilion on a Bordeaux excursion

A couple on AmaLyra's sun deck on the Seine in summer

Portugal by River: The Douro with AmaWaterways

The AmaWaterways Experience

Guests tasting wine at Château de la Rivière in Fronsac, Bordeaux

Wine Country by River

On the Douro, lunch at Quinta da Avessada above Pinhão comes with a glass poured from the hills around it. In Bordeaux, a morning in Saint-Émilion's limestone lanes ends at a tasting table in Fronsac.

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Tomato tarte provençale plated in an AmaWaterways dining room

Menus From the Riverbank

Chefs build each menu around ingredients from the region you are sailing through, so dinner near Avignon tastes nothing like dinner near Porto. One night, reserve The Chef's Table, the specialty restaurant included in your fare.

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Traditional felucca sailboats on the Nile at Aswan, Egypt

Rivers Beyond Europe

Sail the Nile past the temples of Luxor, the Mekong between Vietnam and Cambodia, the Chobe at the edge of Botswana's game country, or Colombia's Magdalena. Newer ships keep arriving here, among them AmaNubia on the Nile and AmaMaya on the Mekong.

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AmaMelodia docked in Cartagena, Colombia

Featured Journey

The Magdalena, Then Machu Picchu

On Magic of Colombia sailings, AmaMagdalena and AmaMelodia follow the Magdalena River to Mompox, a colonial river town most visitors to Colombia never reach. From April 2027, select departures continue to Peru on a five night land package, with the flight from Cartagena to Lima included. You spend your days in Lima, Cusco, and the Sacred Valley, then take a privately guided tour of Machu Picchu, riding up by Inca Rail or Belmond's Hiram Bingham train.

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Wine Cruise

Douro River, Portugal

On wine cruises, a Wine Host sails with you: a winemaker, winery owner, wine instructor, or certified sommelier from a North American winery. Your host leads tastings on board, then joins you at local vineyards to meet the producers. On the Douro, that means quintas above Pinhão, where Port ages in the same valley its grapes are grown.

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Featured Cruise

Taste of Bordeaux

Taste of Bordeaux sails the Garonne and the Dordogne, the two rivers that meet in the Gironde estuary. You climb the ramparts of the Blaye citadel, tour Roquetaillade, a medieval castle outside Cadillac, and watch Château de Vayres slide past from the sun deck. Back in Bordeaux, evening light falls across the Place de la Bourse.

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Featured Cruise

Paris and Normandy on the Seine

AmaLyra sails the Seine out of Paris, past the chalk cliffs below Château Gaillard at Les Andelys, and on to Rouen, the city where Joan of Arc was tried. A day ashore reaches the Normandy beaches. Before the ship leaves Paris, a bike tour takes you past the Louvre.

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AmaWaterways

Let the Crew Carry the Details

Portugal by River: The Douro with AmaWaterways

The AmaWaterways Experience

Wine Country by River

Menus From the Riverbank

Rivers Beyond Europe

The Magdalena, Then Machu Picchu

Douro River, Portugal

Taste of Bordeaux

Paris and Normandy on the Seine

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