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Emerald Waterways

4.8 | Excellent
  • 96% Recommend
Service Level
  • Luxury
Type
  • Local Specialist
Established
  • 2013
Headquarters
  • Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Trips
  • 6

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Emerald Waterways Reviews & Ratings 96% Recommend

4.8 out of 5
Excellent 22 Great 0 Average 1 Disappointing 0 Terrible 1
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4.8 Guide:
4.8 Activities:
4.8 Lodging:
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4.8 Meals:
4.8

Tour Reviews

J

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It's such a great way June 2019

5.0
  • Value 5.0
  • Guide 5.0
  • Activities 5.0
  • Lodging 5.0
  • Transportation 5.0
  • Meals 5.0
I loved going into the pool in the mornings - it's such a great way to start the day off!

R

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It most enjoyable! June 2019

5.0
  • Value 5.0
  • Guide 5.0
  • Activities 5.0
  • Lodging 5.0
  • Transportation 5.0
  • Meals 5.0
Never having done a river cruise before, we found it most enjoyable!

B

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Excellent June 2019

5.0
  • Value 5.0
  • Guide 5.0
  • Activities 5.0
  • Lodging 5.0
  • Transportation 5.0
  • Meals 5.0
All the staff were excellent, polite, helpful and cheerful.

B

Recommends

Great cruise!! September 2018

5.0
  • Value 5.0
  • Guide 5.0
  • Activities 5.0
  • Lodging 5.0
  • Transportation 5.0
  • Meals 5.0
Sensations of Southern France was beautiful, educational and relaxing. Great cruise director, excursions were wonderful, nice extras like wine tasting, cheeses tasting, presentations by crew, cocktail party by the pool, attentive staff, gratuities included, regional food!!
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D

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Love to sail with them again. August 2018

5.0
  • Value 5.0
  • Guide 5.0
  • Activities 5.0
  • Lodging 5.0
  • Transportation 5.0
  • Meals 5.0
The staff was wonderful and so helpful.
would love to sail with them again.

L

Recommends

Was just Fantastic August 2018

5.0
  • Value 5.0
  • Guide 5.0
  • Activities 5.0
  • Lodging 5.0
  • Transportation 5.0
  • Meals 5.0
We just returned from a 11 day cruise on Emerald Liberty from Lyon to Nice. We had the time of our life. The crew was fantastic and the cruise Director Jana was helpful getting our lost luggage to us. The food was great, the people you met and our vessel held 130 people. We met more people on this trip than our prior cruises on the big cruise lines. I’ll never go on a bigger ocean cruise after this. More personable and no long lines at all when you board, restaurants. It was just fantastic. We’ve already scheduled our 2019 going from Amsterdam to Budapest. Here we come....
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From Emerald Waterways

For the first time in six years, a new river cruise company is taking to Europe’s rivers. In 2014, Emerald Waterways made its debut and you’re invited to be among the very first guests to experience the next generation of European river cruising.

When it comes to exploring Europe, there’s nothing average about our itineraries. Our carefully crafted cruises range from 8 to 15 days, and take you to many of the most fantastic villages, towns and cities lining Europe’s Danube and Rhine rivers. And because we want you to fully appreciate the places you visit, we also include special experiences that uncover more than just the usual tourist attractions.

Launching a new fleet of custom-built Star Ships gave us a blank canvas to create a completely new design, and introduce an array of spectacular innovations you wouldn’t expect on a river cruise ship. To begin with, our ships boast an onboard heated swimming pool with retractable roof, which in the evening, transforms into a cinema.

And as an alternative to our main restaurant, Reflections, we offer alfresco dining on The Terrace at breakfast and lunch. Each of our ships offer a great range of cabins for you to choose from, including the Emerald Panorama Balcony Suite – a completely new type of cabin, designed by us. To replace the run-of-the-mill French Balcony that is commonplace on river cruise ships, we created a new kind of indoor balcony, complete with a decked area and our ingenious open-air system. With the touch of a button, the upper half of the cabin’s floor-to-ceiling window drops down to let in fresh air and provide full panoramic views of the landscape.

Associations:

Cruise Lines International Association, American Society of Travel Agents

Awards:

CC Winner

8 days
Small ship cruise
Comfort (4*)
Physical :
From: $ 1,295

Highlights

  • Enjoy the Cruise of luxury Emerald Star-Ship
  • Discover Cologne which is famous for its magnificent World–Heritage listed Gothic Cathedral
  • Enjoy cruise through the spectacular Rhine Gorge
  • Visit the Bishops’ Residenz
  • Explore this UNESCO World Heritage city Bamberg
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8 days
River cruise
Luxury (5*)
Physical :
From: $ 1,945

Highlights

  • Enjoy the Cruise along the Danube River by Emerald Star-Ships
  • Visit St. Stephen’s Cathedral
  • Visit to Hofburg Imperial Palace
  • Discover Budapest
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