Avalon Waterways Cruises

Dining on Avalon Waterways’ remarkable river ships is always delightful, with every meal highlighting regional cuisines and seasonal dishes alongside familiar favourites, all carefully prepared by the culinary team onboard using the freshest local ingredients. During breakfast, you’ll have the chance to sample a range of continental and cooked breakfast items with a fresh brew and fruit juice. Meanwhile, lunch includes a variety of buffet-style and à la carte menu items, highlighting favourites and specialities from the region around you. Dinner is the same, but a step beyond, featuring sumptuous evening meals where hand-crafted excellence is always on the menu.

Every Avalon Waterways river cruise ship boasts a stylish main dining room, with select ships also featuring a casual bistro and al fresco dining experiences. While the menu items will change between restaurant venues, with the bistro serving light bites and a sensational tasting menu, and the al fresco dining experiences often barbecue-based, Avalon Waterways’ unmistakable culinary quality is consistent throughout.

You’ll also encounter an exclusive Avalon Fresh menu during breakfast, lunch, and dinner, meaning you’ll always have a healthier option to choose from when dining aboard your Avalon Waterways river cruise ship. From vibrant juices at breakfast and sensational salads at lunch to protein-packed evening meals and more, you’ll be able to enjoy indulgent cuisine guilt-free with these fantastic options.

The entertainment you’ll encounter on Avalon Waterways’ river cruises is engaging and exciting, enhancing each evening onboard with light-hearted experiences you won’t want to miss. While you won’t encounter any dramatic theatrical performances or cinema screens on these river cruise ships, you will find intimate live music performances, the occasional lecture, interactive trivia, impromptu dance parties in the evenings and more. You can engage with as much or as little as you like, too; this means your Avalon Waterways escape can be exactly the getaway you want it to be.

While children are welcome aboard Avalon Waterways’ incredible river cruises, these cruise ships are not designed to cater for younger cruisers. Children must be at least 8 years old to sail with Avalon Waterways, and this cruise line does not offer any special programs or entertainment for children; however, much of the entertainment will likely still be appropriate for children.

Avalon Waterways’ remarkable fleet of river cruise ships sails along some of the world’s most sensational rivers. In Europe, you’ll have the chance to explore incredible cities and fascinating destinations along the Rhine, Main River, Danube, Douro, Moselle, Seine, and more. Meanwhile, Avalon Waterways also offers unmissable river cruises along the Mekong in Southeast Asia and the River Nile in Egypt.

So, whether you want to admire the dramatic hilltop castles of Central Europe, the vibrant cultural landscape of Southeast Asia, or the ancient structures of Egypt, Avalon Waterways has the river cruise for you.

Spending an evening aboard an Avalon Waterways river cruise ship can be as eventful or empty as you like, with each ship boasting a range of experiences each evening courtesy of Avalon Waterways’ Avalon After Dark. From sensational soirees on the Sky Deck as the sun sets and twilight toasts featuring themed nightly specials to lasting lounge vibes you won’t want to miss, there’s something for everyone throughout a sensational sailing with Avalon Waterways.

In the main lounge area, you’ll have the chance to enjoy everything from live music performances and karaoke sessions to trivia nights, impromptu dance parties, and more. Meanwhile, elsewhere onboard, you’ll find quieter spots to socialise with like-minded travellers while enjoying a relaxing evening on the river.

Select Avalon Waterways river cruise ships also feature a spa treatment room boasting an impressive selection of sumptuous treatments to indulge in, a well-equipped Fitness Center for working up a sweat while sailing, and deck games to make sunny afternoons even more enjoyable.