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River mapRhine, Main & MoselleUpdated Oct 2026

The Rhine, Main & Moselle, stop by stop

Amsterdam to Basel, the castle-lined Middle Rhine, and the vineyard bends of the Moselle and Main. 23 places on our River Atlas, grouped the way the itineraries run.

By Seabound JourneysUpdated October 28, 2026Fares and terms change; confirm on your departure
23places on the map
0embarkation cities
9river lines
5peak months
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Rhine, Main & Moselle at a glance

Tap through to the live River Atlas for every place’s card: how ships or tours use it, who goes and when.

AmsterdamBaselFrankfurt am MainRemichTrierOpen the interactive map

Embarkation cityPort of callScenic stretch

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March–December · Christmas-market sailings late Nov–Dec

  1. Janfew or none
  2. Febfew or none
  3. Marsailing
  4. Aprsailing
  5. Maypeak
  6. Junpeak
  7. Julpeak
  8. Augpeak
  9. Seppeak
  10. Octsailing
  11. Novsailing
  12. Decsailing

AmaWaterways lists Rhine departures from March to November, plus Christmas-market sailings in December. Riverside runs holiday sailings into early January. No line publishes a 'peak' window: May–September is marked here because those are the region's warmest months.

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Every Rhine, Main & Moselle place we map

23 river cruise stops, grouped as the itineraries use them. Places with a full Seabound guide link straight to it.

Main 5

Bamberg, GermanySmoked beer, a UNESCO old town, and the canal aheadRead the guide →Embarkation cityFrankfurt am Main, GermanyRömerberg and the Christmas market, on Riverside's holiday sailingsRead the guide →Miltenberg, GermanyHalf-timbered Old Town and scenic Spessart sailingRead the guide →Wertheim, GermanyHilltop castle ruins above the Main–Tauber confluenceRead the guide →Würzburg, GermanyThe UNESCO-listed Residence and Franconian wine countryRead the guide →

Moselle 4

Bernkastel-Kues, GermanyThe Moselle's billed wine capital, with a 1608 town hallRead the guide →Cochem, GermanyReichsburg Castle, about 100 m above a Moselle townRead the guide →Embarkation cityRemich, LuxembourgBoard among Luxembourg's Moselle wine villagesRead the guide →Embarkation cityTrier, GermanyRoman Trier and the Porta Nigra, founded 16 B.C.Read the guide →

Rhine 14

Embarkation cityAmsterdam, NetherlandsWhere Rhine sailings to and from Basel begin and endRead the guide →Antwerp, BelgiumA Tauck variant reaching Belgium, not a standard Rhine portRead the guide →Embarkation cityBasel, SwitzerlandThe Swiss end of the Amsterdam–Basel Rhine runRead the guide →Breisach (Black Forest & Colmar), GermanyFor the Black Forest and Colmar, on the borderRead the guide →Cologne, GermanyThe Gothic cathedral call on four major Rhine linesRead the guide →Düsseldorf, GermanyChristmas-market sailings begin here on Riverside's holiday routesRead the guide →Kinderdijk, NetherlandsUNESCO-listed working windmills on Viking's second dayRead the guide →Koblenz, GermanyWhere the Moselle meets the Rhine, at the German CornerRead the guide →Mainz, GermanyCathedral and Gutenberg heritage on the Christmas routesRead the guide →Mannheim / Ludwigshafen (for Heidelberg), GermanyThe river landing for Heidelberg Castle, reached by coachRead the guide →Scenic stretchMiddle Rhine & Lorelei, GermanyCastle-lined UNESCO gorge, seen from the deck, not ashoreRead the guide →Rüdesheim am Rhein, GermanyRheingau wine town at one end of the Rhine GorgeRead the guide →Speyer, GermanyA Romanesque imperial cathedral on Viking's Rhine GetawayRead the guide →Strasbourg, FranceThe cathedral city every major Rhine line stops atRead the guide →
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River lines that sail here

The number is how many places on this map each one uses.

Viking River Cruises19Riverside Luxury Cruises18Scenic16Avalon Waterways13AmaWaterways12Emerald Cruises7Tauck7Uniworld Boutique River Cruises3Celebrity River Cruises1
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Rhine, Main & Moselle map questions

How many river cruise stops are on the Rhine, Main & Moselle map?

23: 5 Main, 4 Moselle, 14 Rhine. Each one opens a card on our interactive map.

When is the Rhine, Main & Moselle season?

March–December · Christmas-market sailings late Nov–Dec. AmaWaterways lists Rhine departures from March to November, plus Christmas-market sailings in December. Riverside runs holiday sailings into early January. No line publishes a 'peak' window: May–September is marked here because those are the region's warmest months.

Who sails Rhine, Main & Moselle?

Viking River Cruises, Riverside Luxury Cruises, Scenic, Avalon Waterways, AmaWaterways, Emerald Cruises, plus 3 more use places on this map.

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