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Seabound River Atlas

Every river cruise, on one map

Nine rivers, from the Danube to the Mekong. Tap a city to see where ships tie up, which lines sail from it, when to go, and, for the main embarkation cities, where we’d stay before you board.

Interactive cruise atlas

111 river places on 9 rivers.

9 rivers

Every river on the map

Each opens on the map with its season, its embarkation cities and the lines we found sailing it. For the lines themselves, start with River Cruises, Decoded.

Danube28 places · March–December · busiest June–September · Christmas markets late Nov–DecPassau and Budapest to the Iron Gates and the Black Sea: the classic first river cruise, with Vienna in the middle.Embarkation cities 7 · Budapest, Vienna, Wachau ValleyOpen on the map → Rhine, Main & Moselle23 places · March–December · Christmas-market sailings late Nov–DecAmsterdam to Basel, the castle-lined Middle Rhine, and the vineyard bends of the Moselle and Main.Embarkation cities 5 · Cologne, Middle Rhine, StrasbourgOpen on the map → Seine6 places · March–December · Giverny open April–OctoberRound trips from Paris to Giverny, Rouen and the Normandy coast.Embarkation cities 1 · Paris, Giverny, RouenOpen on the map → Rhône & Saône8 places · March–December · schedules vary by lineBurgundy and Lyon down to Avignon and Arles, through Provence.Embarkation cities 3 · Lyon, Avignon, ArlesOpen on the map → Douro6 places · March–NovemberPorto into the terraced port-wine valley, as far as the Spanish border.Embarkation cities 1 · Porto, Pinhão, SalamancaOpen on the map → Nile8 places · Year-round · peak December–FebruaryLuxor to Aswan between the temples, usually wrapped in a Cairo stay.Embarkation cities 3 · Luxor, Edfu, AswanOpen on the map → Mekong12 places · Year-round on most lines · best November–MarchVietnam’s delta to Cambodia, with Angkor before or after.Embarkation cities 5 · Phnom Penh, Siem Reap, Sa DecOpen on the map → Mississippi14 places · Season not yet verifiedNew Orleans to St. Paul: plantation country, Memphis and the river towns of the Upper Mississippi.Embarkation cities 4 · New Orleans, Memphis, NatchezOpen on the map → Columbia & Snake6 places · Spring and fall · March–April, September–OctoberPortland up the Columbia Gorge to Idaho, in the footsteps of Lewis and Clark.Embarkation cities 2 · Astoria, Columbia Gorge, ClarkstonOpen on the map →

Directory

Every river port and embarkation city

All 111 places, grouped by river, with the lines we found there. Each name opens its card on the map.

Danube 28

Rhine, Main & Moselle 23

Seine 6

Rhône & Saône 8

Douro 6

Nile 8

Mekong 12

Mississippi 14

Columbia & Snake 6

Questions

Questions about the river map

Which rivers are on the river cruise map?

Nine river systems: the Danube; the Rhine with the Main and Moselle; the Seine; the Rhône and Saône; the Douro; the Nile; the Mekong; the Mississippi; and the Columbia and Snake. That's 111 places in all: 31 embarkation cities, 75 river ports and 5 scenic stretches.

Where do river cruise ships dock?

Usually in or near the old town, on the river embankment. Lines rarely publish the exact berth on their itinerary pages, so each card says so where we couldn't confirm it. A few starting cities are a transfer from the ship: Bucharest sailings usually board at Giurgiu, most Ho Chi Minh City sailings at My Tho, and several lines bus Siem Reap guests to the ship at Kampong Cham.

When is river cruise season?

In Europe, roughly March to December, with Christmas-market sailings from late November. The Nile sails year-round with a December to February peak, and the Mekong is at its best from November to March. Pick a month on the map to see which rivers are in season.

Which river cruise lines are on the map?

Every card lists the lines we found on that river in the itinerary pages we read, mostly the lines' own: Viking, AmaWaterways, Avalon, Uniworld, Scenic, Emerald, Tauck, Riverside and Celebrity River Cruises, plus Lindblad and Aqua Expeditions where they're the ones sailing. Each covered line links to our full review.

Places, lines and seasons come from the lines’ own itinerary pages and port sources, read October 21, 2026. River positions are the riverfront area, not berth directions. Rivers are drawn from Natural Earth’s public-domain river lines; dashed stretches are schematic links where the dataset has no line. Report a correction

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