Operator ·

Riviera Travel

16 crossings between 15 ports in 10 countries. On 7 they are the only operator on the water; on 1 they are the quickest of several; on 4 a rival is faster.

Sailing with Riviera Travel

Their busiest port

Three things the timetable does not say

44% alone of their network has no rival at all. On those 7 crossings the question is not who is quicker — it is whether you sail. A comparison site showing one result is not showing you a choice.

4 beaten crossings where another operator is quicker on the same water. Their own site cannot tell you this, and a booking engine sorted by price will not.

1 untimed crossings carry no duration anywhere we can source. They are counted in the 16 and left blank in the bars.

Where they are beaten

6 crossings where a rival is faster or the two are level. This is the section an operator would never publish.

Bonn UN Campus (Museumsmeile) – Cologne 611 km Riviera Travel 120 h 00 Grand Circle Cruise Line 96 h 00 rate not held 2 rivals

Amsterdam – Antwerp 6490 km Riviera Travel 120 h 00 CroisiEurope 120 h 00 rate not held 3 rivals

Avignon – Lyon (Gerland Bus Station) 200 km Riviera Travel 192 h 00 FlixBus-eu 2 h 30 rate not held 4 rivals

Basel – Cologne 285 km Riviera Travel 192 h 00 Mystic Cruises 168 h 00 rate not held 2 rivals

Budapest – Vienna Erdberg (Busterminal VIB) 214 km Riviera Travel 264 h 00 FlixBus-eu 2 h 30 rate not held 7 rivals

Avignon – land tour Riviera Travel 264 h 00 Scylla Cruises 264 h 00 rate not held 1 rival

Where they are the only boat

7 crossings with no other operator on record.

Porto-Leixoes – land tour 72 h 00 rate not held

Paris City – Vernon 120 h 00 rate not held

Basel – Koblenz 192 h 00 rate not held 311 km

Cologne – land tour 192 h 00 rate not held

Koblenz – land tour 264 h 00 rate not held

Budapest – Koblenz 360 h 00 rate not held 894 km

Budapest – Cologne 360 h 00 rate not held 727 km

Which months they sail

Season not heldwe can say when we looked, not which months run

Our records for Riviera Travel crossings were read on 11 August 2026 and describe the network as it ran that week. We hold no month-by-month variation, so this page cannot tell you whether a crossing runs in February.

If you are travelling well outside August 2026, confirm with the operator before you plan around it.

Where our records stop

No fares. Every comparison on this page is time and frequency only, and the fast-versus-conventional decision is mostly a price decision.

No departure times. 0 of 16 crossings carry a weekly rate; none carry a clock.

No vessels. We hold a fast/conventional class and no ship names.