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Tauck River Cruises

17 crossings between 20 ports in 10 countries. On 2 they are the only operator on the water; on 1 they are the quickest of several; on 10 a rival is faster.

Sailing with Tauck River Cruises

Their busiest port

Three things the timetable does not say

12% alone of their network has no rival at all. On those 2 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.

10 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.

Where they are beaten

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

Amsterdam – Basel 569 km Tauck River Cruises 120 h 00 Scenic Cruises 120 h 00 rate not held 10 rivals

Budapest – Vienna Erdberg (Busterminal VIB) 214 km Tauck River Cruises 144 h 00 FlixBus-eu 2 h 30 rate not held 7 rivals

Munich central bus station – Vienna Erdberg (Busterminal VIB) 356 km Tauck River Cruises 192 h 00 FlixBus-eu 5 h 30 rate not held 1 rival

Budapest – Munich central bus station 562 km Tauck River Cruises 192 h 00 Emerald Cruises 192 h 00 rate not held 2 rivals

Budapest – Vilshofen an der Donau 452 km Tauck River Cruises 192 h 00 Avalon Waterways 144 h 00 rate not held 3 rivals

Amsterdam – Brussels 6087 km Tauck River Cruises 192 h 00 Emerald Cruises 72 h 00 rate not held 7 rivals

Basel – Düsseldorf central bus station 412 km Tauck River Cruises 192 h 00 Scylla VIVA Cruises 192 h 00 rate not held 1 rival

Porto-Leixoes – Salamanca (Bus Station) Tauck River Cruises 240 h 00 AmaWaterways 168 h 00 rate not held 1 rival

Lyon (Gerland Bus Station) – Paris City Tauck River Cruises 240 h 00 Emerald Cruises 48 h 00 rate not held 6 rivals

Madrid – Porto-Leixoes Tauck River Cruises 240 h 00 Scenic Cruises 24 h 00 rate not held 3 rivals

Bordeaux (Saint-Jean - Paludate) – Paris City Tauck River Cruises 264 h 00 Avalon Waterways 168 h 00 rate not held 3 rivals

Amsterdam – Budapest 1146 km Tauck River Cruises 288 h 00 Emerald Cruises 288 h 00 rate not held 7 rivals

London-Tilbury – Paris City Tauck River Cruises 288 h 00 Scenic Cruises 72 h 00 rate not held 1 rival

Marseille (Saint-Charles) – Paris City Tauck River Cruises 312 h 00 Emerald Cruises 240 h 00 rate not held 1 rival

Where they are the only boat

2 crossings with no other operator on record.

Bogotá – Cartagena Colombia 192 h 00 rate not held

Aix-en-Provence (Krypton) – Paris City 336 h 00 rate not held

Which months they sail

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

Our records for Tauck River Cruises 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 17 crossings carry a weekly rate; none carry a clock.

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