TUI Christmas Market and New Year River Cruises 2025 / 2026
Make this a Festive season to remember with a TUI Christmas Market River Cruise in Europe. TUI offer a number of festive itineraries in December. So, whether you want to do your Christmas shopping at a German Christmas market, celebrate Christmas itself while sailing on the Rhine, or want to ring in the New Year in style – there’s a TUI River Cruise for you. Sailing onboard TUI Isla or TUI Maya – small and friendly ships, with Full Board Plus – meaning all tips are included. There are a range of festive itineraries on offer. So whether you want Christmastime on the Rhine, a New Year Getaway, or to experience a Festive Fairy Tale – there’s a TUI River Cruises for you. These are popular River Cruises, so booking early can ensure you don’t miss out on one of these festive itineraties.
Marella Christmas and New Year Cruises
There are also a great choice of Christmas and New Year cruises with Marella Cruises – Browse Deals. With Itineraries in the Canaries, Caribbean, Asia and the Far East with 7 and 14 night all inclusive cruises.
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TUI Christmas River Cruises Itineraries:
Mistletoe & Rhine
Sailing on board the TUI Isla, Mistletoe & Rhine is a 5 night itinerary sailing from Dusseldorf, and is perfect for those that love Christmas markets. From Cologne with its four different Christmas markets spread around the city, with one of the Rhineland’s tallest Christmas trees. Duseldorf with it’s 16th Century town as a backdrop, and markets selling handmade crafts. In Koblenz you’ll see not only over 100 stalls at the market, but UNESCO ranked sites as well, plus the Baroque town hall doubles as a giant advent calendar. See sleepy Rudesheim come to life with with international themed ‘Christmas Market of the Nations’. And Frankfurt for some last minute shopping, spiced gluhwein and sightseeing.
Destinations:
- Dusseldorf, Germany
- Cologne, Germany
- Rudesheim, Germany
- Frankfurt, Germany
- Koblenz, Germany
- Dusseldorf, Germany
A Christmastime on the Rhine
Sailing on the TUI Skyla, this 5 night cruise sails from Cologne.
Destinations:
- Cologne, Germany
- Koblenz, Germany
- Speyer, Germany
- Kehl (for Strasbourg), Germany
- Rudesheim, Germany
- Cologne, Germany
A Festive Fairytale
Sailing onboard the TUI Skyla, 7 nights Rhine Cruise from Cologne.
Destinations:
- Cologne, Germany
- Cologne, Germany
- Rudesheim, Germany
- Speyer, Germany
- Kehl (for Strasbourg), Germany
- Mainz, Germany
- Koblenz, Germany
- Cologne, Germany
New Year Sail Away
Destinations:
- Dusseldorf, Germany
- Koblenz, Germany
- Rudesheim, Germany
- Cologne, Germany
- Arnhem, Netherlands
- Rotterdam, Netherlands
- Amsterdam, Netherlands
- Amsterdam, Netherlands
New Year on the Rhine
Destinations:
- Cologne, Germany
- Cologne, Germany
- Nijmegen, Netherlands
- Dusseldorf, Germany
- Bonn, Germany
- Rudesheim, Germany
- Boppard, Germany
- Frankfurt, Germany
- Frankfurt, Germany