A river cruise can combine luxury, and intimacy with a great cultural experience! For the last 10+ years, river cruising has been the fastest growing segment of the travel industry. With new destinations constantly being developed for river cruising, and with dozens of new river cruise ships each year, the experience of river cruises on the Danube, Rhine, Moselle, Mississippi, Nile, Yangtze, Amazon, and many other of the great rivers of the world, is available to many, many more travelers than ever before! European rivers are still the most popular destinations for river cruises, with several thousand departures each year from 3 to 21 days.