Peter Deilmann Deluxe 5 Star Europe River Cruises  Deluxe Cruising!

Peter Deilmann Cruises has been offering deluxe cruise vacations for more than 25 years. Deilmann owns and operates nine deluxe river vessels cruising the great rivers of Europe. The ninth ship is the newly built MV Frederic Chopin, which debuted in March 2002. The Chopin, a five-star vessel, offers delightful cruise itineraries that feature Prague, the "city of a hundred spires", the history-rich city of Dresden and the unique and exciting capital of Berlin.

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The Deilmann river cruises are designed for the first time cruisers as well as the frequent European vacationer who enjoys comfort, style, attentive service and fine dining. Casually elegant ambience and deluxe standards can be found fleet-wide, and all voyages are seven days or longer. You can choose between five star vessels such as the MV Mozart, MV Katharina, MV Dresden, MV Cezanne, MV Casanova or MV Frederic Chopin.  Four-star voyages are offered on board the MV Danube Princess, MV Konigstein, and MV Princesse de Provence.

Dining is single seating on all river vessels and features a delectable selection of continental cuisine and local specialties served with fine wines including those from local vineyards along the rivers' route. Friendly, multi-lingual staff caters to your every wish. The Deilmann vessels enjoy the best passenger to staff ratios of all river vessels in Europe with no more than 2.5 passengers for each staff member (most other vessels have 4 or 5 passengers for each staff member). This allows for an extraordinary level of care, attention and service, the hallmark of the Peter Deilmann brand. Rivers cruise itineraries include voyages through countries like Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Belgium, France, Netherlands, Hungary, Czech Republic, Italy, and more without the usual inconveniences of packing and unpacking. The "Floating Hotels" cruise by beautiful cities, villages, castles and vineyards. On the Rhine, a variety of itineraries depart from Amsterdam, Mainz and Basel. On the Danube, voyages depart from Passau, Germany (near Munich), and cruise to the Austrian and Hungarian capitals of Vienna and Budapest. In Italy, we offer round trip Po River cruises from romantic Venice visiting fascinating cities like Ferrara, Bologna and Verona. On the Rhone, ships sail round-trip from Lyon, France to the Burgundy and Beaujolais wine regions and the Provencal cities of Avignon and Arles as well as one-way between Lyon and Avignon. And on the gentle Elbe, a total of three vessels cruise between Berlin and Prague and Hamburg and Dresden. Air arrangements, pre/post cruise options as well as fully inclusive cruise tours are available. Clothing / Wardrobe Clothing can be casual and comfortable during the day. In the evening, dress is semi formal (shirt and tie for the man, casual elegance for the lady). On two formal nights dark suits and cocktail dresses are recommended. You can find further information on this subject in the daily program. Air Conditioning All cabins and public rooms on board are fully air-conditioned.