Family Travel Made Elegant with Riverside Luxury Cruises
By | 06-20-2025 |
Gathering the entire family is always meaningful—but when planning a luxury cruise vacation, finding the ideal blend of elevated onboard amenities and family-friendly shore experiences can be a challenge.
Enter a more unexpected—but exceptional—option: a river cruise along the Rhine, Danube, Main, or Rhône with your family by your side.
Riverside Luxury Cruises redefines the multi-generational cruise experience. While many river cruise lines cater exclusively to adults, Riverside welcomes younger guests with open arms, setting a new standard for family travel on Europe’s storied waterways. And with the expert guidance of Tully Luxury Travel, your journey is thoughtfully tailored to balance connection, culture, and comfort for guests of all ages.
Children enjoy the same intuitive service, personalized attention, and meals they love—while discovering the immersive cultural moments that make Riverside so distinct. It’s elegance without exclusion. This is the river cruise you didn’t know your family was waiting for.
Environs equal those of a boutique hotel.
The Riverside fleet – including the Mozart, Ravel, and Debussy – mirrors the elegance and intimacy of Europe’s finest hotels. You and your family glide along in your own floating oasis, enjoying an intimate and inclusive experience. Spacious suites give you room to exhale, while connecting options make family travel seamless. Unwind in plush king-size beds, indulge in the attentive care of your personal butler, and dine on elevated cuisine that rivals the world’s finest restaurants.
Riverside perfects the art of thoughtful luxury with countless little moments that surprise and delight. Think bubble waffles at breakfast, cozy movie nights in plush robes, afternoon dips in resistance pools, and sweet treats like gelato and popcorn served just when you crave them.
Trips ashore are curated for curiosity.
Riverside knows that kids are curious. That’s why they’ve made it easy for parents to indulge this inquisitiveness with excursions that can be tailor-made for each day, while allowing you to go at your own pace. Interactive museums, cultural encounters, outdoor adventure – all this can be added to the agenda. Explore Europe’s largest street-art museum in Amsterdam, kayak under a Roman aqueduct in France or take in vivid virtual-reality theater in Cologne. You and your family can even wind through the vineyards of the Moselle River valley in a vintage Volkswagen van.
Riverside makes every meal a memory.
There is little wonder CruiseCritic.com deems Riverside the “Best in Dining on a River Cruise.” Food is always part of the adventure. Riverside delivers not only exceptional cuisine, but also an array of dining venues not common on Europe’s rivers. A diverse program and multiple restaurants mean guests never need to settle for a single dining room or one-size-fits-all menus.
The gastronomic artistry of Waterside is inspired by the regions you sail through, the menus shifting daily to spotlight fresh, regional ingredients. Imagine truffles from the Wachau Valley, Alpine cheeses or French white asparagus. Atelier is perfect for a market-style breakfast, followed by charcuterie boards, savory tarts and light desserts by midday, concluding in a family-style dinner experience at night. Vista Bar & Grill takes the casual meal outside, so you can enjoy al fresco dining with panoramic river views. And the indulgent 12-guest Vintage Room is a private setting for a special meal, presenting a seven-course tasting menu.
Enjoy full-service ease or à la carte independence.
Tully’s Travel Designers will chart your course through Europe with Riverside’s four curated fare options—each tailored to different travel styles and family dynamics.
Are you all about unforgettable meals the whole family will enjoy? Focused on immersive cultural moments? Or craving variety in shore excursions? Whether you’re sailing with little ones or teens, Riverside offers experiences that meet your needs with effortless ease.
From grandparents treating the family to a luxury escape, to parents seeking a smoother way to travel, Riverside brings elevated convenience, enriching destinations, and all-inclusive indulgence to every journey. This is family travel—refined.