European river cruises in October 2027: 331 compared, balcony from $428/night

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European river cruises in October 2027

331 sailings on 3 lines · prices per person for the whole cruiseprices for two sharing a cabin, whole cruiseprices per person, per night, taxes & port fees included.

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331 European river sailings leave in October 2027; 278 of them, on 2 lines, have a balcony cabin for sale. The lowest balcony price per night is $428 per person, on Viking River's Viking Egil (7 nights from Regensburg, Oct 30, $2,999 for the cruise). Prices per person with taxes and port fees, read from the booking page Nov 15, 2026.

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Viking Sjofn · Amsterdam
Viking Ve · Amsterdam
Viking Vilhjalm · Budapest
Viking Gefjon · Budapest
Viking Einar · Amsterdam
Viking Vidar · Budapest
Viking Eldir · Amsterdam
Viking Hervor · Amsterdam
Viking Tir · Amsterdam
Viking Vali · Budapest
Viking Vili · Budapest
Viking Mimir · Amsterdam
Viking Gullveig · Regensburg
Viking Haki · Budapest
Viking Rota · Amsterdam
Viking Baldur · Budapest
Viking Magni · Amsterdam
Viking Jarl · Regensburg
Viking Egdir · Budapest
Viking Gymir · Amsterdam
Viking Vilhjalm · Passau
Viking Kvasir · Amsterdam
Viking Ve · Budapest
Viking Gefjon · Amsterdam
Viking Vidar · Amsterdam
Viking Lif · Budapest
Viking Tir · Budapest
Viking Vali · Amsterdam
Viking Mimir · Budapest
Viking Vili · Amsterdam
Viking Rota · Budapest
Viking Haki · Amsterdam
Viking Baldur · Amsterdam
Viking Magni · Budapest
Viking Egdir · Amsterdam
Viking Gymir · Budapest
AmaBella · Vilshofen
AmaSerena · Amsterdam
AmaFiora · Amsterdam
AmaMagna · Vilshofen
AmaVerde · Budapest
AmaCerto · Nuremberg
AmaSonata · Vilshofen
AmaReina · Budapest
AmaDante · Le Havre (Paris)
AmaVerde · Vilshofen
AmaCerto · Luxembourg City
AmaBella · Budapest
AmaSiena · Basel
Avalon Imagery II · Vilshofen
Avalon Panorama · Amsterdam
Avalon Tranquility II · Basel
Avalon Expression · Vilshofen
Avalon Passion · Amsterdam
Avalon Impression · Vilshofen
Avalon View · Amsterdam
Avalon Envision · Basel
Avalon Tranquility II · Nuremberg
Avalon Imagery II · Nuremberg
Avalon Tranquility II · Budapest
Avalon Passion · Budapest
Avalon Imagery II · Basel
Avalon Illumination · Budapest

Striped: 53 sailings have no balcony price listed in the last two weeks. The bar shows the cheapest cabin that is priced (or, where none is, the lowest fare in the Cruisebound catalog); tap it for that sailing.

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Each line is folded to one row: its price range, and a dot on every day one of its ships sails, coloured by the best sailing that day. Tap a line to open it ship by ship: each bar is one sailing, from the day it leaves for as many nights as it lasts; the outlined bar is the cheapest here. Sailings are listed in the month they leave; a bar ending in → continues into next month. Tap a bar to open that sailing. “Usual” is the typical price of the same cabin on other dates of the same sailing, else the same ship or line at that length. Taxes and port fees included, except Viking River, whose prices exclude them.

European river cruises in October 2027: the lines compared (balcony cabins)

Cruise lineSailingsShipsLowest price, whole cruiseTypical per nightAgainst its usual
Viking River19452 $2,999 Viking Egil, Oct 30, 7 nights $596 typical (-4%)
AmaWaterways8423 $4,528 AmaStella, Oct 24, 7 nights $843 typical (+2%)

Per person, taxes and port fees included, read from the booking page Nov 15, 2026. “Against its usual” is the middle of this line’s sailings here, each compared with the same cabin on other dates of the same sailing, else the same ship or line at that length.

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