European river cruises in May 2028: 293 compared, balcony from $643/night

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European river cruises in May 2028

293 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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293 European river sailings leave in May 2028; 232 of them, on 2 lines, have a balcony cabin for sale. The lowest balcony price per night is $643 per person, on Viking River's Viking Tir (14 nights from Budapest, May 4, $8,999 for the cruise). Running above their usual balcony price this month: Viking River (22% over). Prices per person with taxes and port fees, read from the booking page Nov 15, 2026.

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Viking Sigrun · Basel
Viking Tir · Budapest
Viking Vali · Amsterdam
Viking Mani · Basel
Viking Mimir · Budapest
Viking Vili · Amsterdam
Viking Mani · Budapest
Viking Bragi · Passau
Viking Skadi · Budapest
Viking Magni · Budapest
Viking Baldur · Amsterdam
Viking Herja · Basel
Viking Kvasir · Antwerpen
Viking Sigyn · Antwerpen
Viking Hild · Basel
Viking Herja · Amsterdam
Viking Gefjon · Budapest
Viking Ve · Amsterdam
Viking Gersemi · Amsterdam
Viking Lif · Budapest
Viking Tir · Amsterdam
Viking Vali · Budapest
Viking Tor · Regensburg
Viking Var · Budapest
Viking Vili · Budapest
Viking Mimir · Amsterdam
Viking Egil · Budapest
Viking Gullveig · Regensburg
Viking Eir · Budapest
Viking Baldur · Budapest
Viking Magni · Amsterdam
Viking Hild · Amsterdam
Viking Gymir · Amsterdam
Viking Egdir · Budapest
Viking Sigrun · Amsterdam
Viking Hervor · Amsterdam
Viking Ve · Budapest
Viking Lif · Amsterdam
AmaPrima · Nuremberg
AmaFiora · Amsterdam
AmaMagna · Budapest
AmaBella · Budapest
AmaPrima · Luxembourg City
AmaSonata · Nuremberg
AmaLea · Amsterdam
AmaSofia · Budapest
AmaMagna · Vilshofen
AmaBella · Vilshofen
AmaSiena · Amsterdam
AmaVerde · Budapest
AmaPrima · Amsterdam
AmaLea · Budapest
AmaVida · Porto
AmaSofia · Amsterdam
Avalon Imagery II · Remich
Avalon Tranquility II · Amsterdam
Avalon Illumination · Vilshofen
Avalon Impression · Amsterdam
Avalon Tranquility II · Basel
Avalon Imagery II · Amsterdam
Avalon Illumination · Budapest
Avalon Tranquility II · Nuremberg
Avalon Impression · Budapest
Avalon Imagery II · Basel
Avalon Illumination · Amsterdam
Avalon Tranquility II · Budapest
Avalon View · Basel
Avalon Impression · Vilshofen

Striped: 61 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 May 2028: the lines compared (balcony cabins)

Cruise lineSailingsShipsLowest price, whole cruiseTypical per nightAgainst its usual
Viking River15344 $4,799 Viking Halogi, May 29, 7 nights $757 ▲ 22% over
AmaWaterways7923 $5,638 AmaLucia, May 4, 7 nights $863 typical (+5%)

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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