You step onto the deck in the crisp December air, your hands wrapped around a mug of warm mulled wine. The ship glides quietly along the Elbe, passing villages that look as if Hans Christian Andersen sketched them himself. Snow-dusted rooftops, church spires, and twinkling lights sparkle against the winter sky.
Every day, a new Christmas market awaits—lantern-lit stalls bursting with hand-carved ornaments, wool scarves, spiced nuts, and the irresistible smell of fresh gingerbread. In Berlin, the entire city becomes a holiday stage. In Dresden, you’ll taste Christstollen made from a recipe treasured for generations. In Meissen, you’ll see how porcelain is still shaped by hand. And in Prague, you’ll spend two days wandering Gothic streets, its famous market overflowing with good cheer.
You’ll have lived inside the kind of Christmas scene most people only see on a postcard.
