Provence & Lyon on the Rhone River with AMA Waterways

Join Bob, as he documents a trip down the Rhone River in Provence, France with Kristin Karst on AMA Waterways. See pre-trip Lyon, the annual Festival of Light, and all the port stops on the way to the French Rivieras. There’s also some visits to Christmas Markets!
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[@EdEDrummer]

We greatly enjoyed this same Ama cruise last year, which Bob & Sue arranged for us. Ama always does a first-class job with excellent food, attentive service, and top-notch facilities. I especially love the fact that they provide bicycles for their guests, and they're not just reserved for their "official" bike tours -- you can take them out on your own which I did a number times, cycling around the charming riverfront towns that are part of this itinerary -- simply delightful! In addition to the wonderful places that Bob highlighted, I'll mention one other as a potential add-on (not part of the actual cruise) at the northern end of this itinerary: the town of Dijon. If you have the time, I'd encourage you to take an extra day before/after the cruise (depending on which direction your ship is headed) to experience Dijon. We visited Dijon as part of an Ama land extension package that primarily focused on Geneva (which was also lovely) but you could certainly visit Dijon on your own as it's less than an hour from Chalon-sur-Saône at the northern terminus of this cruise.

[@PamperedCruiser]

Thanks Eddie... completely agree about Dijon -- it is well worth a visit. If you're in the region, there's so much to see, so you should take in as much as you can.

[@cathyrowland8116]

Thanks for this informative video, Bob. I've been interested in this itinerary and now I know more of what to expect. Traveling in December sounds like it might be the way to go. Now I just need to convince Charley to put this cruise on our list.

[@geograph-ology4343]

Ama has won us over with their service. Is water level as big an issue on the Rhone as it is on the Rhine and Danube?

[@PamperedCruiser]

Any time we're discussing weather, there's a wide margin of error. The Rhine and Danube both really struggled in 2022 (worst year on record), but even there, more than 95% of river cruises that year went without any adjustments to the itinerary, so I'm not sure I'd attempt to plan around high or low water. We've never had clients impacted by water levels on the Rhone, but that doesn't mean it can't happen. We HAVE had clients subject to itinerary adjustments on that river because of a broken lock, but that's the luck of the draw.