During the Tui River cruise, your boat visits one or even two ports every day, so it is important to learn how to use the Tui River Cruises Shore shore tour to make the most of each destination.
In this post, I explain how to check out the coastal excursions that can be used for cruising and how to book.
TUI River Cruise Tour Price
Prices for trips and tours vary, so it is definitely worth checking out all the options for your cruise to calculate what you want to spend.
You can choose to plan your own trip or just decide to explore it yourself.

Tui River Cruises Shore Tour List
You can access A complete list of shore excursions that can be used for any TUI River cruiseorganized by ship and river cruise dates.
You can even access this question before booking a cruise so you can understand the types of travel available. If there is no coastal excursion on the date you are planning to cruise, try to find the same itinerary by switching dates.
Usually, each calling port has at least one tour available.
Coast tours are available View and book about six months ago Your river cruise. Here are some examples of Tui River Cruises tours. It is important to note that each cruise may not always be available.
River cruise destination | Examples of tours |
Amsterdam | Canal cruise Cheese and Windmill Tour Amsterdam City Tour |
Arnham | Arnhem Hiking Historic Arnhem Tour |
Aschaffenburg | Aschaffenburg City Tour |
Bainburgh | Bamborg City Tour Bamburg shuttle bus Franciscans Switzerland Tour |
Basel | Tour of Basel City Lucerne City Tour |
Belgrade | Belgrade City Tour Bohemian Folklore Performance |
Bernkastel-Kues | Burncaster Hiking |
Bonn | Bonn City Tour with Beethoven Houses Drachenfels Mountain Tram Ride |
boppard | Boppard Hiking Maxburg Castle Tasting the winery tour Sightseeing and wine walks |
Bratislava | Bratislava City Train Tour |
Bresach | Bresach Hiking Breisach Hiking & Wine Tasting Trip to Colmar City |
Budapest | Sightseeing and Hungarian dance performances Budapest City Tour Hungarian Horse Exhibition |
Cochem | Cochem Hiking Cochem City Tour in Richsburg Castle |
Cologne | Cologne City Tour Beer and sightseeing |
Donji Milanovac | Lepenski Vir Archeology website and Golbulac Fortress |
Dunstein | Durnstein Hiking |
Dusseldorf | Düsseldorf Hiking Düsseldorf City Tour Beer and sightseeing |
Esztergom | Esztergom City Train and Basilica Budapest City Tour |
Forchheim | Forchheim City Tour and Beer Tasting |
Carloxsa | PECS City Tour Kalocsa Suttle Kalocsa tour with chili powder and organ concert |
Kelheim | Weltenburg Monastery and Boat Cruise |
Kobrendz | Kobrentz Hiking Peak Fortress and Cable Car |
Krems | Krems hiking Monastery tours and wine tastings |
Linz | Linz Hiking Salzburg City Tour and Austrian Lakes Postlingburg Tour |
Mainz | Mainz Walking Tour and Gutenburg Museum |
Mannheim | Mannheim City Tour Heidelberg Tour Castle |
Melk | Melk Monastery |
Mohax | Mohacs hiking |
Novi sad | Novi’s Sorrow and Monastery Tour Novi’s sad hike Novi’s sad fortress and wine tasting |
Nuremberg | Numburg City Tour Nuremberg Rally Stadium and Museum Nurunk City Shuttle |
Oberwesel | Oberwesel Hiking |
Passau | Passau Hiking Beer Tour Bavarian boat cruise, beer and town tours |
Piesport | Wine and sightseeing in Moselle Valley |
Regensburg | Regensburg Hiking Walking around Walhalla |
Rotterdam | Rotterdam Hiking Rotterdam City Travel and Harbour Tours Town Tours in The Hague and Delft |
Rudesheim | Wine tasting Winzerexpress and Siegfried’s mechanical music cabinets Winzerexpress, cable cars and old town |
Speyer | Speyer Hiking German wine route |
Strasbourg | Strasbourg City Tour Black Forest Tour |
Traben-Trarbach | Traben-Trarbach Hiking with Underground Wine Cellar |
Trier | Trier Hiking Luxembourg City Tour |
Vienna | Evening concert Schonbrunn Palace Vienna City Tour Wine Tour |
Vukovar | Vukovar Hiking |
Winzerexpress & Siegfried’s Mechanical Music Cabinet | Winzerexpress & Siegfried’s Mechanical Music Cabinet |
Fort Woods | Travel to the city of Watsburg Wurzburg City Tour with Wurzburg Residence |
Types of river tours
River cruises vary by destination, depending on history, landmarks and culture.
Hiking
In most ports Hiking Will be available. Transport is provided if the tour visits landmarks or nearby towns without walking distance.
Most tours will be Local tour guide Who will have a good understanding of the local area and its history. You need to use VOX devices Find it in your cabin and in your headphones. At the beginning of the tour, your guide will ask you to turn on the Vox device and make sure you are on the same channel as them. This allows you to hear the guide throughout the trip without staying with them.

Other types of tours you expect from your river cruise:
- Hiking
- City Tour (coach and walking)
- Beer or wine tasting
- Local dance/dinner performances
- Visit historical landmarks
- Tasting local food
- Shuttle to town/city (exploring independently during free time)
- Boat cruise
- concert
Step-by-step guide to booking a Tui River Cruises tour
- Browse Coastal tours that can be used for river cruises and by accessing what you want to book Shore Tour Page
- For each coastal tour you want to book, select the number of tickets you want Add to Cartthe total price will appear
- If you want to book an experience that is multiple times a day, just book and pay for the first experience, then log out and return to the system to select and book a second time. This is your access to two ports in one day
- After you are ready to pay, click Shopping cart In the upper right corner of the screen, enter your personal details, booking references, and payment methods.
- You will Ticket received For each coastal tour you booked by email
- Print your tour confirmation ticket and ensure your ticket is safe
You can book a river cruise tour by calling 0203 451 2688.
You can also book additional coastal excursions when you are on the river (if available).

Shore Tour Cancel
If you cancel the coastal tour until Two days ago. If you cancel within two days of your shore tour, you may not be able to receive a refund.
Information about tours
You can find important information about river cruise tours on the website and on your website Travel confirmation ticket. This includes:
- Tour date and departure time
- period
- Meeting point
- What to expect
- What is included in the tour, such as lunch, entering a landmark
- Difficulty level and how many walks are involved
The cruise director and entertainment staff will also be able to provide any further inquiries when loading the ship.
Experiences in Tui River Cruises Tour
During our Tui River cruise we chose to do three coastal tours and explore independently in other ports. The quality of our tours is very good, but it depends on your guide.
You can check out our tour with Tui River Cruises on Tui Skyla’s Eastern Danube Cruises in the video below.
In our “Cruise Iron Gate” video, we rode the Lebensky Vier Archaeological Site before visiting the riverboat to meet our Gurubak Fortress.
In the video below, we visited Vukovar, Croatia, where we did a hike in the town to learn about its history from a local guide.
Tui River Cruises tour tips to remember
- Book excursions as early as possible so you don’t miss out on what you really want to do
- If you have limited mobility, read the difficulty of ratings and descriptions carefully to determine if it is appropriate and you will love it
- Tours allow you to try local food, drink and learn about local culture
- Bring some cash for tip guides and bus drivers
- Don’t be afraid to ask your guide questions, they are usually local and love to tell you about their hometown or city
- Pack comfortable shoes to walk. Cobbled streets and uneven surfaces keep you comfortable and safe is crucial

- If you are walking distance from the riverboat, you may have the chance to be free after the hike, but remember to get back on the boat before Sailaway. You will be left behind.
- Don’t have an obligation to tour with TUI, if you’re willing to do your own thing, you
- Pack for the weather, depending on your time of year, this might be just an umbrella and a lightweight jacket or layer – Read European River Cruise Clothes



Laura
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