Main River

The river Main is a significant trade route that meanders through Bavaria, Baden-Württemberg and Hesse towards the west. It flows past several iconic cities and towns including Würzburg, a magnificent baroque town located on the famed Romantic Road, Frankfurt, Germany's financial capital nicknamed "Main-hattan" due to its skyscraper-filled skyline and Bamberg.

The Rhine-Main-Danube canal is an artery between the Danube and Rhine deltas that flows between Bamberg and Kelheim via Nuremberg. Passengers get to experience the rising and lowering of the river cruise ship as it traverses a total of 16 locks along the 171 kilometre canal. Lock enthusiasts will enjoy that fact that it takes about a day to get through all the locks (up to 30 minutes per lock). Some locks are very narrow and can barely squeeze in one ship at a time, while larger locks can contain two to three ships at once.Read more