About Melk
Melk's yellow-and-white Benedictine abbey rises on a granite bluff directly above the cruise berth and is the most photographed monastery on the Danube. Founded in the eleventh century and rebuilt as a baroque masterpiece by Jakob Prandtauer, it holds a 100,000-volume library and a marble hall painted by Paul Troger. Most operators time the call so the morning monastery tour is followed by a scenic-cruising afternoon through the Wachau valley downstream to Dürnstein, where Richard the Lionheart was once imprisoned.
River cruise ships that call at Melk
121 vessels from 13 operators include Melk in their published itineraries:
…and 61 more vessels.
Itineraries that include Melk
- Danube Waltz
- Christmas Markets Danube
Operators serving Melk
Viking River Cruises
Scandinavian-styled Longships exploring Europe's great waterways.
AmaWaterways
Boutique river ships with twin balconies and onboard bicycles.
Avalon Waterways
Suite Ships with beds that face the river.
Scenic Luxury Cruises
All-inclusive Space-Ships with butler-served suites.
Emerald Cruises
Star-Ships with an indoor pool that converts to a cinema.
Uniworld Boutique River Cruises
Floating boutique hotels with hand-curated antiques.
CroisiEurope
Family-owned French line covering Europe's lesser-known rivers.
Tauck
Family-owned American operator with multi-generational departures.
A-ROSA River Cruises
Lifestyle river cruising for a German-speaking market.
Riviera Travel
British operator with single-supplement cabins on every ship.
Amadeus River Cruises
Family-owned Austrian line with classic European itineraries.
Grand Circle Cruise Line
Small-ship river cruises for active North American travellers.
Riverside Luxury Cruises
New ultra-luxury entrant with all-suite ships.
Rivers reached from Melk
Rhine
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Danube
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Main & Moselle
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