European river cruise - which to do?

[PGGloucestershire]

Which is the best scenic river cruise - Frankfurt to Passau OR Budapest to Passau?

[Ritabob]

There are pretty parts to both, but I think the Wachau Valley would be more scenic.

RB

[Hydrokitty]

Which is the best scenic river cruise - Frankfurt to Passau OR Budapest to Passau?

 

Our first one was Amsterdam to Budapest....Rhine and Danube...IMHO a great introduction to river cruising....beautiful scenery, castles, cities, vineyards, historic places....everything you could think of is there.

[beesKate]

I recommend Frankfurt to Passau. We've done both stretches and the Frankfurt to Passau takes you through the Rhine river where the scenery is constant... cute German town, vineyard, church, castle.. repeat.

Passau to Budapest is nice, but your stops are probably larger cities, and while there's still castles, etc. I liked the other more.

[Ritabob]

I recommend Frankfurt to Passau. We've done both stretches and the Frankfurt to Passau takes you through the Rhine river where the scenery is constant... cute German town, vineyard, church, castle.. repeat.

I will agree, the Rhine is very scenic with so many castles, etc, but the original question was asking about two specific stretches and the waterway between Frankfurt and Passau is the Main and the Main canal and Danube, not the Rhine.

Perhaps the OP would clarify they were asking about a specific cruise route or about generally which are the more scenic waterways ?

RB

[PGGloucestershire]

Thank you for these very helpful replies. Appreciated.