Luxury River Cruises in the USA: 4 Sailings to Choose From

1.San Antonio Premium Night Driving Tour with Riverwalk Boat Cruise

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 287 reviews · 3 hours (approx.) · from $139Our pick

Spend about three hours seeing San Antonio after dark with a local guide such as Stephen, Sasha, Autumn, Renee, Dylan, or Alfred. Hotel pickup in downtown, Tower of the Americas admission, a night cruise, and a narrated drive covering the Alamo and other landmarks make this a handy choice when time or transportation is limited.

“Wonderful experience! Stephen was a fabulous guide who not only provided information on the trip but sent additional information afterwards. We had a great time!”

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2.San Antonio Premium City Tour with Alamo & River Walk Cruise

★★★★★★★★★★4.6 · 169 reviews · 4 hours · from $160

This four-hour small-group tour links San Antonio’s essential sights in a Mercedes Metris van. An English-speaking guide such as Nancy, KD, David, or Dylan leads the city drive, Alamo visit, Mission San José stop, Tower of the Americas admission, and narrated River Walk cruise. Downtown hotel pickup and drop-off are included.

“We appreciated Scott being attentive to all of our needs and for taking such good care of us!!”

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3.Chicago Premium Driving Tour with River Boat Cruise and Sky Deck

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 165 reviews · 4 hours (approx.)

This four-hour Chicago tour combines a narrated drive, Cloud Gate, the Willis Tower Skydeck, a 75-minute architecture cruise, Buckingham Fountain, and the Adler Planetarium viewpoint. Guides such as Tony, Robert, Joe, Danny, and Jack handle the route and venue timing. Downtown hotel pickup is available, with groups capped at seven.

“1) driving around learning the history of the buildings that survived the fire. 2) visiting the sky deck on the sears tower being able to see the whole city from above. 3) visiting the places that that the river cruise can not cover. Note: I as an architect, I feel the sears tower should end the tour, visiting and seeing all the different historical places is meaningful and seeing the city from the river cruise is great, summing up the whole experience from the top of the sears tower would in my opinion, be a great way for everyone to see the context of the whole city they have spent…”

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4.San Antonio: Premium Night Driving Tour with River Cruise

★★★★★★★★★★4.7 · 157 reviews · 3 hours · from $117Best value

Set out with an English-speaking guide such as Alfred, Sasha, or Rene for a three-hour San Antonio night tour. Ride up the Tower of the Americas, cruise the illuminated River Walk, visit Alamo Plaza and La Villita, and return to your downtown hotel in a group of no more than seven.

“very thorough with educational dialogue. very helpful with loading and unloading rollator.”

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