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CroisiEurope

Logo: croisieurope.com3

Cruise line

CroisiEurope (Alsace Croisières until 1997) is a French company founded by Gérard Schmitter in 1976, specializing in river and coastal cruises.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

1976Founded1

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CroisiEurope (Alsace Croisières until 1997) is a French company founded by Gérard Schmitter in 1976, specializing in river and coastal cruises.2

Products and brands

  • river cruise

Listed on Wikidata.1

Fleet

CroisiEurope currently has a fleet of over 50 vessels. Prestige category boats that cruise all of Europe's rivers. Accommodation capacity varies from 100 to 180 passengers depending on the ship's design.

The CroisiEurope fleet is partially renovated each year, being mostly made up of recently built vessels that are less than five years old.

French is the primary language spoken on the ships, although most staff members also speak English and other European languages. Ship announcements are made in French and in English.

RHINE AND DANUBE

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SEINE

RHONE

GIRONDE

LOIRE

ELBE

DOURO

GUADALQUIVIR

PO

CANALS OF FRANCE AND BELGIUM

COASTAL CRUISES

MEKONG

SOUTHERN AFRICA

Destinations

In France, CroisiEurope sails on the Seine, the Rhône, the Gironde, the Loire and the Rhine; in Italy, on the Po; in Spain, on the Guadalquivir; in Portugal, on the Douro; in Germany, Belgium, and the Netherlands, on the Rhine; in Germany, Austria, Hungary, Serbia, and Romania, on the Danube; and in Germany, on the Havel and the Oder.

CroisiEurope also has two coastal ship, the MS Belle de l'Adriatique and the MS Belle des Océans, which operates in the Mediterranean, the Adriatic, the Aegean and the Atlantic.

From Wikipedia’s article on CroisiEurope, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.4

Timeline

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