About Riviera Travel

When you choose a Riviera Travel holiday, every detail of your river cruise or escorted tour is personally considered by travel specialists. Our experts behind the brand go to great lengths to curate each holiday, ensuring you can enjoy the very best of your chosen destination and have plenty of free time to explore at your own pace. What’s more, we are fully bonded by ABTA and ATOL and you can fully relax with the brand’s no surcharge guarantee.

We offer a wide range of thrilling escorted tour itineraries for every type of traveller. Whether you want to see the iconic sites of Prague, go on a solo traveller adventure in Paris or relax with a soak in Iceland’s famous geothermal spa, we promise to give you the best European tour experience possible. We also offer amazing worldwide escorted tours, which means you can voyage to Antarctica, stay in the heart of New York City or even go on a guided safari in the Kruger National Park in South Africa. And remember, insightful guided tours and visits are all included in the price and you can enjoy scheduled flights from a choice of UK airports or Eurostar travel.

When it comes to the local guides and tour managers, we choose specialists that are not only extremely friendly and knowledgeable but also have flair for engaging audiences and sharing eye-opening insights. Ancient ruins, historic towns and unfamiliar landscapes all come to life when you’re in the company of one of our guides or managers, and each one will make you feel as though you’re travelling with a friend who knows the best secrets of every destination.

Once you’ve booked your escorted tour, you can rest assured that the cost of your holiday will not increase as there are no hidden costs at all. Our pricing is transparent, clear and includes essentials such as taxes and fuel supplements, you can book with confidence knowing that your holiday offers exceptional value. You do, however, have the option to upgrade and add hand-picked highlights to your itinerary to make your trip extra special. And if you choose a solo tour, all prices are fully inclusive with no single supplement to be added and you’ll still have a room all to yourself. ....less

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Reasons to tour with Riviera Travel

Quality promise: You cannot find the same quality experience for less with a competitor – and if you do, we’ll match the price.

Happiness guaranteed: You’re always protected by our Happiness Guarantee; if you’re not happy by day two of your holiday, we’ll bring you home with a full refund.

Regional flights: There's no supplement on regional flights across our range of holidays so you can enjoy hassle-free travel from your local airport - at no extra cost

24/7 access to UK based team: We’re on hand before and during your holiday. If anything were to go awry during your travels, you can call our emergency number at any point.

Price promise Book early with confidence, safe in the knowledge that you'll get our lowest prices. And in the very rare event we do reduce a price after you've booked, we'll automatically send you a Future Travel Voucher for the difference

Your money is safe and secure: No matter what, your money is safe and secure and fully protected by ABTA and ATOL.

Which? Recommended Provider for both river cruises and tours

Sustainability

Our company’s foundation is built on our values, which distinguish us and guide our actions. We are keen on doing our part to make the world a more meaningful place; after all, the world is our passion. We strive to integrate environmental and sustainability principles into our core business philosophy. ....more

Accreditations/Associtations

We're a fully bonded member of ABTA, ATOL and IATA, so your Riviera Travel holiday is safe and secure

ATOL No. 3430

ABTA No. V4744

What We Offer

Outstanding crafted itineraries, authentic experiences with local experts, award-winning reputation and an honest pricing polciy.

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Our Story

For 37 years our experts have been bringing to life the world’s most fascinating destinations. Like you, we love to travel and we are passionate about what we do. We personally select every aspect of your holiday and we are dedicated to ensuring that the content and detail of each ....more

Economic Impact

Our goal: Make a meaningful contribution to a charity we believe in

We will be supporting our new charity partner Practical Action with £1 donated for every guest who travels with us, and also offering our customers the opportunity to round up their booking to give an additional donation if they ....more

Responsible Tourism

Our goal: Reduce our carbon footprint by 20% within 5 years

Working with eCollective, our ambition is to reduce our carbon footprint by 20% by 2028 - including customer travel and within our business - by setting short- and long-term goals both at our office and on our holidays.

Environmental Sustainability

Our goal: Halve our business use of paper and plastics

Our ambition is to reduce our paper and plastics usage by 50% by 2025 by better using technology to allow us to rely less on printed materials, developing an enhanced digital brochure, and replacing plastic luggage tags with quality reusable tags.

Awards

Over the years, we have been recognised in many surveys and awards, including the British Travel Awards, The Daily Telegraph, The Sunday Times, The Guardian and The Observer, Which? Magazine, Silver Travel Awards, Cruise Critic Editor’s Picks Awards, Travel Weekly and more.

These are staggering achievements in Britain’s most prestigious awards, ....more

Which? Recommended Provider status for River Cruises for 2020 and the Which? Recommended Provider status for Escorted Tours (awarded July 2020.)

2023 Gold Trusted Service Award

Which? Recommended Provider for Cultural Tours 2022

How we're working to make you feel COVID-safe on your trip

Please contact us for latest Covid-19 policies

Riviera Travel Reviews

David Clarke (Google Reviewer)

08-Aug-2023

This review is for the italian Lake Como trip Aug 1-8 Wow what a trip. Riviera from start to finish were excellent the booking and help line answering questions were very good and clear. The travel booklet you get is laid out that it is simple to read and follow with step by step info from booking in to flights to meeting the guides. Our guide Matt Purse was just the best guide and real credit to Riviera with his knowledge and straight forward approach to running the trips. Matt kept us informed and told us all the sort of info you want to know without going over the top....This chap should teach other reps ..thank you so much. The coaches they use are all clean and well equipped with usb chargers and have aircon. The places chosen to visit were well researched even down to where coaches park or drop you off. The Bernina Express was the highlight for our family and matts photo tip was welcomed. The only down point was the hotel,a little dated and evening meal in main restuarant was a bit of a let down. I think we were lucky with our room on level 7 and with balcony as the walls are very thin and noise travels. We would book again with riviera

Barbara Shillaker (Google Reviewer)

11-Jan-2024

I have been on three trips with Riviera Travel so far, with two more booked during 2024. Highly recommended. Excellent tour guides. Great program of visits. Great hotels used.

Barbara Parkes (Google Reviewer)

22-Sep-2023

Presently in Croatia staying at Arauana Hotel, supposedly a 4 star property, but wouldn't give it any star rating. Rooms are small and dirty. Wallpaper blistering. Meals served in a shed like lean-to. Food like warm, greasy and always self service. Second holiday with Riviera this year and neither at standard advertised. Have travelled with them previously and everything was fine, but standards have really dropped. Have booked a holiday with them next year and now dreading it. Certainly don't provide the standard advertised. We have never stayed in such a hovel and have visited youngsters in back packers accommodation which was far better than this supposedly 4 star accommodation. There are no indoor bars or lounges only a shed as a so called restaurant. Absolutely disgusting. Won't be boking with them again

Valerie Pascoe

We would go again in a heartbeat

22-Jan-2022

Oh my goodness, what a relief it was to actually get away! Full marks to all at Riviera for keeping us up to date before our trip and for the help so cheerfully and patiently given with the extra admin that Covid brought our way. We felt totally safe with the measures taken on board, thank you very much for this. Without exception, Staff were fantastic and our every need was attended to. The additional Covid testing ran smoothly, organised by our Riviera Reps. The guided tours were most interesting: the guides very knowledgeable and more importantly, interesting to listen to. We loved this trip and would do it again in a heartbeat. Thank you again Riviera, you were FAB!

Christine Hardy (Google Reviewer)

10-Mar-2024

Although most people seem to book and pay for their holidays online, because we live close by we prefer to make a personal visit. In my opinion if they are offering this as an option they should be better equipped to accommodate visits in person. We have not been on our river cruise yet, so can't comment on that yet.

Kathryn Jurin, GB

Riviera South Africa tour - awesome

21-May-2021

Riviera have amazing holidays and tours to choose from. The one we chose was South Africa and wow! It turned out to be our best trip ever - incredible memories we will never forget. We’ve been all over the world which was because of all our experiences, this one was awesome. The organisation of the holiday, the guide and the travel was e cells that. The choice of hotels, meals, restaurants, trips was absolutely fantastic - very good quality and character - nothing bland or boring! The Riviera guide was permanently with us along with a South Africa guide and they were both extremely friendly, professional, informative and you could ask any questions you want! I would massively recommend this holiday/trip and when you’ve experienced it, you realise how reasonable the price is. We reflect on this trip a lot and thank you Riviera for giving us such a wonderful experience.

Rob Steele (Google Reviewer)

16-Feb-2024

My 3rd Riviera trip within a year and I wasn't disappointed 😁 This time it was https://www.rivieratravel.co.uk/escorted-tours/southern-india-coastal-route-solo-travellers This trip, although not cheap, it really offers exceptional value for money as you see a lot of Tamil Nadu and Kerela, stay in fantastic hotels, excellent breakfasts every day as well as some lunches and dinners also included. George Bareham, our "Tour Manager" was brilliant, very professional, but also friendly and diligent. Satheeshan, our local guide was helpful and picked me up antibiotics when I got ill, he was a nice chap, if (for my taste) went on a bit and used 20 words when 1 would suffice. Mr Sweeny, our coach driver was fantastic,really professional and an exceptionally good driver. His assistant, Murgon wad a delight, always smiling and attentive. This is a full on trip, early morning starts and quite a packed itinerary, but still leaving time to laze around some brilliant hotel swimming pools. Only a couple of suggestions to improve the holiday. More shopping time in Cochin and change carriers from Etihad who, unfortunately aren't the excellent airline they used to be. But, will I use Riviera Travel again - Yes 😁

Roy Scrivener (Google Reviewer)

20-Sep-2023

This is for the 3 day Swiss extension followed by Rhine cruise from Basel to Cologne between 3rd and 13th September 2023. The flight was fine but for some strange reason the driver of the lorry carrying our cases from Geneva to Zermatt managed to get airside and caused chaos. Fortunately we managed to get past him and meet Riviera's excellent tour guide Maggie who got everything sorted and us on our train in time. Maggie was brilliant throughout the extension and we had an amazing time in Zermatt and on the Glacier Express. The hotel in Chur was a bit dated with low beams in the room but otherwise good. The first full day on the boat was very rushed with a 2.5 hour coach trip to Lucerne (where we only had an hour which was not enough) then another to board the train up to see the mountains of the Bernese Oberland. The train was crowded and uncomfortable (especially in 32° temperatures) and our time at the top again too short but the views were stunning. Another long ride down then a 3 hour trip back to the boat was just too much. The excursions on the other days and our time on the ship were much more relaxed and enjoyable. The ship itself, our cabin, the food and the amazing cruise were everything we had hoped for and more. I don't know if we will do another river cruise but if we do I would certainly be happy to travel with Riviera again especially if Maggie is our guide.

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Riviera Travel Ships

MS Seaventure

RV La Marguerite

MS Movenpick Darakum

MS Douro Splendour

MV Aphrodite

RV Mekong Prestige II

MS Emily Bronte

MV Riva

MS II Mare

MS Charles Dickens

MS Robert Burns

MS Adriatic Sky

MS Riviera Rose

MS Douro Elegance

MS Adriatic Sun

MS Swiss Ruby

MS George Eliot

MS Mendula

MS Lord Tennyson

MS William Wordsworth

MS Rossia

MV Corona

MV Rhapsody

MS William Shakespeare

MV Ocean Atlantic

MS Oscar Wilde

MS Stella Maris

MS Geoffrey Chaucer

MV Mare Blu

MV Markan

MS Porto Mirante

MV Yasawa Princess

MS Jane Austen

MS Riviera Radiance

MS Thomas Hardy

MS Lord Byron

Frequently Asked Questions

How long has the tour company been trading?

For almost 40 years

I have reduced mobility; can I still travel?

We want to ensure you make the correct choice before you book your holiday with us. If you have any concerns regarding the suitability of the holiday due to reduced mobility we would encourage you to contact us to discuss these concerns

Do I require travel insurance?

It is a condition of booking that you carry suitable travel insurance.

What is my luggage allowance?

You will receive details of your luggage allowance with your final travel documents, which are sent approximately 10 days prior to your date of departure.

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What's included in our Superior drinks package? Over lunch in our restaurants enjoy unlimited drinks from a choice of: . Red, white, rosé and sparkling house wine, including non-alcoholic . Draught beer, including non-alcoholic . A selection of soft drinks and juices Then from 6 pm until midnight in our bar and restaurants, enjoy all of the above, plus unlimited drinks from a choice of: . Our cocktail and mocktail of the day . House spirits and mixers (including gin, vodka, rum and whisky) . A recommended regional wine during dinner . Martini & Sherry pre-dinner . Port & Brandy after dinner Are the drinks unlimited? Yes, there are no restrictions on how many drinks you can have, within the options available and times listed. For example, there will be one cocktail of the day each day, but there is no limit to how many you can have. What soft drinks and mixers are included? A wide selection of soft drinks and juices are available, including Coca-Cola, Sprite, Bitter Lemon, Ginger Ale and tonic water. Juices include orange, apple, grapefruit, pineapple and tomato. The exact selection of soft drinks and juices may vary by itinerary and ship.

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