MS Beethoven
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MS Beethoven
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The MS Beethoven is a CroisiEurope ship operating on the Danube and the Rhine in Europe, offering a 4-star river cruise experience. The ship provides an all-inclusive cruise with onboard cabins, including some with balconies, as well as dining services, room service, and concierge service. It also features a river cruise experience in Europe aligned with searches for river cruising, gourmet cruise experiences, and intimate cruising. Onboard amenities include a swimming pool, spa, fitness room, live shows, and themed evenings. The ship is suited to travelers looking for a relaxed, all-inclusive European river cruise combining comfort, entertainment, and cultural itineraries along major waterways.
Itineraries of the MS Beethoven
Price and Availability Notice
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decks plans
Deck 4
Sun deck
Deck 3
Upper deck
Deck 2
Middle deck
Deck 1
Main deck
Technical specifications
- Passengers: 178
- Decks: 4
- Length: 110 m
- Width: 11 m
Frequently Asked Questions
110 m long by 11.40 m wide, over 3 decks plus a sun deck. That is the maximum size of the Rhine locks and the standard beam of the CroisiEurope Rhine fleet.
178 passengers in 89 cabins, with 34 crew. That is the largest capacity in the CroisiEurope river fleet, level with the MS L'Europe, or 1.62 guests per metre of hull.
Yes. CroisiEurope publishes a page comparing its 2-deck and 3-deck boats: the three-deck ships are described there as fitted with a lift giving access to the different levels. The Beethoven has 3 decks. Of the 18 boats we have documented, that is still a minority.
11.50 to 13 m², a range CroisiEurope publishes explicitly. Only a metre and a half separates the smallest from the largest, so the category choice comes down to deck and view rather than floor area.
Her third deck, which brings the lift and the Pianorama Bar with its terrace. The MS Gérard Schmitter shares that layout, but she dates from 2012 against 2004, and she is rated 5 anchors against 4.
The Rhine and the Danube. Holland and the romantic Rhine valley in 7 days from Amsterdam to Strasbourg, on 19 September and 9 October. Then the Alsace Christmas markets in 4 days, Christmas magic on the Rhine in 5 days, and a 3-day Rhine Christmas cruise on 23 December.
No, and that holds at CroisiEurope generally. The Holland and romantic Rhine cruise of 19 September 2026 is listed on three boats at once: the Beethoven, the Gérard Schmitter and the Victor Hugo. The "or similar" clause covers that reassignment. We check the assignment for your exact dates before confirming.
Amsterdam is served non-stop from Montreal-Trudeau, which suits the 7-day programme. Strasbourg needs a connection through Paris, Frankfurt or Brussels, and that applies to all three Christmas programmes, which start and finish there.
Since floor area barely varies, choose the deck. The upper and intermediate decks give onto picture windows, the main deck onto lower openings. On a boat with a lift, the level stops being a physical constraint and becomes a question of view.
A main deck restaurant with panoramic windows served in a single sitting, a lounge bar with dance floor on the intermediate deck, a Pianorama Bar on the upper deck, and a sun deck with loungers and shaded areas. There is no pool, no spa and no gym.
It is the extra lounge CroisiEurope fits to its three-deck boats, with its own terrace. Two-deck boats do not have one. It is the second concrete advantage of the third deck, after the lift.
Density. At 178 passengers, the disembarkation queue and the sun deck fill up, which surprises a traveller who came for the intimacy of river cruising. And the 4-anchor rating, when nobody explained beforehand that the fleet is mostly rated 5.
Full board, drinks with meals and at the bar, Wi-Fi, port taxes and onboard entertainment. Shore excursions, gratuities, the premium wine list and transfers are not included.
You can, though nothing is laid on for them: no club, no pool, no youth programming. The 3-day Rhine Christmas cruise is the shortest format and therefore the most workable, and the markets ashore supply what the boat does not.
Almost never. The Rhine and the Danube are inland waters and the boat never loses sight of a bank. The locks create slow vertical movement, nothing like ocean swell.
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