It’s our goal at BearCruise.com to ensure every journey is your next “journey of a lifetime”, which is why our guests keep returning year after year.  Truly unique and exclusively LGBTQIA+ experiences have been the hallmark of our success since launching our river cruise vacations, and this trip is no exception! 

We’ve partnered with our friends at Transcend Cruises to visit two iconic gay capitals of Europe, commemorating several milestones in LGBTQIA+ history as Amsterdam hosts World Pride 2026. Join us as we celebrate not only Amsterdam’s 30th Pride celebration but also 25 years of same-sex marriage. Thanks to the Netherlands, the legalization of same-sex civil marriage created a wave. Since then, same-sex marriage has been legalized in 29 other countries, including most of the Americas and Western Europe. We want to celebrate these milestones with you. 

We’ll spend three incredible nights aboard our floating boutique hotel, The Nobleman,  in Amsterdam over World Pride 2026. With exclusive reserved seating included for the iconic Canal Pride Parade, you’ll have a front seat to witness this world-renowned celebration.  We’ll then spend four additional nights sailing the Rhine River, visiting Cologne one of Germany’s most progressive cities considered to be the “gay capital of Europe”.  We’ll continue gayly forward down the Rhine and through the Rhine River Gorge, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, the perfect place for a BearCruise.com’s Castles & Cocktails Tea Dance on the Sun Deck!  We’ll then dock in Mannheim for the day, not only visiting beautiful Heidelberg Castle, but also hosting several LTQBQIA+ U.S. soldiers stationed at Ramstein Air Base for a fascinating panel conversation on their career in serving in the U.S. military. This moment will truly resonate with you for years to come when you hear their stories and learn about their bravery in serving our country.

As if anything could top that, we’ll finish our cruise and hop a high-speed train from Frankfurt to Berlin or “Bearlin” (GRRRRR!!!!).  We’ll then spend three nights at the luxurious Intercontinental Hotel Berlin, just opposite the Berlin Zoo and minutes from Nollendorfplatz, the center of gay life in Berlin. 

We are sure this sailing will sell out quickly, and we don’t want to leave any bears behind! Be sure also to consider our extremely popular Flex Pay plan, which offers monthly payments starting at just $249 per month.

Bon Voyage!