Avalon Waterways is offering a luxury 12-night Vienna to Amsterdam river cruise in an Outside Stateroom, departing from Bristol, for £1325 per person, £800 off the usual rate. The package includes: 

• Return flights 
• A 12-night cruise in an Outside Stateroom aboard the Avalon Artistry
• Full board including beer, wine and soft drinks with dinner 
• Sightseeing with local guides
• Welcome reception and farewell dinner
• Door-to-door airport private pick-up service** and all transfers

The European Splendour cruise starts in Vienna, and highlights include guided sightseeing in Vienna, Grein, Passau, Regensberg, Nuremberg, Bamberg, Wurzburg, Miltenberg, Rudesheim and Cologne, before finishing in Amsterdam. The cruise also sails through the Rhine Gorge and includes a guided visit to the Benedictine Abbey in Melk, a beer tasting in Nuremberg and a canal cruise in Amsterdam. 

This offer is available for travel from London Heathrow on 19 October for £1235.

Flights from Birmingham and Manchester are £1315 per person; or it's £1320 from Newcastle, Glasgow and Edinburgh; £1325 from Leeds Bradford and Bristol and £1330 extra from Norwich and Cardiff. 

It's an extra £290 per person to depart on 7 September. 

Book by 10 August. 

About the ship: The luxury Avalon Artistry offers a restaurant, a lounge, a bar, a club lounge, a Sky Deck with deck chairs, and a fitness centre. All staterooms are outside-facing, with hotel-style beds, climate control, flat-screen TVs and Wi-Fi. Full board includes buffet breakfast, buffet lunch, afternoon tea/coffee and cake, and a 4-course waiter-service dinner with complimentary regional wines or beers or soft drinks.