A Springtime Cruise on the Rhine

Keukenhof Garden in Spring

A Perfect Time to Enjoy the Gardens of Europe on a Rhine River Cruise: Spring is a beautiful time in Europe and for anyone doing a river cruise starting or ending in Amsterdam, there’s the added bonus of visiting the world’s most beautiful spring garden – the Keukenhof Gardens. A number of river cruise companies [...]

English Holiday Cruises on the Severn River

An 1890 View of Gloucester Cathedral

Enjoy the Beautiful English countryside on a Severn River Cruise: Cruising the rivers of Europe on board a luxurious river boat is without doubt, one of the most pleasurable ways of enjoying the sights of Europe. Whether its cruising down the Rhine, the Danube, the Seine or one of Europe’s many scenic rivers, this is [...]

A Seine River Cruise to the Normandy Coast

River Baroness - Courtesy Uniworld

See the sights of Paris and Northern France on a Seine River Cruise: If enjoying the sights of Paris, cruising on the Seine River and the opportunity to explore the Normandy coast sounds appealing, a Paris and Normandy Seine River Cruise may fit the bill. Several river cruise companies offer a 7-night cruise to the [...]

A World of Boutique River Cruising

River Queen Restaurant - Courtesy Uniworld

Uniworld – a Boutique Hotel-Style Cruise Company: On the European river cruises that I’ve been on, I found our  river boats’ interior design and our staterooms to be sufficiently comfortable, but I wouldn’t described them as  plush. Of course river boat designs are continually being enhanced and what caught my attention is Uniworld’s latest remodeled [...]

Holiday Afloat in Venice on a Po River Cruise

Gondolas on the Grand Canal

Enjoy the Sights of Venice on a Venice and Po River Cruise: One of the greatest charms of  Venice is its Grand Canal, intricate network of winding waterways and lagoons and all the art, history, culture and everyday live that exists on these waterways. If you love being on the water, here is a five-night [...]

See the Charms of Andalucia on a Spanish River Cruise

Cordoba's Mezquita

Experience Spain’s Historic Andalulcia Region on a Guadalquivir River Cruise: River cruising in Spain in the past has mainly been limited to the Douro River cruise – a cruise which starts in Porto in Portugal and which strays into Spain for a couple of days. However, now there is an exciting river cruise on two [...]

Europe River Cruises with CroisiEurope

European River Cruise

CroisiEurope is now one of the major players in European River Cruising: When it comes to European river cruising, CroisiEurope does not get any coverage in the southern hemisphere.  Yet this French river cruise operator now has 27 river boats covering all the rivers in Europe and it seems that the company is cruising along [...]