MORE LUXURY RIVER CRUISE SHIPS JOINING THE RIVERS OF EUROPE IN 2014: With more travellers discovering the pleasures of cruising the rivers of Europe and with the keen competition amongst operators, river cruise companies are launching more luxurious riverboats to meet this growth market. In … [Read more...]
What is a European River Boat like?
A RIVER BOAT IS A SMALL VESSEL BUILT LOW TO FIT UNDER THE RIVER BRIDGES IN EUROPE: A river cruise boat is a relatively small vessel, compared to a cruise ship, with an amazingly low draft (under two metres in normal sailing), able to navigate larger rivers, waterways and inland lakes; the … [Read more...]
European River Cruise Routes
Where You Can Travel to on Europe's Rivers: You can cruise the rivers and waterways all over Europe, especially in France, Switzerland, Holland, Belgium, Germany, Italy, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria and Russia. Most regions have navigable rivers and canals, with several different types of boats. … [Read more...]
Discover the Ukraine on a Dnieper River Cruise
CRUISE THE DNIEPER RIVER FROM KIEV TO ODESSA OR ODESSA TO KIEV: The Dnieper River, the third largest river in Europe, flows 1,370 miles from the heart of the Ukraine to the Black Sea. When we did this cruise in 2009, Viking River Cruises was the only English language cruise company covering the … [Read more...]
Enjoy the Romance of the Rhine on a Rhine River Cruise
YOU CAN SAIL FROM AMSTERDAM TO BASEL ON A RHINE RIVER CRUISE: Rhine river cruises are probably the most popular of all European river cruises, although many "Rhine Cruises" are in fact day-trips down one particularly attractive section of the Rhine between Boppard and St Goar. The Rhine itself is … [Read more...]
Uniworld River Princess – Cruising on the Princess
RIVERBOAT REVIEW: OUR 18-DAY VIENNA TO PARIS RIVER CRUISE ON UNIWORLD'S RIVER PRINCESS: Our Uniworld Vienna to Paris River Cruise in June 2013 was on the River Princess. This cruise started from Vienna, but due to the severe flooding of the Danube, the River Princess was not able to make it … [Read more...]
Uniworld River Duchess – Our stay with the Duchess
A Short Stay on Uniworld's River Duchess Gave Us an Insight into this Boutique Riverboat: On our Uniworld Vienna to Paris River Cruise in June 2013, the River Duchess served as our floating hotel for the two nights that we were in Vienna. Our riverboat for this cruise was the River Princess, … [Read more...]
See the Charms of Andalucia on a Spanish River Cruise
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 … [Read more...]
Europe River Cruises with CroisiEurope
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 … [Read more...]
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