Rhine Cruises

... will be heading from Basel to Zurich for a 2 day stay before heading home. We will be sailing with Uniworld River Cruises on their brand new ship the S.S. Antoinette !! (http://www.uniworld.com/Destinations/Ships/Europe/S.S._Antoinette) If you have ...

... four hours trapped on a boat with German music would be "bloody hell".   (I feel bad now.  Check out Rhine river cruises for more details.  I'm sure it could be great with the right people....)   A completely different adventure to ...

... leads down to the Rhine which has a lovely water front area that has been developed over the years. There are boat cruises, café’s and street performers to entertain however the prescient wasn’t very long and more could’ve been made of ...

... reached the banks of the Rhine river.  There were a few boats on the river and a very large boat that is used for river cruises. I made my way to the bridge and walked across so that I could get a good look up and down the river. After making my way ...

... and what looks like an excellent Roman museum which wasn't open today. In fact most of Cologne wasn't open today - no river cruises running, the last city bus tour left just as we enquired about it, the tourist information place closed and most of ...

... three scoops as we liked the limon and mocha much better.  We then meandered along city park next to the Rhine River, watching river cruises and barges go by.  We decided to treat ourselves to a nice dinner at the Stuber Restaurant, what our ...

... scenery, gorgeous river and tasty white wine and we made the most of all of it! Our three days consisted of river cruises, castle exploring, walks along the river and a lovely drop of Riesling (hey when your accomodation is cheap and includes food, ...

Oh my! Thes first day in Germany included a cruise on the Rhine River. We got on the cruise boat at Boppard (that's for you Karen & Ted) and went down river for our castle tour.  We saw at least 8 castles--from one point we could see three ...

... bible of stained glass inside is amazing and a must to see Alsac region is surrounded by wineries and villages and the canalboat cruises of the region is second to none There is a saying here according to the tour guides The home of European Palimemt ...

... the one we took on the Nile. Customers were being boarded as we watched. Lots of oldies about to go on 12 day Rhine cruises.   We walked along the embankment towards The Eck, the corner, the junction or the confluence of the Rhine with the ...

... to Den Haag (The Hague). We continued on our way and popped in to a couple of travel agents for information on those Rhine cruises also without any success.   We did find the offices of Eurolines which confirmed that we could book buses through to ...

... canal network that make cruising on more than one river or even river system possible. The most popular rivers for cruises are the Rhine (Rhein), Danube (Donau), and Elbe. Traveling at night is relaxing, despite the noise going through some of the locks. ...

... on the cliffsides. We were hoping to take a night cruise at some point here, but unfortunately the companies only run night cruises once a week on Wednesday's and we arrived Thursday. The next day we rose and had a nice breakfast served by the hotel ...

... re spending two days in a village that takes about 15 minutes to walk end to end.  So we hopped on this boat that cruises the Rhine so you can snap picture after picture of hilltop castles. You can jump off and tour some of them. We didn't. There was ...

... go they had not done anything about it (the actual cruise line was American operating in Europe but APT promote/sell their cruises). He suggested that we reserve a place on the alternate cruises while we looked at the possibility of changing our ...

... vineyards and is also noted for the many old sun dials that dot the region.  After reaching Koblenz, the ship cruises into the Rhine Valley and continues on to Boppard.  We did see the illuminated castles of Stolzeniels and Marksburg along the ...

... . They are in their 80’s and he uses a cane and yes, they run circles around us. They have taken about 14 cruises plus MANY land trips and have wonderful stories to tell. Rick will probably do an entry about them because they are quite intriguing. ...

... of the quiet lulls a different sound comes rolling in down the river. It sounds like a paddleboat. Shortly afterwards a huge floating restaurant cruises past. It was 2 stories high, and must have been nearly 100m long! It's been a great day - and we ...