RIVER & CANAL CRUISINGRiver cruising is as popular as ocean cruising and with quite some cross over. With excursions as different as the pyramids of the Nile to the champagne cellars or the Marne, to the European cities of the Danube and ships that have atriums, dining rooms, and nightly entertainment… it is not just familiar, some may say it is cruising.
The Danube is the second-longest river in Europe, flowing through much of Central and Southeastern Europe. It includes ports from the Black Forest into the Black Sea.
Buda and Pest sit on either side of the Danube. A major Hollywood filming city with around six major productions there at any time. There are studios and a wealth of locations.
The Douro is the highest-flow river of the Iberian Peninsula. It rises near Duruelo de la Sierra in Soria Province, central Spain. It then flows through the northwest part of central Spain and into northern Portugal, where it is best known for the Douro River river cruises. They tend to be centred from the mouth of the river in Porto, the second-largest city in Portugal.
Phoenix, Seabourn, TUI, Windstar, Star Clippers and Seabourn are amongst those who sail into Bodrum.
The Dutch Waterways are fed by the Rhine, the Maas and the Scheldt.
They are an intricate interlinking series of canals, small rivers and inland seas, creating one of the most unique river cruising experiences in Europe.
Crystal Serenity is the only cruise ship with this port currently listed.
The Elbe,(or Elve), is one of the major rivers of Central Europe.
It starts in the Giant Mountains of the northern Czech Republic and flows through much of Bohemia, then Germany and into the North Sea at Cuxhaven, 110 kilometres northwest of Hamburg.
Its total length is 1,094 km
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A river and a canal off the Seine, France. Famous for the champagne Barge Tours.
Reims and Epernay are the best-known spots, but boutique cruises will get you away from the automatic tours with headphones and into family-run champagne houses.
It connects the river Marne and the Canal entre Champagne et Bourgogne in Vitry-le-François with the port of Strasbourg on the Rhine.
The champagne capital.
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Reims claims to be the commercial capital of the champagne region. Home of G H Mumm
From the Vosges mountains, the Moselle flows through north-eastern France and Luxembourg and into western Germany. It is a tributary of the Rhine, which it joins at Koblenz.
A small part of Belgium is in its basin as it includes the Sauer and the Our
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A major European river, the Rhine begins in the Swiss canton of Graubünden in the southeastern Swiss Alps. The river cruise
is normally through Switzerland, France, Germany, The Netherlands.
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The Rhône is a major river in France and Switzerland. The river cruise goes through France’s gastronomic heartland taking you from Beaujolais and Burgundy to Provence.
The river itself starts in the Alps and flowing west and south through Lake Geneva and southeastern France before flowing into the Mediterranean Sea. At Arles, near its mouth, the river divides into the Great Rhône and the Little Rhône. It has canals and locks which you will not see on the river cruise. You will be busy with wine, food and sights.
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Ocean ships can’t get to Paris. It is time to transfer to a river cruise. The Seine is a 777-kilometre-long river in northern France. Its drainage basin is in the Paris Basin covering most of northern France. It rises 30 kilometres northwest of Dijon in northeastern France in the Langres plateau, and flows to Paris. It then goes down to the English Channel at Le Havre.
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On many people’s bucket lists. The hone of Voodoo and Jazz Music.
If P&O is your tipple then there are three choices to leer you into a longer cruise. They repeat each year.
On the Mississippi River in Louisiana, New Orleans is gumbo, voodoo shops and cemetery tours
Tours and their description show what the locals are proud of and wish to show.
AMBASSADOR CRUISE GROUP – UK based cruise line with two ships
AURORA & ARCADIA P&O GROUP – the adult ships
MARELLA CRUISES GROUP – Explorer style ships
MARELLA CRUISES GROUP – Discovery (Disco 2) style ships
CUNARD CRUISE GROUP – big fav of ours – inclusive – lively – dressy
P&O AZURA GROUP – Grand Class family ships – P&O VENTURA GROUP (no fly)
P&O BRITANNIA GROUP – the mid size family ship
P&O IONA & ARVIA GROUP – the big new family ships
SAGA CRUISE GROUP – smaller over 50 UK style all inclusive ships
VIKING CRUISES GROUP – smaller – adult only – US/UK/International ships – great routes
AZAMARA & OCEANIA VIRGIN ADULT SHIPS – Adult only ships
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Many safaris are offered and there is an abundant bird life including flamingos, pelicans
Dakar, Senegal has a very busy port which is always full of ships. Invaded many times it has changed hands over and over until it regained independence in August, 1960.
This garden of wine and golf has features that include Robbin Island and Table Mountain but we start with the penguins.
Freddie Mercury was born in Zanzibar. It is a strictly religious country so is not as proud of him as you might expect.
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