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for the first two, £599 on the Rhine). In fact, they’ve been so popular Riviera has already increased the number of departures next year.
Cruise highlights include medieval
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Edwina Coppock, agency sales manager, Titan “There is increasing demand for cruise-and-tour trips, so we have increased our range to 25 itineraries worldwide. It’s a great way to enjoy the best of both worlds, spending some time on land exploring fantastic places, and then visiting multiple destinations on a cruise. It’s popular for new-to-cruise guests unsure about booking their first holiday afloat, and it represents fantastic value compared to putting together a cruise-and- tour itinerary independently.”
Koblenz, charming Rhineland town Rudesheim and sailing through the Rhine Gorge, not forgetting acres of pretty Black Forest and Swiss scenery along the way. But add the four-day extension and passengers will see a lot more of those snow-tipped peaks with the legendary Glacier Express rail journey to Zermatt, plus further guided sightseeing and a chance to ride Europe’s highest open-air cog railway to the Gornergrat ridge. Book it: Riviera Travel’s Rhine Cruise to Switzerland with Glacier Express extension starts at £1,997 departing June-September 2016. The price includes flights, full-board on the cruise and B&B at hotels in Chur and Zermatt, standard-class on the Glacier Express and transfers.
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green-eyed as it gets. The Galapagos Islands top many a bucket list, and with increased options from the UK over the past few years – Rainbow Tours has just added the new Santa Cruz II, motorised catamaran Petrel, and from January, premium-class yacht Origin – they are more achievable than ever. The islands are most often combined with the highlights of Peru or, increasingly, mainland Ecuador. Latin
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ECUADOR AND GALAPAGOS If you’re prone to travel envy, look away now – this is as
America product manager Amanda Sweeney says: “South America, and in particular Galapagos, is often looked upon as the trip of a lifetime, and clients want to maximise what they see and do. They often look at multi-country combinations, and flight connectivity is great so it’s easy to get around. “Advise clients not to rush the
Galapagos. It’s a long way to travel and it’s a unique destination they might never return to, so it’s worth staying up to a week rather than just booking the shortest cruise options.” Back on dry land, touring highlights in mainland Ecuador include the World Heritage Site of Quito, the Avenue of
the Volcanoes, the Devil’s Nose Train, colonial city Cuenca and the epic scenery of El Cajas National Park. Book it: Rainbow Tours’ 15-day Ecuador & Galapagos cruise starts from £5,395 including flights and transfers, split between the mainland and a week on a 20-passenger ship.
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TOP: Avenue of the Volcanoes, Ecuador
RIGHT: Old Cataract Hotel, Egypt
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CAIRO AND NILE CRUISE Twinning Cairo with the Nile won’t win any points for originality, but there’s a reason
it’s a well-trodden trail. You haven’t really seen Egypt until you’ve gazed in awe at its honey-coloured Pyramids, or posed for photos with the giant paws of the Sphinx. Yet Giza makes much more sense when viewed alongside the wealth of monuments that line the banks of the Nile between Aswan and Luxor.
Notable sights range from the High Dam of Aswan and temple at Kom Ombo – dedicated to falcon-headed god Horus and crocodile god Sobek – to the Unesco World Heritage-listed Temple of Horus at Edfu and the Temple of Luxor. That’s before passengers even reach the Valley of the Kings and temple complex at Karnak, home to the avenue of ram-headed sphinxes and the colossal statue of Rameses II. It’s not all ancient history: Insight Vacations’ Elegance of Egypt tour
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