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River cruising
Wind down on
Europe’s rivers
River cruising is growing in popularity, but how can you tell your Rhines from your Danubes,
or your Elbes from your Seines? Sara Macefield takes a look at the key ports of call
R
iver cruising offers an ideal way to
sail into the heart of Europe and
experience some of its most beau-
tiful cities and breathtaking
scenery all in one trip. Here’s a round-up of
where cruisers can go on some of Europe’s
most popular waterways.
RHINE.
This is where Europe’s river cruising industry
started. The main river and its tributaries
also link up with the Main and Moselle
rivers enabling cruisers to travel along all
three. Some sailings link one of the
Rhine tributaries with the Main river,
where boats can sail through the Main-
Danube canal.
Countries and cities: The Rhine and tribu-
taries flow from the Swiss Alps through Ger-
many, the Netherlands, Belgium and France.
Key destinations include: Basel, Stuttgart,
Cologne, Nuremberg, Mainz, Trier, Dusseldorf,
Amsterdam, Maastricht, Ghent, Antwerp
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r Cruises
and Strasbourg.
Who cruises here? Peter Deilmann Cruises,
king Riv
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Viking, River Cruises, AMA Waterways, Cruisers can get a taste of history on the Rhine
Avalon Waterways, CroisiEurope, Scenic
Tours, and Uniworld. Serbia and follows the border between ELBE.
Bulgaria and Romania. This is by far the most gentle and relaxing
Key destinations include: Passau, Regens- way to cruise through central and eastern
DANUBE. burg, Vienna, Bratislava, Budapest, Belgrade Europe.
The second-longest river in Europe stretches and Tulcea. Countries and cities: It flows from the
for 2,000 miles from Germany to Romania Who cruises here? Peter Deilmann Cruises, Czech Republic through Germany and
and the Black Sea. Viking River Cruises, AMAWaterways, Poland and reaches the sea at the German
Countries and cities: It flows from Germany Avalon Waterways, CroisiEurope, Scenic coast, north-west of Hamburg, where it runs
through Austria, Slovakia, Hungary, Croatia, Tours, and Swan Hellenic, and Uniworld. into the North Sea.
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