River and Canal Cruises in Europe
Articles Index
Also see European Cruise Guide
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La Renaissance, a
hotel barge of Go Barging/European Waterways Ltd., cruises in Western Burgundy.
River and Canal Cruise Reviews
A Barge Cruise in France
Our 8-page article on one of Europe's most comfortable hotel barges is
accompanied by a day-by-day
barge cruise
photo gallery. (The barge, La Renaissance, offers pick-up and
drop-off service in Paris at no extra cost.)
Viking River Cruises: Southern
France
Follow the Viking Burgundy from Chalon-sur-Saône
to Avignon, with stops in Lyon, Arles, and other inland ports. Our
192-page report includes a cruise review and
photo gallery.
MS Casanova
Peter Deilmann's 96-passenger, five-star boutique vessel offers a uniquely
European style of river cruising on the Rhine,
Danube, Moselle, and Rhine-Main Canal. Our review includes an illustrated 9-page
article and 41 cruise photos
with captions. (Fall, 2009
update: Peter Deilmann has announced its
withdrawal from the river-cruising business, but we're keeping this review
online for archival purposes.)
Articles
River Cruises in the South of
France
Follow the sun and practice your French with a 7-night Rhône
and Saône river cruise aboard a Viking, Peter Deilmann, or Uniworld ship.
Barge Cruises & Canal Boats
Explore Europe's waterways in luxury, or
rent a boat and pilot it yourself.
Coastal, Canal, and
River Cruises in Britain
Tour England and Scotland by skippered steamer, narrowboat, or hotel barge--or
cruise the English and Welsh coast aboard an offshore lighthouse tender.
Venice Barge Cruises
Go Barging's La Dolce Vita offers 7-day, 6-night cruises by luxury
hotel barge on the Venetian Lagoon and the Brenta Canal. (From
Venice for Visitors.)
Book review: Insight Cruise Guides
Or illustrated review covers Insight's Great River Cruises: Europe and
the Nile and Mediterranean Cruises.
Christmas and New Year's River Cruises
Visit the Advent markets or start the new year on a river vessel on the Rhine,
Main, or Danube.
Viking Sun
The Rhine River's largest cruise vessel takes shape in a Dutch shipyard. The new
ship will have three decks, berths for 198 passengers, and a high-speed laptop
connection in every cabin. (Archived article.)
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