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Venice for Cruisers
Getting to or from your ship, Venice hotels for cruisers, the Marittima and San Basilio piers, and more. From Venice for Visitors.

Port of Civitavecchia

Rome for Cruisers
Trains to and from the port, plus a 35-page Civitavecchia city and port guide. From Rome for Visitors.

Copenhagen
A guide to the city, with port information.

River and Canal Cruises in Europe

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Also see: European Cruise Guide

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ABOVE: La Renaissance, a hotel barge of European Waterways Ltd., 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 MS Maribelle 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.

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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 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
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.



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