The A to Z of river cruising

It’s one of the best-kept secrets of how to travel in style, peacefully and with a unique view of countries and their individual cultures.

Check out the A-Z guide:

ALL-INCLUSIVE: Apart from selected alcoholic drinks and port excursions, everything is generally included in the price.

BUDAPEST: Hungary’s iconic capital city, ­straddling the River Danube.

CAMBODIA: Just one of the countries you can visit on the Mekong – the heart and soul of south-east Asia.

DANUBE: Cruise on the famous river to Austria’s capital Vienna then waltz all the way through to Strasbourg, France.

ELBE: Winds its way to Meissen in eastern Germany, home town of the prized porcelain.

FRANCE: Where river cruises abound on the Moselle, Rhone, Saone and Oise.

GUADALQUIVIR: River in Spain which flows through the exotic Moorish city of Seville.

HOLLAND: The Dutch waterways are the perfect vantage point to see the colourful bulb fields.

IMBIBING: It’s the best way to visit Europe’s vineyards.

JETTY: River cruisers usually moor on jetties in the centre of towns, making exploring them easy.

KAZIRANGA: A World Heritage site with the world’s largest rhino population on the ­river ­Brahmaputra, in India.

LYON: The Rhone and Saone converge at the city known as ­France’s gastronomic capital.

MAIN: Flows ­majestically through Germany’s vineyards.

NILE: An unforgettable experience which offers river reflections of the relics of ancient Egypt.

OISE: A delightful route to Auvers and Compiegne in rural France.

PORTUGAL: Famous for its dramatically beautiful Douro cruises.

QUTANG: At five miles, the shortest and narrowest gorge on China’s Yangzte river.

RHINE: Europe’s great ­arterial river that carves through some of the best views in Germany.

SEINE: Flows through Paris and offers a perfect setting for visiting both the Left and Right Banks.

TRIER: On the Moselle, Germany’s oldest city, dating from Roman times.

UGLICH: Forming with Kostroma and Yaroslavl the Golden Ring of cities north of Moscow.

VOLGA: Europe’s largest river and regarded as Russia’s national waterway.

WHITELAKE: The Tsar’s own fishing grounds off the Volga river.

XTRAS: Check the freebies within the price, such as door-to-airport pick-up, no single supplements and free use of the ship’s cycles.

YANGTZE: China’s longest river at 3,915 miles.

ZAPOROZHYE: Picturesque town on the Dnieper, associated with Cossacks.


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