Posts Tagged ‘ rhine ’

Douglas Ward offers his expert advice on river cruises along the Danube and the Rhine.
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  Holiday details: eWaterways are offering £300 pp off an 8 day cruise from Passau to Cologne with travel along the Rhine, the Main, the Danube and the Main-Danube Canal. Fitted to the standard of a 5 star hotel, the Royal Crown offers 45 cabins and exceptional dining, with the cruise taking in splendid European...
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Last summer I?was asked to escort a group on a? Rhine?River?cruise aboard Uniworld's River Countess .? I knew the region?we would be cruising through?rather well, having escorted many?Rhine River?tour groups to this area throughout the 1990's. Having?lived in Western Austria previously, I?never pass up an?opportunity to ...
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The train shudders as it crosses the bridge to Cologne. Barges and cruise ships pass below on the Rhine. Cologne straddles the river for miles; a million plus citizens call it home. Koeln Hauptbahnhof is one of Germany’s major train stations, its tracks spreading
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As we arrived at the Prague airport on the public bus ready to board a flight for Paris, they announced that bus was making two stops at two different terminals. But instead Related posts: Europe is on Sale – Euro Continues
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As a rain-bloated Mississippi River threatens to spill into more towns along its banks, water levels on Europe’s Rhine River have dropped to 18-month lows, potentially impacting river cruise itineraries there. Tourism destinations along the Mississippi this week are assuring visitors...
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Partners EuropeUpClose write on Germany’s Koblenz. The delightful city named after its location at the point where the Rhine and Mosel rivers meet (confluentes) has a lot of character and can be great fun. Koblenz from BUGA Cable Car, by Paul Beattie The article suggests that, ...
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A plan for the first dam across the Mekong River anywhere in its meandering path through Myanmar, Laos, Thailand, Cambodia and Vietnam has set off a major environmental battle in Southeast Asia. Related posts: International Travel Trends River Empress takes tourists along the Rhine...
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"Early in the spring of 1750, in the village of Juffere, four days upriver from the coast of The Gambia, West Africa, a man-child was born to Omoro and Binta Kinte." - "Roots," Alex Haley - - - TENDABA, the Gambia - If Kunta Kinte ...
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The 164-passenger Antoinette will sail on the Rhine river starting in March.
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