River Cruise Advisor

Perhaps the biggest surprise for passengers on Peter Deilmann Cruises’ Mozart is that they will get to put their swimsuits to good use. Indeed, many of the passengers I spoke with on a September sailing along the Danube were astonished to learn that the five-star river cruiser offered a warm and welcoming watery respite, situated indoors on deck two at the front of the ship.

The fact that Mozart features an indoor pool (the only such ship in Europe to do so) may not necessarily be a key factor in choosing this ship over its competitors on the Danube, but the fact that Mozart is wide enough to accommodate a pool is worthy of consideration. Continue Reading »

You don’t have to go to Italy to explore Roman history. On the Moselle, river cruisers often tie up in Germany’s oldest city, Trier, where ruins in the former Roman city date back two millennia. And it’s not only on the Moselle River. “There are so many traces of the Romans along the Danube,” says Ursula Deutsch, of the Danube Tourist Commission, whose theme for 2009 is Romans on the Danube.