Avalon Waterways is rapidly expanding its fleet. The company just introduced two brand-new Suite Ships in Europe and announced details of its new Avalon Choice concept that provides guests the ability … [Read more...] about A World of New Possibilities for Avalon in 2013
River Cruise of the Week: Tauck’s Blue Danube
When people think of the legendary waterways of Europe, often the most famous one that springs to mind is the Danube. The second-longest river after Russia's Volga, the Danube stretches from the Black … [Read more...] about River Cruise of the Week: Tauck’s Blue Danube
Bratislava, Slovakia
Slovakia’s capital, Bratislava was a “capital in exile” for Hungary’s kings and archbishops during Turkey’s occupation of Hungary and most of the middle Danube basin from 1526 to 1784. River … [Read more...] about Bratislava, Slovakia
Choose To Cruise The Danube
Immortalized by Johann Strauss in Blue Danube Waltz, the Danube winds from Germany’s Black Forest through Austria into the Balkans before dumping into the Black Sea. … [Read more...] about Choose To Cruise The Danube
Pedaling Along The Danube
My river cruise has turned into a cycling tour. Each day during this journey up the Danube on Uniworld's River Empress, I have had the opportunity to straddle a saddle and pedal along the river — or … [Read more...] about Pedaling Along The Danube
Putting Off Europe?
If the lousy exchange rate between the U.S. dollar and the Euro has you thinking twice about traveling to Europe, you may want to think again. And this time, think river cruising. On a river … [Read more...] about Putting Off Europe?
