Many of the world's great cities were built along rivers, making them easily accessible for trade and exploration. Today, riverboat cruises remain as one of the most alluring and efficient ways to tour them. Like ocean liners, riverboats represents floating hotels but riverboats rarely hold more than 150 passengers, and they sail past fishing villages and vineyards to dock right in the heart of medieval cities.
In Europe, the Rhine and Danube are the hottest waterways for touring. Tauck organizes a 24-day Grand European Cruise through nine countries to the Black Sea.
The new eight-night Epicurean Adventurer Program from Uniworld starts in Marseille and goes through seven cities, ending in Lyon with a short trip to a Valrhona chocolate factory.
Sea Cloud - the Ritz Carlton of riverboats, with a Michelin-starred chef on board - traverses some of the same waterways but in a different style.
On the 10-night Classic Rhine Golf cruise, passengers schedule tee times all along the riverboats. The 7-night Johnson Strauss Waltz Music on the Danube cruise allows passengers to travel in the company of the famous composer's great-grandnephew, with stopovers for private concerts in opera houses along the way, as well as wine tastings at private chateaus owned by dukes and princesses.
AMA Waterways sails along the Volga-Baltic from Moscow to St. Petersburg.
Pandaw has a new cruise in the works; after years of negotiations with India, the company's boats will in September begin heading down the holy Ganges for 14 nights, just in time for the Festival of Lights that marks the Hindu New Year.
In Portugal, Douro Azul explores the port wine country along the Douro River Valley. Passengers can sit in lounge chairs on the deck of the boat, listening to history lectures as they sail through three UNESCO World Heritage sites.
Don't you try to wait for some time before trying these cruises. ^_^
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