River Cruising in Europe and China

The Newest and Fastest Growing Travel Segment Today.

While baby boomers continue to discover new exotic travel destinations, they are also discovering river cruising. After experiencing three or four big cruise experiences, they start to look for something smaller and river cruising offers that.

On a river cruise you will find that they offer many of the same luxuries and amenities you’ll find on larger cruise ships with magnificent lobbies, elegant dining rooms, intimate lounges, and hundred of square feet of glass that makes your ship a floating showcase, so you never miss any of the views. What is missing is a choice of 6 different restaurant options, rock-climbing walls or swimming pools.

Staterooms are spacious, comfortable and tastefully decorated where you will find all the amenities of the finest hotels. You board your ship and then cruise the rivers of Europe, Russia or China. Each day you will visit a new city and in most cases your ship docks right in the center of downtown. You simply walk of the ship and start exploring a new city each day.

While your are exploring, the chef is visiting the local market picking up fresh local ingredients to create the freshest and most memorable dishes for that evenings dinner back on board.

River cruising takes away the hassles of traveling in Europe. Your ship is your hotel, your restaurant and your transportation, all in one all-inclusive package. Traveling in Europe can be exhausting coaching from city to city. Whatever the location, river cruise ships typically share one main feature: a sun deck or roof deck with chairs. River cruising’s greatest pastime is sitting out on the top deck and watching the countryside, or cityscape, glide by. When you dock each day in a new city you are usually within walking distance of the major downtown attractions and you have the option of returning to the ship for lunch or discovering exciting new cafés in the city to visit

In Europe, the ships tend to be low, long and barge-like, which are better to squeeze under low-slung bridges. Onboard activities are somewhat muted, compared to larger cruise ships and are only big enough to accommodate the staterooms, a restaurant, a lounge or two, a beauty salon, library or an Internet cafe. Ships on China’s Yangtze, on the other hand, tend to be taller and ringed with private balconies, have a gym, a lecture room, a choice of restaurants and several bars.

If you prefer sitting in sidewalk cafes to being herded through buffet lines then spending your time sailing serene rivers or exploring quaint villages and magnificent cities in Europe, Russia or China then river cruising is for you. You’ll never need to fight the cruise ship crowds again as river ships average around 150 passengers which means you will enjoy personal service and more time in places you just can’t get to on an ocean cruise.

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