Cruising & Cycling Europe’s Rivers

Wednesday, June, 11, 2008

by Ralph Grizzle

On tap for European river cruises: more choices of pre- and post-cruise tours, more special interest programs and more bicycles. Yes, more bicycles. River cruise companies continue to add bicycles and bicycling excursions to their programs. Amadeus Waterways, for example, carries about 50 bicycles for passengers to use on its ships. [...]

Pedaling Along The Danube

Wednesday, June, 11, 2008

by Ralph Grizzle

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 out into the picturesque countryside  —  with the River Empress serving [...]