Uniworld Boutique River Cruises

In the all-inclusive segment of the river cruise market, Uniworld Boutique River Cruises and Scenic are two of the top contenders. In this post, we compare all inclusive river cruises from these two lines. Scenic Japser. © 2015 Ralph Grizzle Uniworld’s Maria Theresa. © 2015 Ralph Grizzle Because of the limitations imposed on river cruisers (maximum widths and lengths are dictated by locks), the hardware components, meaning the ships themselves, are very much alike for both Uniworld and Scenic. ... Read more

On bicycles while cruising AmaWaterways. Apologies for the yellow shorts!   For active travelers, river cruising too often gets a bad rap. It’s thought of as an inactive form of travel when nothing could be further from the truth. I’ve straddled a saddle at nearly every port of call on nearly every river cruise I’ve done for the past ten years. ... Read more

Uniworld’s S.S. Maria Theresa. © 2015 Ralph Grizzle This week I have been cruising on Uniworld Boutique River Cruise Collection’s S.S. Maria Theresa. Because I was on the new Viking Star when the Uniworld cruise started, I joined the 15-day Amsterdam-to-Budapest voyage five days late. Even so, ten days on board has been enough to see that Uniworld operates a nearly flawless product, offering what may just be the highest standard of luxury possible on a river cruiser. ... Read more