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European river cruising is known for its intimate ships, immersive itineraries and captivating scenery — and there’s no better waterway to experience this than on the Rhine River. Regarded as one of ...

Germany is trying to save the Rhine. “Save,” in this case, means keep the river navigable for cargo ships. Naturally, engineers have been dispatched to find a way to make the waterway more ...

Riviera Travel on June 30, 2026, unveiled a first look at its newest five-star river cruise ship, Riviera Resplendence ...

Jostling through crowds of Germans and tourists in the Rhine River village of Bacharach, I climb to the sun deck of the ferry and grab a chair. With the last passenger barely aboard, the gangplank is ...

You might say photographers Aude Boissaye and Sebastien Randé enjoy a river connection. As children growing up in eastern France near the Rhine, they learned to respect the river’s power and beauty.

The best European river cruises make it easy to enjoy the continent’s marvelous scenery to its fullest, with thoughtful ...

An upscale holiday river cruise can provide a more effortless way to enjoy the season. These itineraries allow you to settle into a festively adorned ship, waking up each day in a new fairy-tale ...

Watch the Douro Valley roll by from a Viking Cruise longship on a journey from Lisbon to Porto and Salamanca. Taste the best French wines on AmaWaterways' gastronomic tour of Bordeaux. Take the family ...

The river cruise ship "Viking Einar" ran aground on the Rhine in Cologne on Monday. The cause was the river's low water level ...

Reporting from Cologne, Germany — The new stomping ground Cynthia Medzech and her dog Berfin discovered along the Rhine River in Germany normally rests 10 feet under water and about 200 feet from ...