My husband has been talking about his dream vacation — a riverboat cruise down the Rhine River — for years. Imagine his surprise when I told him I was going on the romantic Rhine without him!

The four-hour passage through the gorge was the highlight of a week-long Rhine River cruise in June on the Australian-owned Scenic Opal, a 169-passenger luxury ship that was launched in 2015.

European river cruises are expected to carry about 400,000 people next year, according to Patrick Clark, managing director of Avalon Waterways, among the world’s five largest river cruise operators.

Float down one of Europe’s great waterways from near its source to the sea on Sceptre Tours’ “Romantic Rhine” cruise, sightseeing at towns and taking in the Rhine Gorge’s scenery. Info ...

Avalon Waterways is celebrating record-breaking bookings for its 2026 river cruises.This week, the cruise line revealed that ...

From the tulip fields in Holland to the vineyards of Germany, the Rhine is an unforgettable experience. The post All the incredible Rhine River cruises to add to your wish list appeared first on The ...

This undated image released by Avalon Waterways shows the river ship Avalon Felicity passing a castle on the Rhine River in Marksburg, Germany. The small scale of river ships, which typically ...

The romantic Rhine: John Craven falls in love with a delightful river cruise. By JOHN CRAVEN Updated: 09:27 EDT, 24 September 2010 ...

A shipshape river cruise along the romantic Rhine – with added karaoke. A first-time river cruiser enjoys history, sightseeing, touring breweries and on-board crooning ...

When you travel by river, be prepared to go with the flow. The Riverside Debussy, a 110-passenger luxury river cruise boat, was scheduled to sail its “Romantic Rhine” route northbound from ...