See a new side of France – from the waterways
Steve Newman rounds up the river cruise options around France, from the well-known waterways to the smaller hidden gems….
Forget road trips and rail – Italy is best explored by water?
Exploring Italy by cruise opens up the chance to explore multiple regions – here are our top suggestions for your dream Italian cruise….
Canary Islands Cruise with CroisiEurope
Gillian Thornton explores six islands in six days on board La Belle des Océans…
Cruising in the Czech Republic
Castles galore and a warm welcome – ashore and aboard – can all be found on this unique river cruise….
Drifting along the Dordorgne and Garonne rivers with CroisiEurope
Marion Ainge savours more than a taste of French wine and her first oyster!…
Exploring the South of France with CroisiEurope
A cruise along the Rhone River is a wonderful way to discover the delights that France has to offer between Lyon and Marseille….
CroisiEurope’s Loire River cruise
It is the 48 cabin Loire Princesse’s voyage upstream, into the historic region’s past, that provides the greatest fascination….
Sailing and hiking along the Douro with CroisiEurope
A river cruise doesn’t have to be all about coach excursions to towns and cities along the way. CroisiEurope have hit on the option of offering a great alternative – the chance to discover the beautiful surrounding countryside on foot. As keen walkers this appealed to my husband and I and so we packed up our walking gear and took an early flight from Gatwick to Porto to join the MS Infante don Henrique river boat….
Holland and its tulips with CroisiEurope
Many Silver Travellers have already discovered the delights of river cruising, a holiday that offers changing scenery on both sides of the ship at every hour of the day. But a holiday on inland waterways is a very different experience from ocean cruising. So if you’re wondering if this is the holiday for you, a short taster trip is the way to test the proverbial water….
Douro river cruise from Porto with CroisiEuope
I was spending a week on board the Infante don Henrique, one of a fleet of gleaming green-and-white river cruisers operated by CroisiEurope. France’s largest cruise ship company is used by a number of high profile UK tour operators including Archers, Cosmos and Shearings, or you can do as I did and book direct….