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The mighty Rhine is one of Europe’s major arteries.
It flows into the North Sea from its beginnings
in the Alps, through Switzerland,
Germany, France and Holland.
From Amsterdam heading upstream the lower
Rhine travels colourful Dutch waterways through rich farmland
to Cologne with its Old Town and great Gothic
Cathedral.
The Rhine meets the Moselle at Koblenz,
continues to the ancient fortress town of Boppard,
and passes the famous Lorelei Rock on its way to the wine
country town of Rudesheim with its lively
Drosselgrasse of restaurants and taverns.
At Mainz the River Main
leaves the Rhine which continues south, allowing a tour to
romantic Heidelberg, the oldest university
town in Germany. The upper Rhine then continues to Strasbourg,
a cosmopolitan city on the French-German border with a soaring
cathedral and colourful half-timbered buildings, and reaches
Basle, Switzerland’s second largest city.
The Moselle is a more intimate river and meanders
through woods and vineyards for over 160 miles. From Koblenz on the Rhine the river flows past hills dotted with romantic
castles through wine villages such as Cochem,
Bernkastel and Piesport
to Trier, founded by the Romans 2000 years
ago.
From the Rhine you can join the Main, and
via the Main-Danube
Canal cruise the River
Danube to Vienna and Budapest,
and on to the Black
Sea.
We offer a range of cruises on the Rhine and Moselle
rivers. Some start from Amsterdam or Antwerp, others cover
just a section of the Rhine River. Holland at Tulip Time 2009 itineraries include other
parts of Holland and visits to the Belgium towns of Antwerp
and Brussels as well as the medieval city
of Bruges.
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