There's no need to beat around the busch (that's German for "bush" by the way), the UNESCO World Heritage Upper Middle Rhine region between Bingen and Koblenz Germany, also called the Romantic Rhine ...

Even under perpetually gloomy skies and unseasonably steady rain that caused flooding and disrupted the itineraries of numerous river cruises, it’s still easy to see why Germany’s longest river is ...

Germany’s World Heritage-listed Rhine Gorge, also known as the Upper Middle Rhine Valley, is famed for its constellation of castles, but it has plenty of other charms.1. Gorge on the beauty of the ...

Cruising down the romantic Rhine River, we dodge the treacherous reefs that spelled disaster for ancient sailors distracted by the fabled Lorelei siren. We dock at the half-timbered town of Bacharach, ...

From WWI history to a visit to Netherlands’ iconic Delta Works, this cruise is all about luxury, freedom and choice.

AMSTERDAM I’ve been a land-based traveler for most of my life. Motor coaches and cars have helped me explore everything from Italy’s Tuscany region to Ireland’s Rings of Kerry. But recently I ...

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 ...

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! As my ...

Living in a castle may be the Disney dream, but castle life was less like Sleeping Beauty and more like an extreme reality ...