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You Can Always Bank On A River Cruise

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[ ]You can always bank on a river cruise. It's one of the best ways of seeing the world, and here we reveal eight unmissable trips. Going Down Under Captain Cook Cruises operates a paddlewheeler between Murray Bridge and Blanchetown, an hour from Adelaide Mountains and outback, deserts and red gum tree forests; the River Murray passes the lot, [http://www.buzznet.com/?s=starting starting] in Victoria's Australian Alps, [https://www.kynghidongduong.vn/tours/tour-du-lich-vinh-ha-long-ha-noi-gia-re-nhat-dich-vu-tot-nhat.html tour hạ long 2 ngày 1 đêm] then cutting across the plains to form a border with New South Wales before dipping down to the sea in South Australia, where pelicans swoop and cockatoos roost in trees. 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How to do it: PS Murray Princess sails a seven-night Murraylands & Wildlife cruise between Murray Bridge and Blanchetown, all year, including transfer from Adelaide, from £980 pp (<a style="font-weight: bold;" class="class" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" target="_blank" website 0061 8 8202 8698). America's Wild West Spectacular: The Columbia river's banks are cloaked in a temperate forest that turns to gold in autumn before the snow The spectacular Columbia river is a like a cowboy-film fantasy of sandy bluffs and sheer drops into gorges carved by lava flows and ice sheets. Its banks are cloaked in a temperate forest that turns to gold in autumn before the snow. Primeval scenery such as the Dalles rapids and 600ft Multnomah Falls that crash through Columbia Gorge are truly inspiring. The river divides Washington State and Oregon in the shadow of snow-capped Mount Hood, as seen from an authentic paddlewheeler. Laze on deck in a rocking chair as you meander from Clarkston to Portland, reaching the sea at Astoria, where sea lions colonise the estuary. Best for: Cowboys and cowgirls. Don't miss: The views from Vista House, an Art Deco landmark 733ft up on Old Scenic Highway. How to do it: American Empress sails until November with a nine-night trip, including pre-cruise hotel night and flights, from £3,395 (<a style="font-weight: bold;" class="class" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" target="_blank" website 01223 568904). Crossing the Balkans Lose yourself in the northern Balkans on a river that starts in the Slovenian mountains, crosses Croatia and heads into Serbia. The River Sava is little known and passes through towns and villages where time has virtually stood still. You'll see Ottoman citadels, Slavic villages, Byzantine monasteries and the contrasting cities of Zagreb, Croatia's Austro-Hungarian capital, and Belgrade, Serbia's capital, with its Communist-era architecture. Best for: Middle Europe's unknown territory. Don't miss: The promenade outside the vast Austro-Hungarian fortress in Slavonski Brod. How to do it: MS Victor Hugo sails an 11-day trip from Sisak to Belgrade and Budapest on April 28, 2020, including a night at Hungary's Lake Balaton, from £1,521 (croisieurope.co.uk, 020 8328 1281). From Russia with love The River Dnieper (pictured) is Europe's third longest and runs 1,300 miles from Russia through Belarus and Ukraine into the Black Sea The gorgeous city of Kiev sits astride the River Dnieper, a major waterway hardly heard of in Britain, yet it's Europe's third longest and runs 1,300 miles from Russia through Belarus and Ukraine into the Black Sea. Sail from the Ukrainian capital to the small city of Kherson at the river's mouth, where Catherine the Great's lover Prince Grigory Potemkin is buried, then into the Black Sea, past the fabulous 1911 lattice steel Adziogol lighthouse to Odessa. Best for: Ukraine up close. Don't miss: A horsemanship show at Zaporozhian Cossack Museum on Khortytsia Island. How to do it: Viking Sineus sails regular 11-day trips until September, including flights and wine with meals from £3,895 pp (<a style="font-weight: bold;" class="class" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" target="_blank" website 0800 319 6660). Amazon adventure Perhaps the most awe-inspiring river system in the world, the Amazon cuts through the heart of South America. It's a wetland ecosystem of jungles, lakes and wildlife and, at its mouth, is 125 miles wide. Sail from Cayenne in French Guiana along the Brazilian coast, then upriver to Santarém, where the muddy Amazon flows beside the clear waters of the Tapajos, to see stilt villages, rainforest and pink river dolphins. Best for: The sights and sounds of the rainforest. Don't miss: Chilling out on a jungle beach. How to do it: Le Dumont-D'Urville sails a 13-day Discover The Amazon cruise on March 19, 2021, from £5,264 pp (<a style="font-weight: bold;" class="class" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" target="_blank" website 0808 2343 802). Unknown Vietnam Pandaw cruise line sails the Red River and its tributaries Lo and Da, with a day in Hanoi, stopping at villages and with two days at Halong Bay (pictured) Typhoons and torrential summer rain are partly to thank for the terracotta tones of Vietnam's Red River. Not as well known as the Mekong, it runs from China through Vietnam and its capital Hanoi into the sea near magical Halong Bay, with its hundreds of limestone rocks and islands. Pandaw cruise line sails the Red River and its tributaries Lo and Da, with a day in Hanoi, stopping at villages and with two days at Halong Bay. Best for: Vietnam at its most colourful. Don't miss: Swimming in Halong Bay. How to do it: Angkor Pandaw sails year-round, including flights, from £3,095 pp (<a style="font-weight: bold;" class="class" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" target="_blank" website 020 3811 0642). Europe meets Asia From Moscow to Astrakhan on the Caspian Sea, the Volga flows through a landscape barely changed in centuries, yet it is possible to cruise a 600-mile stretch east from Moscow to Volgograd (previously Stalingrad). Onion-domed churches give way to mosques, with Russia's Tatar culture evident in Kazan, capital of Tatarstan. The river loops around the Zhiguli mountains near Samara, where you can see Stalin's wartime bunker, and there's a call at cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin's home town, Saratov. Best for: Russia off the tourist trail. Don't miss: The 16th-century Kremlin, ringed by 13 towers, in Nizhny Novgorod (once Gorky). How to do it: Volga Dream sails an 11-night Grand Volga cruise on September 26, including flights from £2,965 pp (<a style="font-weight: bold;" class="class" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" target="_blank" website 0808 271 7417). Island hopping in Italy At the island of Burano you'll find fishermen's houses painted as bright as the Riviera's Cinque Terre ports Flamingos and herons flock to the salt marshes of the Po delta, where Italy's longest river flows into the Adriatic. It slips under the radar for many cruise fans, despite the attraction of Venice and islands including Burano, with fishermen's houses painted as bright as the Riviera's Cinque Terre ports. You can also visit Taglio di Po, a pretty holiday town on the river, and have lunch in Bologna. Best for: A different view of Venice. Don't miss: A waterside walk in Po Delta Regional Park. How to do it: River Countess sails eight-day cruises weekly until November, all-inclusive with flights from £2,599 pp (<a style="font-weight: bold;" class="class" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" target="_blank" website 0808 302 6368). Deborah Stone and Nick Dalton are co-authors of the book The World's Great River Journeys (<a style="font-weight: bold;" class="class" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" target="_blank" website £25). Go with the flow: Why a 'classical music' themed river cruise along the magical Danube hits all the right notes No one pretends that river cruise ships are pretty things. Long, squat and wholly out of proportion to the scenery and many of the buildings they pass along their ever-increasing routes, they are more like dolled-up barges or exaggerated narrowboats. But when you're on one, gliding silently along the Danube, staring at the riverbank from the comfort of a balconied cabin, they are, well, not quite so offensive after all. And this is a mighty river, the second longest (1,770 miles) in Europe, after the Volga, flowing through nine countries before spilling into the Black Sea. Mark Palmer boarded the Amadeus Silver II (not pictured) for a 'Classical music on the Danube' cruise - and had a fabulous time. Despite very low water levels forcing a change of boat We are on board Amadeus Silver II for what is called its ‘Classical music on the Danube' cruise and, in addition to my wife, we have with us my father-in-law, Noel, who will soon be 90, and although he tries not to be a music snob, he would probably plead guilty if charged. We half expect Vivaldi's Four Seasons at breakfast, Strauss's Blue Danube at lunch and repeats of both on an endless loop at dinner. But, shortly after embarking at Passau in Germany, we bump into the BBC's former arts supremo and biographer of Leonard Bernstein, Humphrey Burton CBE, who is guest speaker on the cruise and one of Britain's leading music authorities. He is 88, but still razor-sharp. What's good for Mr Burton will be good for us — and so it proves, beginning with our first evening when he introduces a quintet led by famous Austrian violinist Luz Leskowitz. They start with the overture from the Marriage Of Figaro and end with Mozart's G minor quintet K516, played with such love and exquisite timing that even dear old Humphrey seems to well up. Amadeus Silver II can carry about 180 passengers, but it is only two-thirds full, made up of Americans, Canadians, Germans, a good representation from Israel and a fair-sized contingent from Britain. I'm not exactly in the first flush, but feel young in comparison with most of the other passengers. Even the cruise director is getting on a bit. Caspar, from Holland, is 69 and says he doesn't intend to retire until he's 74. Bravo — but what is it about cruise directors who make The Donald seem shy and retiring? It must have something to do with loving the sound of their own voices, as they take to the tannoy to impart some important piece of information. In Caspar's case, he has every right to like the sound of his bass/baritone voice, flitting seamlessly between German and English. In Vienna (pictured) Mark and his travel companions go to see The Magic Flute at the Volksoper opera house, where a seat in the stalls is less than £60, 'a fraction of the prices back home' But on our second day — after we had stopped in Linz (near the birthplace of Hitler), with its attractive Baroque centre and prized cathedral (the largest in Austria), then moved on to Melk, where we visited the famous monastery and attended a wonderful concert in St Koloman Hall — Caspar sounds almost conspiratorial. ‘Please would everyone — and I mean everyone — come to the Panorama Bar at seven o'clock this evening for an extremely important announcement.' Clearly the ship is sinking. On entering the Panorama Bar, glasses of kir royale are being handed out, a sweetener of sorts before Caspar announces that in 24 hours we will have to change boats. It has been a record-breaking hot summer, water levels in the Danube are low and the Amadeus River Cruises fleet is scattered in all the wrong places, he tells us gravely. There is an audible gasp — pianissimo but a gasp all the same. One of the great joys of a cruise is visiting several countries on a single trip without having to pack and unpack. But not this one. Never mind. We have arrived in Vienna, with Bratislava and Budapest still to come. All meals are included, plus soft drinks, beer and wine at lunch and dinner. And we are impressed with our cabin, bigger than expected, wi-fi complimentary. Some excursions are gratis, others you pay for. And as seasoned cruisers will know, there is nothing to stop you organising your own, often cheaper, outings. 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Storm Drenches Japan; 1 Dead Dozens Hurt

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Explore Halong Bay By Kayking

2021-02-18T03:08:56Z

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