Who hasn’t seen those television adverts showing a healthy looking couple gazing in awe at the sights surrounding them as they cruise along a majestic European river?
Does it appeal to you or do you thinks it’s only for old fogies?
It wasn’t that long ago that Ocean cruising was viewed in the same way – boring, nothing to do, only for old people – and look how that’s changed!
Water Parks, flo riders, rock climbing, cookery schools to name just a few……
Okay, so river cruise ships perhaps don’t have that amount of facilities, but imagine waking up, after a restful nights sleep, enjoying a beautiful breakfast and then stepping on shore to find yourself within 2 minutes walk of the main sights of Amsterdam? How good would that be?
That is one of the best reasons ever to river cruise, no lengthy coach journeys before you start your sight seeing.
Groups as well find river cruising an ideal way to satisfy their interests – the amazing Dutch bulbfields for gardening groups, the wonderful vineyards of the Duoro for wine buffs – the list goes on.
If you are even a little tempted but don’t fancy a full blown river cruise, why not satisfy your curiousity and take a short cruise to the Christmas markets this winter? There is still availability about, so why not try it out – I don’t think you will be disappointed.