River Cruises: Travelling Europe's Most Beautiful Waterways

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A visual tour of thirty active cruise routes from across Europe, featuring route maps, insider recommendations, and photos of cultural, culinary, and natural highlights. Experience Europe from an entirely new perspective, sailing on the most beautiful waterways through breathtaking landscapes. Twenty routes complete with photographic illustration show how compelling, varied, and diverse a river cruise can be on the Danube, the Volga, the Thames, or any other rivers highlighted within this book. Trips range from the Lena, where it connects with the Arctic Ocean in Russia, to the mild and sunny Guadalquivir in Spain. The book includes maps and written descriptions of cruises from across the European continent, as well as photographs of the natural, historic, cultural, and culinary delights to be discovered along each voyage. Along the way, travelers can immerse themselves into foreign customs and traditions, making new acquaintances on board. Yet, in all probability, the calm, quiet moments spent sipping on a cappuccino or a cocktail as the landscape slowly glides past will be most remembered. SELLING POINTS: . A stunning visual tour of 30 cruise routes from across Europe, featuring route maps, insider recommendations, and photos of the cultural, historic, culinary, and natural wonders to be found along each journey . Photo book with over 350 magnificent images that provides great recommendations of actual existing luxury cruise routes either for seasoned cruise goers, travelers who are interested in branching out, or simply for armchair travellers . Features photos of specific cruise routes (some multinational) through Ireland, Scotland, England, Sweden, Germany, the Netherlands, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Romania, France, Portugal, Spain, Italy, and Russia 353 colour images

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Janina and Markus Meier are a Bavarian mountaineering couple. A geographer and a banker, respectively, they have been out and about in the mountains since their youth. Initially hiking, they later discovered their passion for climbing, mountaineering, and ski touring. Their love of mountains led them to become trainers at the German Alpine Club.