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CRUISE NEWS: Gourmet shore excursions get tasty
Shopping with a Scenci chef in France. Photo: Scenic When
it comes to shore excursions for the gourmet, river-cruise companies are
dishing up enough variety to make Captain River's mouth water . Guests on Scenic Tours can enjoy new ‘Scenic Sundowner’
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CRUISE NEWS: A little update on Scenic
Cycling in Europe on a Scenic shore excursion. Photo: Scenic If the recent Tour de France has got you
in the mood for a European pedal, then Scenic has increased the number of its
cycling options on its ‘Freechoice’ shore excursions. There are now 27
self-g...

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Favourite Photo: Temple of Horus
Caretakers at the Temple of Horus, Edfu, Egypt. Photo by Brian Johnston. Caretakers in the Temple of Horus, Edfu, Egypt THE PHOTO These caretakers were skulking in the shadows dressed in colour-coordinated long robes and turbans, as if playing bit parts in...

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Caretakers at the Temple of Horus, Edfu, Egypt. Photo by Brian Johnston. Caretakers in the Temple of Horus, Edfu, Egypt THE PHOTO These caretakers were skulking in the shadows dressed in colour-coordinated long robes and tu...

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RIVER REVIEW: Europe's cruisable rivers
Europe
remains the epicentre of river cruising, but you probably don ’ t realise just how many of its rivers feature cruises. A cruise ship on the Rhine River at Cologne, Germany. Photo: Viking River Cruises The bread-and-butter of many cruise
companies is...

RIVER REVIEW: Europe's cruisable rivers

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Europe remains the epicentre of river cruising, but you probably don’t realise just how many of its rivers feature cruises. A cruise ship on the Rhine River at Cologne, Germany. Photo: Viking River Cruises The bread-and-but...

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Speaking in Tongues: Voorpret
Those of us whose mother tongue is English are lucky that we have such an enormous vocabulary at our disposal. Alas, this doesn’t mean that all the world’s experiences can be adequately described in English, so I’m launching a “Speaking in Tongues” section ...

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SHIP REVIEW: Viking Buri
Stateroom on Viking Buri . Photo: Viking River Cruises Viking Buri is a Longship-class vessel identical to Viking Hemdal and Viking
Hermod , which also sail the Rhone. Viking first debuted its Longships in
2012 to critical acclaim for their design and techn...

SHIP REVIEW: Viking Buri

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Stateroom on Viking Buri. Photo: Viking River Cruises Viking Buri is a Longship-class vessel identical to Viking Hemdal and Viking Hermod, which also sail the Rhone. Viking first debuted its Longships in 2012 to critical acc...

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CRUISE NEWS: Mekong highlights for 2016
Captain Rivers thinks the mighty Mekong River might be the place for a river cruise in 2016, with more choices than ever before. Here ’ s what ’ s new. APT's new ship AmaDara on the Mekong River. Photo: APT APT / AmaWaterways APT has already introduced a s...

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CRUISE NEWS: A little update on APT cruises
APT's AmaVenita , sister ship to the newly launched AmaSeren. Photo: APT APT and
partner company AmaWaterways have also just christened their newest European
river ship, the 164-passenger MS AmaSerena , in Germany. It follows the earlier christening of sist...

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CRUISE NEWS: 2015 for smaller companies
Captain Rivers brings you some updates on what's new in 2015 for some smaller players in the cruise-company business. Artist's impression of Volga Dream II , Russia. Photo: Abercrombie &Kent ABERCROMBIE & KENT This British luxury travel company made
its rep...

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Captain Rivers brings you some updates on what's new in 2015 for some smaller players in the cruise-company business. Artist's impression of Volga Dream II, Russia. Photo: Abercrombie &Kent ABERCROMBIE & KENT This Britis...

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CRUISE TIPS
You’re on a river-cruise ship, not in a floating reform
school. Captain Rivers provides some hints on how to make the most of your
holiday afloat. Butler service on a Scenic Tours cruise. Photo: Scenic Tours I’ve been on a fair number of
river cruises and...

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You’re on a river-cruise ship, not in a floating reform school. Captain Rivers provides some hints on how to make the most of your holiday afloat. Butler service on a Scenic Tours cruise. Photo: Scenic Tours I’ve been on a ...

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CRUISE NEWS: Scenic Tours' new product for 2015
Looks
like there’s plenty happening on the rivers of Europe with Scenic Tours for
2015. Here’s a round-up of some of the things happening with the Australian-owned
company. Tournon on the Rhone River, France. Photo: River Cruise Insight A brand new experien...

CRUISE NEWS: Scenic Tours' new product for 2015

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Looks like there’s plenty happening on the rivers of Europe with Scenic Tours for 2015. Here’s a round-up of some of the things happening with the Australian-owned company. Tournon on the Rhone River, France. Photo: River C...

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CRUISE NEWS: European updates
A few updates on the river-cruise scene from Europe. A Viking Longship at Melk on the Danube River, Austria. Photo: Viking River Cruises Viking
invasion Viking River Cruises has seen a
remarkable number of ship launches over the last few years, yet shows no...

CRUISE NEWS: European updates

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A few updates on the river-cruise scene from Europe. A Viking Longship at Melk on the Danube River, Austria. Photo: Viking River Cruises Viking invasion Viking River Cruises has seen a remarkable number of ship launches o...

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