Barging in France
We are aboard the barge Anjodi on the Canal du Midi, the oldest canal in France. Purpose-built for the leisure market, barges are designed exclusively for tourists’ comfort and carry up to 200 passengers.
Cruise Passenger
Haute Cuisine
Dining on modern cruise ships is an event of choices in the variety of cuisine offered in numerous themed venues. To take advantage of all the food being offered on most ships requires an appetite of epic proportions and leads many to the dangerous habit of constant grazing.
A river cruise through India’s Assam region
A river cruise through north-east India’s Assam, rich in wildlife and dotted with traditional villages, offers a peaceful perspective on this teeming subcontinent.
Top River Cruises for Active Travellers
This year, the number of international cruise passengers arriving in China’s ports is predicted to exceed 600,000: clearly, the region’s cruise sector is ready to launch.
Cruising Alaska
We’re cruising on Sea Princess and although we’re in the middle of a wonderful steak dinner, it’s difficult to focus on food when this kind of scenery is slipping past the windows. What stretches before our eyes is the vast wilderness of Alaska, an area twice the size of Texas, encompassing more than 76,000 kilometres of rugged shoreline and 21 million hectares of national parklands, reserves and monuments.
Evergreen Tours
Evergreen Tours, with partner Luftner Cruises, has exclusively chartered the new 147-passenger ms Amadeus Elegant. This boutique ship sails with a maximum of 147 passengers with 85 per cent of all staterooms featuring all weather French balconies.
CroisiEurope
French-family-owned CroisiEurope is Europe’s longest-established river cruise company and offers 68 itineraries cruising on 15 different rivers, with cruises ranging from three to 15 days.
Windstar Cruises
A leader in small-ship cruising for the last 20 years, Windstar Cruises has alternative dining venues, a mix of shore excursions, a complimentary watersports program, spa facilities and luxurious accommodation.
Voyages of Discovery
Voyages of Discovery’s flagship, Discovery, is designed to accommodate 650 passengers, and her smaller size also means that she is able to access places that larger cruise ships cannot.
