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Exploring the Netherlands on River Cruises
The European nation Netherlands is known for its wooden shoes, windmills and tulips. This place is one of the most sought after tourist destinations of the continent. Exploring Netherlands on river cruises will allow the tourists to visit a number of historical cities and towns of the country located along canal route. Mostly, these cruises are organized during the spring months, when Netherlands looks most beautiful with tulips blooming all over the country. Below, we have discussed about two of the most admired river cruises running across the water bodies of Netherlands. Holland Waterway Cruises: This river cruise is named after the other name of Netherlands i.e. Holland. Holland Waterway Cruises starts from Antwerp and crosses Belgium to finally reach the Amsterdam Port. This cruise runs [...]
Exploring the River Nile on Luxury Cruises
River Nile has been a subject of interest for travelers belonging to different corners of the globe for centuries. For people of the current generation, the best way of exploring this historic river is on luxury River Nile cruises. Majority of the Nile cruises sail from Luxor to Aswan and have stops at several places having historic importance situated between these two ports. In this article, we have offered information about two of the best luxury cruise lines offering trips for exploring the River Nile. Oberoi Zahra: The famous Oberoi Hotels and Resorts run 3 cruise ships in Egypt; the Zahra is the luxury Nile cruise from Oberoi. River Nile cruises on Zahra continues for 7 days, the ship starts from Luxor and goes up to Aswan. The biggest attraction of this cruise ship is on-board spa, where [...]
The Popular North American River Cruises
The river cruises offer passengers the opportunity of traveling across small waterways that are closer to inland towns and cities. Mostly, these trips are casual and are organized on small ships; so the number of people taking part in these trips is much lower compared to that of ocean cruises. People going for ocean cruises hardly spend a whole day in water; this is because of the short distance between the starting and the finishing point of these cruises. In this article we’ll be informing you about the most reputed North American river cruises. The American Cruise Lines: They come with 13 river cruises for people residing in or touring USA. This includes cruises to destinations like Pacific Northwest, New England, southern U.S and Chesapeake Bay. None of the river cruise ships from American [...]
Best Southeast Asian Cruises
People living in Southeast Asia enjoy summer almost all through the year. As a result, the cruise lines of this region operates without any halt i.e. throughout the year. In this article, we’ll be discussing about the three best Southeast Asian cruises: Costa Classica: It will offer a cruise of 14 nights and take you to places like Thailand, Singapore, Vietnam and China. This cruise starts from the port of Hong Kong and its final stop is in Singapore. In between, the ship stops in prominent places like Bangkok and Ho Chi Minh City, the biggest city of Vietnam. There are three types of rooms available in this cruise ship; they are: suites, ocean view and being inside rooms. Recently the ships used for these cruises were renovated elaborately; currently they boast an in-house observatory [...]