I’ve been a cruise virgin up until now. I’ll admit the idea of a boat full of people held little appeal for me, and the thought of organized activities, mass buffet meals and hoards of tourists turned ...

For nature lovers, the most unmissable stretch of the Rhine Valley is the Rhine Gorge, a stunning 40-mile stretch of rolling vineyards, dramatic cliffs and picturesque villages between Bingen am Rhein ...

Visiting the Rhine River Valley never gets old. It’s storybook Germany, a fairy-tale world of legends, rugged cliffs, half-timbered towns, and robber-baron castles. One of Europe’s great ...

The river’s most magnificent scenery, a main reason many passengers choose this itinerary, is the 40-mile, UNESCO-listed upper middle Rhine valley between Bingen, Rüdesheim and Koblenz.

Visiting the Rhine River Valley never gets old. It’s storybook Germany, a fairy-tale world of legends, rugged cliffs, half-timbered towns and robber-baron castles.

The engineering of the Rhine didn’t begin with this nineteenth-century project, and it didn’t end with it either. The most recent “major” Rhine engineering project, the Times noted, was in ...