Words & Pictures: John Pond, Editor at Sea – Cruise Passenger Magazine. As I have said many times previously, river cruising in Europe has never been so affordable. All the major river cruise companies are offering extra special enticements. APT for example are offering free air.
I have come across a couple of pictures of Avalon [...]
Words by David McGonigal.
While it’s said that the benefit of a river cruise vessel is that it’s like staying in a good hotel in the heart of the city, I didn’t know how true I’d find that immediately. But we came on board in Budapest on Sunday, unpacked for two weeks, then had most of [...]
Words by David McGonigal.
Despite what has often been months of preparation, there’s nothing like the moment you step aboard a new vessel. In this case, APT’s AMABella is a very new ship –it has just completed its inaugural voyage and the garland of leaves is still around the bow.
The location is Budapest and I’m impressed [...]
Words dictated by John Pond, Editor at Sea, from his hospital bed after knee surgery to his Assistant, Sandra Tiltman.
Another great launch from Avalon Waterways who are renown for doing things with a lot of style. The launch was held at the luxurious Ocean Room Restaurant at the International Cruise Terminal in Sydney. Fergus Stoddart [...]
Words and pictures John Pond – Editor at Sea. Emirates Airlines have this week announced flights to Amsterdam via its central hub in Dubai. This is just one of three new European destinations coming up this year. Soon to come will be Prague and Madrid. This brings the Airline’s total European destinations to 25, offering [...]
Words : John Pond, Editor at Sea – Cruise Passenger Magazine
Amaverde will be the name of the eighth ship to join the APT fleet cruising the European rivers. The ship will enter service in 2011 as a sistership of Amabella, to launch on schedule on May 9 this year.
These two vessels introduce APT’s new ship [...]
February is the busiest month for cruise ship visits in Sydney – last week Hapag-Lloyd’s Europa, the only ship in the world that has a 5-star rating from Douglas Ward’s authoratitive Berlitz Guide, was in town. An inspection of this renowned vessel, and lunch in the main ‘Europa’ dining room, was not to be missed!
This [...]
Durnstein – Wachau Valley – Melk BLOG #8 Uniworld River Cruise. (Day 5 on Ship)
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At 7 a.m. our Uniworld riverboat docked at Durnstein, a storybook village a couple of minutes walk away. After our usual hearty breakfast we strolled at a leisurely pace through this picture perfect town. We visited the [...]
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