Waterways Riviera Cruise

On the Rhine, Danube, Moselle, Main, Rhone, Douro, Seine, Saone or Dutch waterways

Riviera Travel’s award winning river cruises include everything you need for an exceptional experience. Cruise Europe’s most beautiful waterways aboard the finest ships, featuring superb dining on board and spacious suites and cabins many with a French balcony for unrivalled views. Choose from 15 fascinating river cruises that take you to the iconic highlights as well as lesser known gems in destinations  such as Cologne, Trier, Koblenz, Heidelberg, Strasbourg, Basel, Lucerne, Douro  Valley, Vienna, Budapest, Amsterdam, Avignon, Arles, Bruges, Paris or Rouen.

Cruise includes:

- Spacious and beautifully appointed suites or cabins with hotel—style beds, en suite bathrooms and river views
- Exceptional cuisine with full board throughout
- Extensive and fully inclusive touring programmes
- Return flights from a choice of regional airports or standard class reserved seat on Eurostar from London St Pancras
- Return rail connections on selected dates and cruises from over 50 regional stations (supplements may apply)
- The services of our experienced cruise director and concierge

Cruise destination Departure dates Duration From
Amsterdam, Kinderdijk Er the Dutch Bulbfields April 2020 5 days £79999
Enchanting Rhine Er Yuletide Markets Dec 2019 5 days E62999
The Danube's Imperial Cities Er Yuletide Markets Dec 2019 6 days £8499:-
Rhine Cruise to Switzerland up to Oct 2019 0 May to Oct 2020 8 days £1299»
NEWVienna, Bohemia Er Treasures of the Danube July to Sept 2020 8 days £1,599PP
Rhine 8 Moselle up to Oct 2019 E9 April to Oct 2020 8 days £1,299»
Rhine. Strasbourg Er Heidelberg up to Oct 2019 E: April. to Oct 2020 8 days £1,299!
The Blue Danube - Vienna, Budapest B Salzburg up to Oct 2019 b Aprilto Oct 2020 8 days £1.099PP
Burgundy, River Rhéne Er Provence up to Oct 2019 & April to Oct 2020 8 days 5.1.2999?
Bruges, Medieval Flanders. Amsterdam E: the Dutch Bulbfields in April 2019 &April 2020 8 days £1,299PP
The Seine. Paris E: Normandy up to Oct 2019 3 April to Oct 2020 8 days E1399»
The Douro. Porto Ev Saiamanca up to Nov 2019 E1 March to Nov 2020 8 days £1.299PP
Medieval Germany Oct 2019 B May to Sept 2020 8 days £1,599»
Budapest to the Black Sea Sept 2019 Er April to Oc12020 15 days £2,599”
Cruise the Heart of Europe up to Oct 2019 E: April to Oct 2020 15 days £1,999”!


M|NDFULNESS ON THE MOVE

Danish wellness company, PauseAbIe, has released an app, Sway (available to download on iOS, £2.99), that offers a new approach to movement meditation. It uses your phone to track the rhythm of your movements and provides feedback to help you stay in the moment — move consistently and a soothing melody will play; interrupt the rhythm and you'll get a notification urging you to refocus.

ON YOUR BIKE

Ethical homeware brand The Basket Room works With small craft collectives
in Africa to create a range of decorative, handwoven bicycle baskets. Latest designs have been scaled down to fit children’s bikes and scooters. Featuring bold  geometric patterns in Shades of turquoise, coral and yellow, they cost £42 each.

Bring a touch of fun to tea breaks With London-based designer Georgia Bosson’s
colourful neW collection of trays. Made from sustainably sourced birch plywood and screen printed using water-based inks, the bold geometric designs are inspired by her recent road trip hrough Mexico. Coyoacan medium rund tray, £56, Georgia Bosson

IN THE DOG HOUSE

More than just a bed, the new collection from Cox & Cox offers pets their very own little house-shaped retreat to sit, sleep orjust relax in. Crafted from rustic rattan, it comes with a cosy cushion inside, complete

PICTURE PERFECT

Simple, stylish and hard wearing, this camera bag has been designed With the modern photographer in mind. It’s the result of a beautiful collaboration between

LIVE LIFE WELL

Archaeologist and author Dee Dee Chainey has always had a fondness for folklore. ln 2015, she set up the Twitter hashtag #FolkloreThursday, sharing traditions and tales, sayings and superstitions in a bid to keep their magic alive I've always loved fairy tales. l was given a copy of Grimm’s Complete Fairy Tales when l was around nine years old and I remember reading it from cover to cover, over and over again  Hansel and Gretel, Rapunzel, The Three Spinners... I loved them all. Throughout life, the magic of those tales has stayed with me. Fleeting glimpses of what might just be a fairy in the woods, or a giant peering through the crevice in the rocks  for me, that’s what folklore is all about. Fairy tales, traditions and little superstitions, they strike a chord. We share them with our children, so they pass down from generation
to generation. Community is at the very heart of folklore and I love that.

Despite its grounding in the past, lfind it fascinating how folklore is still so relevant today. Oldertales are being reworked to reflect modern ideals, with writers retelling tales to showcase stronger female characters that take action for themselves. It’s great to see how they can still resonate in today’s society. Imust admit, some of the more everyday old wives’ tales are my favourite. I try not to step on cracks in the  pavement or walk under ladders, but I do draw the line at breaking the bottom of my eggshells to stop witches sailing off to sea! What we know of early folklore is pieced together from old manuscripts and not all of these have survived. But today, technology makes it so much easier to keep the stories alive.
Istarted chatting with fellow folklore enthusiast Willow Winsham on