It’s not often a river boat captain serenades his passengers. But on our recent Rhine River cruise, it was a poignant moment ...

Germany is home to some of the world’s most enchanting castles, places where history, legend, and breathtaking scenery blend ...

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 thrills is ...

Europe is filled with castles that once belonged to royalty, knights, and nobles, and now, some of them open their grand ...

A first-time river cruiser explains why AmaWaterways is special, from its global itineraries to well-executed service, ...

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 thrills is ...

In Germany’s Rhine Valley, several centuries-old castles sit just minutes from one another, and visiting them can be particularly enjoyable as the foliage changes color in the fall. Rheinstein, ...

Joined by our neighbors Cathie and Dennis Chilcote and Gloria and Dan Haury, my wife, Shirley, and I embraced a wonderful history lesson on an eight-day Rhine River cruise that abounded in castles and ...

Visitors to the Rhine River valley rave about the stunning views of castles and the charming little towns surrounding them. Although the high-profile Rhine castles, such as Schloss Drachenburg and the ...

Jostling through crowds of Germans and tourists in the Rhine River village of Bacharach, I climb to the sun deck of the ferry and grab a chair. With the last passenger barely aboard, the gangplank is ...