What The Rivers Remember
I came to Europe’s rivers on a bicycle, a logger’s son from a small town who had no idea what I was riding into. That was 50 years ago. Europe was woven together by water — by the rivers along which everything moved: armies, merchants, pilgrims, ideas, wine, grain, the letters of kings. What the Rivers Remember is an attempt to read European history from the water, following the people and forces that made these waterways matter, from the Oise where Joan of Arc was captured to the mountain springs where the great rivers begin as something you could step over.
Po River Cruise Guide: What Does It Cost?
Cruising the Po is entirely different from the rest of Europe. While the Rhine and Danube are about distance, the Po is about depth. It is Italy’s longest river, but because of its notoriously fickle water levels, most “Po cruises” are actually a hybrid experience centered on the Venetian Lagoon with excursions into the Po […]
Uniworld Will Sail The Po In June
Uniworld will resume cruising on June 20, 2021, debuting its most recently transformed Super Ship S.S. La Venezia in Italy. Cruises will restart in France shortly after Italy, with first departures for S.S. Bon Voyage on June 27th, S.S. Joie de Vivre on July 4th, and S.S. Catherine on July 11th.
Po River Cruising: Who Goes There
Italy is one of Europe’s most-travelled to countries. Land tours and ocean cruises regularly visit this land of wine and culinary delights, but river cruises tend to bypass Italy altogether. It’s not because Italy isn’t a river cruise destination – it is. Rather, it’s because one of it’s prime waterways – the Po River – […]
Uniworld Kicks Off Sailings Along Italy’s Po River
If you love Italy and river cruising, good news is at hand: Uniworld Boutique River Cruises has kicked off its first sailings along Italy’s Po River aboard the recently refurbished River Countess. Available as an eight-day cruise-only itinerary or as part of a more comprehensive, 13-day journey, the river cruise portion of these itineraries takes guests […]