River cruises
Cruise passengers are taking longer trips, including epic 100-night journeys
While the average length of cruises is getting shorter, anyone looking for a magnificently long journey can satisfy their cruise cravings.
- Brian Johnston
Here’s how to save thousands on a cruise, even in pricey Europe
Fwer packed ports, fewer queues, special festivals, no heatwaves, but the best thing about low-season cruising is the price.
- Brian Johnston
Port guide: Rouen, France
France has plenty of small, delightful and historical provincial cities but this is one of the best, and not yet conquered by the tourist hordes.
- Brian Johnston
Port guide: Chongqing, China
One of the world’s newest megacities is just a short ride away from awe-inspiring natural scenery and ancient historical sights.
- Brian Johnston
Port guide: Bora Bora, French Polynesia
Sometimes the exaggerated claims of tourist boards are true. Yes, this really is the Pacific’s most outrageously beautiful island.
- Brian Johnston
Finally travellers are realising the potential of lake cruising
The chilly Great Lakes are seeing record cruise-ship visitors. It seems these vast waterways have become an interesting niche cruising hotspot.
- Brian Johnston
Port guide: Marseille, France
This city was once crime-ridden and rundown. Now it’s a capital of culture, a tourist hotspot and one of cruising’s most-visited destinations.
- Brian Johnston
River cruise ships extend stops to give passengers more time ashore
Itineraries are moving away from fast-paced, port-hopping schedules towards longer stays and deeper engagement with destinations.
- Julietta Jameson
Seven spectacular highlights of the world’s largest river
The almighty Amazon flows from the heights of the snow-capped Andean Mountains and rushes through Peru, Brazil and Colombia before pouring into the Atlantic Ocean, 6400 kilometres away.
- Sue Williams
The other Angkor: A village that time forgot
As a murderous regime devastated most of Cambodia, one village managed to remain intact.
- Tim Richards