Love the smaller boat on River Cruise which you are able to meet the people that you would like to meet!! The food was good however would have like more of the native food of the region we where traveling in. I could of had the food we ate at home in local venues, The only thing that we did not like was our hotel in Prague (Andel's by Vienna House Prague). it was in the center of a shopping ...
We chose this cruise because of the two primary locations of Paris and Prague, two cities we had not visited previously. As our first river cruise, we were extremely impressed with the organization of the timeline. Everything exceeded our expectations from the service, the size of our cabin and the overall views from the ship. The crew was exceptional! They all made an effort to learn our ...
Traveling the Rhine and Mosel river valleys with Avalon fulfilled everything on our bucket list! We expected great service and they delivered that with many smiles. We were surprised with an optional tour inside a windmill in Amsterdam as we waited to board our ship in a quiet hotel lounge. Our cabin still makes me smile--luxury, a great mattress and a superb view! The food choices were so ...
We chose Avalon because we preferred the cabin layout over other vendors. Price and tour itinerary and availability were also factors.
There was some confusion in not being met at the airport and we had to call Avalon and wait around for a while but eventually we got picked up. It was wonderful to suddenly be in Paris on two summer's days. We did both the bus tour of Paris and Versailles ...
We choose this cruise because it was only 9 nights, it stayed in Western Europe (Paris to Amsterdam), and it is a smaller ship. Our tour guide, Hendrik Dadema, was great, He paid special attention to each individual and their wants and needs. He arranged separate site seeing tours for slower guests. The ship staff was great. The food was exceptional. We were glad that portions were small so we ...
I retired about a year ago. My wife and I decided to try a river cruise. Since this was our first such trip, we treated it somewhat as a learning experience. It could not have turned out any better. We met the tour director, Hendrik Dadema, in Paris where we assembled and he briefed us on what would happen. After 1-plus days in Paris we zipped to Luxembourg on a TGV and boarded. The welcome ...
Our cruise director really made the entire cruise. Hendrick's knowledge and experience made our cruise fun and educational and stress free. We loved the views that we had cruising the Moselle and Rhine Rivers. We loved, loved our stateroom. At every chance, we opened the sliding door to our personal balcony to enjoy the sights along the river. This trip exceeded our expectations with the ...
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I think that I'm the fourth person to review this sailing of the Artistry II. After sailing three times with Viking and once with Vantage, Avalon is our new favorite cruise line. We chose this cruise for the beautiful scenery along the Moselle and the starting and ending points (Paris and Amsterdam). We were with siblings, and it was their first river cruise, so we thought that this ...
The ship is beautiful; the service is exemplary. We enjoyed tasty food that was presented extremely well, as well as many specialty drinks and local beers Our voyage included a terrific stay in Prague prior to our journey on the river. We then particularly enjoyed our stops in Regensburg, Salzburg, and Vienna, and we can't say enough about our post-cruise stay in Budapest. Katy, our friendly ...
We had never been on any type of cruise. The 16 day river cruise was a much more intimate way of being introduced to cruising and with this our first trip to Europe this appealed to us as a way to be able to visit 5 countries, 6 counting an excursion to the Czech Republic. Once we arrived in Paris August 2nd our luggage was looked after throughout the cruise from beginning to end. ...