This comprehensive guide lists descriptive information for every European riverboat and hotel barge, inlcuding vital statisitics, stateroom size, descriptions of public areas, dining, shipboard facilities, and itineraries. Each vessel is evaluated as to comfort, and luxury. Hundreds of photos of the vessels exteriors and interiors and included, as well as sample menus and daily programs.

Several chaptes are devoted to descriptions of the cities and villages visited by riverbvoats, and the regions and villages visited by hotel barges, along with descriptive photographs of each. ....

"The extent of detail given . . . is good not only for the novice cruiser finding their way around . . . but also for the veteran cruiser who wants to know the latest about the newest ships."

"This is the book with which to gain a full and thorough understanding of the wonderful world of cruising. Repeat cruisers and novices alike will gain from the volume of features, menus, daily schedules, photos, as well as details on every cruise ship and port of call throughout the world. This should be the encyclopedia for any cruise aficionado" (World of Cruising).

"People who've never...