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CRUISING THE

RIVERS OF EUROPE

IN RELAXED LUXURY

Relaxed luxury is a great way to describe well-appointed Panoramic Suite on board meals with a four-course fine dining
our Avalon River Cruise. Avalon Impression, knowing that this was dinner to enjoy each evening (special
to be our home for 14 nights. In recent food requirements were also easily
In July 2018 we escorted a small group of
travellers from New Zealand to experience years Avalon has removed the balconies in catered for), and with the inclusive
Avalon’s 14-night Magnificent Rivers its ships’ staterooms and replaced them touring at every destination with plenty
of Europe cruise from Amsterdam to with floor-to-ceiling sliding doors to bring of time to wander at your own leisure
Budapest, and it was magnificent! The the outside in. The result is a spacious after each tour.
cruise meandered for 1,825 kilometres room that is a wonderful retreat after We arrived in Amsterdam two days before
through Holland, Germany, Austria and busy days ashore. the cruise began to explore the city. We
Hungary along the Rhine, Main and Danube We were also impressed throughout the visited the art museums, the Heineken
rivers, crossing a total of 68 locks. cruise by the very friendly and helpful factory, shopped a little, and rode bikes
One of the highlights at the start of the crew; at being two of only 100 passengers into the countryside to see the iconic
voyage was unpacking our luggage in our aboard; by the delicious and plentiful windmills and waterways.

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