Thought to be one of the world’s most romantic rivers, the legendary river Rhine courses from the snow-capped Swiss Alps, through the heart of Germany, to Holland and the North Sea. Offering an idyllic environment for relaxing river cruise holidays, the Rhine River meanders through richly vine-clad countryside and breathtakingly beautiful landscapes dotted with medieval castles, atmospheric half-timbered villages and charismatic cities such as Cologne, Heidelberg and Strasbourg. Your Avalon river cruise holiday on the Rhine also sails through the spectacular Rhine Gorge, a steep-sided valley renowned as one of the world’s most beautiful stretches of river and a UNESCO World Heritage Site, before passing the mighty Lorelei Rock, where sirens were once said to have lured sailors to their doom.
