Idyllic Rhine

Amsterdam: A good time! That’s what you’ll have in this beautiful capital of the Netherlands, which feels at once like a 17-century city and a bustling modern metropolis. Famous for its canals and extraordinary museums, Amsterdam is also an intimate city with strangely alluring streets and squares.

Located in Southeast France on the Rhone River. With a population near 90,000, it is a wine producing and manufacturing area. Famous Gothic church and many other historic sites are located in the city.

About 2,000 years ago, the Romans discovered the hot, healing springs here and turned them into one of their most popular baths. The Roman baths rapidly developed into a place which was not only fashionable because of its medicinal springs. During its belle epoque, Baden-Baden became Europe’s summer capital. Brahms worked here, Dostoyevsky
frequented the casino and Kaiser Wilhelm took the waters regularly for many years.

The diversity of the cultural offerings provides recreational value to an international public: the Baden-Baden hilharmonie, the Theater Baden-Baden, the State Art Hall, glleries and museums on the one side, the casino, the golf course, high class boutiques and superb Baden Alsace cuisine on the other.

Whatever your pleasure-bathing like the Romans, enjoying Baden’s wines, discovering traces of the Russians or floating with Europe’s biggest balloon fleet and enjoying the bird’s-eye view of this changing, charming landscape-Baden-Baden deserves a visit.

Explore this magical town of half-timbered houses.

A quaint medieval town along the Moselle River.

Woods, Lakes and meadows make up a majority of Koblenz, and its famous sites draw visitors from all over to view the stunning beauty.

At the merge of the Rhone and Saone rivers, Lyons is in east central France. Founded in 43 BC by Romans, it is famous for its silks.

200 years ago, the stretch of the Rhine between Mainz and Bonn was discovered by artists and poets of the Romantic Movement in search of one of nature’s works of art. Mainz, the capital of Rhineland-Palatinate, has for centuries been known as the „Golden City” of Germany. Here, the Impressions and changing moods of the river landscape are reflected in the images and atmosphere of the city in a very special way. In the „Year of Romanticism of the Rhine”, Mainz offers a series of attractions which capture the particular charm of Mainz and its surrounding countryside.

Located in southwest Germany on the Rhine and near Heidelberg, it has numerous famous sites and museums. Check out: the Speyer Cathedral, Reiss Museum, Elector’s Palace, Museum of History, and then there is Heidelberg, Worms and the Guttenberg Museum.

Rüdesheim is a small, very quaint “Bavarian” village in Germany on the Rhine River. Points of interest include the Asbach Brandy Distillery, Cable-car to Niederwald Monument, Medieval Museum of Torture, a Falconry and many wine festivals throughout the year.

Tarascon, on the east bank of the Rhone River, is best known for its medieval appearance and historical edifices. Collegiate Sainte-Marthe (St Martha’s Collegiate Church) was built in the 12th century in honor of the city’s patron saint, St. Martha. Nearby, the castle of King René stands right on the banks of the Rhône.

Vienne is located between the Burgundy and Beaujolias regions.