And that was just the start of our four-day loop through the German states of Baden-Württemberg, Rheinland-Pfalz and Hessen. It marked the third proper road trip of my 52 Places trip (Chilean ...

Picture-perfect towns like Amsterdam, Rotterdam, Dusseldorf, Cologne, Bonn, Heidelberg, Strasbourg, Speyer, Breisach, and Basel are some of the ports on a Rhine River cruise itinerary as the river ...

Eltville am Rhein invites visitors to slow down and stroll through history along the banks of the Rhine River.

KAUB, Germany — Just after sunrise, Capt. Frank Sep turned to his ship’s radio for the defining news of his day: the water level in Kaub, the shallowest part of the middle section of the Rhine ...

by Rick Steves, October 10, 2024 | While the Rhine is over 800 miles long, the 36-mile stretch from Mainz to Koblenz is by far the most interesting. Here's what travelers can expect.

Whitredge kept this sketchbook during his trip down the Rhine River to Düsseldorf, Germany in 1849. On the first page there are smudged notes on color. The last page is inscribed: ... Dusseldorf, ...

Commodity traders sending cargo by river said vessels at Kaub can only sail 30% full. But sections of the south Rhine had risen 36 cm overnight so some relief was possible during Thursday, one said.