While the Rhine is over 800 miles long, the 36-mile stretch from Mainz to Koblenz is by far the most interesting. This is the Romantic Rhine, a powerful stretch of the river slashing a deep and ...

The four-hour passage through the gorge was the highlight of a week-long Rhine River cruise in June on the Australian-owned Scenic Opal, a 169-passenger luxury ship that was launched in 2015.

When you travel by river, be prepared to go with the flow. The Riverside Debussy, a 110-passenger luxury river cruise boat, was scheduled to sail its “Romantic Rhine” route northbound from ...