USA TODAY Cruise this week is getting early access to the 166-passenger river vessel ahead ... to sail this year on the Danube, Passion is the latest of Avalon's Panorama class of ships ...

The river cruise company Avalon Waterways sails on 13 rivers around the world. It has a strong European focus, but also offers sailings in Asia, South America, and Egypt. Excursions and activities ...

ABOARD THE AVALON EXPRESSION — It's no secret ... spend the summer sailing on Europe's Rhine, Main and Danube rivers. "The entire river cruise market to Europe is 500,000 people (a year) as ...

The Avalon View—Avalon Waterways’ newest river cruise ship—will set sail on the Danube this coming April. The christening of the line’s fourteenth “Suite Ship” in Europe had originally ...

As our Avalon Vista cruise director Sabine Klocker remarked, “Grey Danube does not have quite ... pretty little towns along the banks of the river were picture-perfect.

Picnic at vineyards along the Danube River. Avalon Waterways One of the newest river offerings includes cruises along Portugal’s enchanting Douro River, which flows among verdant forests ...

The most popular itineraries for the river cruise line are in France and Portugal, followed by off-season and special interest cruises. Next year, Avalon hopes to capitalize ... Germany” and ...

I plan to enjoy every moment as we cruise the Danube River from Vienna, Austria to Budapest, Hungary via Bratislava on Avalon View's inaugural five-day, four-night sailing. To enjoy the new ship ...

Vienna, Munich & Berlin, 10 days, priced from $2,429. Combine post-cruise with Avalon Waterways’ A Taste of the Danube. “Booking a Monograms vacation pre- or post-cruise is a safe and easy way ...

PHOTO: Avalon Waterways is adjusting the Danube River itineraries ... As a result, the Avalon Impression will not make it to Nuremberg in time for its next cruise, the "Legendary Danube" voyage, ...

Passengers had to disembark Avalon Waterways’ 162-passenger Avalon Tranquility late on Friday night after it was struck by a cargo ship that was loose from its mooring on the Danube River ...