Canal Cruises

Canal Cruises provide excitements that are a long way different from other cruises. Canal Cruises cannot be undertaken unless on barges with fewer passengers. A barge carries only 6-50 passengers.

Canal Cruises are an answer to one of the most persistent grievances of cruise passengers that ordinary sea or River Cruises handicap their view of some the beautiful towns and cities. Canal Cruise ramble down the waterways bringing before the fascinated passengers sights full of joy.

Europe offers one of the most amazing opportunities for Canal Cruises. The rivers in Vienna, Amsterdam, Budapest, Lyon are famous for Canal Cruises.

Apart from Europe, places sought after for Canal Cruises are America's Mississippi, Columbia and Tennessee

rivers. River Yangtze in China is fast gaining ground for canal cruises.

Some of the leading cruise companies offer Canal Cruises. Some of them are:

• Peter Deilmann
• Viking River
• Clipper Cruises
• Victoria Cruises
• Fresh Country Waterways
• Cruise West

The favorable seasons for Canal Cruises are Summer, Spring and the fall months.

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