As the modern traveller evolves, they crave a unique, personal and luxurious experience. This is one of the reasons why barge cruises are growing in popularity. Primarily cruising on canals in European countries, these barges offer more than meets the eye. Many barges offer amenities like open bars and fine cuisine. Barge cruises serve a small numb...

The German city of Düsseldorf is capital city of the state of North Rhine-Westphalia. It sits mainly on the right hand (eastern) bank of the River Rhine. The city is known for its Altbier (old town), vibrant nightlife, carnival and other major events such as the Kirmes fun fair, which attracts some four million thrill seekers for 10 days every summ...

VIVA Cruises is a premier operator of luxury cruising on the major rivers of Europe including the Danube, Elbe, Moselle, Rhine, Rhône and Seine. It also offers cruises on the Main-Danube Canal and Baltic Sea. VIVA TWO is the flagship in VIVA's eight strong river fleet and the second new ship, after VIVA ONE, to be launched within the year. The ship...

A narrowboat is one designed to fit the UK's integrated network of canal waterways and locks. These canals originally provided a nationwide transport network during the Industrial Revolution of the 18th and 19th Centuries. The narrowboats that plied them were first horse drawn and then powered by steam and then diesel engines. With the coming of th...

MAMMA MIA! THE PARTY has been playing to truly rapturous response at the O2 in London since 2019. But it should come as no surprise that so many people want to join the party. For this is a wonderfully exuberant, and hugely enjoyable, high-quality dinner show that takes Mamma Mia the Musical and delivers an all singing, all dancing, 'all in' evenin...

We step onto the cliff top outcropping of rock and let the blue sky and lake vista envelope us. "This viewpoint doesn't even have a name," says guide Diana Blinkert of Visit Essen. "I just call it The Rock. We're so lucky to have found it off this little side path off the BaldeneySteig." This type of epiphany comes early – and often – on the Balden...