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What to Expect on a River Thames Barge Cruise in England’s…

Heidi Sarna is the co-founder of QuirkyCruise.com, a guide to small-ship cruising. The narrow River Thames unfolds like a ribbon dropped onto an old map. Flowing for more than 200 miles through southern England, the waterway famously passes through London but also threads through enchanting countryside, where grand estates—some over 1,000 years old—border the riverbanks…

What to Expect on Barge Cruises in Italy

The Po River, the Canal Bianco, and surrounding waterways have always been working rivers used for trade, transport, agriculture, and manufacturing. That utilitarian past is still visible along many stretches of the waterways—so if you’re hoping for all-bucolic-all-the-time scenery, you should prepare yourself for some swathes of post-industrial detritus.  Still, for every rusting warehouse or…

Cruising Italy’s Inland Waterways by Barge

The Po River, the Canal Bianco, and surrounding waterways have always been working rivers used for trade, transport, agriculture, and manufacturing. That utilitarian past is still visible along many stretches of the waterways—so if you’re hoping for all-bucolic-all-the-time scenery, you should prepare yourself for some swathes of post-industrial detritus.  Still, for every rusting warehouse or…