This being my first river cruise, I dont have anything to compare it with. This is a truly lovely boat, only being added to the fleet in 2013. It was immaculately clean and beautifully decorated. The staff were extremely cheerful and helpful....nothing was too much trouble. Food was superb, and at each "town"/ "country" they visited they used the local produce. The Cruise director was extremely knowledgeable in the local histories and layout of the towns if you wanted to do your own thing.

The only 2 things I can say that I think they could improve on is : the land tours of the towns is a little too commercialized - We would have liked to go a little further into the villages to get more of the local less commercialized crafts. But I guess these tours are all like that.

They also need an expresso coffee machine on the 2nd deck for early morning coffees while you are preparing for breakfast. ( There is one on every other deck except that one ) - but only a small downer. Read more