My wife and her sister cruised the Seine River on an Avalon boat, from Paris to Normandy in 10/16; they had such a wonderful experience that my wife booked this Avalon cruise for us. It was also a wonderful experience!
Starting in Holland and ending in Switzerland, every detail aboard the Avalon Artistry II, the river-side scenery, the local shore excursions led by very knowledgeable guides and the extraordinary attention to every aspect of our experience by the Avalon staff was remarkable.
It was obvious that our trip was such a wonderful time due to the Avalon company's attention to quality improvement based upon previous customers' feed-back.
Although we stayed in a lower level cabin with a small window, it was truly a great bargain, as we spent most of our time either elsewhere on the boat, or out on shore excursions.