First time river cruisers can feel they need, what the Americans term a “veranda”, a sit out balcony and not a French balcony. Why? This would not really be my preference. I would choose a French balcony over a veranda on a European river cruise ship. You are not trying to see past 4,000 other […]
Today was our final full day on the SS Antoinette. The Uniworld staff are exceptionally good. As usual we were greeted at breakfast by smiling staff asking us how we were and following up on our conversations from yesterday. This is not over the top hospitality but a high level of care from staff, that […]
We sailed this morning to Koblenz and arrived at 10am. It is worth mentioning that you can’t feel the motion at all on the SS Antoinette or hear any engine noise. You are only alerted to movement by looking out of a window. As someone who feels seasick at the slightest movement it was a […]
This morning we woke in Rudesheim, the most famous wine town in the region. We had a more leisurely start to our the day on the SS Antoinette as we were taken to a wine tasting at Castle Vollrads at 10am. For those who were up earlier there was an excursion to the Mechanical Museum […]
We woke up today to find the SS Antoinette still cruising to Germersheim, the stopping off point for Speyer. There was also a signiture lecture this morning, nice and early at 8.30am entitled “The European City from the Middle Ages to “Modern Times” by Sven Matthiesen. Visiting Speyer from the SS Antoinette A 20 minute […]
A foggy start to the morning awaited us and after breakfast on the SS Antoinette at quay in Kehl, our stopping off point for Strasbourg, (one of the Rhine’s less picturesque moorings from what we could see through the fog) we set off from the SS Antoinette by coach to the capital of the Alsace […]
After my first good night’s sleep on the SS Antoinette in my Savior hand crafted bed I took advantage of the shower and L’Occitane products and finished off with the biggest and most comfortable bathrobe I have ever worn – the inside was toweling and the outside cotton and as I am only 5’2″ it […]
I have just been lucky enough to spend 7 nights on board the Uniworld SS Antoinette. We sailed the River Rhine on their Castles along The Rhine Itinerary in November 2012. On landing at Basel I had a slight wobble when faced with whether to enter Switzerland at passport control or France or Germany. I […]