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About Cruise The Middle Rhine And Moselle
This book is intended for the use of tourists enjoying a boat cruise on the Middle Rhine and Moselle. The rivers run downstream from the Rudesheim and Trier directions passing through various locks. These cause slight delays in travel as the lock is negotiated or the boat has to await space in the lock. Many legends are told of the places that are passed. River boats stop overnight in various major tourist centres to enable more detailed exploration of the two rivers. The cruises may start and finish variously between Cologne or Trier. On occasion low bridges over the rivers may curtail cruising when waters are at a high level and the boats are unable to pass under them. Other means of travelling are then provided by the cruise companies. This occurs mainly on the Moselle where the bridges tend to be lower.It is easy to place one’s whereabouts on the rivers from the cruise boats as the Moselle and the Rhine have easily visible kilometre markings. Many of the larger villages have their name prominently displayed on the riverbank. Some vineyards have huge name signs on the hillside.The whole area is a most popular tourist destination. Apart from many cruise boats on the river the local roads are well used by cyclists. A large number of electric bicycles are to be seen in this part of Germany. Along the riverbanks are many well-occupied tourist camp sites.On the rivers there are frequent sights of barges travelling with a variety of cargoes. Often the barge will carry a motor car for the use of crew. The captain and his family live in the stern and his crew in the bow. The barges display their national flag. Often several barges travel on the river being pushed by a tug. At one time before the use of diesel engines the barges were dragged upstream by horses and there is still evidence of the tow paths.The River Rhine runs from Switzerland to the North Sea. It is the second longest river in central and western Europe with a length of 1,230 km. The longest being The Danube. The largest city on the Rhine is Cologne. One important tributary of the Rhine is the Moselle river, many river cruises continue their journey in the Moselle as far as Trier. Scenically the Middle Rhine flows through the Rhine Gorge (formed by erosion). This part of the Rhine which features strongly in Rhine river cruises and in this book is known as "the Romantic Rhine" and features beautiful scenery, many castles, fortresses churches and attractive villages. This part of the Rhine runs between Rüdesheim am Rhein and Koblenz.
