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Celebrated culinary cruises Feast your eyes and wow your tastebuds on a foodie voyage
Keen to savour the regional food and wine offerings in your dream destination? Then take a culinary river cruise for one of the greatest gastronomic experiences of your life.
BORDEAUX BRILLIANCE
When you board a Scenic river cruise in Bordeaux, not only can you experience the incredible French cuisine and wine onshore, you can also take a cooking class in the new Scenic Culinaire centre onboard. After shopping with the chef, you’ll be guided by experts to whip up the best in regional French dishes. Scenic Culinaire also features a wine and cheese cellar. Highlights of the cruise include a visit to the Cité du Vin Museum where you can enjoy an interactive journey of wine discovery and an informative tasting of the joys of pairing wine and chocolate.
MAGNIFICENT EUROPE WINES
Traverse the rivers from Amsterdam to Budapest on APT’S 15-day Magnificent Europe Wine Series. Highlights include visiting the German wine estate Schloss Schönborn for wine tasting, dining at Namedy Castle at the behest of Princess Heide von Hohenzollern and visiting Weingut & Heuriger Christ to sample the one-of-a-kind Wiener Gemischter Satz wine. Onboard, expect incredible four-course meals highlighting local produce from the region with wines to match.
BURGUNDY AND PROVENCE
Savour the flavours of Burgundy and Provence on a journey from Avignon to Lyon with Uniworld. Cruising the Rhône and Saône rivers, you’ll sample the region’s incomparable wine and cuisine straight from the source. Experiences range from wandering Lyon’s lively Les Halles food market to hiking among vines across gorgeous hillsides at celebrated wineries. Gastronomes will love searching for the ‘black diamond’ at a truffle farm. Wine buffs will relish a wine pairing lunch in a Burgundy estate. All the while, enjoy the incredible scenery in the
south of France.
CRUISE THE RHINE AND MOSELLE
On Tauck’s 13-day Rhine and Moselle voyage you’ll sample crisp whites on the Moselle and wine tasting at a family-owned winery in Cochem. There’s an exclusive dinner at historic Burg Satzvey in Germany’s North Rhine-westphalia region. And you’ll get a true taste of Europe from the Netherlands to Switzerland, Germany, France and Luxembourg with local specialty wines and folk traditions.