MORE SCENERY, FEWER CROWDS: River cruises offer a calmer, more intimate experience than mega-liners

摘要

IF YOU'D RATHER DRIFT through quiet gorges with a small band of travelers than island-hop in the Caribbean on a packed mega-liner, consider a river cruise. At first glance, these calmer, more intimate voyages appear costlier than an ocean cruise. But river cruises are often less expensive overall.