Thus I was to be found, one damp Friday evening in August, stepping from a taxi at a dock ... Cologne Cathedral is possibly the only man-made object that is equal to the natural grandeur of the Rhine.

The bombardment flattened a large portion of Cologne's city center, while missing its renowned cathedral on the banks of the Rhine almost entirely.

A few river cruise lines skip Amsterdam and start in Cologne or Dusseldorf instead. Mini cruises pair a transit through the ...

The Rhine’s appeal is encapsulated in the variety along its banks that transforms cruises into floating city breaks – as the gothic glories of Cologne and medieval spirit of Strasbourg ...