Traveling on the canals and rivers of Europe aboard your own vessel is an ideal way to visit as many as 14 countries and experience their culture and customs of life. Cities, villages and the countryside are often very accessible by natural or man-made waterways. Tom & Carol Sommers completed a season-long trip on the Dutch cruiser Orion through all twelve provinces of the Netherlands to research this cruising guide. Included are maps, photos, touring suggestions and how-to-do-it details. It is an essential handbook for those making a journey through the entire country or just one or two provinces.

Tom & Carol Sommers completed a season-long trip aboard the Dutch cruiser Orion through all twelve provinces of the Netherlands to research this cruising guide, a supplement to the book "Cruising the Canals & Rivers of the the Netherlands". The route followed Tom's personal obsession, searching for Star Forts along the waterways (and finding 29 of the 37 Star Forts in Holland.) Included are maps, photos, touring suggestions and how-to-do-it details. The basic elements of the book were published in 2010 as "Cruising the Canals & Rivers of the the Netherlands on Orion", a black&white paperback. Reviewers asked for more maps and color photos; this new edition is a larger format, with full color pages. It displays 191 color photos, 46 maps of provinces and regions showing the route that Orion followed and 42 maps of cities, towns and villages at a scale suitable for a walking tour guide. Waterway facilities, marinas and restaurants are updated through 2019. It is an essential handbook for those making a journey through the entire country or a short cruise in just one province.

"A guide to 50 great cruises on the rivers and canals of the Netherlands, with details of locks, bridges, moorings, and facilities on each waterway."--Cover.

A guide to all canals and navigable rivers in France. Descriptions, maps and data tables with waterway dimensions for 90 waterways throughout France; 17 regional maps and 59 detailed maps of individual waterways. The detailed maps show locations of towns, locks, marinas, mooring places and rental-boat bases. Suggestions for through-routes and loop-cruises. Maps showing the location of vineyards along the waterways. This fifth edition(2018) has been updated to show the latest locations of ports de plaisance, haltes and rental boat bases. (These items change on occasion even though the basic canal and river routes do not.)

A guide for planning travels along the inland waterways of the Netherlands aboard a private canal cruiser, barge or rental boat. It not only shows where a traveler can go but also why you might want to go there, and gives details for use in planning an itinerary. Also useful for bicycling, walking or car travel following the many waterway routes of Holland. See also the companion book "Cruising the Canals & Rivers of the Netherlands on Orion," a personal journey along these waterways with more details on the towns and provinces visited.

"1 photogravure 'Hoorn' of scenery by Annan and Swan, London and 38 half-tone illustrations from photographs ... Half-tones are single line and look much like Meissenbachs but are not identified."--Hanson collection catalog, page 86.